Double Takes
Argento’s The Double Take Project explores two works: Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht (transfigured night – 1899) and Erin Gee’s Mouthpiece 29 (2016) by juxtaposing and performing several iterations of each piece.
Wednesday, February 5 at 7:00 PM
Free
Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY
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Caroline Shaw | Composer Portraits
Attacca Quartet performs an all-Caroline Shaw program at The Crypt Sessions–Photo by Steven Pisano
The Attacca Quartet and Sō Percussion, both close collaborators of composer Caroline Shaw, perform a program of her works from the last decade.
Thursday, February 6 at 8:00 PM
Starting at $20
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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Concert 1 | Melodies Pour Out of Me
The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra premieres Chris Whittaker’s violin concerto, featuring Amos Fayette, and performs José Dolores Cerón’s A la caída de la tarde and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88.
Friday, February 7 at 7:00 PM
$5 advance, $7 door
George Washington Educational Campus, 549 Audubon Avenue, New York, NY
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Concert 2 | Melodies Pour Out of Me
The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra premieres Chris Whittaker’s violin concerto, featuring Amos Fayette, and performs José Dolores Cerón’s A la caída de la tarde and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88.
Saturday, February 8 at 3:00 PM
$5 advance, $7 door
Fort Washington Collegiate Church, 729 West 181st Street, New York, NY
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Ensemble von Paradis
Robert Sirota – Photo by Brian Hatton
The von Paradis Ensemble perform the world premiere of JOB Fragments, with libretto by Victoria Sirota and music by Robert Sirota.
Saturday, February 8 at 6:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Goddard Riverside, Bernie Wohl Center, 647 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY
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Rear View Mirror Vol. 2
Rear View Mirror is a project involving the creation of a new repertoire for the flauto d’amore, an instrument that, in its modern form, is completely unknown. Rear View Mirror Vol. 2 is the second in this series, and will feature the flauto d’amore with strings, as well as alone and with electronics.
Saturday, February 8 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15-$20
The Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY
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Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Gabriella Smith
The program features works by Jean Sibelius, Curtis alumna Gabriella Smith, and Ludwig van Beethoven, with piano soloist and Curtis faculty member Jonathan Biss. Gabriella Smith’s piece f(x) = sin²x –1/x was co-commissioned by Curtis and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and is a musical interpretation of the eponymous mathematical function.
Saturday, February 8 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $10-$60
Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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Yehudi Wyner Celebration
Music of Yehudi Wyner, performed by the composer, and featuring soprano Sharon Harms, Beth Levin, Calvin Wiersma, Margaret Kampmeier, Joan Forsyth, Emily John, Kyle Miller, and William Anderson.
Sunday, February 9 at 2:30 PM
Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, 235 East 11th Street, New York, NY
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