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1:42pm DELIBES: Coppélia: Prelude and Mazurka
2:05pm SVENDSEN: Polonaise
2:13pm GRIEG: Sonata for Violin and Piano No 2 in G, Op 13
Fair and 79 degrees F at New York City, Central Park, NY Fair
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DATE EVENT
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Saturday, August 23rd 2008@ 5:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Vladimir Nielsen Piano Festival of Sag Harbor

Concert Gala - Piano masterworks of the great composers

Our international student virtuosos, ages 11 to 24, from Asia, Europe and the U.S.

Our Sag Harbor estate and concert hall

64 Laurel Trail venue in Sag Harbor, New York

Ticket Prices:
$75 per person - includes clambake after concert

Box Office Contact Information:
(631) 899-4074

For more information contact:
(631) 899-4074

URL for additional information
http://www.nielsenfest.com

Sunday, August 24th 2008@ 7:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

Ocean Grove Auditorium Choir and Orchestra

Lombardo- A Mid Summer Night's Waltz (World Premiere)
Mendelssohn- Second Symphony (Hymn of Praise)

Jason Tramm, Conductor
Monica Ziglar, Soprano
Elspeth Kincaid, Mezzo Soprano
Ronald Naldi, Tenor

The Great Auditorium

Pitman Ave
Ocean Grove, NJ

Ticket Prices:
Free Will Offering

Box Office Contact Information:
(732) 775-0035

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.oceangrove.org

For more information contact:
(732) 775-0035

URL for additional information
www.jasontramm.com

Wednesday, August 27th 2008@ 7:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

New York Choral Society Summer Sing

ORFF: CARMINA BURANA

John Daly Goodwin, conductor
New York Choral Society
David Ralph, Accompanist

Symphony Space (Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater)

2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025-6990

Ticket Prices:
$15.00

Box Office Contact Information:
Phone: 212-864-5400

URL for On-line ticket purchase
http://tinyurl.com/586ect

For more information contact:
New York Choral Society

URL for additional information
http://www.nychoral.org

Friday, August 29th 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Chamber Players International

Long Island Mozart Festival - Music of Mozart and Chopin

Alexander Panizza, pianist, Orchestra de Chambre Français, Daniel Boico, conductor

Old Westbury Gardens

71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY

Ticket Prices:
Tent $25, Lawn $10 - discounts for students/seniors

Box Office Contact Information:
Chamber Players International at 1-877-444-4488

URL for On-line ticket purchase
http://www.limozartfestival.com/admission.htm

For more information contact:
Chamber Players International at 1-877-444-4488

URL for additional information
http://www.limozartfestival.com/

Saturday, August 30th 2008@ 3:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Chamber Players International

Long Island Mozart Festival - Music of Mozart and Saint Saens

Violinist Anastasia Khitruk and the
Orchestra de Chambre Français

Old Westbury Gardens

71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY

Ticket Prices:
Tent $25, Lawn $10 - discounts for students/seniors

Box Office Contact Information:
Chamber Players International at 1-877-444-4488

URL for On-line ticket purchase
http://www.limozartfestival.com/admission.htm

For more information contact:
Chamber Players International at 1-877-444-4488

URL for additional information
http://www.limozartfestival.com/

Sunday, August 31st 2008@ 3:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Chamber Players International

Long Island Mozart Festival - 2 Mozart Piano Concertos

Pianist Tatiana Goncharova and the
Orchestra de Chambre Français

Old Westbury Gardens

71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY

Ticket Prices:
Tent $25, Lawn $10 - discounts for students/seniors

Box Office Contact Information:
Chamber Players International at 1-877-444-4488

URL for On-line ticket purchase
http://www.limozartfestival.com/admission.htm

For more information contact:
Chamber Players International at 1-877-444-4488

URL for additional information
http://www.limozartfestival.com/

Monday, September 1st 2008@ 3:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Chamber Players International

Long Island Mozart Festival - Music of Mozart, Mendelssohn and David Winkler

Violinist Dmitri Berlinsky, pianist
Tatiana Goncharova and Orchestra de Chambre Français

Old Westbury Gardens

71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY

Ticket Prices:
Tent $25, Lawn $10 - discounts for students/seniors

Box Office Contact Information:
Chamber Players International at 1-877-444-4488

URL for On-line ticket purchase
http://www.limozartfestival.com/admission.htm

For more information contact:
Chamber Players International at 1-877-444-4488

URL for additional information
http://www.limozartfestival.com/

Thursday, September 11th 2008@ 7:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Choral Evensong at Grace Church NY

Prayers for Peace. Works by Howells, Parker and Stanford.

The Adult Choir of Grace Church

Grace Church in New York

802 Broadway at 10th Street NY NY

Ticket Prices:
Free

Box Office Contact Information:
212-254-2000

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.gracechurchnyc.org

For more information contact:
212-254-2000

URL for additional information
www.gracechurchnyc.org

Saturday, September 13th 2008@ 3:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

Amatuer Classical Musician's Association Anniversary Concert

Works by Doppler, Beethoven, Hue, Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Saint Saens and Gershwin.

A variety of amateur duet and trio groups from the New York City area.

Turtle Bay Music School
Em Lee Concert Hall

244 East 52nd Street
Manhattan, NY

Ticket Prices:
Suggested contribution: $10.00

Box Office Contact Information:
Seating is limited. E-mail: acma@nycclassical.com

URL for On-line ticket purchase
E-mail: acma@nycclassical.com

For more information contact:
Seating is limited. E-mail: acma@nycclassical.com or call 908-209-8565.

URL for additional information
www.nycclassical.com

Sunday, September 14th 2008@ 2:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble

Ravel, Ropartz, Jongen, Daniel-Lesur and contemporary composers Barbara Harbach and Adrienne Albert

Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble

Cold Spring Harbor Library

95 Harbor Rd., Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Ticket Prices:
Free and open to the public

Box Office Contact Information:
631-692-6820

For more information contact:
631-692-6820

URL for additional information
http://cantalibre.org/calendar.htm

Sunday, September 14th 2008@ 3:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Strings from the Heart 2008

Classical Guitar Duo -
Bach, Beethoven, Albeniz, Tarrega, Granados, Satie, Carulli, Johnson and more.

Highly acclaimed twelve year old soloist Nicholas Giordano and Emily Piziak.

Most Blessed Sacrament Church

787 Franklin Lakes Road
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417

Ticket Prices:
$10 adults $6 seniors and children over 10

Box Office Contact Information:
(201) 887-6707 or Guitarbenefit@aol.com

For more information contact:
Cynthia Aybar (201) 887-6707 or email Guitarbenefit@aol.com

100% of proceeds to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of NJ

Friday, September 19th 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Manhattan Sinfonietta

US Premiere of Martin Matalon's score for the classic Fritz Lang film Metropolis

Manhattan Sinfonietta
Jeffrey Milarsky, Conductor and Music Director

New World Stages

340 W.50th St.
New York, NY

Ticket Prices:
$20/$10 student

Box Office Contact Information:
http://www.newworldstages.com/box-office.htm

URL for additional information
http://manhattansinfonietta.org

Saturday, September 20th 2008@ 7:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

Allegro Ensemble

Operatic arias, music from Broadway and Italian songs

Alicia Alexander, Jenny Lynn Stewart, Rinaldo Toglia, Thomas J. Stallone and William Smiddy, piano

Msgr. Mulz Hall

Jamiaca Avenue at 88th Street, Woodhaven, NY

Ticket Prices:
$20.00

Box Office Contact Information:
718-850-5507

For more information contact:
for more information, call 718-850-5507

Sunday, September 21st 2008@ 4:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble, Presented by Ridotto

Jean Francaix, Ravel, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, Debussy and Charles Koechlin

Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble

Old First Church

125 W. Main St., Huntington, NY

Ticket Prices:
$20, $18/seniors, $15/Ridotto members and $10/students

Box Office Contact Information:
631-385-0373

For more information contact:
631-385-0373

URL for additional information
http://ridotto.org/

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):
09/25/2008 @ 08:00PM

New York Festival Of Song

"A Bernstein/Bolcom Celebration" --Songs of Leonard Bernstein and William Bolcom

Joan Morris and William Bolcom
Sari Gruber
William Sharp
Steven Blier
Michael Barrett

Merkin Hall

129 West 67th Street

Ticket Prices:
$40 to $55, with student discounts

Box Office Contact Information:
(212) 501-3330

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.kaufman-center.org

For more information contact:
New York Festival Of Song: 646-230-8380

URL for additional information
www.nyfos.org

Thursday, September 25th 2008@ 7:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

The International Cziffra Society

Liszt and his Students

Koji Attwood Kimball Gallagher
Michael Shinn Mei-Ting Sun

The Piano Salon at
Yamaha Artist Services

689 Fifth Ave
(entrance on East 54th St)
3rd Floor

Ticket Prices:
$15

Box Office Contact Information:
(212) 252-5336 or (516) 379-7598

For more information contact:
frankriss@verizon.net

URL for additional information
yasi@yamaha.com

Sunday, September 28th 2008@ 1:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Orfeo Duo: Voices of the Neighborhood

"The Green Project", "Madonna and Child", "The Garden Performance Project"

Vita Wallace, Ishmael Wallace, Valley Lodge Players, Beth Anne Hatton, Jacob Barton, St. Mary's Gospel Choir

St. Mary's Episcopal Church

521 West 126th St.

Ticket Prices:
Free

Box Office Contact Information:
None

For more information contact:
orfeoduo@gmail.com

Sunday, September 28th 2008@ 2:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble

Arnold Bax, Jean Francaix, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur and contemporary composer Barbara Harbach

Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble

Freeport Library

144 W. Merrick Road in Freeport, NY

Ticket Prices:
Free and open to the public

Box Office Contact Information:
516-379-3274

For more information contact:
516-379-3274

URL for additional information
http://cantalibre.org/calendar.htm

Wednesday, October 1st 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Sacred Music in a Sacred Space

BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

Park Avenue at 84th Street
New York City

Ticket Prices:
Preferred: $45 General: $35, $25 for students/seniors

Box Office Contact Information:
Concert info line: 212-288-2520

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.smssconcerts.org

For more information contact:
212-288-2520 or music@saintignatiusloyola.org

URL for additional information
www.smssconcerts.org

Thursday, October 2nd 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):
10/03/2008 @ 08:00PM
10/04/2008 @ 08:00PM

French Institute Alliance Française

At the Beginning, Monteverdi

Sonia Weider-Atherton with Sarah Iancu

FIAF - Skyroom

22 East 60th Street (between Park & Madison Avenues)

Ticket Prices:
FIAF Members $15 / Non-Members $25

Box Office Contact Information:
212-355-6160

URL for additional information
http://www.fiaf.org/events/index.asp

Friday, October 3rd 2008@ 7:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Orfeo Duo: Voices of the Neighborhood

"The Green Project", "Madonna and Child", "The Garden Performance Project"

Vita Wallace, Ishmael Wallace, Valley Lodge Players, Beth Anne Hatton, Jacob Barton, St. Mary's Gospel Choir

Broadway Presbyterian Church

601 West 114th Street on Broadway

Ticket Prices:
Free

Box Office Contact Information:
Free

For more information contact:
orfeoduo@gmail.com

Saturday, October 4th 2008@ 4:00 PM

Additional Date(s):
10/11/2008 @ 04:00PM
10/18/2008 @ 04:00PM
11/08/2008 @ 04:00PM
11/15/2008 @ 04:00PM

Six Saturdays with Messiaen

Complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen to mark the centenary of the composer's birth.

John Scott, organ

Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019

Ticket Prices:
No tickets required. Free will donation

Box Office Contact Information:
212-757-7013

URL for additional information
www.SaintThomasChurch.org

Sunday, October 5th 2008@ 2:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

Orfeo Duo: Voices of the Neighborhood

"The Green Project", "Madonna and Child", "The Garden Performance Project"

Vita Wallace, Ishmael Wallace, Valley Lodge Players, Beth Anne Hatton, Jacob Barton, St. Mary's Gospel Choir

Trinity Lutheran Church

164 West 100th St

Ticket Prices:
Free

Box Office Contact Information:
Free

For more information contact:
orfeoduo@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 15th 2008@ 7:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

Sacred Music in a Sacred Space

Organ works of Bloch, Dvorak, Mozart, Liszt, Demessieux and Vivaldi.

Nancianne Parrella, organ; Jorge Avila, violin; Arthur Fiacco, cello; Victoria Drake, harp

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

Park Avenue at 84th Street
New York City

Ticket Prices:
General: $20 or $15 students/seniors

Box Office Contact Information:
212-288-2520

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.smssconcerts.org

For more information contact:
212-288-2520 or music@saintignatiusloyola.org

URL for additional information
www.smssconcerts.org

Thursday, October 16th 2008@ 7:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

Concerts at Saint Thomas

Mozart Requiem; Richter Missa Hyemalis in A & Haydn Insanae et Vanae Curae

St.Thomas Choir/Sinfonia NY; John Scott, conductor; L. Heimes; B. Patterson; L. Wiliford; S. Thompson

Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street, NYC

Ticket Prices:
Reserved:$75 & $55;open seating $40/$30 sr. & students

Box Office Contact Information:
concerts@SaintThomasChurch.org

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.SaintThomasChurch.org

For more information contact:
212-664-9360

URL for additional information
www.SaintThomasChurch.org

Thursday, October 16th 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

thingNY: de facto series

Berio - Sequenza V, Sequenza VIII, Sequenza XIV, Folk Songs, O King
Ghiradella - Tomb of Lazarus

thingNY

Secret Project Robot

210 Kent Ave. Brooklyn, NY

Ticket Prices:
$8

Box Office Contact Information:
secretprojectrobot@gmail.com

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.defactoseries.org

URL for additional information
www.thingNY.com

Saturday, October 18th 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):
10/19/2008 @ 03:00PM

Stamford Symphony

BERIO/SCHUBERT\tRendering
BEETHOVEN\tPiano Concerto No.5 “Emperor”
SCHUBERT\tSymphony No. 9 “The Great”

Stamford Symphony Orchestra with Eckart Preu Conductor and Vladimir Feltsman, piano.

Palace Theater

61 Atlantic Street
Stamford, CT

Ticket Prices:
$19 - $65,Kids Free on Sunday

Box Office Contact Information:
203-325-4466

For more information contact:
Elaine Carroll 203-325-1407

Wednesday, November 5th 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Sacred Music in a Sacred Space

ROSSINI: Petite Messe Solennelle (orchestrated version)

Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

Park Avenue at 84th Street
New York City

Ticket Prices:
Preferred: $45; General: $35, $25 for students/seniors

Box Office Contact Information:
Concert info line: 212-288-2520

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.smssconcerts.org

For more information contact:
212-288-2520 or music@saintignatiusloyola.org

URL for additional information
www.smssconcerts.org

Wednesday, November 12th 2008@ 7:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

Concerts at Saint Thomas

Cavalli, Rigatti, Grandi, Monteverdi, Rovetta, Legrenzi & Ingram Marshall

Yale Schola Cantorum, Sinmon Carrington, conductor; Yale Collegium Players, Robert Mealy, director

Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street, NYC

Ticket Prices:
Reserved: $75 & $55; Open seating: $40/$30 sr. st.

Box Office Contact Information:
concerts@SaintThomasChurch.org

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.SaintThomasChurch.org

For more information contact:
212-664-9360

URL for additional information
www.SaintThomasChurch.org

Saturday, November 15th 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):
11/16/2008 @ 03:00PM

Stamford Symphony

Works of Mozart, Cimarosa, Gluck, and Salieri

Stamford Stmphony with Eckart Preu Conductor and Jon Manasse, clarinet.

Palace Theater

61 Atlantic Street
Stamford, CT

Ticket Prices:
$19-$65, Kids come free on Sunday

Box Office Contact Information:
Palace Theater 203-325-4466

For more information contact:
Elaine Carroll 203-325-1407

URL for additional information
www.stamfordsymphony.org

Saturday, November 15th 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Peoples' Symphony Concerts presents the Juilliard String Quartet

"[This] Quartet remains the standard by which all other quartets must be judged." - The Los Angeles Times

Joel Smirnoff, violin
Ronald Copes, violin
Samuel Rhodes, viola
Joel Krosnick, cello

Washington Irving High School

40 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003

Ticket Prices:
$10 for general admission seating

Box Office Contact Information:
Tel: (212) 586-4680

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.pscny.org

For more information contact:
info@pscny.org

URL for additional information
www.pscny.org

Sunday, November 16th 2008@ 4:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

Sacred Music in a Sacred Space

Organ works of de Heredia, de Arauxo, de Nebra, Balbastre, Bach, Karg-Elert, Yon and Bovet

GUY BOVET, Organist of Collegiate Church, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

Park Avenue at 84th Street
New York City

Ticket Prices:
General: $20 or $15 students/seniors

Box Office Contact Information:
212-288-2520

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.smssconcerts.org

For more information contact:
212-288-2520 or music@saintignatiusloyola.org

URL for additional information
www.smssconcerts.org

Wednesday, December 3rd 2008@ 7:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

Sacred Music in a Sacred Space

MESSIAEN: La Nativité du Seigneur

Renée Anne Louprette, organ;
Associate Director of Music, Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

Park Avenue at 84th Street
New York City

Ticket Prices:
General: $20 or $15 students/seniors

Box Office Contact Information:
212-288-2520

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.smssconcerts.org

For more information contact:
212-288-2520 or music@saintignatiusloyola.org

URL for additional information
www.smssconcerts.org

Tuesday, December 9th 2008@ 7:30 PM

Additional Date(s):
12/11/2008 @ 07:30PM

Concerts at Saint Thomas

Handel's Messiah

St. Thomas Choir; Concert Royal; John Scott, conductor, C. Rottscholk, I. Howell, R. Mueller, T. Duncan

Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street, NYC

Ticket Prices:
Reserved: $95&$75; Open seating $45/$35 sr./st

Box Office Contact Information:
concerts@SaintThomasChurch.org

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.SaintThomasChurch.org

For more information contact:
212-664-9360

URL for additional information
www.SaintThomasChurch.org

Saturday, December 13th 2008@ 8:00 PM

Additional Date(s):

West Village Chorale

All-Scandinavian choral program; works by Nielsen, Grieg, Sibelius, plus contemporary Scandinavian composers

West Village Chorale, conducted by Michael Conley; Elena Belli, piano accompanist.

Church of St. Luke in the Fields

487 Hudson St. (one block south of Christopher St.) NYC

Ticket Prices:
$25; $20 seniors and students

Box Office Contact Information:
212-517-1776

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.westvillagechorale.org

For more information contact:
212-517-1776 or gracegoodman@verizon.net

URL for additional information
www.westvillagechorale.org

Sunday, December 14th 2008@ 4:00 PM

Additional Date(s):
12/21/2008 @ 04:00PM

Sacred Music in a Sacred Space

Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on Greensleeves" & "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" and much more

Choirs & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Music Director

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

Park Avenue at 84th Street
New York City

Ticket Prices:
Preferred: $45; General: $35 or $25 students/seniors

Box Office Contact Information:
212-288-2520

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.smssconcerts.org

For more information contact:
212-288-2520 or music@saintignatiusloyola.org

URL for additional information
www.smssconcerts.org

Thursday, December 18th 2008@ 6:30 PM

Additional Date(s):

Concerts at Saint Thomas

Britten's Ceremony of Carols & Medieval & Modern Carol Setttings

The Boys of St. Thomas Choir; Anna Reinersman, harp; John Scott, conductor; NY Polyphony

Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street, NYC

Ticket Prices:
$40 open seating unreserved

Box Office Contact Information:
concerts@SaintThomasChurch.org

URL for On-line ticket purchase
www.SaintThomasChurch.org

For more information contact:
212-664-9360

URL for additional information
www.SaintThomasChurch.org

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Berlioz's opera Beatrice et Benedict (overture in the 3 PM hour) was based on which of the following plays by Shakespeare?
Hamlet
Much Ado About Nothing
The Merchant of Venice
Select one option to vote.

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