• Two superb violinists on the same weekend: classical/jazz/rock sensation Charles Yang with the Empire State Youth Orchestra at Proctors (Jan. 30) and the brilliant and passionate Stefan Jackiw in recital in the Union College Concert Series (Jan. 31).
• The much-awarded guitarist Ekachai Jearakul of Thailand, the first Asian to win the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America’s international competition, is sure to be phenomenal. (March 20, Massry Center)
• French pianist Lise de la Salle may not be well known locally, but critics worldwide have called her performances exhilarating with uncommon sensibility. (April 20, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall). Of course you can’t go wrong with those other piano stalwarts, Paul Lewis (March 18) or Emanuel Ax (April 24) both in the Union College Concert Series.
• The Albany Symphony Orchestra teams up with the Albany Pro Musica for Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”) in a concert that will undoubtedly astound. (May 14, Palace Theatre)
• String quartets galore: Harlem (Feb. 4, Troy), Modigliani (Feb. 21, Union), Danel (Feb. 27, Zankel), Dover (Feb. 28, Union), Ebene (March 10, Union), Ariel (March 12, Friends), Ying (April 9, Zankel), and Artemis (April 10, Union). All terrific, so it might be down to a coin toss.
Classical music calendar
Albany Pro Musica. Jose Daniel Flores-Caraballo, artistic director. 346-6204, www.albanypromusica.org
Jan. 24: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. High School Choral Festival
Feb. 27: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. “From Broadway to the Concert Hall”
April 3: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. “A City of Immigrants.” Musicians of Ma’alwyck, Capital District Youth Chorale, Nacre Dance Company of Saratoga Springs
April 24: Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albany. “The Dueling Brothers.” Jose Daniel Flores-Caraballo, organ; Marcos Flores-Caraballo, piano; APM singers
May 14: See Albany Symphony Orchestra
Albany Symphony Orchestra. David Alan Miller, music director. 465-4755, www.albanysymphony.com
Jan. 9: Palace Theatre. JoAnn Falletta, guest conductor; Roman Mekinulov, cello. Bernstein, Del Aguila, Brahms, Strauss
Jan. 24: Zankel Music Center, Saratoga Springs. “Star Warriors: The Opera” family concert. Bard Conservatory singers. Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Donizetti
Feb. 20 and 21: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Piano students of Emanuel Ax: Orion Weiss, Dong Hyek Lim, Niko Namoradze, George Li, Louis Schwizbegel. All-Beethoven
March 19: Palace Theatre. “To Walk With Giants.” Sleeping Giant, curators. Barber, Vivaldi, Mozart, Norman, Hearne, Honstein
March 20: Palace Theatre. “Superhero Show” family concert. Mozart, Wagner, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky
April 16: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Evelyn Glennie, percussion. Ravel, Daugherty, Bermel, Haydn
April 17: See April 16
May 14: Palace Theatre. Albany Pro Musica. Mahler
Battenkill Chorale. Janet McGhee, artistic director. 677-8233, 885-3771
May 7 and 8: Immaculate Conception Church, Hoosick Falls. Monroe Crossing bluegrass band. “The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass”
Berkshire Bach Society. Kenneth Cooper, director. 413-528-9277, www.berkshirebach.org
March 12: Bach Birthday Bash. Cafe Adam, 420 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, Mass.
April 9: United Methodist Church, Fenn St., Pittsfield. Brass and Organ Concert. Peter Sykes, organ
Burnt Hills Oratorio Society. Curtis Funk, director. 416-4060, www.bhos.us
May 15: Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College
Capital Community Voices. Julie Panke, director. 370-5434, [email protected]
May 7: Genet Elementary School, Rt. 4, East Greenbush. “Songs and Sensibility.” Folk and pop music exploring emotions.
Capital Region Wind Ensemble. Brett Wery, conductor. 381-1231, www.sunysccc.edu/academic/music
March 13: Taylor Auditorium, SCCC. Lauren Winter, French horn. Bernstein, De Meij, Beckel
Capitol Chamber Artists. Mary Lou Saetta, artistic director. 458-9231, www.capitolchamberartists.com
Feb. 14: Westminster Presbyterian Church. “Music Inspired by Love.” Andre O’Neil, cello; Mary Lou Saetta, violiin; Al Fedak, harpsichord/organ. Rheinberger, Kreisler, Schubert, Beethoven, Liszt
March 6: Westminster Presbyterian Church. “International Baroque Festival.” Al Fedak; Andre O’Neil; Mary Lou Saetta. Corelli, Bach, de la Guerre, Sancho
April 17: 1st Congregational Church, Albany. Andre O’Neil, fortepiano; Mary Lou Saetta, violin. All-Beethoven
May 22: 1st Congregational Church. Andre O’Neil, cello; Mary Lou Saetta, violiin; Aniko Szokody, fortepiano. All-Beethoven
Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys. Cathedral of All Saints, Albany. Woodrow Bynum, director. 469-1342, www.thecathedralofallsaints.org
Feb. 21: Abigail Rockwood, organ recital
April 17: Graham Schultz, organ recital
April 19: “Gloria: A Festival of Hymns and Anthems.” Cathedral Brass; Graham Schultz, organ
Close Encounters with Music. 800-843-0778, www.cewm.org
Feb. 20: Ventfort Hall, Lenox. Mischa Bouvier, baritone; Yegor Shevtsov, piano. Broadway, opera, art songs
March 19: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington. Acronym Baroque String Band; James Austin Smith, oboe; Yehuda Hanani, cello. Bach
April 17: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. “Fiddler OFF the Roof.” Michele Levin, piano; Paul Green, clarinet; Alex Richardson, tenor; Sarah McElravy, violin; Yehuda Hanani, cello. Gershwin, Mahler, Milhaud, Bloch, Bruch
May 14: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. Dover String Quartet. Beethoven, Berg, Dvorak
DeBlasiis at The Hyde Chamber Music Series, Glens Falls. 792-2383, www.deblasiis-chamber-music.org
March 20: Decho Saxophone Quartet. Singelee, Knorr, Florio, Bach, Glass, Piazzolla
April 17: Neave Piano Trio
May 18: Alturas Duo of Carolos Boltes, viola, charanga; Scott Hill, guitar
Empire State Youth Orchestra. Helen Cha-Pyo, music director. 382-7581, www.esyo.org
Jan. 30: Proctors. Charles Yang, violin. Korngold, Ranjbaran, Marquez, Bernstein
Feb. 6: Crossgates Mall. Playathon with all ensembles
April 9: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Concerto winner TBA. Gershwin, Copland
May 21: Palace Theatre. Needham (world premiere), Gershwin
EMPAC, RPI, Troy. 276-3921, empac.rpi.edu
Jan. 28: Rane Moore, bass, contrabass clarinet, electronics; Okkyung Lee, amplified cello. Raphael Cendo, Hans Tutschku, Per Bloland
Feb. 12: Nate Wooley, trumpet
April 7: Bearthoven of piano, percussion, bass; Battle Trance of four tenor saxophones. Ken Thomson, Fjola Evans, Anthony Vine
April 14: Small ensembles, Nicholas DeMaison, conductor. Salvatore Sciarrino
April 21: Longleash piano trio; Elder Ones of drums, bass, saxophone, harmonium; Amirtha Kadimba, vocals. Carnatic Indian music, experimental jazz
First United Methodist Church, Schenectady. 374-4403, fumcschenectady.org/
March 13: Richard Elliott, organ
May 1: Young People’s Chorus of New York City. Francisco Nunez, director
Friends of Chamber Music. Emma Willard School, Troy. 273-8135, 273-4843, www.friendsofchambermusic.org
Jan. 17: New York Woodwind Quintet. Carter, Francaix, Mendelssohn, Monteverdi
Feb. 14: Exsultemus with Newton Baroque. “Venetian Vespers”
March 12: Ariel String Quartet. Haydn, Bartok, Tchaikovsky
April 3: St. Petersburg Piano Quartet. Desyatnikov, Schumann, Brahms
Frobenius Concert Series. United Methodist Church, Saratoga Springs. 584-3720
April 29: Caroline Robinson, organ
Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra. Charles Peltz, music director. 793-1348, www.theglensfallssymphony.org
March 20: Glens Falls High School Auditorium. “Spectacular Strings.” High school musicians side-by-side. Holst, Mendelssohn, Schoenberg
May 8: Glens Falls High School Auditorium. “Legends of Song.” Simon Carrington, guest conductor; Adirondack Voices, Queensbury High School Madrigals; GFSO Children’s Chorus. Walton, Handel
Hubbard Hall. 677-2495, 232-2347, www.hubbardhall.org
Feb. 6: Florian Kitt, cello; Harald Ossberger, piano. Beethoven, Britten, Janacek, Gadenstaetter
March 20: Music from Salem. “The Petrified Forest” with slides. Rhonda Rider, cello
May 20: Hubbard Hall Youth Chorale with Kyra Fitzgerald and Richard Cherry. “Spring Sing”
Hudson-Mohawk Chorale. Susan Fedak, director. Al Fedak, piano/organ. 427-7744, www.hmchorale.org
Lake George Music Festival. 792-5089, www.lakegeorgemusicfestival.com
Feb. 6-7: Caldwell Presbyterian Church, Lake George. Ronaldo Robim, piano; Barbora Kolarova, violin; Colin Brooks, viola; Mihai Marcia, cello
Massry Center, The College of Saint Rose, Albany. 337-4871, www.strose.edu
Jan. 29: Opera Saratoga. Soprano Sandra Lopez; Laurie Rogers, pianist. Scarlatti, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Argento, Turina
Feb. 13: Saint Rose Camerata with voice. Bach, Puccini, Holst, Marx
March 20: Ekachai Jearakul, guitar
April 7: Stewart Copeland, drummer; Jon Kimura Parker, piano
April 16: Saint Rose faculty composers. Roter, McKenna Lee, McClowry
Mendelssohn Club. Jeff Vredenburg, director. 371-4383, 428-5382, www.mendelssohn.org
April 10: See Thursday Music Club
April 16: 1st Reformed Church, 310 Main St., Catskill. Massed Concert with other male choruses
May 13: Chancellor’s Hall, Albany. Irina Petrik, soprano; Robert Dalton, baritone; Michael Clement, piano. “A Night on Broadway”
Mohawk Valley Chorus. David Rossi, director. 779-5061, 885-9231, www.mohawkvalleychorus.org
March 13: United Presbyterian Church, Amsterdam. Bradley Gregg, piano; MVC Woodwind Ensemble; MVC Scholarship winner. “Movements that Move Us”
May 22: Amsterdam High School. MVC Youth Chorale; Sentamentalists; MVC Chamber Ensemble. Pops
Music Company Orchestra. Gerald Lanoue, conductor. www.mcomusic.org
April 16: Polonaise Community Center, Albany. Fundraiser. Broadway show tunes
Music from Salem. Hubbard Hall, Cambridge. 677-2495, 232-2347, www.hubbardhall.org
March 19: Listening Club on “Music About Nature.” Lila Brown; Rhonda Rider. Venue TBA
March 20: See Hubbard Hall
Musicians of Ma’alwyck. 377-3623, www.musiciansofmaalwyck.org
Feb. 6: First Reformed Church, Schenectady. “The Joy of Frets.” Joel Brown, guitar. Vivaldi, deFossa
March 20: Druthers Brewery, 1053 Broadway, Albany. “A Declaration of Sentiments.” Bauer, Clarke, Beach, Kathleen Ballantyne (world premiere)
April 24: Schuyler Mansion, Albany. “Of that Sweet Dream I Sing.” Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz, violin; Sten Isachsen, guitar, Petia Kassarova, cello. Dotzauer, Hoffmann. Readings of Goethe poetry
Ne’imah Jewish Community Chorus. Anna Dubrova, artistic director. 274-8638, www.neimah.org
May 22: The Linda, Albany. Cantor Elias Rosenberg
Octavo Singers. Curtis Funk, director. 253-7088, www.octavosingers.com
May 14: 1st Reformed Church, Schenectady. Jennifer Lien, soprano; Joshua Bouillon, tenor; John Dernier, bass. Haydn
Opera Saratoga. Lawrence Edelson, director. 584-6018, www.operasaratoga.org
Jan. 29: See Massry Center
Feb. 20: Opera-to-Go “Operation Superpower” by Armand Ranjbaran. Schenectady Civic Playhouse
Feb. 27: Opera-to-Go. Saratoga Children’s Museum, Saratoga Springs
March 5: Opera-to-Go. Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls
March 5: Opera-to-Go. Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, Clifton Park
March 22: Opera-to-Go. Arts Center for the Capital Region, 265 River St., Troy
April 17: Pasta and Puccini fundraiser. Prime at Saratoga National, Saratoga Springs
April 28: Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, concert
April 29: Albany Institute of History and Art, concert
April 30: The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, concert
May 6: Opera Saratoga Gala “Divas at the Derby.” Canfield Casino, Saratoga Springs
May 28: Stars of Tomorrow concert, location TBA
Proctors, Schenectady. 346-6204, www.proctors.org
Jan. 10: See Schenectady Symphony Orchestra
Jan. 12: Charles Jones, organ
Jan. 16: “A Century of Cole Porter”
Jan. 30: Empire State Youth Orchestra with Charles Yang
Feb. 16: Claudia Bracaliello, Carl Hackert, Anthony Hunt, organs
Feb. 25: Disney Fantasia with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra
March 6: See Schenectady Symphony Orchestra
March 8: Pamela Sharpe, Bill Gailliard, Brandon Laventure, Carl Hackert, organs
April 20: “Recycled Percussion”
April 24: See Schenectady Symphony Orchestra
April 26: Helen Maksymicz, Ben Reavis, organs
May 17: Nixon McMillan and friends, organ
May 18: “Rhapsody & Rhythm: The Gershwin Concert Experience”
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Albany. Steve Rosenberry, conductor. 463-2257, www.stpaulsplace.org
March 13: Bach Birthday Concert. St. Paul’s Choir, chamber orchestra
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Troy. 273-7351, www.stpaulstroy.org
Feb. 16: Auriel Camerata, choral group
March 15: Victoria von Arx, piano
April 17: Brian Hoffman, organ
Saratoga Chamber Players. Jill Levy, artistic director. www.saratogachamberplayers.org
April 3: United Methodist Church. Jill Levy, violin; Adriana Cotino, cello. Bach, Kodaly
May 29: United Methodist Church. Jill Levy, Keats Dieffenbach, violins; Mary Hammann, viola; Eliot Bailen, cello; TBA, piano. Mozart, Dohnanyi, Schumann
Saratoga Youth Symphony. Katie Gardiner, music director. 583-1128, www.saratogayouthsymphony.com
April 17: United Methodist Church, Saratoga Springs.
May 22: Venue TBA
Schenectady County Community College Concert Series. 381-1231, www.sunysccc.edu/academic/music
March 25: Donald Weilerstein, violin; Vivian Weilerstein, piano. Dvorak, Ravel, Ives, Cowell
April 14: John Kamitsuka, piano. All-Bach
Schenectady Symphony Orchestra. Charles Schneider, music director. 372-2500, www.schenectadysymphony.org
Jan. 10: Proctors. Joseph Eisele, piano. Liszt, Rossini, Dvorak
March 6: Proctors GE Theater. Michael Emery, violin. All-Mozart
April 24: Proctors. James Benoit, marimba, vibraphone. Sojourne, Cangelosi, Sibelius
Tannery Pond Concerts, Shaker Village, New Lebanon. 888-820-1696, www.tannerypondconcerts.org
May 28: Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Brahms, Beethoven
Thursday Musical Club. Julie Panke, director. 370-5434
April 10: First Reformed Church, Schenectady. Elinore Farnum, piano; Mendelssohn Club members. Handel, Bach, Larsen, Walker, Thompson
Troy Chromatic Concerts, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. 273-0038, www.troychromatics.org
March 14: Jerusalem Symhony Orchestra. Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor; Danielle Akta, cello. Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Rachmaninoff
April 20: Lise de la Salle, piano. Beethoven, Ligeti, Brahms
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. 273-0038, www.troymusichall.org
Jan. 12: Brittany Zellman, viola
Jan. 24: High School Choral Festival
Feb. 4: Harlem String Quartet
Feb. 5: Mark O’Connor, fiddle
Feb. 9: Riverstone chamber music ensemble
Feb. 13: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Feb. 20 and 21: See Albany Symphony Orchestra
Feb. 27: Albany Pro Musica in “From Broadway to the Concert Hall”
March 3: David Broza, guitar
March 8: Bleecker Consort early music ensemble
March 14: See Troy Chromatic Concerts
April 6: Mnozil Brass septet
April 12: Auriel Camerata choral ensemble
April 16: See Albany Symphony Orchestra
April 17: See April 16
April 20: See Troy Chromatic Concerts
April 24: The Dueling Brothers (Jose Daniel & Marcos Daniel)
May 10: Findlay Cockrell, piano
Union College Concert Series. Memorial Chapel, Schenectady. 388-6080, www.unioncollegeconcerts.org
Jan. 10: Wu Han, piano; David Finckel, cello. Strauss, Messiaen, Albeniz, Glazunov, Chopin
Jan. 31: Stefan Jackiw, violin; Anna Polonsky, piano. Ravel, Lutoslawski, Saariaho, Schubert
Feb. 21: Modigliani String Quartet. Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak
Feb. 28: Dover String Quartet; Anthony McGill, clarinet. Mozart, Dutilleux, Brahms
March 10: Quatuor Ebene. Haydn, Debussy, Beethoven
March 18: Paul Lewis, piano. Brahms, Schubert, Liszt
April 10: Artemis String Quartet. Beethoven, Bartok
April 24: Emanuel Ax, piano. All-Beethoven
University at Albany Performing Arts Center. 442-3995, www.albany.edu/pac
Feb. 18: Tadeusz Domanowski, piano
Feb. 25: Potsdam Brass Quintet
March 7: Festival of Contemporary Music with University Percussion Ensemble
March 30: Capital Trio of Duncan Cumming, piano; Hilary Cumming, violin; Solen Dikener, cello. Haydn, Beethoven
April 15: Hubbard Hall Opera Theater. American music
April 24: “Youth Movements.” Area pianists. Satie
April 27: Margaret Chalker, soprano; Victoria von Arx, piano. Copland
Westminster Presbyterian Church Music Series, Albany. 436-8544, www.wpcalbany.org
Feb. 14: See Capitol Chamber Artists
Feb. 19: Adam Brakel, organ
March 6: See Capitol Chamber Artists
March 13: Monday Musical Club
March 27: Siena College Choir and orchestra. Tim Reno, director. Faure
April 24: See Albany Pro Musica
May 1: Steve Ball, organ
Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College. 580-5321, www.skidmore.edu/zankel
Jan. 24: See Albany Symphony Orchestra
Feb. 7: Jan Vinci, flute; William Hakim, viola; Elizabeth Huntley, harp. Tann, Debussy, Zhou Long, Hakim, Salzedo
Feb. 12: Ensemble ACJW. Mozart, Hearne, Beethoven, Hummel
Feb. 18: SoloDuo. Matteo Mela, Lorenzo Micheli, guitars
Feb. 20: Raging Asian Women
Feb. 21: Principal Brass. New York Philharmonic brass quintet
Feb. 27: Quatuor Danel. All-Beethoven
March 5: Skidmore College Orchestra
April 1: Handel “Xerxes” student production
April 2: See April 1
April 9: Ying String Quartet. All-Beethoven
April 10: String Festival ensembles
April 28: Tang Museum. Opera Saratoga singers in songs inspired by visuals
May 15: See Burnt Hills Oratorio Society
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