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- Sunday, October 27, 2013 2:00pm
The Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 West 114th Street
New York, NY - Winter Concert
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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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Sinfonia Concertante in B flat Major
Posted on June 21, 2012 | No CommentsComposed by Haydn for Johann Salomon in 1792 for four solo instruments, violin, cello, oboe and bassoon. -
Symphony No. 35 in D Major
Posted on June 16, 2012 | No CommentsThe "Haffner" epitomizes the Classical period style. -
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb Major
Posted on February 21, 2011 | No CommentsThis piece represents one of the highest achievements of Mozart’s art. It is at once a symphony and a concerto, and showcases both the violin and the viola (the latter... -
Horn Concerto No. 2
Posted on May 2, 2010 | No CommentsBetween 1783 and 1791 Mozart wrote four horn concertos and a horn quintet. All of these works were dedicated to one person – Joseph Leutgeb. Leutgeb was an acclaimed performer... -
“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... -
Concerto in A for Double Bass
Posted on May 3, 2009 | No CommentsBorn in Venice, Domenico Dragonetti (1763-1846) was the pre-eminent double-bass virtuoso of his time. Early on, he displayed his remarkable musical gifts on the violin and guitar before turning to... -
“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. 34 in C Major
Posted on October 28, 2006 | No CommentsWolfgang on his hometown: “Salzburg is no place for me.” On its residents: “One can’t have any proper social intercourse with those people.” On the court musicians for whom he... -
“Surprise” Symphony
Posted on March 13, 2006 | No CommentsNo Haydn symphony is as well-known to the general public as the “Surprise” symphony, with its dramatic “wake-up call” chord in the second movement. Even beyond that, though, this symphony... -
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor
Posted on October 30, 2005 | No CommentsMozart’s twenty-seven piano concerti represent the absolute apotheosis of the form: in the same way that Haydn perfected the string quartet, Mozart took the piano concerto and brought it to... -
Church Sonata in D Major
Posted on May 25, 2005 | No CommentsAs part of his vast musical output, Mozart wrote numerous works for use in church services. Among them were 17 short pieces, none more than 4 minutes long, known as... -
Symphony No. 95 in C Minor
Posted on October 24, 2004 | No CommentsNo notes available. -
“Prague” Symphony
Posted on October 25, 2003 | No CommentsIn the 1780′s, Mozart’s fame was, amazingly, already fading in Vienna; but in Prague, then capital of Bohemia, Mozart was celebrated as a rock star would be today. He made... -
Toy Symphony
Posted on October 25, 2003 | No CommentsLeopold Mozart, the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was a well-known teacher and composer in his own right in mid-18th century Germany. Although he composed conventional orchestral and choral works,... -
“London” Symphony
Posted on March 8, 2003 | No CommentsIt is clear from the title that Joseph Haydn was a very prolific composer, and all of his symphonies are mature, brilliant and well-crafted works. This last of them was... -
Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Posted on October 27, 2002 | No CommentsFranz Schubert grew up in the most important symphonic center of his time, Vienna. Schubert’s teachers, Salieri and Holzer, were primarily opera composers; but Schubert’s inner drive propelled him to... -
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major
Posted on October 27, 2002 | No CommentsThe fifth concerto for violin, K. 219, is one of a series of great works for Mozart’s “other” instrument. We associate Mozart, and rightly so, with the keyboard. But Mozart’s... -
Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major
Posted on March 8, 2002 | No CommentsThis is one of Haydn’s best-known concerti, and one of the most famous works for trumpet. Haydn composed it in 1796, and made full use of the solo ability of...
