Upcoming Performances
- Fall Concert
- Sunday, October 27, 2013 2:00pm
The Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 West 114th Street
New York, NY - Winter Concert
- Sunday, February 2, 2014 2:00pm
The Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 West 114th Street
New York, NY - Spring Concert
- Sunday, May 4, 2014 2:00pm
The Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 West 114th Street
New York, NY
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Recent Comments
- Teapigs.Co.Uk on “Leonore” Overture No. 3
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With Audio Archive
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“Karelia” Suite
Posted on October 29, 2012 | No CommentsSibelius most well-known work. -
Orchestral Suite No. 4, “Mozartiana”
Posted on June 16, 2012 | No CommentsListen in to the live recording. -
Symphony No. 35 in D Major
Posted on June 16, 2012 | No CommentsThe "Haffner" epitomizes the Classical period style. -
“Tragic” Overture
Posted on August 24, 2011 | No CommentsComposed in the fall of 1880 as a companion to the Academic Festival Overture. -
Pelleas et Melisande
Posted on August 24, 2011 | No CommentsFour great composers wrote music inspired by Maeterlinck’s masterpiece. -
Czech Suite
Posted on March 9, 2011 | No CommentsThe Czech Suite was one of several works Dvořák composed for small orchestra between 1875 and 1879 (the others being his masterful string and wind serenades). -
“Coriolan” Overture
Posted on February 6, 2011 | No CommentsBeethoven was a great admirer of Shakespeare’s plays, and according to the composer’s secretary, Anton Schindler, planned to compose an opera based on Macbeth. Unfortunately, such a plan never materialized... -
“Leonore” Overture No. 3
Posted on May 2, 2010 | 1 CommentBeethoven wrote only one opera, Fidelio (originally entitled Leonore). It is the story of Florestan, a young man who is unjustly imprisoned. His wife, Leonore, disguised as a young man,... -
“Don Giovanni” Overture
Posted on May 2, 2010 | No CommentsMozart completed Don Giovanni in 1787, and the opera was premiered in Prague on October 29, 1787. Don Giovanni is one of the three operas that resulted from Mozart’s collaboration... -
Gott ist unser Zuversicht
Posted on February 7, 2010 | No CommentsBach in a more festive mode, now with a wedding cantata, BWV 197, written in 1737. This is the opening chorus in D major. It begins with a rousing introduction... -
Symphony No. 2 in D Major
Posted on February 7, 2010 | No CommentsComposed between 1800 and 1803, this work can be viewed as both the culmination of the first phase of Beethoven’s orchestral writing and as a major advance towards the work... -
“Spring” Symphony
Posted on May 3, 2009 | No CommentsRobert Schumann (1810-1856) composed his “Spring” symphony – his first major orchestral work – when he was 31. He wrote it at a happy time in his life, shortly after... -
First Suite for Band
Posted on February 8, 2009 | No CommentsGustav Holst (1874-1934) was active as a composer and teacher in the first part of the 20th century. He played a number of instruments, including piano, violin and trombone, and... -
The Hebrides Overture
Posted on March 2, 2008 | 1 CommentThe Hebrides are probably the best-known group of Scottish islands off the west coast of Scotland. They are composed of the oldest rock formations in the British Isles. Fingal’s Cave... -
Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Posted on February 3, 2008 | No CommentsWhile Mahler wrote most of his 4th Symphony in 1900, he had really started it 8 years earlier – and with the last movement, no less! Mahler was enchanted by... -
“Linz” Symphony
Posted on October 28, 2007 | No CommentsThe itinerary says it all: Oct. 27, 1783, 9:30 a.m: Mozart (then twenty-seven years old) and his wife, Constanze, leave Salzburg, where they had been visiting Mozart’s father. Heading back... -
The Impresario
Posted on May 6, 2007 | No CommentsMozart’s one-act comic opera “der Schauspieldirektor”, or The Impresario, was originally composed in 1786 as a “Singspiel” – a German type of play interspersed with various musical numbers – at... -
“La Cenerentola” Overture
Posted on May 6, 2007 | No CommentsRossini composed his opera based on the Cinderella story in 1817, one year after writing the Barber of Seville, at the age of 25. Rossini “borrowed” the music for this... -
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
Posted on February 4, 2007 | No CommentsBy the time Brahms finally completed his first symphony, in 1976, he was 43 years old. The long gestation of this symphony is related to two factors – Brahms’ own... -
Hungarian Dances
Posted on February 4, 2007 | No CommentsThe root of Brahms’ music lies in the tension between the duple and the triple rhythmic pulse. The inspiration for this can be traced back to his great fondness for...
