"Mark O'Connor Duo" with Maggie O’Connor: American Classics identifies the cornerstones of repertoire, style and wonderful diversity of A New American School of String Playing. Mining a huge body of repertoire that has made its impact on American music, the selected tunes and arrangements by Mr. O'Connor represent stylistic importance, pedagogical value and have timeless appeal. The program offers a broad and […]
Beethoven. String Quintet in C minor, Op. 104
Kolbel - Trio in D Major
Brahms - String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 111
Shows at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Ariel Horowitz, violin
Devin Moore, viola
Paul Laraia, viola
Vadim Lando, clarinet
Karl Kramer, horn
The world premiere of Andrea Casarrubios’s Mirage for solo cello and orchestra with Maestro Jacob Joyce. Thomas will also join Maestro Jack Everly in the second half with the Theme from Schindler’s List.
Rachmaninoff - Sonata in G minor Claude Bolling - Suite for cello and jazz piano trio Piazzolla - Oblivion Ilya Yakushev, piano
Recital with Ilya Yakushev, piano
An emotional and timely recital celebrating an emergence from despair to joy. The program opens with Andrea Casarrubios’ SEVEN (2020), commissioned by Mesa and written as tribute to the essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by Elizabeth Start’s Echoes in Life (2015), a ruminative exploration of bi-culturality which combines Native American influenced melodic elements […]
Teaching talented black and latinx high school cellists
Performances and masterclass
The greatest works of Beethoven by candlelight at the Mondrian Hotel rooftop in NYC 6:30 & 9:30 PM shows
Drawing inspiration from the most promising voices of today, Sphinx Virtuosi seeks to lift the many voices within its communities. Despite the physical isolation imposed by the pandemic, the chamber orchestra’s members are unified through a shared commitment to social impact through expression. This performance will be a quintet presenting works by Dvorak, Taylor Perkinson, […]
The greatest works of Beethoven by candlelight on the rooftop of the Mondrian Hotel in NYC
Excerpts from Michael Gordon’s Travel Guide to Nicaragua for solo cello and chamber choir. The Crossing is a professional chamber choir conducted by Donald Nally and dedicated to new music. It is committed to working with creative teams to make and record new, substantial works for choir that explore and expand ways of writing for choir, singing […]
