CLASSICAL CONCERTS Wednesday 11/8 AMERICAN STRING QUARTET Ensemble performs works ...
AMERICAN STRING QUARTET
Ensemble performs works by Haydn, Bartok & Brahms w/violist Setsuko Nagata & cellist William Grubb; John C. Borden Aud., Manhattan School of Music, B'way (122nd St.), 212-749-3300; 8, $12-$15, $5 st./s.c.
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DOWNTOWN SYMPHONY
Douglas Anderson conducts works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven & Ives; Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. (betw. Greenwich & West Sts.), 212-346-8170; 8, free.
ALPHA FLOYD & FRIENDS
Soprano performs works from Purcell to He's Got The Whole Word In His Hands w/numerous singers & instrumentalists; Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-501-3330; 8, $10.
AXEL STRAUSS
Violinist performs works by Bach, Enescu & Chausson w/pianist Anton Nel & Lark String Quartet; Alice Tully Hall, 1941 B'way (65th St.), 212-721-6500; 8, $15, $5 st./s.c.
PINCHAS ZUKERMAN
Violinist joins violist Cynthia Phelps, cellist Ralph Kirshbaum, bassist Timothy Cobb & pianist Yefim Bronfman in works by Mozart & Schubert; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-996-1100; 8, $30.
Thursday 11/9
SARI GRUBER
Pianist Cameron Stowe accompanies soprano in debut of works by Mozart, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Caplet, Robson & Granados; Alice Tully Hall, 1941 B'way (65th St.), 212-721-6500; 8, $15-$20.
MUSIC FOR THE SPIRIT
Organist Stephen Rapp performs works by Franck, Tournemire & Hakim; St. Francis of Assisi Church, 135 W. 31st St. (betw. betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-967-9157; 1:15, free.
MUSIC FROM JAPAN
Paul Lustig Dunkel conducts Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra in works feat. the sho, a Japanese "pipe organ played with the mouth," in celebration of Music From Japan's Silver Anniversary; Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave. (57th St.), 212-247-7800; 8, $10-$75.
CHITOSE OKASHIRO
Pianist performs works by Franck, Sakamoto & Schumann; Trinity Church, B'way (Wall St.), 212-602-0747; 1, free.
CARLOS C. RODRIGUEZ
Pianist performs works by Mozart, Schumann, Berio, Albeniz & Manuel Sosa (world premiere); Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-501-3330; 8, $20.
Friday 11/10
DOWNTOWN ENSEMBLE
Premiere of Daniel Goode's Landler Land for three cellos & two pianos includes invitation to audience to dance?"simple instructions will be given" in unusual interactive program; Renee Weiler Concert Hall at Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow St. (7th Ave.), 212-242-4770; 8, $10, $5 st./s.c.
JUILLIARD CHORAL UNION
Judith Clurman conducts vocal ensemble in works by Milhaud, Widor, Faure & Franck feat. organist Sean Jackson, soprano Raquela Sheeran & baritone Woodrow Bynum; Alice Tully Hall, 1941 B'way (65th St.), 212-721-6500, res. req.; 8, free.
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY
George Manahan conducts works by Bach-Webern, Walton & Bruckner feat. violist Jethro Marks; John C. Borden Aud., Manhattan School of Music, B'way (122nd St.), 212-749-3300; 8, free.
NATIONAL CHORALE
Martin Josman conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (64th St.), 212-721-6500; 8, $21-$78.
JENNY PARK, ALEXANDER WU
Duo-pianists perform "four-hands" (wherein both performers sit at one piano), feat. works by Mozart, Faure, Rachmanninov & Gershwin; Church for All Nations, 417 W. 57th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-333-5583; 7, $10 contrib.
Saturday 11/11
CANTORI NEW YORK
Choral ensemble performs works by Pousseur, Chatman, Absil, Holten, Wolf, Vaughan-Williams & Cipullo; West Park Presbyterian Church, 165 W. 86th St. (Amsterdam Ave.), 212-439-4758; 8, $20, $10 st./s.c.
SHARON ISBIN
Guitarist performs folk-inspired works by Shemer, Theodorakis, Ruiz-Pipo, Tarrega, Lauro, Rivera & Brouwer; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-996-1100; 8, $25.
DREW MINTER
Countertenor/harpist performs works by troubadours of the medieval era; Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson St. (Grove St.), 718-788-1988; 8, $20, $15 st./s.c.
MUSIC FROM CHINA
Chinese & Western instruments used in works by Zhou Long, Bun-Ching Lam & Paul Rudy; Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-501-3330; 8, $15.
Sunday 11/12
AN DIE MUSIK
Oboist Robert Ingliss, violinist Frank Almond, violist Richard Brice, cellist Daniel Rothmuller & pianist Constance Emmerich perform works by Kodaly, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms & the world premiere of Jon Deak's Rapunzel; Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-501-3330; 4, $9.
JOSHUA BELL
Violinist performs all-Beethoven program feat. chamber ensemble Camerata Academica Salzburg; Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (64th St.), 212-721-6500; 8, $25-$45.
DUO CONCERTANTE
Violinist Sheila Reinhold & pianist Max Lifchitz perform works by Bartok, Chavez, Debussy, Revueltas & Webern; Christ & St. Stephen's Church, 119 W. 69th St. (betw. Columbus & Amsterdam Aves.), 800-215-9907; 3, free.
Monday 11/13
STEVE GORN, SAMIR CHATTERJEE
Bansuri bamboo flutist & tabla player (respectively) perform Indian ragas; St. Paul's Chapel, B'way (Fulton St.), 212-602-0747; 12, $2 contrib.
SOLOISTS OF THE CAMERATA ACADEMICA
Instrumentalists perform works by Krenek & Webern; Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-501-3330; 8, call for price.
SPECULUM MUSICAE
Electronic music ensemble performs works by Stockhausen, Matalon & Machover; Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 E. 7th St. (3rd Ave.), 212-353-4120; 8, $12, $6 st./s.c.
"WHAT MAKES IT GREAT?"
Robert Kapilow moderates lecture-demonstration of Copland's Appalachian Spring feat. musicians from The Juilliard School; Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-721-6500; 7:30, $25.
Tuesday 11/14
HENSCHEL QUARTET
Ensemble performs works by Brahms, Beethoven & collaborating pianist Heather Anne Schmidt (world premiere); Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-501-3330; 2, $10.
OMEGA ENSEMBLE
Multi-instrumentalists switch off between piano, violin, clarinet & cello in works by Mozart, Bassi, Jones & Dvorak; Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-501-3330; 8, $25.
CHRISTA RAKICH
Harpsichordist performs Bach's Goldberg Variations at Church of the Holy Apostles, 296 9th Ave. (28th St.), 212-807-6799; 8, $10-$20.
PETER VINOGRADE
Pianist performs & discusses Copland's early gem Passacaglia as well as the later-era, sprawling Piano Fantasy; Hubbard Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music, B'way (122nd St.), 212-749-3300; 8, free.