METROPOLITAN MUSEUM has announced CONCERTS for DECEMBER 2011 including Patti Smith and Friends , New York Philharmonic's CONTACT!, Homayun Sakhi, and Afghan Rubab Virtuoso. Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert Begins Its Ninth Season. Judy Collins, Paul Winter, Anonymous 4, Vienna Boys Choir, Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble, and More Perform Christmas Concerts.
The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Clara Longstreth, opens its 44th season with a program entitled A Child in Winter, featuring David Lang's 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion, the New York Premiere of Steven Sametz's Niño de Rosas, and works by Abbie Betinis, Morten Lauridsen, Vytautas Miškinis, and J.S. Bach's motet, Jesu, meine Freude.
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) will partner with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) to present screenings of short silent films before select Friday night performances of its season opener, Once in a Lifetime, the madcap Kaufman and Hart comedy about how the movies learned to talk.
The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present the world premiere of Dateless Calendar by Paul Alan Levi, commissioned by the chorus to honor Mr. Levi's 70th birthday. The concert will take place on Sunday, March 13 at 4 p.m. at The Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street.
The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present the world premiere of Dateless Calendar by Paul Alan Levi, commissioned by the chorus to honor Mr. Levi's 70th birthday.
The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present the world premiere of Dateless Calendar by Paul Alan Levi, commissioned by the chorus to honor Mr. Levi's 70th birthday.
The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present 'Bach to Betinis,' a program featuring rarely-heard works for double chorus, at the chorus's first concerts of the season. The works include Josef Rheinberger's seldom performed magnum opus Mass in E flat, written in 1878 for double chorus a cappella, and the beloved J. S. Bach motet Komm, Jesu, komm. Familiar works of Poulenc (Hodie Christus natus est) and Verdi (Ave Maria) will also be performed, as well as three New York premieres. The concerts will take place at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th Street at Lexington Avenue, on Friday, December 10 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 12 at 4 p.m.
The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present 'Bach to Betinis,' a program featuring rarely-heard works for double chorus, at the chorus's first concerts of the season. The works include Josef Rheinberger's seldom performed magnum opus Mass in E flat, written in 1878 for double chorus a cappella, and the beloved J. S. Bach motet Komm, Jesu, komm. Familiar works of Poulenc (Hodie Christus natus est) and Verdi (Ave Maria) will also be performed, as well as three New York premieres. The concerts will take place at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th Street at Lexington Avenue, on Friday, December 10 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 12 at 4 p.m.
New York City Center's seventh annual Fall for Dance Festival, running September 28 - October 9, will showcase 20 national and international companies and choreographers. With ticket prices remaining at $10 for all seats, a night of dance is more affordable than a night at the movies. The festival will include world and U.S. premieres, and will feature several companies making their first U.S. appearances.
New York City Center's seventh annual Fall for Dance Festival, running September 28 - October 9, will showcase 20 national and international companies and choreographers. With ticket prices remaining at $10 for all seats, a night of dance is more affordable than a night at the movies. The festival will include world and U.S. premieres, and will feature several companies making their first U.S. appearances.
Music Society brings one of cinema's supreme achievements to the Main Auditorium of Midland Center for the Arts, 1801 W. St. Andrews Rd., Midland, MI, on Saturday, March 21 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m. 'Voices of Light: The Passion of Joan of Arc' is a complete experience: emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Danish filmmaker Carl Theodore Dreyer's eccentric 1928 silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc has been declared one of the top ten black-and-white films ever created.
Music Society brings one of cinema's supreme achievements to the Main Auditorium of Midland Center for the Arts, 1801 W. St. Andrews Rd., Midland, MI, on Saturday, March 21 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m. 'Voices of Light: The Passion of Joan of Arc' is a complete experience: emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Danish filmmaker Carl Theodore Dreyer's eccentric 1928 silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc has been declared one of the top ten black-and-white films ever created.
