Concerts

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December 1

Holiday

St. Paul's Church, 315 West 22nd Street

It's the most wonderful time of the year, and TCS is thrilled to perform some of our holiday favorites!

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Friday 12.1.23
Engelbert Humperdinck — Prelude to Hänsel und Gretel
Camille Saint-Saëns —

Havanaise, Op.83
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky —

The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
Aaron Dai —

The Night Before Christmas
Bellamy Young, Guest Narrator

January 19-20

Heritage

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street

TCS Artistic Director Mark Seto leads a program that celebrates the cultural heritage of the Americas.

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Friday 1.19.24
Gabriela Lena Frank —

Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra
Mike Boyman —

World Premiere
Sue Rangeley, Cello
Jennifer Shaw, Cello
Florence Price —

Symphony No. 3
Saturday 1.20.24
Gabriela Lena Frank —

Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra
Mike Boyman —

World Premiere
Sue Rangeley, Cello
Jennifer Shaw, Cello
Florence Price —

Symphony No. 3

March 8-9

Transcendence

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street

Conductor Laureate Yaniv Segal returns to TCS for a program that captures the outer reaches of the human experience.

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Friday 3.8.24
Horacio Fernández —

Tumbao
Horacio Fernández, Composition Fellow
Marshall Pearse, Trumpet
Fernande Breilh Decruck —

Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

Mvts 1 & 2
Liann Cline, Harp
Richard Wagner —

Prelude from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
Gustav Mahler —

Totenfeier
Richard Wagner —

Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
Saturday 3.9.24
Horacio Fernández —

Tumbao
Horacio Fernández, Composition Fellow
Marshall Pearse, Trumpet
Grace Williams —

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Kevin Barnes, Trumpet
Richard Wagner —

Prelude from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
Gustav Mahler —

Totenfeier
Richard Wagner —

Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90

May 17-18

Idyllic Echoes

St. Paul's Church, 315 West 22nd Street

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony is an ebullient celebration of rhythm: Richard Wagner described the piece as "the apotheosis of dance."

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Friday 5.17.24
Britta Byström —

A Walk to Beethoven
Eric Ewazen —

Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
Jackie Traish, Flute
Ludwig van Beethoven —

Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
Saturday 5.18.24
Britta Byström —

A Walk to Beethoven
Rebecca Clarke —

Viola Sonata

(arr. Ruth Lomon)
Ludwig van Beethoven —

Symphony No. 7, Op. 92

June 14-15

Rhythm and Colors

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street

TCS’s season finale features vibrant Latin American idioms in Leonard Bernstein’s beloved Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Gabriela Ortiz’s exuberant Kauyumari.

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Friday 6.14.24
Gabriela Ortiz —

Kauyumari
Oscar Thorp, Guest Conductor
Jennifer Higdon —

Percussion Concerto
Tyler Hefferon, Percussion
Leonard Bernstein — Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Saturday 6.15.24
Gabriela Ortiz —

Kauyumari
Oscar Thorp, Guest Conductor
John Corigliano —

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Eric Schultz, Clarinet
Leonard Bernstein — Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Previous Concerts This Season

September 22-23

Celestial Waters

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street

Artistic Director Matthew Aubin kicks off TCS’s 18th season with the US premiere of Les Eaux célestes (Celestial Waters), a sparkling work by the dynamic young composer Camille Pépin.

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Friday 9.22.23
Camille Pépin —

Les Eaux célestes

(US premiere)
Sergei Prokofiev —

Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.63
Inna Langerman, Violin
Béla Bartók —

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123
Saturday 9.23.23
Camille Pépin —

Les Eaux célestes

(US premiere)
Amanda Maier-Röntgen —

Violin Concerto in D minor
Juliana Pereira, Violin
Béla Bartók —

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123

October 27-28

Reveries

St. Paul's Church, 315 West 22nd Street

Conductor Reuben Blundell directs an evocative program from the late Romantic era.

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Friday 10.27.23
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor —

Ballade in A Minor
Édouard Lalo —

Cello Concerto in D minor
Johannes Brahms —

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op.90
Saturday 10.28.23
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor —

Ballade in A Minor
Carl Reinecke — Flute Concerto in D Major, op. 283
Sarah Abrams, Flute
Johannes Brahms —

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op.90