Salon/Sanctuary Concerts
2010-2011 Season
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OCTOBER
The Pergolesi Project: A Celebration of the Pergolesi 300th Anniversary Year
Following the critically acclaimed March 2010 concert of Pergolesi’s music for the Lenten season, praised by The New York Times for “dramatic intensity,” The Pergolesi Project with Sinfonia New York opens our season in a weekend of two concerts.
Concert I
Mezzo-soprano Meg Bragle performs virtuosic motets of heavenly splendor in the intimate sanctuary of the Church of the Epiphany.
Concert II
Soprano Jessica Gould performs secular works of earthly fire in the auditorium of the Abigail Adams Smith House. The story of a journey to Styx and a triumph over death, the cantata Orfeo is among Pergolesi’s last works, composed while he lay dying of tuberculosis at the age of 26.
Concert I Saturday, October 30 at 8 pm
Church of the Epiphany
Concert II Sunday, October 31 at 8 pm
Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium
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| Meg Bragle |
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| Jessica Gould |
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Congratulations to all the performers of the Pergolesi Project!
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| Rufus Müller |
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| Audrey Axinn |
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Tenor Rufus Müller & Fortepianist Audrey Axinn
Praised by New York Magazine for “a vocal freedom and interpretative eloquence that took the breath away,” internationally acclaimed English/German tenor Rufus Müller joins the Salon/Sanctuary season for a special evening of German lieder with fortepianist Audrey Axinn in the auditorium of the Abigail Adams Smith House.
Saturday, November 20th at 8 pm
Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium
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DECEMBER
I Were
An evening of baroque
delicacies and contemporary works inspired by them, I WERE explores
human expression as conceived in baroque terms. Incorporating music,
dance, and spoken text, the evening touches upon three questions:
* How can we communicate our deepest hollows?
* How can we start a conversation between the internal and the external?
* How can we make pain beautiful?
The program will include Handel, Gluck, Pergolesi, Stravinsky, and more.
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Countertenor
Joelle Harvey, Soprano
The Second Instrumental Unit, David Fulmer and Eliot Gattegno directors
Karole Armitage, Choreographer
Jill Johnson, Choreographer
Saturday, December 4 at 8 pm
The Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium
All tickets ~ $20
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"We am.
I.
Were.
We was."
- Jenny Schwartz, "God's Ear"
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JANUARY
From Ghetto to Palazzo
Vocal works of Salamone Rossi Hebreo
An evening of songs for one to 5 voices by the Jewish Italian composer Salamone Rossi, (c. 1570 – 1630), performed by members of the Clarion Music Society in the Beth-El Chapel of Temple Emanu-El. The concert will present both liturgical works in Hebrew composed for the synagogue and secular Italian madrigals composed for the court.
Presenting the sacred music for clandestine services and the madrigals penned in the idiom of the dominant culture, the program will bring to light Rossi’s connection to both the ghetto of his birth and the palazzo of his ambitions, reflecting upon the timeless balance between tradition and assimilation.
Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 4 pm
Temple Emanu-El
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Reserved seating is SOLD OUT.
Seats at the rear of the Chapel may be available at the door; they will be distributed on a first come, first served basis at no charge. Overflow seating in the Sanctuary adjacent to the Chapel is also available at no charge. Arrive any time after 3:15pm.
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| FEBRUARY
Monica Huggett and Juilliard 415
Monica Huggett, one of the foremost violinists of our time, returns to Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium to perform with the extraordinary students of Juilliard’s new historical performance program, Juilliard 415, of which she is director.
Schubert, String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Boccherini, String Quintet in D Major,
Opus 40, No. 2 G. 341
Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 8 pm
Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium
417 East 61st Street (between 1st and York)
MANHATTAN
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| Jesse Blumberg |
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| Audrey Axinn |
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| APRIL
Spring Liederabend
Baritone Jesse Blumberg and
Fortepianist Audrey Axinn
Described by The Washington Post as “nothing less than revelatory”, young internationally-acclaimed baritone Jesse Blumberg joins fortepianist Audrey Axinn for a recital of works in German, French, English and Italian by Arne, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven.
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In response to the recent catastrophic events in Japan, Salon/Sanctuary Concerts will be donated a portion of the proceeds of every ticket sale from this recital to the American Red Cross*. In addition, the artists generously offered to donate a portion of their performance fees to the Red Cross. We thank everyone who came and supported this urgent cause.
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Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 8 pm
Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium
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* The American Red Cross name is used with it's permission, which in no way constitutes an endorsement, express or implied, of any product, service, company, individual or political position.
For more information about the American Red Cross of Greater New York, please call 212-875-2617 or visit us online at www.nyredcross.org.
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This Friday, when you're done with the Royals,
come hear the Rebels:
Music From a Young Republic!
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APRIL
April 29, 2011
Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium
Music from a Young Republic
Julianne Baird with Pro Musica Rara
Salon/Sanctuary
Concerts
is proud to present “national artistic treasure” soprano Julianne Baird
with
period instrument ensemble Pro Musica Rara in a program of music from the milieus of the founding
fathers. The venue is the Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium adjacent to
the Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum and
Garden, built in 1799 for the daughter of John Adams.
Repertoire beloved of American Renaissance Men Jefferson and
Franklin, avid musicians and the the first US Ambassadors to Paris, will
include French songs and arias of Gluck and Grétry, "The Philadelphia
Sonata" of Alexander Reinagle, “The Battle of Trenton” by James Hewitt,
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well as the bawdy English drinking song that became our national anthem.
In
honor of Franklin, who declared that “Wine is proof that God loves us and wants
us to be happy,” a sparkling reception will cap off this season finale
concert in an historic space.
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This concert is one of over 100 events nationwide offered in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Early Music America.
We thank The Colonial Dames of America for co-sponsorship.
Nancy Shackelford Jones, President General
Allison Coliskey, Executive Director
This concert is made possible with the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation.
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