Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Music | Music With A View
Hans Tammen – Photo by Ashok Mehta
Will be moderated by Robert Schwimmer and features music by Joshua Fried/Hans Tammen and Judy Dunaway.
Monday, June 17 at 7 PM
Free
The Flea Theater, 41 White St, New York, NY
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The Ghost of Gesualdo: An Evening with Ensemble Amarcord | Chelsea Music Festival
Set in the General Theological Seminary’s resplendent chapel, this evening juxtaposes works from the enigmatic Renaissance madrigalist Gesualdo di Venosa and his contemporaries such as Marenzio and Verdelot. CMF 2013 Composers-in-Residence Edmund Finnis and Eric Nathan will also present World Premieres of their works inspired by Gesualdo, giving testimony to the legacy left by one of the most poetic and original composers of the late Renaissance.
Monday, June 17 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $35, $25 students and seniors
General Theological Seminary Chapel, 440 West 21st St, New York, NY
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New Music Showdown
The evening will feature original compositions by cellist Pat Muchmore, US premieres by Italian composers performed by Milan’s mdi ensemble, improvisation-heavy chamber music by Quiet City, an electrifying set by Elevator Rose, a two-man political opera by thingNY, and new works by the dynamic ensemble Iktus Percussion.
Monday, June 17 at 8 PM
Tickets $10
JACK, 505 1/2 Waverly Ave., Brooklyn, NY
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Fantastic Force: Piano, Trombones | Music With A View
Dimitar Pentchev
Will be moderated by Daniel Felsenfeld and features music by Dimitar Pentchev and Alex Weiser.
Tuesday, June 18 at 7 PM
Free
The Flea Theater, 41 White St, New York, NY
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Unpacked Treasures: CMF at the Italian Academy | Chelsea Music Festival
Highlights include a Corelli Concerto Grosso, an oboe concerto by Corelli’s great admirer Giovanni Platti, Elizabethan madrigals with ensemble amarcord, and Variations on an Elizabethan Theme for string orchestra that feature arrangements by six leading 20th century British composers including Benjamin Britten.
Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $50, $40 students and seniors
Italian Academy at Columbia University, 1161 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY
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Death in Venice and the Devil’s Trill | Chelsea Music Festival
This concert features music by Nino Rota, Giovanni Verrando, Giuseppe Tartini, and Benjamin Britten.
Wednesday, June 19 at 6:30 PM
Tickets $10
Casa Italiana – New York University, 24 W 12th St., New York, NY
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Space: Real and Virtual | Music With A View
Will be moderated by Paula Matthusen and features music by Peri Mauer and Tristan McKay/Ellery Trafford.
Wednesday, June 19 at 7 PM
Free
The Flea Theater, 41 White St, New York, NY
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Ladies First–tell it like it is–
The concert will be performed by some of NYC’s finest chamber musicians and new music specialists, including toy piano virtuoso Margaret Leng Tan, internationally acclaimed sopranos and Sing For Hope Co-Founders Monica Yunus and Camille Zamora, and cellist/singer Marika Hughes of bands Two Foot Yard and Bottom Heavy. They will be joined by percussionist Damien Bassman, violinist Lynn Bechtold, 7-string bass guitarist Dan Cooper, guitarist Gene Pritsker, oboist Keve Wilson, and cellist Anja Wood. Music includes world premieres by Ms. Bechtold, Ms. Hughes, Milica Paranosic (featuring a melody by Dvorak), and Mr. Pritsker. Other works are by Robert Aldridge, Svjetlana Bukvich, Mr. Cooper, Herschel Garfein, Ge Gan-Ru, Scott Gendel, and Veronika Krausas. Accessories provided by Christina Z Antonio Leather Artisans, Elizabeth Gillett, and Sequin Jewelry.
Thursday, June 20 at 7 PM
Tickets $25, $15 students and seniors
Bohemian National Hall/Czech Center 321 East 73rd Street New York, NY
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Make Music New York 2013
Friday, June 21, all day.
Free
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The Shape and Texture of Emotion | Music With A View
Will be moderated by Eve Beglarian and features music by Gregg Wramage and Yotam Haber/Contemporaneous.
Friday, June 21 at 7 PM
Free
The Flea Theater, 41 White St, New York, NY
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Italian Air: Carte Blanche to MDI Ensemble Milan | Chelsea Music Festival
This year’s Carte Blanche concert showcases Milan’s mdi ensemble, who will present a program of 20th century Italian composers such as Niccolò Castiglioni, Franco Donatoni and Bruno Bettinelli, a leading composer of the neoclassicist movement in Italy who was greatly influenced by Benjamin Britten, with whom he shares the centennial celebration of his birth.
Friday, June 21 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25, $20 students and seniors
Dillon Gallery, 555 West 25th St., New York, NY
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Up and Coming…And Here! | Music With A View
Will be moderated by Todd Reynolds and features music by Tim Hansen/Transit and Amplified Cactus.
Saturday, June 22 at 7 PM
Free
The Flea Theater, 41 White St, New York, NY
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The Song in All Of Us | Music With A View
Will be moderated by Mary Rowell and features music by William Gardiner and Kirsten Volness/Hotel Elefant.
Sunday, June 23 at 7 PM
Free
The Flea Theater, 41 White St, New York, NY
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JACK Quartet and Joshua Roman
JACK Quartet – Photo by Henrik Olund
JACK Quartet and Joshua Roman, cello, perform the music of Gesualdo, Brian Ferneyhough, Joshua Roman, and Jefferson Friedman at (le) poisson rouge.
Sunday, June 23 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15 advance, $20 day of show
(le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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Ned Rothenberg with the Mivos String Quartet
Ned Rothenberg (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, shakuhachi) Olivia de Prato (violin) Joshua Modney (violin) Victor Lowrie (viola) Mariel Roberts (cello).
Sunday, June 23 at 8 PM and 10 PM
Tickets $10
The Stone, Corner of Avenue C and 2nd street, New York, NY
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