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Friday, May 16, 2008
The Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, at 7:30 pm

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment

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
Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space, at 7:30 pm

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 & Steven Beck
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, at 8:00 pm

Mark Peskanov, violin   •   Steven Beck, piano


U-PIC'EM Concert Series

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.



The Bronx Opera Company
John Cranford Adams Playhouse, at 8:00 pm

Mozart: The Impresario

Leoncavallo : Pagliacci

Bronx Opera Orchestra, Michael Spierman & Eric Kramer, Conductors
Cast: TBA

Sung in English


John Cranford Adams Playhouse
Hofstra University
Hempstead, Long Island


Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, at 8:00 pm

Bernard Haitink, conductor

Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D Major, “The Clock”
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in c minor, Op. 43


Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert
Metropolitan Museum of Art, at 8:00 pm

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
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, at 8:00 pm

Gaston Rivero, tenor   •   Asako Tamura, soprano


Works by Scarlatti, Handel, Tosti, Gounod, Ginastera, Bellini, and others


Jen Shyu
Roulette, at 8:30 pm

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


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