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Bargemusic This Weekend; Tango Fans Take Note.

On Friday evening, August 5 at 8:00, Bargemusic will present violinist Kinga Augustyn playing selections ranging from the baroque to the romantic to the modern, including works by Telemann, Paganini, Piotr Drożdżewski, Penderecki, and Eugene Ysaye. Saturday evening, August 6 starting at 8:00 is tango evening, featuring music composed by Astor Piazzolla (photo) and by […]

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Bargemusic This Weekend

On Friday evening, July 29, at 8:00 Bargemusic will present Part II of violinist Gregory Fulkerson’s performance of J.S. Bach’s “Complete Violin Solo Sonatas and Partitas Plus”. This performance will include, in addition to works by Bach, others by Bartok and Carter. On Saturday evening, July 30 at 8:00, pianist Olga Vinokur will play works […]

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Daniela Gioseffi, Brooklyn Heights Resident and Award Winning Author, to Speak at First Unitarian Sunday

The Eagle reports that Heights resident and National Book Award winner Daniela Gioseffi will speak on climate justice in a homily titled “Green World Rising” this Sunday, July 24 at the 11:00 a.m. service at the McKinney Chapel of First Unitarian Church, on Pierrepont Street between Monroe Place and Clinton. The many talented Ms. Gioseffi, […]

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Bargemusic This Weekend

This Friday evening, July 22 at 8:00 Bargemusic will present works by Brahms, Grieg, and Dvorak performed by Mark Peskanov on violin, Evan Drachman (photo) on cello, and Doris Stevenson on piano. On Saturday evening, July 22 at 8:00 and on Sunday afternoon, July 23 at 4:00, a trio consisting of Mark Peskanov on violin, […]

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“Bridge Grooves” at Brooklyn Bridge Park this Wednesday and Next

This Wednesday evening, July 20, and the following, July 27, starting at 7:00 on the Harbor View Lawn at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, and Brooklyn Bodega will present “Bridge Grooves”, two free concerts featuring “some of New York’s most exciting musicians”. This Wednesday’s event features the PitchBlak Brass Band […]

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Hip Hop Festival Finale Tomorrow Under Brooklyn Bridge

Tomorrow (Saturday, July 16) the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival will conclude with a final performance in the Brooklyn Bridge Park space under the Brooklyn Bridge on Water Street in the Fulton Ferry Historic District. The show will run from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. and feature performances by Nas, with special guests The Soul Rebels; Fabulous; […]

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Bargemusic This Weekend

This Friday evening, July 15, at 8:00 Bargemusic presents W.T.F. Bach (perhaps a distant cousin to P.D.Q. Bach) playing on piano his own works, as well as those of someone (or some others) also named Bach. On Saturday evening, July 16 at 8:00 and on Sunday afternoon, July 17 at 4:00 Mark Peskanov on violin […]

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Bargemusic This Weekend

Tomorrow (Friday, July 8) evening at 8:00 violinist Gregory Fulkerson (photo) will begin a series of performances that will present the complete solo violin sonatas and partitas of J.S. Bach, as well as works by other composers. This week’s performance will include works by Bach, Glass, and Bartok. On Saturday evening, July 9 at 8:00 […]

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Bargemusic This Weekend

Bargemusic starts the weekend Friday evening, July 1, at 8:00 with violist Andrew Gonzalez and pianist Ji (photo) playing works by Schumann, Brahms, and Joel Friedman. Saturday evening, July 2, at 8:00 brings works by Schubert and Faure performed by violinist James Buswell, cellist Carol Ou, and pianist Edith Kraft. On Sunday afternoon, July 3, […]

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Bargemusic This Weekend

Tomorrow (Friday) evening, June 24, at 8:00 pianist Nadia Shpachenko (photo) will play works by contemporary composers Lewis Spratlan, Harold Meltzer, James Matheson, Hannah Lash, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Jack Van Zandt in a “Here and Now” concert. On Saturday evening, June 25 at 8:00 and Sunday afternoon, June 26 at 4:00 violinist Johnny Gandelsman […]

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