Jherek-Bischoff—Photo-by-Thomas-Deneuville

This week: concerts in New York (January 6 – January 12, 2014)

Yefim Bronfman, Lindberg, Rouse, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5

Composer Christopher Rouse (photo credit: christopherrouse.com)

Composer Christopher Rouse (photo credit: christopherrouse.com)

Pianist Yefim Bronfman joins the New York Philharmonic to perform Christopher Rouse’s Rapture, Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.
Tuesday, January 7 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $29.00 – $99.00
Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
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Composed | Jherek Bischoff

Jherek Bischoff - Photo by Thomas Deneuville

Jherek Bischoff – Photo by Thomas Deneuville

For two nights only, Jherek Bischoff, the Contemporaneous Chamber Orchestra and special guests will perform selections from Composed and other favorite songs.
Wednesday, January 8 & Thursday, January 9 at 8 PM
Tickets $30-$40
St. Ann’s Warehouse, 29 Jay Street, New York, NY
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ETHEL and Friends

ETHEL string quartet - Ralph Farris,Tema Watstein, Kip Jones, and Dorothy Lawson  (photo credit: Stephanie Berger)

ETHEL string quartet – Ralph Farris,Tema Watstein, Kip Jones, and Dorothy Lawson (photo credit: Stephanie Berger)

The string quartet ETHEL performs music by Jones, Muhly, Kline, Lawson and Farris.
Friday, January 10 & Saturday, January 11 at 5 PM
Free with museum admission
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY
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The Cellist | Cellist Maya Beiser + cognitive psychologist Jamshed Bharucha

Maya Beiser - Photo Merri Cyr

Maya Beiser – Photo Merri Cyr

The cellist converses with the President of Cooper Union about tonality and what effect music has on our psyche and well-being following a performance of Michael Harrison’s Just Ancient Loops. This 25-minute piece is performed with a film by Bill Morrison.
Saturday, January 11 at 6 PM
Tickets $25
Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, New York, NY
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Visitations: Theotokia and The War Reporter

Gradual and insidious, auditory hallucinations warp minds with “loud thoughts,” that often deceive, derange, and force sufferers into a world of crippling paranoia. Visitations, the New York premiere of the double-bill, semi-staged multi-media concert of one-act chamber operas by composer Jonathan Berger and librettist Dan O’Brien unravels the phenomenon. In Theotokia, penetrate the consciousness of a man who, assailed by hallucinatory voices, is taunted and seduced by the mother of God. Uncover the true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning combat journalist Paul Watson in The War Reporter, where he seeks to stifle the haunting voice of an American soldier whose corpse he photographed in the streets of Mogadishu.
Saturday, January 11 & Sunday, January 12 at 8 PM
Tickets $25 ($16.30 & $15 through proto pack), Members/Students/Seniors $20, Free for All Access Members
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Asphalt Orchestra Plays the Pixies: Surfer Rosa

Screaming electric guitars transform into brass exhortations; a chorus of saxophones blare searing lyrics, and a lone piccolo shrieks feedback while a 3-piece percussion section thrashes and grooves. Asphalt Orchestra discovers a new direction for exhilarating acoustic music by paying tribute to a modern monument – legendary rock band the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa – for the album’s 25th anniversary. A cult hit when it was released, the album’s influence has grown to mammoth proportions over the years; it is now considered one of the most important recordings of its time. Asphalt’s Surfer Rosa is raw, dirty, and utterly captivating. This project debuted at Lincoln Center Out of Doors in July 2013, and this is the first chance to hear this music in an intimate club setting.
Sunday, January 12 at 10 PM
Tickets $15 advance, $20 day of show
(le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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