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From our inaugural concert, Wall to Wall Bach, to our enduring association with the World Music Institute, to our new music performances where composers from Cage to Corigliano, Ligeti to León and Adams to Zorn all have a place, Symphony Space is the place to open your ears, your heart and your mind.
Our 30th anniversary music season showcases our rich legacy, propels the next generation of rising stars and embraces musical innovation. Our series, which are thematically organized as mini-festivals, are designed to appeal to your singular tastes or your cross-over sensibility. |
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Premiered in Europe
at La Scala in 1872, the splendor and pageantry of Verdi's grand opera, Aida
returned to La Scala's stage as the premiere 2006-2007 season, under the baton
of Riccardo Chailly and directed by the legendary Franco Zeffirelli. The
stellar performance recounting the dramatic story of an Ethiopian princess held
in captivity in Egypt
drew a sustained 12-minute ovation from the audience.
Tickets: $21; Members $19; 4 or more $18; Members 4 or more $16
Showdate: Monday, July 21, 2008, 7:30 pm
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In her La Scala debut, star soprano Angela Gheorghiu sings
the title role of heroine Violetta in Verdi’s immensely popular romantic tale about
the rise and fall of a Parisian courtesan.
Tickets: $21; Members $19; 4 or more $18; Members 4 or more $16
Showdate: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 7:30 pm
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Politics and family rivalry are rife in Donizetti’s tragic
opera based on the life of Mary Queen of Scots and her enemy Queen Elizabeth.
Tickets: $21; Members $19; 4 or more $18; Members 4 or more $16
Showdate: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 7:30 pm
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From Teatro alla Scala,
Milan. The three one-acts are staged in honor of the 150th
anniversary of Puccini's birth.
Tickets: $21; Members $19; 4 or more $18; Members 4 or more $16
Showdate: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 7:30 pm
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Brahms
German Requiem
David
Randolph, Conductor
Brahm’s
German Requiem was his first work to win him international acclaim. This
expansive piece demands excessive quantities of passion and drama, angst and
sweetness, power and intimacy. Clara Schumann, in a letter to Brahms wrote, “It
is a truly tremendous piece of art which moves the entire being in a way little
else does”.
Tickets: $15
Showdate: Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 7:30 pm
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Mozart
Requiem and Faure Requiem
Robert
Bass, Conductor
Composed
in the last year of his life, Mozart’s Requiem contains all the power for which
the composer is famous in its vision of the finality of Death. The Faure Requiem
is in many ways the polar opposite, emphasizing peace and release found by those
who have passed.
Tickets: $15
Showdate: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 7:30 pm
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Verdi
Requiem
Robert
DeCormier, Conductor
Frequently
called “Verdi’s greatest opera,” the Requiem surges with emotion and passion.
From the vision of wrath in the Dies Irae to the beatific closing lines, the
work is not to be missed.
Tickets: $15
Showdate: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 7:30 pm
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Ticket Copy: Summer Breeze Entertainment and RJ / Legends of Soul: Ray
Goodman & Brown / and The Legendary Intruders
Tickets: $45
Showdate: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 8:00 pm
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“Sweet
Soul Jazz” with singer/flautist, Monet and opening with Mustafa Quintet jazz
band.
Tickets: $10; Members $7; Day of Show $15
Showdate: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 8:30 pm
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Be
a part of one special night of “hand-clapping, foot-stomping” thunderous praise
promoting positive living and the importance of maintaining a healthy
lifestyle. Be there as the anointed and melodious voice of Bishop Neal Roberson
blesses all with songs of total praise! Joining the Bishop will be the heart
stirring sounds of The Racy Brothers gracing the stage with the very best in
Quartet singing!
Portions
of the proceeds (30% of net income) go to aid The American Heart Association.
Presented by The Labor of Love Association, Inc.*
Tickets: $36; Members $31; Day of Show $41
Showdate: Friday, September 12, 2008, 7:30 pm
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Internationally acclaimed a cappella artists, the Big
Apple Chorus brings Barbershop harmony into the 21st century with an exuberant
mix of Broadway, gospel, swing and ragtime. Joining them is the award-winning
barbershop quartet Reveille and special guests.
Tickets: $35 / $25; Member, Student, Child, Group $30 / $20
Showdate: Saturday, September 13, 2008
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Evan
Christopher is a refreshingly bright new light on the national and international
jazz scene. He combines virtuosity, immaculate taste and the youthful resources
of energy and enthusiasm with a deep commitment to capturing the full range of
musical possibilities that come from having strong roots in the idioms of early
Jazz and the Creole clarinet style.
Tickets: $35
Showdate: Monday, September 15, 2008
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Vince Giordano
has long been the premier authority on performing 1920s and '30s jazz and
popular music. Woody Allen, Madonna, Terry Zweigoff, Garrison Keillor and the
New York Philharmonic have all used Giordano and his eleven-piece big band, the
Nighthawks, to summon up the days of Busby Berkeley and bathtub gin. The
Nighthawks recently recorded 22 note-perfect recreations of vintage hits for the
soundtrack of The Aviator, Martin
Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic. Giordano appears in the film in the center of a
vocal trio singing “Happy Feet” ala Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys.
Tickets: $35
Showdate: Monday, October 20, 2008
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Music of Azerbaijan
and Classical Persian Poetry
Tickets: $35; Members $30; Day of Show $40
Showdate: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 8:30 pm
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New
compositions for Chinese and Western instruments
Tickets: $18; Members $16; Group $15; Student, Teacher, Child $10; Day of Show $20
Showdate: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8:00 pm
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Classical
comic opera “Cosí Fan Tutte” by W.A. Mozart – Music Director, Joonbum
Park
Tickets: $20; Members $15; Day of Show $30
Showdate: Friday, November 21, 2008
Tickets are not currently available online. Please check back later or call the box office at 212.864.5400 for more information.
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The
New York City Youth Band premieres its first concert at Symphony Space, under
the direction of Music Director and Conductor Jason Noble. The NYC Youth Band is
composed of outstanding young musicians from the tri-state area and is dedicated
to the promotion of wind band literature of the highest artistic
merit.
Tickets: $25; Members, Students $15; Senior, Child $10
Showdate: Sunday, December 7, 2008, 7:30 pm
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New
York Youth
Symphony’s Jazz Band Classic and guest Terell Stafford on trumpet perform Royal
Procession: A Salute to Duke Ellington. The 16-member big-band plays famous
arrangements made popular by Duke Ellington such as “Caravan”, “Blue Ramble” and
“Cottontail”.
Tickets: $20; Group $14
Showdates: Friday, December 19, 2008 - Saturday, December 20, 2008
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Gotham
Wind Symphony presents 4 World-premier compositions for large wind band by: Bob
Brookmeyer, John Hollenbeck, Mike Holober and James
Chirillo.
Tickets: $31 / $21; Members $26 / $16
Showdate: Monday, January 5, 2009, 8:00 pm
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New
York Youth
Symphony’s Jazz Band Classic and guest Conrad Herwig on trombone perform the
Study of Bones. The 16-member big-band plays famous arrangements made popular by
Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton and Slide Hampton.
Tickets: $20; Group $14
Showdates: Friday, March 20, 2009 - Saturday, March 21, 2009
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Zarzuela, its origins and traditions, by the Greenwich Village
Orchestra, with guest soloists
Tickets: $15; Member, Student, Senior $10; Child $5
Showdate: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 7:30 pm
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New
York Youth
Symphony’s chamber music program presents “An Evening Among Friends”. Gotham’s
talented young virtuosi perform music of Brahms, Mozart, and
Beethoven.
Tickets: $20; Group $14
Showdates: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - Thursday, April 23, 2009
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Student
composers present new works with performances by members of the New York Youth
Symphony’s award-winning orchestra, chamber music, jazz band, and conducting
programs.
Tickets: $20; Group $14
Showdate: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tickets are not currently available online. Please check back later or call the box office at 212.864.5400 for more information.
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The
New York City Youth Band returns for its second concert at Symphony Space, under
the direction of Music Director and Conductor Jason Noble. The NYC Youth Band is
composed of outstanding young musicians from the tri-state area and is dedicated
to the promotion of wind band literature of the highest artistic
merit.
Tickets: $25; Members, Students $15; Senior, Child $10
Showdate: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 7:30 pm
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