Bargemusic begins the weekend with a concert on Friday evening, November 9 at 7:00, marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Claude Debussy (shown in the photo, taken in 1904, with his soon to be stepdaughter, Hélène “Dolly” Bardac, and a very impressive Borzoi; see here). The concert will feature works by Debussy, along […]
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Grace Chorale Presents “Musica Mystica” at St. Ann’s Church Next Weekend
On Friday evening, November 9 at 7:00 and Sunday afternoon, November 11 at 3:00, the Grace Chorale of Brooklyn, under the direction of Jason Asbury, along with the St. Ann’s School High School Chorus and Consort, baritone Peter Kendall Clark, and soprano Morissa Pepose, will present “Musica Mystica,” a concert including “O frondens virga” by […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
It’s an all piano weekend at Bargemusic. On Friday evening, November 2 at 7:00 pianist Sara Davis Buechner will return to Bargemusic to play a second concert of works by the Jazz Age composers Dana Suesse and George Gershwin, feturing a different set of works than those in her October 12 concert. For fans of […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
It’s all Beethoven this weekend at Bargemusic. On Friday evening, October 26 at 7:00, pianist Marika Bournaki will perform the third in her series of concerts presenting all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. On Saturday evening, October 27 at 6:00, and again on Sunday afternoon, October 28 at 2:00, violinist and Bargemusic Artistic Director Mark […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
It will be an almost all Beethoven weekend at Bargemusic. On Friday evening, October 19 at 7:00, and again on Saturday evening, October 20 at 6:00, violininst and Bargemusic Artistic Director Mark Peskanov and pianist Steven Beck will perform Part I of their series of concerts presenting all of Beethoven’s sonatas for violin and piano. […]
Repast Baroque Ensemble Presents “Them Foreigners” at First Unitarian Thursday Evening
The Repast Baroque Ensemble returns to Brooklyn Heights, and to the McKinney Chapel of the First Unitarian Church, 116 Pierrepont Street, this Thursday evening, October 18, starting at 8:00. They will present “Them Foreigners,” a program of baroque music exemplifying the fact that [m]any Baroque composers made musical characterizations of peoples who were exotic to […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
On Friday evening, October 12, starting at 7:00, Bargemusic will present pianist Sara Davis Buechner (photo) playing works by Suesse and by George Gershwin, including a solo piano rendering of the famous “Rhapsody in Blue.” On Saturday evening, October 13, starting at 6:00, violinist and Bargemusic Artistic Director Mark Peskanov, and pianinst Maureen Volk will […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
Bargemusic’s weekend begins tomorrow (Friday, October 5) evening at 7:00 when flutist Brandon George (photo) and guitarist Jordan Dodson, of the Semplice Players, will perform works by Bach, Debussy, Robert Beaser, Roland Dyens, and Piazolla. On Saturday evening, October 6 at 6:00, violinist Semmy Stahlhammer will play the first of a series of concerts presenting […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
Bargemusic’s weekend starts early, on Thursday evening, September 27 at 7:00 when pianist Gloria Cheng (photo) plays a series of short pieces, “Garlands for Steven Stucky” written by many contemporary composers in memory of one who died in 2016, at the height of his career, and concluding with one piece by Stucky himself. Details and […]
Americana Music Festival At Brooklyn Bridge Park This Weekend
The 4th Annual Brooklyn Americana Music Festival will take place this Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23 from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM both days, on Pier 3, Brooklyn Bridge Park. It will feature “original and traditional country, folk, roots, blues, old time and bluegrass artists.” Admission is free, and there’s more information here.
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