MADISON AVENUE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
921 Madison Avenue
(at East 73rd Street)
New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212- 288-8920
Fax: 212-249-1466
(at East 73rd Street)
New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212- 288-8920
Fax: 212-249-1466
2005 ConcertsAll Concerts begin at 3 pm |
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October 16 |
November 20, 2005 |
October 23 |
November 27 |
October 30 |
December 18 |
November 20, 2005 Katherine Wessinger and Sarah Pillow, sopranos; Sarah Blaze, alto Andrew Henderson, conductor
Handel Dettingen Te Deum Gloria in B-flat major, for soprano solo This first Saint Andrew Chorale concert of the season will feature two Te Deums—hymns of thanksgiving—by two beloved composers. Haydn’s Te Deum was written for the Empress Maria Therese of Austria, a great patron of music in 18thCentury Europe. Though written near the end of his career, it is full of youthful energy and sparkle. Handel was commissioned to compose a Te |
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2006 ConcertsAll Concerts begin at 3 pmSuggested donations: |
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January 8 Beulah Cox, violin ; Martin Fett, cello, and Frank Daykin, piano The Ambrosia Trio has been an established feature of New York concert life, performs nationally, and has recorded two CDs. The trio will perform Mozart’s Piano Trio in C Major, K. 548, the Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8 and the Ravel Piano Trio. |
March 5 Inspired by Dava Sobel's book Galileo's Daughter, Sarah Pillow, soprano, Mary Anne Ballard, viola da gamba, and Jennifer Peterson, harpsichord, bring alive through music and readings the era of Suor Maria Celeste whose letters to her famous father make vivid the spiritual and daily life of a 17th-century woman. A new ensemble based in New York City, Galileo's Daughters is the creation of three musicians whose multi-faceted experience in the worlds of early music, opera, jazz, drama and scholarship combine to bring freshness and immediacy to their performances. |
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January 15 Steven Richman, conductor The Grammy Award-nominated Harmonie Ensemble/New York has performed a wide variety of chamber and orchestra works throughout the U.S. and, since 1994, at MAPC, including Dvořák Day Concerts, and Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony this past May, 2005. It has recorded eight internationally-acclaimed CDs. The program will include Cherubini’s Symphony in D, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C and Leonore Overture No. 3. Admission to this concert is free. |
March 12 Amy Kim won first prize in every competition she entered in her homeland of Korea and is a graduate of The Juilliard School. An active recitalist, she has given solo recitals in Germany, Austria, Slovenia and throughout the United States, and teaches in the Preparatory Division of the Mannes College of Music. Her program will include works by Bach, Debussy, Mendelssohn and Cassado. |
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January 22 Yuval Waldman, violin; David Calhoun, cello and Lily Friedman, piano Having won the Artist International Competition that included a debut performance at Carnegie Hall, this Trio has been performing regularly in the New York metropolitan area ever since. They will be playing Trios by Mozart as well as the Shostakovich Cello Sonata and Preludes for Violin and Piano. |
March 19 Marti Sweet and Paul Peabody, violin; Jean Dane, viola; Kate Dillingham, cello, and Christopher Oldfather, piano “A finely honed ensemble” (Strad Magazine) and a “well rehearsed, tight ensemble” (Daily News) are just some of the praises describing Music Amici. Founded in 1985 by Marti Sweet, they will be performing Reger’s Duo for two violins and the Schumann and Shostakovich Quintets for piano and strings. |
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January 29 Brenda Sakofsky, flute; Robert Lawrence, violin; Joel Rudin, viola: Ellen Zoe Hassman, cello; Jean Strickholm and Yoojin Oh, piano. Mix & Match With the Masters. The All Seasons Chamber Players perform music from the baroque to contemporary periods. Their performance will feature Mozart’s Flute Quartet, K. 285b, the Schubert Grand Rondeau in A for piano four hands, Op. 107, Duruflé’s Prélude, Recitative and Variations for flute, viola and piano as well as the Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor. |
March 26 Asya Meshberg and Lynn Bechtold, violin; Boris Deviatov, viola; Jennifer DeVore, cello, with guest artist Phillip Bashor, clarinet From Late Classicism to Early Romanticism . The Lumina Quartet will offer a program of Mozart, Haydn and Weber with works spanning 30 years, from 1785-1815, featuring Mozart's String Quartet in C major, K. 465 ("Dissonance"), Haydn's String Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2 and the Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 34, by Carl Maria von Weber. |
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Special Event — Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at 7 pm“Bach and the Baroque Legacy,” a year-round festival of concerts taking place throughout the city and sponsored by the Mannes College of Music, will open with a concert in our sanctuary on Tuesday, January 31 at 7 pm. Featuring the performances of talented Mannes College students and MAPC’s Director of Music & Organist, Andrew Henderson, the program will feature works of Bach (of course!) as well as Handel, Mendelssohn, Purcell and Beethoven. Co-sponsored by the Saint Andrew Music Society, all proceeds will benefit SAMS, enabling our continued form of musical outreach to the community. Suggested donation $15 ($10 students/seniors). |
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February 5 Virginia Davidson, conductor |
April 2 The Grammy Award-nominated Harmonie Ensemble/ New York, with Steven Richman, conductor, returns to perform Paul Whiteman Jazz Orchestra arrangements of the Classics including Wagner, Ravel’s Bolero and Gershwin. Special guest artist: legendary “King of the Saxophone”, 92-year-old Al Gallodoro, who played with Whiteman for 30 years. |
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February 12 Asya Meshberg and Lynn Bechtold, violin; Boris Deviatov, viola; Jennifer DeVore, cello, with guest artist Phillip Bashor, clarinet Formed in 1992, the Lumina String Quartet has toured throughout the world and is consistently hailed as one of Connecticut's leading chamber ensembles. Performing an all-Russian program including Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 7 and the String Quartet No. 1 in A major by Alexander Borodin, they will also feature a multi-media reflection in sound and paint based on Coleridge's poem "Song from Zapolya" with Gene Pritsker’s Poem No. 3 for Clarinet and String Quartet (2005). |
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February 19 Beulah Cox, violin ; Martin Fett, cello and Frank Daykin, piano Hailed by the New York Times for their “… stylish handling of the distinction between composers, with vivid, never exaggerated playing,” The Ambrosia Trio will play Beethoven’s Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3, and the Dvořák Piano Trio in F Minor , Op. 65. |
April 23 Featuring Chris Lee, violin; Andrey Tchekmazov, cello, and Lily Friedman, piano The New York Piano Trio returns to perform Dvořák’s Trio Dumky and Quintets by Shostakovitch and Sofia Gubaidulina. |
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February 26 Brenda Sakofsky, flute; Robert Lawrence, violin; Ellen Zoe Hassman, cello; Ron Levy and Jean Strickholm, piano The All Seasons Chamber Players performs music from various periods in mixed ensembles using flute, violin, viola, cello and piano in duos, trios and quartets. In a program titled Rach To Ragtime, they will present Haydn’s Trio for Piano, Flute and Cello in G, Hob. XV:15; the Rachmanainoff Trio Elegiaque in G Minor; Goossens’ Four Sketches for Flute, Violin and Piano; the Stravinsky Suite Italienne for Cello and Piano; and Schoenfield’s Café Music. |
April 30 Andrew Henderson, Director of Music and Organist of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, will be joined by one of New York’s busiest free-lance trumpet players in a joyous concert to end the Saint Andrew season. Performing original works and arrangements for trumpet and organ, they will play music by Bach, Albinoni, Vaughan Williams and Elgar. |
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Sunday, April 9, 2006
The Saint Andrew Chorale Nancianne Parrella, organ Andrew Henderson, conductor
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Sunday, May 21, 2006
The Saint Andrew Chorale & Orchestra Sarah Pillow and Katherine Wessinger, sopranos Desirée Baxter, alto Andrew Henderson, conductor
Mass in C (“Coronation Mass”), K. 317 Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 Church Sonatas, K. 244 (F major), K. 336 (C major)
In celebration of the 250th year of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birth, the Saint Andrew Chorale rounds off its season with a concert of works by this ever-youthful composer. The Coronation Mass and Solemn Vespers, among Mozart’s most popular works for soloists and chorus, were written within a year of each other while Mozart served as court organist in Salzburg. The Mass in C, K. 317, was first performed on Easter Day 1779, though it gained its popular subtitle when it was later used at the coronation of Leopold II in 1791, contains passages of rhythmic exuberance and lyrical introspection. The Solemn Vespers is a lively setting of psalm texts, including the beautifully serene “Laudate Dominum” for soprano and chorus. Rounding out the performance we will hear two of Mozart’s Church Sonatas for organ and strings as well as his cherished Ave Verum corpus. |
All Concerts begin at 3 pm
Suggested donation:
Saint Andrew Chorale Concerts: $20 ($15 for students/seniors)
Saint Andrew Concert Series: $15 ($10 for students/seniors)
Haydn Te Deum 
A Mozart Celebration!