February 2008
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
St. Luke in the Fields, at 11:00 am

David Shuler, organ


Mass and motets of Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla
Peformed during the 11:00 am church service


Part of St. Luke in the Field's Fiesta of Mexican Baroque Music

The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson St


Mozart Piano Quartet
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, at 11:00 am

Mozart Piano Quartet:
Paul Rivinius, piano   •   Mark Gothoni, violin
Hartmut Rohde, viola   •  Peter Hörr, cello


Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Brahms: Piano Quartet No.3 in Cc minor “Werther”


Olivier Messiaen
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, at 1:00 pm

Disicovery Day: Olivier Messiaen

In the centennial year of Olivier Messiaen's birth, Carnegie Hall explores the life and work of this French master with a Discovery Day of panel discussions, talks, and a film screening. The event will include an interview with composer/conductor Pierre Boulez — a close colleague and former student of Messiaen — and will conclude with a performance of Messiaen's Visions de l'Amen for two pianos.

1:00 PM to 5:30 PM


Philip Ying & Elinor Freer
Wave Hill, at 2:00 pm

Philip Ying violin   •   Elinor Freer, piano


The Sum of its Parts

Works by Bruch, Bloch and Lieberman


The first of three concerts with members of The Ying Quartet


Tickets: $15 Member; $24 Non-member; $21 Senior 65+ and Student
Call 718.549.3200 x385. Fee includes admission to the grounds

Wave Hill House
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, Bronx

Russian National Orchestra
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, at 3:00 pm

Vladimir Jurowski conductor   •   Garrick Ohlsson piano


Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B minor “Pathétique”


The Kalinovsky — Goncharova — Solow Trio
Saint Alban's Church, Staten Island, at 3:30 pm

Grigory Kalinovsky, violin   •   Jeffrey Solow, cello   •   Tatiana Goncharova, piano


Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio
Schumann: Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano
Schoenfeld: Cafe Music for Piano Trio


Saint Alban's Epispopal Church
Eltingville, Staten Island


Gail Archer
Rutgers Presbyterian Church, at 4:00 pm

Gail Archer, organ


Centennial Olivier Messiaen Concert 3

Messiaen: Livre d'Orgue


Rutgers Presbyterian Church
236 West 73rd Street at Broadway

The concert is free


Cerddorion
First Unitarian Congregational Society, at 4:00 pm

A place just right

A concert of sacred music by composers from the United States, including shape-note hymns, Spirituals

Music by contemporary composers Chester Alwes, Jonathan David, Elliot Z. Levine, Gerald Near, Eddie Rubeiz, William Trafka, and others.


First Unitarian Congregational Society
50 Monroe Place at Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights


Ensemble Leonarda
French Church of St. Esprit, at 4:00 pm

Ensemble Leonarda, period instrument endemble:
Susan Graham, baroque flute   •   Elaine Vivar Camin, baroque flute
Jessica Powell, viola da gamba   •   Nancy Kito, harpsichord

With guests: David Bell, tenor   •   Alison Davy, soprano   •   Eve S. Miller, baroque cello


Chaconne à son goût

A well-grounded program of works featuring the chaconne. Music by Couperin, Monteclair, Monteverdi, and Vivaldi.

This is a 1 hour concert, no intermission. $20.00 ($15 students/seniors) at the door.


French Church of St. Esprit
109 East 60th Street, between Lexington & Park Avenues


Stephen Hamilton
St. Ignatius Loyola, at 4:00 pm

Stephen Hamilton, organ


Marcel Dupré: Le Chemin de la Croix (The Stations of the Cross)
With narrated poetry by Paul Claudel: Le Chemin de la Croix (1911)


Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Society for Ethical Culture, at 5:00 pm

Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano   •   Alan Feinberg, Warren Jones, pianos
Ani Kavafian, violin   •   Priscilla Lee, Fred Sherry, cellos


Winter Festival: American Voices 1750-2008

Anthony Philip Heinrich Sylvan Scene in Kentucky, or the Barbecue Divertimento for Piano (1825-26)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk Union for Piano, Op. 48 (1852-62)
Charles Ives Piano Trio (c. 1909-10, rev. c. 1914-15)
Alan Louis Smith Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman (from the Daily Journal of Margaret Ann Alsip Frink, 1850) for Mezzo-Soprano, Piano, Violin, and Cello (2006)


Pre-concert Composer Chat with Alan Louis Smith, 45 minutes prior to curtain. Free to all ticket holders.


Society for Ethical Culture
64th St. at Central Park West


Ensemble 212
Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, at 8:00 pm

Yoon Jae Lee, conductor


J. S. Bach: Concerto for Oboe & Violin in c minor, BWV 1060
Ryan Walsh, oboe   •   Audrey Lo, violin

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Flat Major, Op. 8, No. 5 “La Tempesta del Mar”
Marc Levine, violin & conductor

Purcell: Incidental Music from Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge

Works by Handel:
“The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from Solomon
“Piangerò la sorte mia” from Giulio Cesare
“Torna mi a vagheggiar” from Alcina
“Rejoice Greatly” from Messiah
“I Know My Redeemer Liveth” from Messiah
Ann De Renais, Soprano

J. S. Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056
Tami Morse, Harpsichord & Director

Rameau: Platée Ballet Suite


Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church
152 West 66th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave)

Midori and friends
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, at 8:00 pm

Midori, violin   •   David Kim, viola   •   Johannes Moser, cello
Demarre McGill, flute   •   Anthony McGill, clarinet   •   Carol McGonnell, clarinet
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord and organ   •   Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Daedalus Quartet:
Min-Young Kim, violin   •   Kyu-Young Kim, violin
Jessica Thompson, viola   •   Raman Ramakrishnan, cello


Bach: Trio Sonata in G major

Works by Schnittke:
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano
Septet for flute, two clarinets, violin, viola, cello and organ

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor


Pre-concert lecture by Laurel E. Fay at 3:45 in the Irene Diamond Education Center


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