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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Zephyros Winds
Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Center, at 2:00 pm

Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René
Britten: “Pan” from Six Metamorphoses After Ovid
Debussy: Syrinx
Endre Szervánszky: Fúvósötös, No.1
Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Janáček: Mladí



Part of The Kaufman Center Tuesday Matinee Series


CMSLC Symposium
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio, at 6:00 pm

Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano   •   Wu Han, piano


Chamber Music Society Co-Artistic Director Wu Han leads an exploration with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and composer Alan Louis Smith about Covered Wagon Woman, the new work set to journal entries of a 19th century pioneer woman (performed in concert February 22 and 24)


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


The Movado Hour
Baryshnikov Dance foundation, at 7:00 pm

Cuarteto Casals:
Vera Martinez-Mehner, violin   •   Abel Tomas Realp, violin
Jonathan Brown, viola   •   Arnau Tomas Realp, cello


Kurtag Hommage a Mihaly Andras
Beethoven: Quartet op. 59 no. 3


Admission is free. Reservations are required.
Seating is limited. Please call 917-934-4966 to make a reservation.


Soyeon Lee
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, at 7:30 pm

Soyeon Lee, Piano
Concert Artists Guild Winner


Works by Albèniz, Busoni, Prokofiev, Ravel, and Huang Ruo


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

Victoria Aja, Piano


Works by de Falla, Donostia, Guridi, Albèniz, and Larregla


Da Capo Chamber Players
Merkin Concert Hall, at 8:00 pm

Da Capo Chamber Players:
Patricia Spencer, flute   •   Meighan Stoops, clarinet   •   Curtis Macomber, violin
Andre Emelianoff, cello   •   Blair McMillen, piano

Guest artists:
Janna Baty, soprano   •   Steven Ebel, tenor   •   Jan Opalach, bass/baritone
Miranda Cuckson, violin   •   Lois Martin, viola   •   Daniel Grabois, horn
Matthew Gold, percussion   •   William Anderson, guitar   •   Louis Karchin, conductor


Da Capo In Song

Four song cycles for voice with instruments

Louis Karchin: The Gods of Winter (texts by Dana Gioia)∗
Paul Salerni: Bad Pets (texts by Mark Doty, Robert Frost and Dana Gioia)
Paul Salerni: Speaking of Love (texts by Dana Gioia)
Alla Borzova: Merry Hour (texts by Mikhail Lermontov)∗∗∗
Igor Golubev: Sparkling Thirds∗∗

∗New York premiere
∗∗US premiere, written for the Da Capo Chamber Players
∗∗∗World premiere, written for the Da Capo Chamber Players



The Mannes Orchestra
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, at 8:00 pm

David Hayes, Conductor   •   Vladimir Feltsman, Piano


Bach: Concerto for Keyboard and Orchestra in D Minor, BWV 1052
Schnittke: Concerto for Piano and Strings
Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra


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

Bizet: Carmen

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor
Olga Borodina   •   Krassimira Stoyanova
Marcelo Álvarez   •   Lucio Gallo

Sung in French with Met Titles in English

Quintet Tabor
St Peter's Church, at 8:00 pm

Program: TBA


St. Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue, at 54th street


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