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COMPOSERS CONCORDANCE FESTIVAL 2012
January 27 - February 6, 2012

MUSIC LISTINGS:

PACE PRESENTS:
Ana Moura
Friday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts

On February 10, Pace University’s inaugural Pace Presents season at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in Lower Manhattan continues with a performance by Portuguese singer Ana Moura. Moura has gained international recognition for her part in the revival of the fado singing tradition. Fado has been a staple of Portuguese culture for centuries, but today contemporary fado singers are bringing an innovative approach to the music.

Fado, which means “fate” in Portuguese, has historically been characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, but Moura approaches the tradition with a brighter, more contemporary attitude. Her most recent album incorporates songs from rock bands such as the Rolling Stones and Joy Division, and she’s performed on stage with the Rolling Stones and Prince. Moura’s appearance at Pace Presents is curated by Isabel Soffer and Livesounds.org.

Orchestra Pit & Center Orchestra $50
Orchestra & Balcony Center $35
Balcony $25
All tickets are available to purchase online at schimmel.pace.edu or over the phone by calling the Ovationtix Call Center at (866) 811-4111. Patrons may also stop by the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts Box Office, which is open Monday–Friday from 1:00–6:00 p.m.
(212-346-1715) or two hours before curtain on show days.

Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts | 3 Spruce Street
New York, New York 10038
2/3 TO PARK PLACE/BROADWAY or R/W TO CITY HALL—Exit subway and walk south on Park Place, turn left onto Park Row, follow Park Row north up the side of City Hall Park to Spruce Street, turn right on Spruce. Walk east on Spruce, past Nassau. Theater entrance is approx. 1/3 of the way down the block on the left.
J/M/Z TO FULTON STREET—Exit subway and walk north on Nassau Street, past Ann St and Beekman St, turn right on Spruce. Walk east on Spruce, past Nassau. Theater entrance is approx. 1/3 of the way down the block on the left.
4/5/6 TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE/CITY HALL—Exit subway and walk south on Park Row, along the side of City Hall Park, turn left onto Spruce Street. Walk east on Spruce, past Nassau. Theater entrance is approx. 1/3 of the way down the block on the left.

The African American Spiritual – A Black History Month Tribute Concert
Sunday, February 5, 2012 3:30 pm
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center

The concert features the talents of Broadway powerhouses Sherry Boone and Harriett D. Foy and newcomer Brandie Sutton. Darius Fowler serves as music director and accompanies the singers on piano. The words of beloved poets including Langston Hughes and additional text by award-winning playwright Marcus Gardley are woven throughout an inspirational afternoon of music that remains a vital and vibrant part of America's cultural landscape. Presented by B Arts Presenter.
Use code: SPIRITUAL to get the discount which is based on availability and cannot be used in association with other offers. The offer is not available online.

All Seats: $75
Discount Offer: $49
Call 212.501.3330 and mention code SPIRITUAL or mention it at the Kaufman Center Box Office.

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center | 129 W 67th Street @ Broadway
www.kaufman-center.org

At the Piano with Franca
Tuesday February 14. 7PM
The Gershwin Hotel

Experience an evening at a piano bar with Franca Vercelloni and surprise guests. Sing some songs, make new friends, and laugh a lot. It’s a variety show! It’s a talk show! It’s an open mic! And it’s gonna be on the internet. Comedy! Music! Lively discussion! Plus: audience sing-alongs! Featuring interviews with and performances from: Brian Childers – actor/singer/producer/genius; Sarah Nowak – performer/teacher at The People’s Improv Theater/comedy warrior; Chelsea Costa – actor/singer/producer/blogger queen; Ryan Foy – actor/singer/web designer/business titan. So grab your Valentine’s date (or meet someone there…) and bookmark www.lyricsfreak.com on your smartphone in case you don’t know the words to 5,000 songs. And we’re not judging. So you better just sing out, Louise. Rock, pop, musical theatre, the sky is the limit. Food, wine, and beer available for purchase at Birch Coffee in the lobby. www.francavercelloni.com - Produced with the assistance of Steve Witting, Michael Codispoti, Neke Carson and The Gershwin Hotel, graphic design by E. Grosland Illustrations.

Tickets $10. For more information visit www.gershwinhotel.com

The Gershwin Hotel |7 E. 27th Street
(between 5th/Madison)

A Child of Our Time and Te Deum
February 3, 2012 at 7PM
Carnegie Hall

Sir Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time (1941) is a unique oratorio, structured in three parts to emulate Handel’s Messiah and using traditional African-American spirituals in a form similar to Bach’s use of the chorale in his Passions, all with a decidedly twentieth-century musical language. The text of this stirring work reflects Tippett's pacifism and belief that people contain both "shadow and light." Soprano Nicole Cabell has performed this work to great critical acclaim and has made it a signature piece. She will be joined by Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano, Russell Thomas, tenor, and John Relyea, bass-baritone. Paired with this riveting work will be the powerful Te Deum by Anton Bruckner. Conducted by James Bagwell with Nicole Cabell, Marietta Simpson, Russell Thomas, John Relyea, and the American Symphony Orchestra.

Single tickets start at $10 and are available online at carnegiehall.org, by phone through Carnegie Charge at (212) 247-7800 or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.

Carnegie Hall | 881 Seventh Avenue

Gaetano Donizetti's
L'Elisir d'Amore
Friday February 10th 7:30pm, 2012
Benzaquen Hall in the DiMenna Center for Classical Music

Can a secret love potion turn a country bumpkin into a Romeo? So says the town quack, Dr. Dulcamara (Dr. “Sweet and Sour”) as he sells a presumably magical elixir to the hero of our next opera. His name is Nemorino, and he is love-struck for the beautiful but fickle Adina. Will the potion work? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more as you join Opera Company of Brooklyn for our next event, Gaetano Donizetti’s brilliant comic opera, L’Elisir d’Amore (Elixir of Love), at the new, intimate and acoustically rich Benzaquen Hall in The DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Please join us on Friday, February 10 th at 7:30 PM for this special production. See you there! Elixir of Love will be conducted by OCB’s Artistic Director, Jay Meetze. “Maestro Jay Meetze has been lauded by Opera News for his passionate and undeniably impressive command of performance and sympathetic leadership.” Featured singers for Elixir of Love include : Ivan Rivera as Nemorino, Bengi Tasci as Adina, Ivan Amaro as Dulcamara, Courtney Carey as Belcore and Winnie Nip as Gianetta.

Tickets $30 in advance and $35 at the door. For more information or advance purchase visit www.operabrooklyn.org

Benzaquen Hall in the DiMenna Center for Classical Music | 450 West 37th street
Between 9th and 10th avenue

New York City Center Encores!
Merrily We Roll Along
Tue 7pm, Wed 7:30pm
Thu-Fri 8pm
Sat 2 and 8pm
Sun 2 and 7pm
(Exception: Wed 2/15 7pm)
February 8-19. 2012
New York City Center

Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's legendary musical runs backwards
in time from 1980 to 1955, examines the lives of three people whose
friendship is tested by time, ambition and fate. It includes some of
Sondheim's most brilliant and bruising songs, including “Not a Day
Goes By,” “Old Friends” and “Our Time.” Frequent Sondheim collaborator
James Lapine, who directed the show's 1985 run, returns to direct the
Encores! production.

Tickets start at $25
Citytix@nycitycenter.org
212.581.1212

NYCityCenter.org

New York City Center | 130 West 56th Street

New York City Center Encores! Presents
Pipe Dream
Wed 7:30pm
Thu-Fri 8pm
Sat 2 & 8pm
Sun 2 & 7pm
March 28 - April 1, 2012
New York City Center

Outcasts yearning for a better life populate the bordellos and
flophouses of a 1950's California seaside town in Rodgers and
Hammerstein's Pipe Dream. At the heart of the story is the unlikely
romance between Doc, a marine biologist, and Suzy, a vagrant who has
recently taken up residence at a local brothel. This rare Rodgers and
Hammerstein gem, not seen on the American stage in more than two
decades, includes "All at Once You Love Her," "The Next Time It
Happens" and the wistful ballad "Everybody's Got a Home but Me." The
original production opened at the Shubert Theatre on November 30,
1955, and ran for 246 performances.

Tickets start at $25 Box office: 212.581.1212

New York City Center | 131 West 55th St
NYCityCenter.org

“Stile Antico”
Friday, February 3rd @ 8:00pm
Church of St. Paul the Apostle

Led by Christopher Shepard, “Stile Antico” is a concert of choral and instrumental works that explores how composers of many periods — including Bach himself — have been inspired by earlier styles of music. Bach arranged Palestrina’s Missa Sine Nomine a 6, two movements of which will be presented in this concert, alongside music by another Baroque master, Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki. Also on the program are works by Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Reger, all of whom drew inspiration from Bach. The concert also features contemporary pieces: the American premiere of Tota Pulchra Es Maria by William Hawley (b. 1950); two works by Ingram Marshall (b. 1942): September Canons, a piece for solo violin inspired by the events of September 11, 2001, performed by Todd Reynolds, for whom the work was written, and Holy Ghosts for solo oboe d’amore, written for and performed by Libby Van Cleve; and Komm Jesu, Komm by Sven-David Sandström (b. 1942). The concert takes place at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Ninth Avenue & 59th Street at 8pm.

Tickets: $15-35; children 12 & under, free.

Church of St. Paul the Apostle | Ninth Avenue & 59th Street, New York City

SYMPHONY SPACE

See this link for programs at Symphony Space:

symphonyspace.org.

BOX OFFICE Tickets for performances are available:
• In person at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 7 P.M.
• Over the telephone at 212.864.5400, Tuesday-Sunday, 11 A.M. to 7 P.M.
• Online at symphonyspace.org.

Symphony Space | 2537 Broadway at 95th Street

TWO ORIGINAL CHAMBER OPERAS BY MARTIN HALPERN
Thurs-Sat at 8 PM
Sunday at 3 PM
February 2-5
Shetler Studios

Two chamber operas with music and libretti by Martin Halpern: "Constancy," freely based on Anton Chekhov's The Bear; and "The Lower Drawer," story by Halpern about a man who succeeds in freeing himself from living in the past.

$20; $10 for students.
Reservations: 718-858-1549

Shetler Studios| 244 West 54 Street, 12th floor
Between Broadway & 8th Avenue

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