Musica Bella Orchestra Future Concerts

Future Concert Schedule

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THE 2007-2008 MUSICA BELLA ORCHESTRA SEASON:
OUR SEVENTH SEASON!
WE NOW PERFORM ALL CONCERTS AT LEAST TWICE.

Please scroll to the bottom of this page for directions to our concert locations.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERTS #1 and 2:
Saturday, September 8, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Holy Name Church
245 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
152 W. 71st Street, Manhattan
OUR “BASICALLY BACH” SERIES:
Bach: Double Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in d minor, BWV 1043
      Steven Frucht and his daughter Emma Frucht, violins
Bach: Aria “Christe eleison” from B-Minor Mass, BWV 232
      Sofia Dimitrova and Sarah Hoeppner, sopranos
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050
      Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord; Reiko Kato, violin; Shoji Mizumoto, flute
Bach: Aria “Et in unum Dominum” from B-Minor Mass, BWV 232
      Sofia Dimitrova, soprano; Jessie Hinkle, mezzo-soprano
Bach: Aria “Domine Deus” from B-Minor Mass, BWV 232
      Sarah Hoeppner, soprano; Aram Tchobanian, tenor; Shoji Mizumoto, flute
Bach: Double Concerto for Two Harpsichords and Strings in C, BWV 1061
      Rebecca Pechefsky and Tomoko Nakayama, harpsichords

FULL ORCHESTRA CONCERTS #1 and 2:
Sunday, October 14, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
152 W. 71st Street, Manhattan
Sunday, October 21, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
249 9th Street (at 4th Avenue), Brooklyn
PROGRAM:
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
Stanichka Dimitrova, violin
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90

FULL ORCHESTRA CONCERTS #3 and 4:
Saturday, December 1, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
249 9th Street (at 4th Avenue), Brooklyn
Sunday, December 2, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
152 W. 71st Street, Manhattan
PROGRAM:
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26
Rebecca Smith, violin
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 82

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERTS #3 and 4:
Saturday, January 26, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
249 9th Street (at 4th Avenue), Brooklyn
Sunday, January 27, 2008, 2:30 p.m.
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
152 W. 71st Street, Manhattan
A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM:
Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (complete)
   The Musica Bella Orchestra and Chorus
      Phillip Gaskill, music director and conductor
      Aram Tchobanian, chorusmaster
   Soloists:
      Sofia Dimitrova and Sarah Hoeppner, sopranos
      Barbara Staffen, mezzo-soprano
      Aram Tchobanian and Daniel Molkentin, tenors
      Benjamin Weil, baritone
      Vagarshak Ohanyan, bass

FULL ORCHESTRA CONCERTS #5 and 6:
Saturday, February 23, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
249 9th Street (at 4th Avenue), Brooklyn
Sunday, February 24, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
152 W. 71st Street, Manhattan
PROGRAM:
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C (“Great”)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Op. 18
Christopher Cooley, piano

FULL ORCHESTRA CONCERTS #7 and 8:
Saturday, April 12, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
249 9th Street (at 4th Avenue), Brooklyn
Sunday, April 13, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
152 W. 71st Street, Manhattan
PROGRAM:
Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Morton Cahn: Sonata for Strings [WORLD PREMIERE]
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in d minor, Op. 15
Kariné Poghosyan, piano

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CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERTS #5 and 6:
Saturday, May 3, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
249 9th Street (at 4th Avenue), Brooklyn
Sunday, May 4, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
152 W. 71st Street, Manhattan
OUR “MOSTLY MOZART” SERIES: An All-Mozart Program
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat, K. 191
Antonio Arosemena, bassoon
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313
Shoji Mizumoto, flute
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D (“Haffner”), K. 385

SUMMER PARK CONCERT:
Saturday, June 7, 7:00 p.m.
Clay Tennis Courts
Riverside Park, Manhattan (Hudson River at 97th Street)
For the third straight year, we will be playing in Riverside Park at the Clay Tennis Courts. The program will be announced later. It’s free to the public. The concert will be approximately an hour long, from 7:00 until it gets too dark to see our music. Click here for the Clay Tennis Court Association’s Web site, which includes a map with directions on how to get there. (Click here to go straight to the map.) The concert site is just to the north of the tennis courts, which are plainly marked on the map.
If it rains, we’ll try again on Sunday, June 8, again at 7:00 p.m.

MUSICA BELLA CHAMBER MUSIC/SOLO RECITAL SERIES

Musica Bella sponsors chamber music concerts, solo recitals, master classes, and similar events featuring members of the orchestra. These events are held at various locations. The location is always posted.

Events that are scheduled:

Sunday, May 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament, 152 W. 71st Street, Manhattan

A chamber music concert with Musica Bella Orchestra (and/or Chorus) members soprano Sofia Dimitrova, violinist Stanichka Dimitrova, and pianist Zheng Jennifer Huang.
The program:
• Bach: “Ich bin vergnügt in meinem Leiden” (from Cantata 58)
• Bach: “Ich ende behende” (from Cantata 57)
• Evan Lewis: Three Summer Angles
• Saint-Saëns: Le bonheur est chose légère
• Richard Russell: Three Elegies
• Richard Russell: Violin Sonata No. 1
• Raphael Fusco: Three sonnets on texts by Shakespeare
• Mozart: Schon lacht der holde Frühling, K. 580

Sunday, June 1, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
Holy Name Church, 245 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn
Saturday, June 14, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
St. John’s Church, 81 Christopher Street, Manhattan
A solo recital with Musica Bella Chorus member (and soloist) tenor Daniel Molkentin and pianist Nicholas Fox.
The program:
• Schubert: Winterreise (his monumental 24-movement, 70-minute song cycle)

HOW TO GET TO OUR CONCERT LOCATIONS:

Blessed Sacrament, 152 W. 71st Street (between Broadway and Columbus), Manhattan, is easily accessible from the 1,2,3 subway station at 72nd and Broadway, and, with a slightly longer walk, from the B,C subway station at 72nd and Central Park West. Click here for a Mapquest map, and here for the MTA subway map.

St. Thomas Aquinas, 4th Avenue and 9th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, is right across the street from the 4th Avenue elevated station on the F train; the only additional thing you need to know—but it’s very important—is that, to get down to the street, you want to descend a stairway that is explicitly labeled “Exit”; otherwise, you’ll end up on the lower level (below street level)—where you’ll find the M and R trains, which are two other trains you can use to get here, from the Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street station, a major transfer point in Brooklyn also serving the N,Q,W,2,3,4,5 trains. (By the way, this station at 4th Avenue and 9th Street is called “9th Street” when you’re on the M or R train.) Click here for a Mapquest map, and here for the MTA subway map.

Holy Name, 245 Prospect Park West, Park Slope (Windsor Terrace), Brooklyn, is convenient to the 15th Street/Prospect Park stop on the F line, two stops past the 4th Avenue station. (Click here for a Mapquest map, and here for the MTA subway map.) If you’re on or near the rear of the train, which we recommend for self-orientation purposes, you’ll surface from the subway station at or near the traffic circle at 15th Street and Prospect Park West, which is also at the southwest corner of Prospect Park itself. Head away from the park on Prospect Park West. The church is three short blocks from the traffic circle, at the corner of Prospect Park West and Prospect Avenue.

St. John’s, 81 Christopher Street, Manhattan, in the West Village just west of 7th Avenue (it’s technically 7th Avenue South, but nobody calls it that), is literally within a stone’s throw (but please don’t!) of the Christopher Street #1 train station. (Please note that the #2 and #3 express trains do NOT stop at this station; change at 14th Street if you’re coming on the 2 or 3 from the north, or at Chambers if you’re coming from the south.) St. John’s is also very close (one crosstown block) to the West 4th Street station serving the A,B,C,D,E,F,V trains; just walk along West 4th Street from 6th Avenue to 7th Avenue. Click here for a Mapquest map, and here for the MTA subway map.

This page was last modified Monday, May 05, 2008.

The Musica Bella Orchestra of New York, Inc., a New York State Not For Profit Corporation, was incorporated in 2004 and became a 501(c)(3) organization the same year. For further information about becoming a donor, please visit our Donations/Support page.