This weekend the Heights Players premiere their production of Neil Simon’s Fools. Performances are Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7 at 8:00 p.m., and a Sunday matinee, February 8 at 2:00 p.m., at the Playhouse, 26 Willow Place. The play will continue through the succeeding two weekends on the same schedule. You may make […]
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GCB/SOB’s Cavalleria Rusticana Amazes
Your correspondent attended Saturday evening’s performance of Pietro Mascagni’s one act opera Cavalleria Rusticana at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, performed by the String Orchestra of Brooklyn (which does not shy from its acronym), the Grace Chorale of Brooklyn, and a stellar group of vocal soloists. Set in a small Sicilian town on […]
Really Last Minute Weekend Suggestion: Cavalleria Rusticana at St. Ann’s Church
Tomorrow (Saturday, November 22) evening at 8:00 and Sunday afternoon at 3:00, at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets, the Grace Chorale of Brooklyn (photo) and String Orchestra of Brooklyn, along with several distinguished soloists and a guest conductor, organist and chorus master, and director, will present a semi-staged production […]
Cello Concert at St. Ann’s Church Saturday Evening
Cellist John Patrick Popham (photo; video after the jump), with accompanying musicians, will perform a concert of five works by contemporary composers, two of them world premieres, this Saturday evening, September 7 starting at 8:00, at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets (enter from Clinton). Admission is $15; students/seniors $10. […]
String Orchestra at Fort Greene Park
This Saturday, the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, which normally holds concerts at St. Ann’s Church, will be branching out to Fort Greene Park—so mosey on over for a free concert starting at 6 p.m., featuring Beethoven’s Symphony #6, aka the “Pastoral Symphony.” Also, information on upcoming concerts is here.
Last Minute Weekend Suggestion: SOB at St. Ann Tomorrow Evening
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn, in collaboration with American Opera Projects and with guest soloist baritone Kyle Pfortmiller, will present a concert tomorrow at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, corner of Clinton and Montague, beginning at 8:00 p.m. The program consists of Samuel Barber’s “First Essay for Orchestra,” “Batter My Heart” from John […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestion: SOB at St. Ann
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn, in conjunction with ISSUE Project Room, will present a concert tomorrow (Saturday, March 12), starting at 8:00 p.m., at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets. The program will feature four newly commissioned pieces: “Suspended in Dreams” by Duane Pitre, “Eleven Across” by Tony Conrad, “Inhabitation […]
String Orchestra of Brooklyn in Concert May 15
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn, an institution that, in addition to making great music, has the self-confidence and good humor to refer to itself by its acronym, sends us this message: Variations for Orchestra For our final concert of the 2009–2010 season, the SOB is teaming up with our friends from Hellgate Harmonie to present […]
String Orchestra of Brooklyn concert tomorrow
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn will be performing Saturday night at St. Ann + the Holy Trinity Church (157 Montague Street). Creative Director Eli Spindel will lead the Orchestra in Bach’s Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080, Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue, k. 546, and Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge, Op. 133. The concert begins at 8pm and tickets are $10.
Violin Concerto Tonight (5/23) in Brooklyn Heights
Better late than never comes this String Orchestra of Brooklyn Event from the BHB Inbox: Saturday, May 23 at 8pm St. Ann and Holy 3 Church 157 Montague Street Brooklyn Heights Tickets: $10 Beethoven Violin Concerto, Elizabeth Chang violin Schubert, Unfinished Symphony
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