Thursday | August 8, 2019 | 5 pm
2019 NYCA Worldwide Debut Audition Semifinal Round: Pianists will each present 45-minute recitals every day at 5pm from August 4-August 8. On August 8 at 7pm, the three finalists will be announced. program ROBERT SCHUMANN - Davidsbuendlertaenze Op. 6 MAURICE RAVEL …
(classical)
Thursday | August 8, 2019 | 8:30 pm
Two monumental chamber works by Schubert and Brahms: The Great Trout Quintet in A Major and Piano Quintet in F minor will be performed by festival artists. Enjoy the mesmerizing music performed by world-class artists. program JOHANNES BRAHMS - Piano Quintet in F minor, …
(classical)
Friday | August 9, 2019 | 3 pm
Three Piano Concertos out of six below will be performed after the announcement of THREE FINALISTS (Piano soloists) on August 8 at 7pm Announcement of the Winner: 5:30pm on August 9 program To be selected from the following: BEETHOVEN - Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" in E flat major LISZT …
(classical)
Thursday | September 26, 2019 | 7:30 pm
Folk music has long served as a source of inspiration for composers of concert music. This program focuses on five such artists who drew much of their inspiration from the ethnic music of their region, bringing the fusion of folk elements with western concert music to a high art in and of itself. Em…
(classical)
Wednesday | October 16, 2019 | 8 pm
This New York Festival of Song revival explores the Bard's influence on music, with songs by Kabalevsky, Poulenc, Sondheim, Dankworth and others, along with readings that complement the songs. With mezzo-soprano Naomi Louisa O’Connell, bass, Matt Boehler, actress Kathleen Chalfant and…
(classical, new-music, musical-theater, vocal-performance, season-highlights)
Sunday | November 10, 2019 | 4 pm
Oboe, String Trio & Piano An die Musik has inspired audiences with their “ardent impetuosity, musical integrity and fiery instrumental brilliance.” – New York Times Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Handel/Halvorsen and Schubert Mark Peskanov, violin Nicholas Mann, viola Thomas Demen…
(classical, season-highlights)
Monday | November 18, 2019 | 7:30 pm
Great Singers! Great Broadway Show Tunes! NO MICROPHONES! An exciting cross section of New York's greatest singing stars will take the Merkin Concert Hall stage on Monday, November 18 at 7:30 PM to perform famous Broadway show tunes the way they used to be sung during the Great White Way's G…
(musical-theater)
Tuesday | November 19, 2019 | 8 pm
Two powerful, neglected theater works by a pair of masters, both on the theme of resisting injustice. With soprano Sari Gruber, mezzo-soprano Rebecca Jo Loeb, tenor Alex Manoori, baritone John Brancy, and pianists Michael Barrett and Steven Blier. New subscriptions ($150-$240) and single ticket…
(new-music, musical-theater, vocal-performance, season-highlights)
Saturday | December 7, 2019 | 7:30 pm
Singer/songwriter David Ippolito (aka "That Guitar Man From Central Park") returns to Merkin Hall with the usual suspects for an evening of music and laughs, stories and thoughts and feelings. An annual New York City tradition. artists David Ippolito, guitar and vocals Teresa Reynold…
Wednesday | December 11, 2019 | 7:30 pm
Zhu Wang, piano Brilliant 22-year-old American violinist Randall Goosby won First Prize in the 2018 YCA International Auditions and five special awards, including the Sander Buchman Prize sponsoring his New York debut. As a ‘Sphinx Virtuoso,’ he has soloed with the Cleveland and Nashvill…
(classical, season-highlights)
Thursday | December 12, 2019 | 8 pm
Music from Harlem’s gay underground, including works by Billy Strayhorn and Porter Grainger, as well as songs popularized by Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, and “Ma” Rainey. With soprano Shereen Pimentel, mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford, tenor Joshua Blue, and pianists Ste…
(musical-theater, vocal-performance, season-highlights)
Tuesday | February 4, 2020 | 7:30 pm
Winner of First Prize at the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, 24-year-old pianist Do-Hyun Kim was also awarded special prizes from the Embassy Series for a concert in Washington, D.C., the Tri-I Noon Recitals Prize at Rockefeller University, and the John Browning Memorial Prize. I…
(classical, season-highlights)
Tuesday | March 3, 2020 | 7:30 pm
Up-and-coming 22-year-old Danish-American cellist Jonathan Swensen fell in love with the cello at 6 after hearing the Elgar concerto with his father, Joseph Swensen, conducting. In 2018, he won First Prize in both the YCA International Auditions and the Khachaturian Cello Competition, which brought …
(classical, season-highlights)
Tuesday | March 17, 2020 | 8 pm
The beauties of the seaside, romance, and the spirit, along with an exploration of some pleasures you might not want your parents to know about—featuring music by Montsalvatge, Rachmaninoff, Jonathan Dove, Tom Lehrer and many others. With Caramoor’s 2020 Schwab Vocal Rising Stars. New su…
(classical, new-music, vocal-performance, season-highlights)
Tuesday | April 7, 2020 | 7:30 pm
Pianist Aristo Sham, born in Hong Kong and educated at London’s Harrow School, currently attends Harvard and the New England Conservatory. In 2018, at the age of 22, he won First Prize in the first Charles Wadsworth International Piano Competition in Newnan, GA, and First Prize in YCA’s …
(classical, season-highlights)
