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28 Apr
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Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Melodia Women's Choir of NYC presents The Harmony of Morning, a 15th Anniversary Concert
Church of the Holy Apostles
296 Ninth Avenue, NYC, New York
United States
+1 800-838-3006
http://www.melodiawomenschoir.org/
info@horsedragon-nyc.com
Tickets: $20 adv ($25 door)
Melodia Women’s Choir led by Cynthia Powell, Taisiya Pushkar (piano), and an all-female chamber orchestra.
Celebrating 15 seasons of bringing women's choral music to the world with a spring program featuring a joyful all-American program of works, including the rarely heard "Harmony of Morning" from Elliott Carter, the U.S. premiere of "A Brighter Garden," by Paul Halley, as well as an encore performance of an original Melodia commission.
Set to poetry by Mark van Doren, "The Harmony of Morning" explores the language of nature and music as the purest forms of communication. It is an ode to the beauty and joy of the natural world and a perfect way to herald the spring.
Reception with light refreshments and snacks to follow the concert.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/5998
Tel: (800) 838-3006
More at melodiawomenschoir.org
Elliott Carter : The Harmony of Morning
Paul Halley : A Brighter Garden
Christina Whitten Thomas : Mornings With You
Sally Lamb McCune : Jubilee
Sally Lamb McCune : Where Do the Roads Go?
Kevin Siegfried : Shaker Songs
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28 Apr
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Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 4:00pm
The Dessoff Choirs Presents Freedom Concert Inspired by Coretta Scott King
Church of St Paul and Andrew
263 West 86th Street
United States
Tickets: $20-40
The Dessoff Choirs
Hailed as “one of the great amateur choruses of our time (New York Today) for its “full-bodied sound and suppleness (The New York Times),” The Dessoff Choirs culminates its 93rd season with a “Freedom Concert” inspired by the late Coretta Scott King (b. April 27, 1927), wife of Martin Luther King Jr., and advocate for African-American equality. In this dynamic program, Dessoff offers a choral tapestry reflecting on the Civil Rights movement of the past while promoting hope for the future. The program’s centerpiece is Ralph Vaughan William’s plea for peace, Dona nobis pacem. Robert Sirota’s homage to the nine victims of the Mother Emanuel AME massacre, Prelude and Spiritual for Mother Emanuel, works by African-American composers, the well-known civil rights freedom song, “Oh Freedom,” and Bach’s Dona nobis pacem from Mass in B minor round out the program.
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29 Apr
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Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 3:00pm
Organist Gail Archer Performs Free Concert in Palmyra, PA
Palmyra Church of Brethren
45 N Chestnut Street
United States
717-838-6369
Tickets: Free
Gail Archer, organ
Internationally renowned concert organist and recording artist Gail Archer releases her eighth solo album A Russian Journey (TBR 09.25.17 Meyer Media) featuring works by 19th and 20th Century Russian composers including members of the Russian Five and their successors. Featuring hidden Russian gems from the organ canon, A Russian Journey enthralls listeners with Archer’s musicality, sensitivity, and visceral quality.
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29 Apr
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Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 3.00 pm
Melodia Women's Choir of NYC presents The Harmony of Morning, a 15th Anniversary Concert
West End Collegiate Church
West End Ave. at 77th St
United States
http://www.westendchurch.org
Tickets: $20 adv ($25 door)
Melodia Women’s Choir led by Cynthia Powell, Taisiya Pushkar (piano), and an all-female chamber orchestra.
Celebrating 15 seasons of bringing women's choral music to the world with a spring program featuring a joyful all-American program of works, including the rarely heard "Harmony of Morning" from Elliott Carter, the U.S. premiere of "A Brighter Garden," by Paul Halley, as well as an encore performance of an original Melodia commission.
Set to poetry by Mark van Doren, "The Harmony of Morning" explores the language of nature and music as the purest forms of communication. It is an ode to the beauty and joy of the natural world and a perfect way to herald the spring.
Reception with light refreshments and snacks to follow the concert.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/5998
Tel: (800) 838-3006
More at melodiawomenschoir.org
Elliott Carter : The Harmony of Morning
Paul Halley : A Brighter Garden
Christina Whitten Thomas : Mornings With You
Sally Lamb McCune : Jubilee
Sally Lamb McCune : Where Do the Roads Go?
Kevin Siegfried : Shaker Songs
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1 May
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4 May
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Friday, May 04, 2018 at 8pm
PhiloSonia presents “Liaisons NOW: The Brothers Balliett & Friends”
South Oxford Space
138 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
United States
(718) 398-3078
http://www.art-newyork.org/rehearsal-space
Tickets: $25/10
Stani Dimitrova, violin; Yezu Elizabeth Woo, violin; Chieh-Fan Jay Yiu, viola; Michael Katz, cello
PhiloSonia presents the fourth and last concert of its season “Liaisons” exploring composer friendship. Having established themselves as two of the most prominent figures in today’s music world, the multi-talented brothers Brad and Doug Balliett curate a program of friends and colleagues.
Lembit Beecher : "These Memories May be True"
Andrew Norman : Sabina from "The Companion Guide to Rome"
Zachary Detrick : "A Challenge to All Of Us" (String Quartet)
Doug Balliett : Violin, Viola, Cello
Brad Balliett : Strain Trio
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5 May
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Saturday, May 05, 2018 at Three concerts at 11:30, 3:00 and 7:30
Late Music: A three-part journey through Twentieth Century piano repertoire
Unitarian Chapel, York
St Saviourgate
United Kingdom
http://www.latemusic.org
Tickets: £18/14 for all-day tickets. Individual concert tickets are also available - www.latemusic.org
Ian Pace - piano
Three concerts in a single day, exploring some of the key works in the piano repertoire of the Twentieth Century.Concert 1: Schoenberg, Ives, Ravel, Bartok, Debussy etc. Concert 2: Janacek, Seeger, Webern, Cage, Messiaen etc. Concert 3: Stockhausen, Boulez, Ligeti, Finnissy, Weir, Takemitsu, etc.
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6 May
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Sunday, May 06, 2018 at 3:00pm
Fair Trade Trio Presents Spring-Themed Musical Celebration
David Greer Recital Hall
323 West 108th Street New York, NY 10025
United States
www.bsmny.org/
Tickets: $15-25 (under 18 free)
Fair Trade Trio (violinist Ashley Windle, violist Hannah Levinson, and cellist Jeanette Stenson) with guest collaborate pianist Taisiya Pushkar.
The Fair Trade Trio is a professional string trio that regularly performs around New York City and tours North America. The trio specializes in creating accessible performances for all audiences and has a mission to champion the works of living female composers alongside the standard chamber music canon. The Fair Trade Trio embarked on its second tour of the Pacific northwest in 2017 where they returned to perform at the Silk Purse Arts Centre in Vancouver, BC, the Oak Bay chamber music series in Victoria, BC, and the KidsQuest museum in Seattle, WA. The trio also made its debut at the Old Church in Portland, OR and at the Resonance at SOMA Towers in Seattle, WA with Seattle Symphony pianist Li-Tan Hsu. The tour featured the world premiere of Emily Doolittle’s string trio “Field Guide” commissioned by the Fair Trade Chamber Music Society.
Kaija Saariaho : Cloud Trio
Emily Doolittle : Field Guide
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Piano quartet in g minor
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7 May
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9 May
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Wednesday, May 09, 2018 at 7.30pm
English Symphony Orchestra perform a World Premiere of David Matthews' Symphony No 9
St Georges Concert Hall, Bristol
United Kingdom
Tickets: £40, £35, £30, £25, £15, £5
English Symphony Orchestra
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Kenneth Woods, conductor
Describing itself as ‘the international orchestra of Elgar country’, it is fitting that this programme by the English Symphony Orchestra is bookended by two beloved works by Elgar. Alongside the enticing prospect of hearing Sheku Kanneh-Mason as soloist in the Cello Concerto, there is the chance to hear an acclaimed new orchestral rendering of the Piano Quintet. Elgar himself wrote of this work, composed a century ago in 1918, that it ‘runs gigantically and in a large mood’. So it is perhaps unsurprising how well it works in what a recent Gramophone review describes as ‘a richly upholstered orchestration’ – whilst also managing to be ‘astutely appreciative of the simmering passion and sense of loss that permeate this wistful creation.’
Complementing these quintessentially English works is the world premiere of a new symphony by another composer with a distinctively English sensibility, David Matthews.
Limited ticket availability!
David Matthews : Symphony No.9
Edward Elgar : Piano Quintet (version for symphony orchestra)
Edward Elgar : Cello Concerto
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13 May
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Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 2:30pm
Leading Female Organist Gail Archer Performs Free Concert
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
2319 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA
United States
337-232-8945
www.fatimalafayette.org
Tickets: Free
Gail Archer, organ
Internationally renowned concert organist and recording artist Gail Archer releases her eighth solo album A Russian Journey (TBR 09.25.17 Meyer Media) featuring works by 19th and 20th Century Russian composers including members of the Russian Five and their successors. Featuring hidden Russian gems from the organ canon, A Russian Journey enthralls listeners with Archer’s musicality, sensitivity, and visceral quality. Ms. Archer was the first American woman to play the complete works of Olivier Messiaen. Time Out New York recognized the Messiaen cycle as "Best of 2008" in classical music and opera. Her recordings include A Russian Journey, The Muse’s Voice, Franz Lizst: A Hungarian Rhapsody, Bach: The Transcendent Genius, An American Idyll, A Mystic in the Making (Meyer Media), and The Orpheus of Amsterdam: Sweelinck and his Pupils (CALA Records). Ms. Archer’s 2017 European tour took her to Germany, Italy, the British Isles, Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. Highlights include St. Nicholas Church, Stuttgart, Germany, Church of San Domenico, Palermo, Sicily, the Temple of the Renaissance, Bryansk, Russia, the Philharmonic Hall, Khmelnytsky, Ukraine, and the Basilika Mariaska, Gdansk, Poland. She is the founder of Musforum, an international network for women organists to promote and affirm their work.
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17 May
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Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 6.30pm
The Whitworth
Oxford Rd, Manchester M15 6ER
United Kingdom
http://www.psappha.com/event/here-and-now/
Tickets: £5.50 to £17.50 (including concessions).
Psappha Ensemble
In a programme inspired by film, photos and animation, Psappha, Manchester’s professional contemporary classical music ensemble, showcases new works from some of the UK’s leading young composers: Will Frampton, Dani Howard, David John Roche and Bethan Morgan-Williams, whose work has been directly inspired by The Whitworth collection. Each piece will receive its world première as audiences take a musical adventure through the gallery.
Judd Greenstein : Plan of the City
MIchael Gandolfi : History of the World in Seven Acts
David Fennessy : 5 Hofer Photographs
Will Frampton : Music Alone
Dani Howard : The Den
David John Roche : No Steel Leaves
Bethan Morgan-Williams : Traces of a disco
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17 May
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Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 7.30pm
Georgia Shreve's first solo multi-media concert
Carnegie Hall
New York
United States
Manhattan Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
On May 17th, her work will be performed at Carnegie Hall for the 7th time, in a multi-media concert for chamber orchestra, piano, choir and vocal soloists. The concert will include her new setting of Alice in Wonderland featuring Salvador Dali’s paintings based on Alice. It will also include her new film Protopia which she is creating and setting to music. The third multi-media piece, The Four Seasons, is composed of time-lapse video of the seasons created on iconic New York terraces accompanied by her Piano Concerto. Her new choral piece, Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way, will also be performed.
“It is my first solo-concert and will feature three premieres,” she says. “Four works of mine will be performed by chamber orchestra, choir, and vocal soloists that evening.”
The May 17th concert marks her fifth consecutive collaboration at Carnegie Hall with the Manhattan Contemporary Chamber Ensemble.
The concert will include Georgia Shreve’s setting of Alice in Wonderland accompanied by a montage of Salvador Dali’s fascinating paintings inspired by the book. Alice in Wonderland has had a long and lively life since its debut almost 150 years ago,” says Shreve. “It has appeared in numerous animated and live-action films, has attracted over 40 illustrators, and has been issued in almost 50 editions. In setting it, I have worked hard to bring it alive in music while fusing it with the extraordinary paintings by Salvador Dali to provide new visions of the story.”
Her new film Protopia will also have its debut at the concert. “I created the word Protopia to express a vision of the future which is coming to life today, that is positive, optimistic, idealistic and altruistic, positive progress in the making. We are bombarded with negative news that blinds us to all the awe-inspiring prosocial projects and accomplishments that are happening right now.”
To illuminate this vision the composer has created a film, set to a poem by Walt Whitman, that expresses a positive universal spirit that connects us all. The film highlights the composer’s perception of current developments which are making the world a better place.
"Georgia Shreve is a unique voice in the world of contemporary music,” observes Richard Auldon Clark, founder and conductor of the Manhattan Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, created 30 years ago. “Her original settings combine vocal, choral and instrumental beauty with great literature and stunning images to create a new performance art for the twenty-first century.”
"Richard Auldon Clark is an extremely talented violist, conductor and composer,” says Georgia. “He and the ensemble bring my work beautifully to life and has always been a pleasure to work with him."
“Georgia has a true passion for poetry and music, and has composed musical settings for poems by some of the world’s foremost poets, including T.S. Eliot, Dante, and Wallace Stevens,” says Dr. Howard Cass, Musical Director & pianist of Ideation Productions. “Each of Georgia’s past concert events has been enthusiastically received, and I am certain that this year’s event, which features three premiere performances, will be received with equal enthusiasm and applause.”
The 3rd and final multi-media piece which will be performed at the May 17 concert is called the Four Seasons. The work features time lapse photography of some of New York’s iconic terraces that has been merged into a video and set to Shreve’s four-movement Piano Concerto.
“The concerto movements guide you through these perspectives from a private and unique vantage of the city. It is my own version of the Four Seasons,” says Georgia.
The concert also includes a new choral piece composed by Georgia, her setting of the poem Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way by Juan Felipe Herrera, the recent Poet Laureate (whose parents were migrant workers) which expresses joy, longing, and optimism.
Georgia Shreve : Alice in Wonderland
Georgia Shreve : The Four Seasons
Georgia Shreve : Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way
Georgia Shreve : Protopia
Georgia Shreve : Four Seasons
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