Pianist Kirill Gerstein Performs 1879 Version of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto With the New York Philharmonic, 2/2-4 & 7 by BWW News Desk
- December 20, 2016 Pianist Kirill Gerstein continues to champion Tchaikovsky's own final version of the First Piano Concerto in four performances with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, on Thursday, February 2 at 7:30 PM; Friday, February 3 at 11:00 AM; Saturday, February 4 at 8:00 PM; and Tuesday, February 7 at 7:30 PM. The performances will mark the first time this 1879 version will be heard in New York since Tchaikovsky himself conducted it for the 1891 opening of Carnegie Hall. The concerts also feature Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony and are part of Beloved Friend - Tchaikovsky and His World: A Philharmonic Festival (January 24-February 11), the New York Philharmonic and Mr. Bychkov's three-week festival of orchestral, chamber, and vocal programs that explore music by Tchaikovsky and composers who influenced or were influenced by him.
Photo Flash: PREformances with Allison Charney Presents Stand-Out December Concert by BWW News Desk
- December 20, 2016 PREformances with Allison Charney's stand-out, December 5th concert welcomed featured guests violinist Laura Goldberg, composer and pianist Moshe S. Knoll, soprano Indira Mahajan and Russian-born American pianist Julia Zilberquit with a surprise debut performance by mezzo-soprano Lisa Chavez, occasioned by noted mezzo soprano Sara Murphy who was indisposed.
Houston Symphony Presents Yo-Yo Ma for One Night Performance, 2/4 by BWW News Desk
- December 19, 2016 The Houston Symphony announced Monday that concert tickets for Yo-Yo Ma are now on sale to the general public. Globally famous, the superstar cellist will join the orchestra and Music Director Andres Orozco-Estrada at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 at Jones Hall. Ma will perform Dvorak's powerful Cello Concerto, a masterpiece written during the time the composer spent in America. Gershwin's jazz-influenced American in Paris will also be on the program.
Pasadena's Most Cherished Holiday Concert Returns with the Pasadena Symphony at All Saints Church by BWW News Desk
- December 17, 2016 Pasadena Symphony's annual Holiday Candlelight concert returns to All Saints Church on Today, December 17, 2016. Having sold out the past five years in a row, the concert will offer two performances to meet community demand at 4:00pm & 7:00pm. The architecturally exquisite and acoustically sonorous All Saints Church, Pasadena's equivalent of a European cathedral, provides the perfect setting to hear your holiday favorites - all performed by candlelight. Audiences are going to love each and every moment of this cherished holiday tradition.
Grammy Winning Conductor Stephen Stubbs Leads the Houston Symphony in Handel's MESSIAH, Today by BWW News Desk
- December 16, 2016 The Houston Symphony will celebrate Christmas with Houston's premier performances of Handel's English-language oratorio “Messiah” at 8 p.m. Dec. 16-17 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 18. Grammy-winning conductor Stephen Stubbs will make his Houston Symphony debut leading the concert from the harpsicord.
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Presents CHRISTMAS FIESTA WITH SULTANS OF STRING, Today by BWW News Desk
- December 16, 2016 On Today December 16, at 8:00pm, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, under the musical direction of José-Luis Novo, performs our Holiday Pops concert, entitledChristmas Fiesta with Sultans of String, at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
Nicholas Mcgegan Brings the Best of Bach and Handel to the Pasadena Symphony for BAROQUE CONNECTIONS by BWW News Desk
- December 15, 2016 Start your New Year off right with the Pasadena Symphony and Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas McGegan as he delivers Baroque Connections: Bach & Handel, on January 21, 2017 at Ambassador Auditorium. Highly regarded as "one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation" (London Independent), the two-time Grammy nominee will jump start the new year as only he can with his historical performance practice bringing a wealth of experience to this quintessential Baroque repertoire. "He's a dynamo, a true animator, an energiser and an ignition point from which music can take off and take wing" (Herald Scotland). Don't miss this chance to witness the "King" of Baroque interpretation at his finest, as he applies his special craft to the genius of these two Baroque masters.
Five Boroughs Music Festival Presents World Premiere of FIVE BOROUGH SONGBOOK, VOLUME II by BWW News Desk
- December 15, 2016 Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF) presents the world premiere of the Five Borough Songbook, Volume II on Saturday, February 11 at 8:00 p.m. at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, featuring twenty brand new works from twenty different composers, commissioned by 5BMF in honor of its tenth anniversary season. The Songbook, inspired by New York City places, poetry, and themes, is performed by soprano Marnie Breckenridge, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, tenor William Ferguson, baritone Sidney Outlaw, pianists Jocelyn Dueck and Erika Switzer, and cellist Kivie Cahn-Lipman. An additional performance is held on Sunday, February 12 at 3:00 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall in Queens.
West Valley Symphony Announces Christmas Concert Sing-A-Long by BWW News Desk
- December 13, 2016 Enjoy a Christmas sing-a-long with the West Valley Symphony, who will be performing holiday classics, old and new. Under the direction of Donny Gilbert, the West Valley Symphony, founded in 1990, is an all-volunteer orchestra of nearly 80 musicians.
Jackson Heights Orchestra To Premiere New Work by Peri Mauer by BWW News Desk
- December 13, 2016 Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 7:30pm, the Jackson Heights Orchestra will premiere ALL ALONG THE HEIGHTS, a new work by composer Peri Mauer, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 3350 82nd Street, Jackson Heights, New York.
Martha Mavroidi Quartet to Perform at BAMcafe This Month by BWW News Desk
- December 13, 2016 The Onassis Cultural Center New York presents Martha Mavroidi Quartet in She Sings the Old - She Sings the New at the BAMcafé on Today, December 13 at 7 PM.
Staten Island Philharmonic Presents FESTIPALOOZA HOLIDAY CONCERT by BWW News Desk
- December 12, 2016 Staten Island Philharmonic is hosting their Holiday Concert at Zion Lutheran Church on Sunday December 18, 2016 at 2:00PM. A portion of this year's proceeds will go toward developing arts in education partnerships between Staten Island Philharmonic and local elementary, middle, and high schools.
Marilyn McCoy Presents Pre-Concert Lecture, 1/6 by BWW News Desk
- December 12, 2016 Marilyn L. McCoy completed her doctorate at the University of Chicago with a dissertation entitled 'Gustav Mahler's Path to the New Music: Musical Time and Modernism.' Her research explores the ways in which Mahler evokes a sense of timelessness in his music, a compositional strategy which plays an important part in many of the songs on this program. Professor McCoy is much in demand as a concert lecturer. She has had a long association with the MahlerFest in Boulder, Colorado, where she has served as pre-concert lecturer and symposium participant since 2002. In February 2012 she gave several lectures at Disney Hall as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 'Mahler Project,' led by Gustavo Dudamel. She has spoken at Carnegie Hall and the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, and at the Bard Festivals 'Berg and His World' (2010) and 'Mahler and His World' (2002). Other speaking engagements include lectures for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Berkshire Choral Festival, and the Ravinia Festival of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Though primarily a 'Mahler scholar,' she served as Assistant Archivist at the Arnold Schoenberg Institute in Los Angeles for the last 3 years of its existence (1995-98). She is presently at work on a translation of the correspondence between Alma Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg.
Houston Symphony Announces ET: THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL Live, 2/9 by BWW News Desk
- December 12, 2016 Led by guest conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos, the one-night-only presentation features a complete screening of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with a performance of the film's entire score by legendary composer John Williams, a longtime Steven Spielberg collaborator and the Academy Awards' most-nominated living person.