Click here to see the video with words and dancing done by real doctors.
The Manhattan String Quartet’s Concert at the Pleasantville Chamber Music Society
Click here to hear their concert on YouTube..
A Concerto is a Conversation
Click here to see a short Oscar-nominated documentary about the black composer Kris Bowers and his grandfather discussing their history. Thanks to Roberta Poupon for sending it.
Two Youthful Composers Playing their Short Pieces
A Wonderful Program with and about the Guarneri Quartet
Click here to see the program from the Chamber Music Society. Great music and talk. Thanks to Roberta Poupon for sending it.
Four Nations Ensemble Online Concert from Pleasantville Chamber Music Society
To members and friends of the Pleasantville Chamber Music Society:
Amid the trials of this year, we are pleased to provide a series of online concerts. We hope to see you all in person soon, but we send these virtual events until we can gather again. Check our website for details on this second concert in our series—and our next two concerts.
Four Nations Ensemble
Click HERE to watch the online concert (available starting at 8 pm on 2/14 -- and for two weeks to follow)
Pascale Beaudin, soprano
Andrew Fouts, violin
Loretta O’Sullivan, cello
Scott Pauley, lute
Andrew Appel, harpsichord and director
A Baroque Valentine’s Day Celebration: “When Love Goes Wrong”
François Couperin: L'art de toucher le clavecin, Prelude No. 5
François Couperin: Le Dodo ou l’amour au berceau
Barbara Strozzi: Amor Dormiglione
François Couperin: L'art de toucher le clavecin, Prelude No. 2
George Frideric Handel: Credete al mio dolo
Michael Haydn: Andante, from Divertimento in C major
Jean-Paul Egide Martini: Plaisir d’Amour
Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata X, Op. 1 for violin and continuo, “Didone Abbandonata” (Dido Abandoned)
Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata IV in B-flat major, RV 45
Louis-Nicolas Clerambault: Medeé, a cantata for soprano and instruments
For over four decades, The Four Nations Ensemble has brought together leading soloists and generational front-runners of period vocal and instrumental performance. The Ensemble presents a special Valentine’s Day celebration with a different take on the usual holiday fare, featuring love songs from the Baroque on the theme of “Love Gone Wrong.”
Through its innovative programming, Four Nations has become a leading presence on the early music scene, performing at such major houses and festivals as the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center, the Boston Early Music Festival, and New York's Mostly Mozart Festival, among many others.
Four Nations Ensemble is led by harpsichordist and artistic director Andrew Appel, who studied at Duke University, the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp and the Juilliard School. He has performed as recitalist at Carnegie Recital Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Music Academy of the West, the Smithsonian Institution, Italy’s Spoleto Festival and New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, among others.
We hope you will join us for this free concert! Mark your calendar:
March 7: Manhattan String Quartet
March 28: Vent Nouveau
Pleasantville Chamber Music Society Offers Online Concerts
Click here to get to their website which is pictured above. Once there you can watch and hear their first online concert by cellist Ani Kalayjian and pianist Philip Edward Fisher and see their program for the season.
If You Like Opera or Children, You'll Enjoy this
Click here to see the video. Thanks to Sally Kellock for sending it.
Want to Stream WQXR on Your Phone, Tablet, or Computer?
If so, click here
Virtual Tour of Copland House with Michael Boriskin
Click here to see the video tour of Copland House.
Another Clever COVID Song
If you like Billy Joel (or even if you don’t know his work), you’ll enjoy this. Click here to see the video.
The Birth of the Virtual Choir
Click here to see the video. Thanks to Marilyn Bottjer for sending it.
“Phantom of the Quarantine” from the Opera Guy
Click here to see the video on Youtube. Thanks to Peter Limburg for sending it.
For the Longest Time by the Phoenix Choir
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Lincoln Center at Home: YoYo Ma Special Sun. May 10, 6 pm EDT
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If You Like Musical Jokes, You Might Enjoy this Rendition of Pachelbel's Canon
Click here to see it.
Virtual Events from the Hudson River Museum this Weekend
Click here to see how to join a tour with the curator on Instagram Live of the “Derrick Adams: Buoyant” exhibition at 1:30 Sat. May 9.
Click here for the live Zoom concert by Jacinta Fuentes, Mezzo Soprano, of Mexican folk music, “Music for Our Mothers” Sunday May 10 at 2 pm.
A Musical Tribute to First Responders from the Boston Pops
The Boston Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Keith Lockhart, performs a musical video tribute, Summon the Heroes—featuring the work originally composed by John Williams for the 1996 Olympic.
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Thanks to Robert Sanders for sending it in.
If You Like Opera and Wish Covid-19 were Gone, You'll enjoy this
Click here to see the short video on Youtube.
Thanks to John Cannon for sending it.
Why People Love Opera
Click here to see reasons and examples given by various people. Thanks, Roberta Poupon for sending the link.