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Music in NYC: Eliran Avni, piano and Natasha Farny, cello in GetClassical Recital

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Music in NYC: Eliran Avni, Piano and Natasha Farny, Cello in GetClassical Recital

The concert on March 17 is cancelled 

GetClassical Salon Series presents Ekstasis Duo, Eliran Avni, piano and Natasha Farny, cello in a program Women’s Voices, music by female composers on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 7 pm at St. John’s in the Village Church in New York City. 

Ekstasis Duo: Elian Avni, piano, Natasha Farny, cello
Ekstasis Duo: Elian Avni, piano, Natasha Farny, cello / Photo credit Nir Arieli, Lori Deemer

In celebration of Women’s Month, GetClassical and Ekstasis Duo present Women’s Voices, a program of music that was written by female composers. Positioned in loose chronological order, the program starts with the mid-19th century works by Louise Farrenc and Clara Schumann which are followed by the contemporary classical scores by Judith Taafe Zwilich and Lera Auerbach. A jazzy arrangement for piano and cello by Kaufman as an hommage to Nina Simone tops the night.

A recently formed Ekstasis Duo of musicians, Eliran Avny, piano, and Natasha Farny, cello combine their passion and dexterity for this exciting music night at the Revelation Gallery at St. John’s in the Village Church in New York City. Graduates of the Julliard School of Music, Avni and Farny artistic partnership brings the lesser-known music and the masterpieces to the wider public. The program at the GetClassical recital on March 17, 2020 successfully underscores this mission.

Women’s Voices Program 

Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) – Sonata in B-flat Major, op. 46, I. Allegro moderato
Clara Schumann (1819-1896) – Three Romances, op. 22
Lera Auerbach (1973 – ) – Preludes (1999)
Judith Taafe Zwilich (1939 – ) – Lament (2000)
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) – Sonata in A minor, op. 5
Hommage à Nina Simone arr. D. Kaufman

 

Enjoy an inspiring concert and get up close with the musicians in a warm and comfortable salon-style seating arrangement at the gallery.

 

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Beyond NYC: Living Legend Jerome Lowenthal, Piano and Guest Artist Micah McLaurin, Piano

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Beyond NYC: Living Legend Jerome Lowenthal, Piano and Guest Artist Micah McLaurin, Piano

The concert on April 18, 2020 is cancelled

Bronxville Women’s Club concludes its Midland Music Series with a highly anticipated piano recital by true legend, incomparable Jerome Lowenthal and his student Micah McLaurin on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 7 pm

This concert is presented in collaboration with ARTS-NY

Micah McLaurin, piano; Jerome Lowenthal, piano
Micah McLaurin, piano; Jerome Lowenthal, piano / Image courtesy of the musicians

The legendary pianist Jerome Lowenthal is well known to Bronxville Women’s Club music lovers. Last year, Prof. Lowenthal shared the stage with two generations of students, Vassily Primakov and recent graduate of Juilliard Joey Chang. This time he brings another promising musician Micah McLaurin. McLaurin is a rising star of his generation who uses creative talent and fashion to challenge public perception of the 21st century “classical” musician.

Program – Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Chopin

Indulge your cravings for piano music on Saturday, April 18, 2020 as the concert will be a delicious treat for the music fans. Join the musicians in the charming setting of the Bronxville Women’s Club and share the joy of music!

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Online prices: $10 student, $30

At the door prices:  $40

 

 

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Music in NYC: French Impressions Program of Debussy and Chausson at Aspect Chamber Music Concert

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Music in NYC: French Impressions Program of Debussy and Chausson at Aspect Chamber Music Concert

Aspect Chamber Music presents French Impressions concert with Calidore String Quartet, violinist Grace Park, and pianist Gilles Vonsattel on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 7:30 pm at Bohemian National Hall 

Impression, Sunrise, Claude Monet, 1872; Pianist Gilles Vonsattel; Claude Debussy; Violinist Grace Park
Impression, Sunrise, Claude Monet, 1872; Pianist Gilles Vonsattel; Claude Debussy, atelier Nadar; Violinist Grace Park

The program explores the influence of French Impressionism and the interplay between visual art and music. Giving us the world full of tender emotions and breathtaking novelty of expression, the insurgent painters of the period such as Claude Monet and his circle of friends rebelled against the norms of the day in every form of artistic expression from art to writing to music. Unconventional in its methods and resulting artworks,  impressionism was a dirty word of that time.

When Debussy started incorporating in his scores unconventional scales and dissonant chords he was labeled by the critics as the proponent of “impressionism, the most dangerous enemy of artistic truth.” However, the composer himself adhered more to symbolism. Regardless of the classification, Debussy’s innovative scores immensely enriched the language of music and encouraged others like his friend E. Chausson to experiment with the sound and form.

The program features performances of Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21 and Debussy’s Violin Sonata in G minor.

Program

Chausson, Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21

Debussy,  Violin Sonata in G minor

 

Illustrated talk by Samuel Adams

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Treat yourself for an evening of exceptional music played by the amazing young musicians.

 

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Music in NYC: The Orchestra Now French-themed FREE Concert

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Music in NYC: The Orchestra Now French-themed FREE Concert

TŌN, The Orchestra Now comes to New York City with two Sunday concerts at Symphony Space on February 16, 2020 at 4pm and at The Metropolitan Museum of Arts on February 23, 2020 at 2 pm

Leon Botstein Conducts The Orchestra Now at Carnegie Hall
Leon Botstein Conducts The Orchestra Now at Carnegie Hall; Photo by David DeNee

Following last January’s sold-out concert, TŌN’s resident conductor Zachary Schwartzman returns to Symphony Space with more audience favorites by Ravel, Debussy, Messiaen, and Stravinsky on February 16. The Orchestra’s outstanding and enthusiastic young artists will highlight this free performance with brief remarks about each of the works.

On February 23, TŌN will give the final installment this season of its top-selling Sight & Soundseries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Haydn’s The Clock: The Intersection of Art & Technology. The program will explore how musicians, like their contemporaries in art and science, were mesmerized by advancements and pseudo-advancements in science and technology during the second half of the 18th century. While Mozart poked fun at this fascination in Così fan tutte, Haydn drew inspiration from the advances in horology in Vienna and London.
Each presentation in the Sight & Sound series offers a discussion accompanied by musical excerpts performed by The Orchestra Now along with on-screen artworks, followed by a full performance and audience Q&A with conductor Leon Botstein.
Peter Norton Symphony Space, New York City
Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 4 PM
Zachary Schwartzman, conductor
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Messiaen: The Forgotten Offerings
Ravel: Boléro
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947)
Tickets: Free concert, advance RSVP is suggested.

    The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
    Haydn’s The Clock: The Intersection of Art & Technology
    Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 2 PM
    Leon Botstein, conductor
    Haydn: Symphony No. 101, The Clock
    Artwork about Technology from the exhibition Making Marvels
    Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 1, 2020.
    Tickets priced at $30–$50; Bring the Kids for $1. All tickets include same-day museum admission. Tickets may be purchased online at metmuseum.org/sightandsound, by calling The Met at 212.570.3949, or at The Great Hall box office at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

     

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    Beyond NYC: One Piano Four Hands Recital at Bronxville Women’s Club

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    Beyond NYC: One Piano Four Hands Recital at Bronxville Women’s Club

    Celebrating love and friendship, Bronxville Women’s Club offers a night of piano music performed in four hands by the internationally acclaimed pianists Oxana Mikhailoff and Vassily Primakov on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 7 pm. 

    This concert is presented in collaboration with ARTS-NY

    Pianists Vassily Primakov and Oxana Mikhailoff
    Pianists Vassily Primakov and Oxana Mikhailoff / Image courtesy of the musicians

    Pianists, educators, and co-directors of the concert series, Oxana Mikhailoff and Vassily Primakov have known each other for nearly 30 years. Sharing warm memories about their alma-mater Moscow State Conservatory and their teacher Vera Gornostaeva, they started professional collaboration in New York upon their arrival here in the 1990s. The musicians continue enriching their careers by playing for the audiences in Bronxville and Sparkill, NY and touring together around the country.

    It is a particular treat for the music lovers to hear them play in four hands as each pianist brings certain individuality and unique musical texture which perfectly complements the style of the other. Indeed, the harmony rules!

    Program

    M. Glinka, Overture from the opera “Ruslan and Liudmila” (Transcription for four hands)
    C. Czerny, Sonata in F Minor op. 178. (Original work written for four hands)
    F. Mendelssohn, “Midsummer Night’s dream”: Overture; Scherzo (Transcription for four hands)
    C. Saint-Saens, “Carnaval of the Animals” (Transcription for four hands)

     

     

    Indulge your cravings for piano music on Saturday, February 15, 2020 as the concert will be a delicious treat for the music fans. Join the musicians in the charming setting of the Bronxville Women’s Club and share the joy of music!

    Plan ahead and reserve online for tickets at $10 off             BUY TICKETS

    Online prices: $22 – $30

    At the door prices: $35 – $40

     

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