March 2008
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
The Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center at 1:30 pm

Britten: Peter Grimes

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Donald Runnicles, conductor
Patricia Racette   •   Anthony Dean Griffey   •   Anthony Michaels-Moore

Sung in English with Met Titles

New York City Opera
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center at 1:30 pm

Purcell: King Arthur

New York City Opera Orchestra, Jane Glover, Conductor
Director & Choreographer: Mark Morris
Mhairi Lawson   •   Sarah Jane McMahon   •   Heidi Stober
Iestyn Davies   •   Steven Sanders   •   Daniel Mobbs
Alexander Tall

Sung in English with English supertitles


Olivia Ly
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, at 2:00 pm

Olivia Ly, piano


Works by Bach-Busoni, Liszt, Beethoven, Debussy, Ponce, Thalberg, Brahms, and Chopin


Ensemble Origin Japan
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, at 2:00 pm

Toshi Ichiyanagi, conductor


Works by Toshi Ichiyanagi


St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
Chelsea Art Museum, at 2:00 pm

TOWER/in context: '38 Special

Joan Tower 70th Birthday Tree Concert Celebration

Spotlighting composers who share the same birth year as Joan Tower.

William Bolcom: Serenata Notturna for oboe and string quartet
John Corigliano: String Quartet No. 1 (second movement)
John Corigliano: Snapshot: Circa 1909 for string quartet
John Harbison: Trio No. 2 (Short Stories) for piano trio
Joan Tower: Night Fields (String Quartet No. 1)


Concert tickets also includes admission to the galleries.

Brooklyn Repertory Opera
Brooklyn Lyceum, at 3:30 pm

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Hellgate Harmonie Orchestra, Conrad Chu, conductor
Kathleen Keske   •   Leslie Middlebrook   •   Melissa Gerstein
Francis Liska   •   Salvatore Chiarelli
Jay Gould   •   Matthew Yohn

This production is presented in English


Brooklyn Lyceum
227 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn


James Tandy
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, at 5:30 pm

James Tandy, piano


Program: TBA


Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, at 7:30 pm

Dorothy Savitch, conductor   •   Steve Solook, marimba



William Schuman: New England Triptych
Ney Rosauro: Marimba Concerto
Gershwin: An American in Paris


Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
75 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights

Ensemble Origin Japan
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, at 7:30 pm

Toshi Ichiyanagi, conductor
Shinnyo-en Chorus of Japan


Contemporary works by Ichiyanagi and other Japanese composers


Hanna Shybayeva & Pavel Ilyashov
Yamaha Artist Services, at 7:30 pm

Hanna Shybayeva, violin   •   Pavel Ilyashov, piano


Brahms: Sonata for violin & piano op. 100 nr. 2 in A-major
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien op, 26 for piano-solo
Skriabin: 10 Preludes op. 11 for piano-solo
Prokofiev: Sonata for violin & piano op. 80 nr. 1 in f-minor


Yamaha Artist Services
689 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, Piano Salon
Entrance on East 54th Street


Elisha Abas
Engelman Recital Hall, at 8:00 pm

Elisha Abas, piano


Work by Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Rachmaninoff


Engelman Recital Hall
Baruch Performing Arts Center
Located at 55 Lexington Avenue
Enter on East 25th Street


The Astoria Symphony
Good Shepherd Faith Church, at 8:00 pm

Silas Nathaniel Huff, conductor   •   Brett Deubner, viola


Puccini: Crisantemi “Chrysanthemums”
Jose Lezcano: Viola Concerto (world premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


Good Shepherd Faith Church
West 66th Street


Bargemusic Chamber Concert
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, at 8:00 pm

Mark Peskanov, violin   •   Daniel Gaisford, cello   •   Olga Vinokur, piano


Schubert Sonatina for Violin and Piano in D Major, D. 384, Op. 137, No. 1
Michael Hersch: Sonata No. 2 for Unaccompanied Cello (2001) (NY Premiere)
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in c minor, Op. 101


Camerata Notturna
Advent Lutheran Church, at 8:00 pm

Jonathan Yates, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin   •   Edward Klorman, viola


Mozart: Sinfonia concertante Also elections from chamber works by Dvořák, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Gounod


Advent Lutheran Churchd
2504 Broadway at 93rd Street


Guarneri String Quartet
Metropolitan Museum of Art, at 8:00 pm

The Guarneri String Quartet:
Arnold Steinhardt, violin   •   John Dalley, violin
Michael Tree, viola   •   Peter Wiley, cello


Kodály: String Quartet No. 2, Opus 10
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Opus 127
Dvořák: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 61


The concert is in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.


The Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center at 8:00 pm

Verdi: La Traviata

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Marco Armiliato, conductor
Ruth Ann Swenson   •   Matthew Polenzani   •   Dwayne Croft

Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English

Musicians from Marlboro
Metropolitan Museum of Art, at 8:00 pm

Rudolph Vrbsky, oboe   •   Susie Park, violin   •   Harumi Rhodes, violin
Samuel Rhodes, viola   •   Priscilla Lee, cello   •   Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano


Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Opus 20, No. 4
Carter: Oboe Quartet
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Opus 47


The concert is in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.


New York City Opera
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center at 8:00 pm

Purcell: King Arthur

New York City Opera Orchestra, Jane Glover, Conductor
Director & Choreographer: Mark Morris
Mhairi Lawson   •   Sarah Jane McMahon   •   Heidi Stober
Iestyn Davies   •   Steven Sanders   •   Daniel Mobbs
Alexander Tall

Sung in English with English supertitles


The New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, at 8:00 pm

Alan Gilbert, conductor


Marc Neikrug: Quintessence: Symphony No. 2 (World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission)
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


Tokyo String Quartet
Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y, at 8:00 pm

Tokyo String Quartet:
Martin Beaver, violin   •   Kikuei Ikeda, violin
Kazuhide Isomura, viola   •   Clive Greensmith, cello


Webern:
String Quartet, Op. 28
Rondo for String Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 50, No. 6, “The Frog”
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American”
Gracieux Trio
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, at 8:30 pm

Gracieux Trio
Gloria Shih, piano   •   Ryoko Arai, violin   •   Yuiko Arai, cello


Program: TBA


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