92Y October Concerts
| Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7:30pm OPENING NIGHT CONCERT American Classics by Gershwin Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks Kirill Gerstein, piano Maurice Peress, conductor Kaufmann Concert HallMonday, October 26, 2015 at 8:30pm “Bridge to Beethoven“, Part I Jennifer Koh, violin Shai Wosner, piano Buttenwieser Hall Wedneday, October 28, 2015 at 7:30pm |
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| OPENING NIGHT: AMERICAN CLASSICS BY GERSHWINWith Pianist Kirill Gerstein and Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks |
| Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7:30pm 92Y – Kaufmann Concert Hall 92nd Street Y’s 2015/16 season opens with internationally renowned pianist and Gilmore Artist Award recipient Kirill Gerstein, who returns to his jazz roots to collaborate with the 1920s style big band and Grammy award winners Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks. Together, they present two of George Gershwin’s most famous works—Rhapsody in Blue and Piano Concerto in F—in their original jazz band arrangements from the 1920s. The rarely-heard 1928 jazz band version of Piano Concerto in F, arranged by Ferde Grofé for Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, has been conceived as a newly reconstructed score by Vince Giordiano and Maurice Peress. Maurice Peress, who worked with Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington, conducts these original arrangements which provide a glimpse into the past and allow audiences to hear these works in what was originally considered an unconventional instrumentation. Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks GERSHWIN Overture to “Strike Up the Band” (arr. by Maurice Peress) Tickets from $70 |
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| “BRIDGE TO BEETHOVEN”, Part I:
Jennifer Koh and Shai Wosner’s Season Long Four-Concert Residency Begins |
| Monday, October 26, 2015 at 8:30pm 92Y – Buttenwieser Hall Over 180 years after his death, Beethoven remains one of the most frequently performed composers in classical music concerts across the globe. It is no surprise that his music has continued to influence and inspire generations of composers and musicians, including the leading composers of today. Violinist Jennifer Koh, a longtime 92Y collaborator and one of today’s most innovative musicians, illustrates the composer’s lasting influence with her four-concert residency “Bridge to Beethoven,” in which she and pianist Shai Wosner perform all of Beethoven’s violin sonatas, along with new works by contemporary composers from a variety of cultural and stylistic backgrounds. Ms. Koh asked composers Vijay Iyer, Andrew Norman, and Anthony Cheung, all of whom she has worked with before, to write new pieces that would serve as companions to Beethoven’s existing violin sonatas. In Ms. Koh’s words, “I wanted to create a project that explores diversity in a compelling way, where people can engage with different cultural voices in a musical conversation. This project is about including a wide range of voices that takes all of us on a journey that illustrates the evolving nature of classical music.” Ms. Koh and Mr. Wosner’s residency includes the New York premieres of new works by Vijay Iyer (October 26), Anthony Cheung (March 21), and Andrew Norman (April 7), along with Jörg Widmann’s Sommersonate (December 7). Jennifer Koh, violin BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 12, No. 1 Tickets from $25 |
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| MASTERS OF THE KEYBOARD
Angela Hewitt Performs The Art of Fugue in her 92Y Solo Recital Debut |
| Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 7:30pm 92Y – Kaufmann Concert Hall Angela Hewitt, whose musicianship was described by The New York Times as “an instant link from head and heart to fingertips,” is one of the world’s foremost performers and interpreters of Bach’s keyboard works. In 2012/13, after performing Bach’s The Art of Fugue in its entirety at the Royal Festival Hall in London as part of the International Piano Series, Ms. Hewitt began a project to perform this monumental work over the course of two programs in major halls across the globe. She brings this project to 92Y, performing The Art of Fugue in its entirety in just one evening. “The pianist’s eloquent exposition of The Art of Fugue, the result of a lifetime’s immersion in Bach’s music, could hardly be bettered.” –The Financial Times Angela Hewitt, piano (92Y solo recital debut) BACH The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 Tickets from $35 |
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