May 2008
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Marco Armiliato, conductor
Natalie Dessay • Felicity Palmer • Juan Diego Flórez
Alessandro Corbelli • Zoe Caldwell
Sung in French with Met Titles in English
Penderecki Quartet:
Jeremy Bell, violin • Jerzy Kaplanek, violin
Christine Vlajk, viola • Simon Fryer, cello
Works by Penderecki, Szymanowski, Panufnik, Kaminsky and Grella-Mozejko
Mark Peskanov, violin • Steven Beck, piano
Choose from the complete sonatas for violin and piano by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms
Mark Peskanov and Steven Beck have performed all of these pieces together, and now they would like for you to choose the program. Pick four sonatas (one by each composer), and vote when you purchase a ticket. One sonata by each composer will be selected according to the popular vote. The resulting programs will be announced at the concerts.
Bronx Opera Orchestra, Michael Spierman & Eric Kramer, Conductors
Cast: TBA
Sung in English
John Cranford Adams Playhouse
Hofstra University
Hempstead, Long Island
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D Major, “The Clock”
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in c minor, Op. 43
Randall Scarlata, baritone • Carol McGonnell, clarinet • Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Laura Frautschi, violin • Colin Jacobsen, violin and viola • Nicholas Cords, viola
Edward Arron, cello • Jeremy Denk, piano
Works by Beethoven:
Trio in One Movement in B flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello
Folk Songs for Baritone, Piano, Violin, and Cello
String Quintet in C Major, Opus 29
Carter: Con Ieggerezza Pensosa, Omaggio A Italo Calvino for Clarinet, Violin, and Cello, 1990
Works by Copland:
Sextet for Clarinet, Piano, and String Quartet (1937)
Early American Songs
The concert is in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.
Gaston Rivero, tenor • Asako Tamura, soprano
Works by Scarlatti, Handel, Tosti, Gounod, Ginastera, Bellini, and others
Jen Shyu, composition, vocals, dance • Jennifer Choi, violin
Rubin Kodheli, cello • Mat Maneri, viola
Thomas Morgan, bass • Miles Okazaki, guitar
Satoshi Haga, dance, choreography
Works by Jen Shyu
Roulette
20 Greene Street
