The Hartt Symphony Orchestra, Hartt Choruses, and New Haven Chorale join together to present GRANT US PEACE. Dramatic readings will link musical metaphors for life's potential, the tragedy of war, and the universal longing for peace. Two concerts will take place. The first concert is Thursday April 30, 2009, at 7.30 PM at the Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford. For tickets, call 860.987.5900. The second concert is on Saturday, May 2, 2009, 7.30 PM, in Woolsey Hall, New Haven. For tickets to the New Haven concert, please call 203.776.SONG (7664), or visit Books and Company in Hamden, Foundry Music in New Haven, or R J Julia in Madison.
The New Amsterdam Singers (NAS), led by Music Director, Clara Longstreth, will perform Song and Dance: Circles, Sets, and Cycles, a program featuring choral cycles by Debussy and Ravel in collaboration with Nimbus Dance Works and its choreographer Samuel Pott, Wednesday May 27, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. at the Riverside Theatre.
Upcoming Events at The Hartt School for May 2009
The Hartt School Presents Hartt Dances
The Hartt School presents Hartt Dances from Friday, May 1 through Sunday, May 3 at Lincoln Theater on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus.
The Stonewall Chorale, the first mixed-voice gay choir in the U.S., presents its annual spring concert, entitled Eternal Light, featuring Durufl?s Requiem, and choral works by Elgar, Mawby and Grainger, at the Church of the Ascension, 5th Ave at 10th St., one of NYC?s finest acoustical spaces. The event will be taking place on Saturday, Mar. 28, 8 pm at the Church of the Ascension,
5th Ave. at W 10th Street, New York, NY.
Through staged readings, song, dance, panel discussions, and films, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will mark the centennial of the death of famed Irish playwright and poet J. M Synge and examine his 1904 tragedy Riders to the Sea. 'On an Anniversary': J.M. Synge, 1871 - 1909 is a free series of five programs that explore the importance and influence of this writer and co-founder of the Abbey Theatre.
Through staged readings, song, dance, panel discussions, and films, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will mark the centennial of the death of famed Irish playwright and poet J. M Synge and examine his 1904 tragedy Riders to the Sea. 'On an Anniversary': J.M. Synge, 1871 - 1909 is a free series of five programs that explore the importance and influence of this writer and co-founder of the Abbey Theatre.
In a hectic world, people seek peace. For their March 15th concert, aptly titled 'Serenity,' Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers present Beethoven's bucolic sixth symphony, Vaughan Williams' intensely personal Serenade to Music and Stravinsky's other-worldly Le Baiser de F?e. Each musical selection was specifically chosen for this concert because it comes from a place of peace and love; transporting the listener with calm, serene beauty.
In a hectic world, people seek peace. For their March 15th concert, aptly titled ?Serenity,? Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers present Beethoven?s bucolic sixth symphony, Vaughan Williams? intensely personal Serenade to Music and Stravinsky?s other-worldly Le Baiser de F?e. Each musical selection was specifically chosen for this concert because it comes from a place of peace and love; transporting the listener with calm, serene beauty.
The Hartt Symphony Orchestra, Hartt Choruses, and New Haven Chorale join together to present GRANT US PEACE. Dramatic readings will link musical metaphors for life's potential, the tragedy of war, and the universal longing for peace. Two concerts will take place. The first concert is Thursday April 30, 2009, at 7.30 PM at the Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford. For tickets, call 860.987.5900. The second concert is on Saturday, May 2, 2009, 7.30 PM, in Woolsey Hall, New Haven. For tickets to the New Haven concert, please call 203.776.SONG (7664), or visit Books and Company in Hamden, Foundry Music in New Haven, or R J Julia in Madison.
On March 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., The Collegiate Chorale appears with The New York City Opera Orchestra at the newly renovated Alice Tully Hall in a performance of Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin's 1945 Broadway operetta The Firebrand of Florence. The performance, led by guest conductor Ted Sperling, stars baritone Nathan Gunn, soprano Anna Christy, baritone Terrence Mann, and soprano Victoria Clark. Krysty Swann, David Pittu and Patrick Goss complete the cast, and narration will be provided by Stage Director Roger Rees.
Boasting a score by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and a book by playwright and screenwriter Edwin Justus Mayer, The Firebrand of Florence had a short run on Broadway in 1945. The work was subsequently not heard for over a half-century until three presentations - Ohio Light Opera (1999), the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London (2000) and the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna (2000) - shed new light on the relatively obscure work. The performances were not only accepted, but widely acclaimed, thus giving hope for a new life in a new century. Variety's theater critic Steven Suskin says 'I have long believed that Firebrand in concert should be a dazzling delight.'
Benvenuto Cellini, the great Florentine artist, is sentenced to hang, but he is pardoned when the duke realizes that he has not completed a previously commissioned sculpture. Freed, he is able to turn his attention to his favorite model (and object of his affections), Angela. The Duke also is interested in Angela. In a typical operetta plot, Cellini swashbuckles around the stage, keeping the Duke away from Angela, keeping himself away from the Duchess, and escaping yet another death sentence by fleeing to Paris, as the end of the show recapitulates the beginning.
SONOS Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Erik E. Ochsner will perform two concerts on May 10th and May 13th. The programs include two world premiere commissions: American Reflections by Brian Wilbur Grundstrom, and Concerto for Shakuhachi and Chamber Orchestra by James Nyoraku Schlefer along with the United States premiere of Pehr Henrik Nordgren's Cronaca for Strings.
The Stonewall Chorale, the first mixed-voice gay choir in the U.S., presents its annual spring concert, entitled Eternal Light, featuring Durufl?s Requiem, and choral works by Elgar, Mawby and Grainger, at the Church of the Ascension, 5th Ave at 10th St., one of NYC?s finest acoustical spaces. The event will be taking place on Saturday, Mar. 28, 8 pm at the Church of the Ascension,
5th Ave. at W 10th Street, New York, NY.
In a hectic world, people seek peace. For their March 15th concert, aptly titled 'Serenity,' Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers present Beethoven's bucolic sixth symphony, Vaughan Williams' intensely personal Serenade to Music and Stravinsky's other-worldly Le Baiser de F?e. Each musical selection was specifically chosen for this concert because it comes from a place of peace and love; transporting the listener with calm, serene beauty.
In a hectic world, people seek peace. For their March 15th concert, aptly titled ?Serenity,? Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers present Beethoven?s bucolic sixth symphony, Vaughan Williams? intensely personal Serenade to Music and Stravinsky?s other-worldly Le Baiser de F?e. Each musical selection was specifically chosen for this concert because it comes from a place of peace and love; transporting the listener with calm, serene beauty.
Double Pianos in Concert to visit UK Lang Lang and Hancock announce extraordinary London performance
'...a genre-crossing revamp of George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody In Blue' was the perfect showcase for these two hugely talented ivory tinklers' - Entertainment Weekly on 50th Grammy Awards performance
Music Director Robert Spano will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus in an ASO Theater of a Concert presentation of Haydn's The Creation. Set designer Anne Patterson and Projection Designer Adam Larsen, whose work has enhanced the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's performances of St. John Passion and Gorecki's Third Symphony, return to design Joseph Haydn's The Creation in Atlanta Symphony Hall on February 26 and 28, 2008 at 8:00 pm. Soloists include soprano Janice Chandler, tenor Thomas Cooley, and bass Derrick Parker.
Music Director Robert Spano will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus in an ASO Theater of a Concert presentation of Haydn's The Creation. Set designer Anne Patterson and Projection Designer Adam Larsen, whose work has enhanced the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's performances of St. John Passion and Gorecki's Third Symphony, return to design Joseph Haydn's The Creation in Atlanta Symphony Hall on February 26 and 28, 2008 at 8:00 pm. Soloists include soprano Janice Chandler, tenor Thomas Cooley, and bass Derrick Parker.
On March 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., The Collegiate Chorale appears with The New York City Opera Orchestra at the newly renovated Alice Tully Hall in a performance of Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin's 1945 Broadway operetta The Firebrand of Florence. The performance, led by guest conductor Ted Sperling, stars baritone Nathan Gunn, soprano Anna Christy, baritone Terrence Mann, and soprano Victoria Clark. Krysty Swann, David Pittu and Patrick Goss complete the cast, and narration will be provided by Stage Director Roger Rees.
Boasting a score by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and a book by playwright and screenwriter Edwin Justus Mayer, The Firebrand of Florence had a short run on Broadway in 1945. The work was subsequently not heard for over a half-century until three presentations - Ohio Light Opera (1999), the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London (2000) and the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna (2000) - shed new light on the relatively obscure work. The performances were not only accepted, but widely acclaimed, thus giving hope for a new life in a new century. Variety's theater critic Steven Suskin says 'I have long believed that Firebrand in concert should be a dazzling delight.'
Benvenuto Cellini, the great Florentine artist, is sentenced to hang, but he is pardoned when the duke realizes that he has not completed a previously commissioned sculpture. Freed, he is able to turn his attention to his favorite model (and object of his affections), Angela. The Duke also is interested in Angela. In a typical operetta plot, Cellini swashbuckles around the stage, keeping the Duke away from Angela, keeping himself away from the Duchess, and escaping yet another death sentence by fleeing to Paris, as the end of the show recapitulates the beginning.
The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) will present Lyrics by W. Shakespeare, an evening of songs set to lyrics by Shakespeare, presided over by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, on Monday, September 15 at 6:30pm at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, East 68 Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues.
The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) will present Lyrics by W. Shakespeare, an evening of songs set to lyrics by Shakespeare, presided over by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, on Monday, September 15 at 6:30pm at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, East 68 Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues. A limited number of tickets, priced at $25-$45, are available from the Kaye box office at (212) 772-4448.
