CIRCLING BACH
Brooklyn Museum

Take a musical journey through the Baroque era, before and beyond, and explore the diverse influences and consequences of the music of J.S. Bach with works by Rossi, Vivaldi, Handel, C.P.E. Bach, and Geminiani.

PERFORMERS
Elizabeth Mann, flute
Krista Bennion Feeney, violin
Eriko Sato, violin
Naoko Tanaka, violin
Mitsuru Tsubota, violin
Louise Schulman, viola
Daire FitzGerald, cello
Myron Lutzke, cello
John Feeney, bass
Robert Wolinsky, harpsichord

ROSSI Sonata Settima Sopra L’Aria d’un Balletto, Sinfonia Grave, Sonata duodecima Sopra la Bergamasca
VIVALDI Concerto for Cello in A minor, RV 420
HANDEL Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 9
C.P.E. BACH Flute Concerto in D minor, H 426
GEMINIANI Variations in D minor ‘La Folia’ after Corelli

CIRCLING BACH
The Morgan Library & Museum
Richard Gilder Chamber Music Series

Take a musical journey through the Baroque era, before and beyond, and explore the diverse influences and consequences of the music of J.S. Bach with works by Rossi, Vivaldi, Handel, C.P.E. Bach, and Geminiani.

PERFORMERS
Elizabeth Mann, flute
Krista Bennion Feeney, violin
Eriko Sato, violin
Naoko Tanaka, violin
Mitsuru Tsubota, violin
Louise Schulman, viola
Daire FitzGerald, cello
Myron Lutzke, cello
John Feeney, bass
Robert Wolinsky, harpsichord

ROSSI Sonata Settima Sopra L’Aria d’un Balletto, Sinfonia Grave, Sonata duodecima Sopra la Bergamasca 
VIVALDI Concerto for Cello in A minor, RV 420
HANDEL Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 9
C.P.E. BACH Flute Concerto in D minor, H 426
GEMINIANI Variations in D minor ‘La Folia’ after Corelli

CIRCLING BACH
The Morgan Library & Museum
Richard Gilder Chamber Music Series

Take a musical journey through the Baroque era, before and beyond, and explore the diverse influences and consequences of the music of J.S. Bach with works by Rossi, Vivaldi, Handel, C.P.E. Bach, and Geminiani.

PERFORMERS
Elizabeth Mann, flute
Krista Bennion Feeney, violin
Eriko Sato, violin
Naoko Tanaka, violin
Mitsuru Tsubota, violin
Louise Schulman, viola
Daire FitzGerald, cello
Myron Lutzke, cello
John Feeney, bass
Robert Wolinsky, harpsichord

ROSSI Sonata Settima Sopra L’Aria d’un Balletto, Sinfonia Grave, Sonata duodecima Sopra la Bergamasca 
VIVALDI Concerto for Cello in A minor, RV 420
HANDEL Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 9
C.P.E. BACH Flute Concerto in D minor, H 426
GEMINIANI Variations in D minor ‘La Folia’ after Corelli

IVAN FISCHER CONDUCTS THE MOZART REQUIEM
Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Seating Chart

OSL closes its Carnegie Hall season with an all-Mozart program conducted by the incomparable Iván Fischer and featuring one of New York City’s most distinguished professional choruses, Musica Sacra. The program includes two pieces written towards the end of Mozart’s short life: the triumphant Symphony No. 34 and the haunting Requiem.

PERFORMERS
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Iván Fischer, conductor
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Richard Paul Frank, baritone
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, music director

MOZART Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338
MOZART Requiem, K. 626

The Sound of Music gala event 
Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Seating Chart

RODGERS and HAMMERSTEIN II  The Sound of Music

OSL will perform in a special one-night-only concert of The Sound of Music at Carnegie Hall. Presented with full orchestra, cast and chorus performing the timeless score by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Gary Griffin will direct the production, and Rob Fisher will serve as musical director. Additional cast members will be announced. This performance is part of a gala benefit to support the music education programs of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. The Sound of Music gala event is sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP.  

LIFE STORIES
Brooklyn Museum

Explore the inner worlds of two composers with music inspired by friends and family. Featuring Mozart’s Horn Quintet, written for his close friend, Ignaz Leutgeb, and a musical reflection of childhood by American composer, Ingram Marshall.

PERFORMERS
Krista Bennion Feeney, violin
Naoko Tanaka, violin
David Cerutti, viola
Louise Schulman, viola
Myron Lutzke, cello
Patrick Pridemore, horn

MOZART Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 (K. 125a)
MARSHALL Evensongs for string quartet
MOZART Horn Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 407

LIFE STORIES
The Morgan Library & Museum
Richard Gilder Chamber Music Series

Explore the inner worlds of two composers with music inspired by friends and family. Featuring Mozart’s Horn Quintet, written for his close friend, Ignaz Leutgeb, and a musical reflection of childhood by American composer, Ingram Marshall.

PERFORMERS
Krista Bennion Feeney, violin
Naoko Tanaka, violin
David Cerutti, viola
Louise Schulman, viola
Myron Lutzke, cello
Patrick Pridemore, horn

MOZART Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 (K. 125a)
MARSHALL Evensongs for string quartet
MOZART Horn Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 407

LIFE STORIES
The Morgan Library & Museum
Richard Gilder Chamber Music Series

Explore the inner worlds of two composers with music inspired by friends and family. Featuring Mozart’s Horn Quintet, written for his close friend, Ignaz Leutgeb, and a musical reflection of childhood by American composer, Ingram Marshall.

PERFORMERS
Krista Bennion Feeney, violin
Naoko Tanaka, violin
David Cerutti, viola
Louise Schulman, viola
Myron Lutzke, cello
Patrick Pridemore, horn

MOZART Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 (K. 125a)
MARSHALL Evensongs for string quartet
MOZART Horn Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 407

OSL will accompany Young Concert Artists (YCA) for its gala concert. OSL and YCA have collaborated on concerts for several years to support YCA’s mission to help launch the careers of exceptional young musicians from all over the world. 

PERFORMERS
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Ryan McAdams, conductor
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello
Ran Dank, piano
Hahn-Bin, violin

ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 

Orchestra of St. Luke’s returns to the World Science Festival to perform Philip Glass’ Icarus and the Edge of Time

OPENING NIGHT:
MENDELSSOHN’S MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Caramoor Music Festival
Venetian Theater

Mendelssohn’s masterful incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream was begun as a teenager (the Overture) and completed toward the end of Mendelssohn’s life. He evokes the fantastical, supernatural whimsy found in Shakespeare’s characters. Readings of excerpts of Shakespeare’s play will contextualize this symphonic masterpiece, from the iconic Wedding March to the unforgettable scherzo. Conductor Roberto Abbado leads the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and violin virtuoso Gil Shaham makes a special appearance in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.

PERFORMERS 
Orchestra of St. Luke’s 
Roberto Abbado, conductor 
Gil Shaham, violin

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream (selections)

POPS, PATRIOTS & FIREWORKS
Caramoor Music Festival
Venetian Theater

Michael Barrett leads Orchestra of St. Luke’s in the music of George Gershwin. Some of his greatest works, including Rhapsody in Blue, performed by John Musto, and hit songs sung by Darius DeHaas and Carla Jablonski will complete the patriotic preparations for the pyrotechnic fireworks to follow.

PERFORMERS 
Orchestra of St. Luke’s 
Michael Barrett, conductor
Darius DeHaas, vocals
Carla Jablonski, vocals
John Musto, piano

All Gershwin Program

CIRO IN BABILONIA
Gioachino Rossini
Bel Canto at Caramoor
Venetian Theater

Operas on Old-Testament stories were popular in Italy in the early 19th century, and in some cities were obligatory for performances during Lent; other examples include Rossini’s own Mosè in Egitto, Donizetti’s Il diluvio universale (telling of Noah and the Flood), and Verdi’s Nabucco (about Belshazzar’s forefather Nebuchadnezzar). The usual dramatic strategy for these works was to insert a love story or other personal complication into the outline of the familiar narrative.

Rossini was just shy of 20 years old, with four operas already to his credit, when he received the contract to compose Ciro in Babilonia for the Teatro Comunale of Ferrara early in 1812, to a libretto by Francesco Aventi.

In collaboration with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy.

PERFORMERS 
Orchestra of St. Luke’s 
Will Crutchfield, conductor and director of opera
Davide Livermore, stage director
Ewa Podleś, contralto
Jessica Pratt, soprano
Michael Spyres, tenor
Scott Bearden, baritone

EMANUEL AX & PABLO HERAS-CASADO
Caramoor Music Festival
Venetian Theater

Pablo Heras-Casado returns to celebrate his recent appointment as Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s following his brilliant debut performance with the Orchestra last summer. Emanuel Ax joins OSL and Maestro Heras-Casado in a program of music by Beethoven and Ravel.

PERFORMERS
Orchestra of St. Luke’s 
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor 
Emanuel Ax, piano

RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin (orch. Ravel 1919)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

I CAPULLETI ED I MONTECCHI
Vincenzo Bellini
Bel Canto at Caramoor
Venetian Theater

Bellini’s I Capuleti ed i Montecchi tells the Romeo and Juliet story—based on the same ancient Italian sources that Shakespeare used—in the gorgeous language of Italian bel canto. Late in life, Richard Wagner told how Bellini’s yearning, passionate melodies had inspired him to create Tristan und Isolde.

PERFORMERS 
Orchestra of St. Luke’s 
Will Crutchfield, conductor and director of opera
Eglise Gutiérrez, soprano
Kate Aldrich, mezzo-soprano
Leonardo Capalbo, tenor

WEILERSTEIN’S HAYDN
Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Seating Chart

New York Magazine raves about cellist Alisa Weilerstein: “Whatever she plays sounds custom-composed for her… [It’s] as if she has a natural affinity with everything.” Weilerstein joins conductor Nicholas McGegan and OSL in a program of works by Haydn and Mozart.

PERFORMERS
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello

MOZART Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201/186a
HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. Vllb:2 
MOZART Chaconne from Idomeneo, K. 367 
HAYDN Symphony No. 99 in E-flat Major, Hob. 1:99

HERAS-CASADO & ZACHARIAS
Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Seating Chart

Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and pianist Christian Zacharias in his Carnegie Hall debut performance as OSL’s Principal Conductor with music by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Schumann.

PERFORMERS
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano

BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture, Op. 84
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
DEBUSSY Five Préludes (orch. Hans Zender) (US Premiere)
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (1841 version)

FISCHER CONDUCTS ST. MATTHEW PASSION
Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Seating Chart

OSL again teams up with conductor, Iván Fischer and New York’s Musica Sacra chorus in a must-hear evening featuring Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.

PERFORMERS
Iván Fischer, conductor
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Mezzo-Soprano to be announced
John Tessier, tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, music director

BACH St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244