May 2008
Program 1: The Ninth
Introduced by Christopher H. Gibbs
Presented in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Auditorium du Louvre, and Classifilms. This event is part of series Beethoven on Film.
Alexander String Quartet:
Zakarias Grafilo, violin • Frederick Lifsitz, violin
Paul Yarbrough, viola • Sandy Wilson, cello
Works by Beethoven:
Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130 with the Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Engelman Recital Hall
Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC)
55 Lexington Avenue
entrance on 25th street between Lexington & 3rd Avenue
Vassily Primakov, piano (soloist) • Alina Kiryayeva, piano (orchestra)
Works by Chopin:
Piano Concerto No.1
Piano Concerto No. 2
A series of two piano concerts celebrating the piano concerto, concerti are performed with a second piano playing the orchestra reduction.
Faust Harrison Pianos
205 West 58th Street
Christian Svarfvar, violin • Anders Kilström, piano
Sjögren: Poème for violin and piano, Op. 40
R. Struass: Sonata for violin and piano in E-flat Major, Op. 18
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Lachen verlernt
Prokofiev: Sonata for violin and piano in D Major, Op. 94bis
Sinding: Suite “im alten Stil,” Op. 10
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
Works by Michael Klingbeil, Aenon Jia-en Loo, and Katharina Rosenberger
Performers include Contemporary Ensemble at Purchase, counter)induction, Peter Kolkay, Split Second
Special Guests include George Crumb, Mario Davidovsky, and others
Works by JS Bach/Kurtag arrangement, Kyle Bartlett, Douglas Boyce, Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Mario Davidovsky, Gyorgy Kurtag, Paul Moravec
Ambient music by Juliana Trivers
Admission is $10 per concert. To purchase tickets, call 718-622-3005
Tickets also available, if remaining, at the door on all three nights of the event
Robert Miller Gallery, May 3 & 4, at 8:00 pm
524 W. 26th Street, between 10th and 11th Aves
St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra, David Randolph, conductor
Valerie Bernhardt, soprano • Monica Zerbe, mezzo-soprano
Dan Snyder, tenor • John Dominick III, bass
The Arcadian Chorale and Richmond Choral Society, Marina Alexander, Director
Verdi: Requiem
Valida Suk, piano • Oksana Yablonskaya, piano
Solo and Four-Hand piano Works by Mozart and Schubert
Performers:
Stars of the Lid
Face the Music
itsnotyouitsme
Wordless Music Series
Good Shepherd-Faith Church
152 West 66th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue
Jennifer Choi, violin • Karen Waltuch, viola
Alex Waterman, cello • Reuben Radding, contrabass, compositions
Brooklyn bassist and improviser Reuben Radding returns to Roulette
with music for string quartet.
Roulette
20 Greene Street
Program 2: Otto Klemperer — Symphony No. 9
Presented in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Auditorium du Louvre, and Classifilms. This event is part of series Beethoven on Film.
