Two shows on Friday, February 5, 2010
12:30pm (45 min.; highlights only) and
12:30pm (45 min.; highlights only) and
7pm (75 min.; full performance including projections of archival materials from National Gallery of Art)
World Financial Center in Battery Park City
220 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10041
(212) 945-0505
Cost: Free. No tickets or reservations required.
For all ages
In celebration of Black History Month, arts>World Financial Center and New York Opera Society (NYOS) will co-present two free concerts showcasing the music of George Gershwin and Scott Joplin, featuring renowned soprano Christina Clark and baritone Kenneth Overton.
Marking the debut of NYOS at the Winter Garden, the concerts will take place on Friday, February 5th with an evening performance at 7:00pm (running time: 75 minutes) and a lunchtime performance featuring selected highlights at 12:30pm (running time: 45 minutes).
The concerts will also feature NYOS’ 1930’s Weimar Berlin style jazz quintet comprised of pianist Danielle DeSwert Hahn, violinist Elizabeth Young, double bassist Chris Castro, trombonist Alex Regazzi and clarinetist Stephen Zielinski.
Exploring the rich musical legacy of Gershwin and Joplin, the performances will include the Jascha Heifetz setting for Porgy and Bess, several seminal pieces by Gershwin, excerpts from Joplin’s treasured opera, Treemonisha, and new settings by Jonah Blum of cherished melodies and rhythms by Joplin.
Accompanied by original projections developed by director Joachim Schamberger from archival materials from the National Gallery of Art, the musical program illustrates Joplin’s influence on the young Gershwin, and their indelible marks on American music as the respective Kings of Ragtime and American Popular Song. The program examines the common musical genius of Gershwin and Joplin: seamlessly integrating the techniques of European traditional music with the wildly popular music of their time.
This concert is presented with the cooperation of the music department of the National Gallery of Art, which will present the New York Opera Society on February 3, 2010 in a concert of music by George Gershwin in honor of From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection.
Now in its 22nd season, arts>World Financial Center is the East Coast’s largest presenter of free, year-round performing and visual arts. Other season highlights include a weeklong celebration of Chopin’s 200th birthday and New York Classical Theatre’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark to be performed throughout nearly 3.5 acres of the sprawling World Financial Center.
http://www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com/cgi-bin/Go.cgi?q_id=1005&q_scope=current
Marking the debut of NYOS at the Winter Garden, the concerts will take place on Friday, February 5th with an evening performance at 7:00pm (running time: 75 minutes) and a lunchtime performance featuring selected highlights at 12:30pm (running time: 45 minutes).
The concerts will also feature NYOS’ 1930’s Weimar Berlin style jazz quintet comprised of pianist Danielle DeSwert Hahn, violinist Elizabeth Young, double bassist Chris Castro, trombonist Alex Regazzi and clarinetist Stephen Zielinski.
Exploring the rich musical legacy of Gershwin and Joplin, the performances will include the Jascha Heifetz setting for Porgy and Bess, several seminal pieces by Gershwin, excerpts from Joplin’s treasured opera, Treemonisha, and new settings by Jonah Blum of cherished melodies and rhythms by Joplin.
Accompanied by original projections developed by director Joachim Schamberger from archival materials from the National Gallery of Art, the musical program illustrates Joplin’s influence on the young Gershwin, and their indelible marks on American music as the respective Kings of Ragtime and American Popular Song. The program examines the common musical genius of Gershwin and Joplin: seamlessly integrating the techniques of European traditional music with the wildly popular music of their time.
This concert is presented with the cooperation of the music department of the National Gallery of Art, which will present the New York Opera Society on February 3, 2010 in a concert of music by George Gershwin in honor of From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection.
Now in its 22nd season, arts>World Financial Center is the East Coast’s largest presenter of free, year-round performing and visual arts. Other season highlights include a weeklong celebration of Chopin’s 200th birthday and New York Classical Theatre’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark to be performed throughout nearly 3.5 acres of the sprawling World Financial Center.
http://www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com/cgi-bin/Go.cgi?q_id=1005&q_scope=current
For more info about the artists performing:
http://www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com/press_release_61.htm
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