15TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS IN THE VILLAGE SEASON CONTINUES IN APRIL AND MAY
Following enthusiastically received programs this past fall, the 15th Anniversary Season 2024-2025 of Concerts in the Village continues in April and May. CITV’s fourteen preceding seasons have offered over 200 instrumental and vocal works from the recital, chamber, choral, orchestral, and operatic repertoire of the 17th through 21st centuries.
On April 26th CITV offers its 60th concert with two remarkable solo works of J. S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations, an undisputed milestone in the history of music, and the intensely transparent Sonata No. 1 for solo violin. For this journey we welcome pianist Sophia Zhou, and CITV Concertmaster Elizabeth Silver. Zhou (www.sophiazhoupiano.com) is a returning artist, whose widely recognized talent has taken her throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, and the major concert halls of America. Silver is well-known to regional audiences, as a regularly performing soloist, chamber musician and member of the Albany Symphony and Glimmerglass Orchestras.
On May 18th an especially exciting program features Mendelssohn’s spirited Symphony No. 4 (the “Italian”) and Rossini’s stunningly dramatic, in effect operatic, Stabat Mater. Featured will be CITV’s primary ensembles, the Broad Street Orchestra and Broad Street Chorale, along with return engagements by four outstanding soloists: soprano Caroline Dunigan, soprano Paulina Swierczek, tenor Eric Finbarr Carey, and bass Tyler Duncan. Artistic Director David Smith conducts. The Rossini performance is believed to be a long overdue premiere in the region, for which CITV gathers over 70 vocal and instrumental musicians.
On May 25th tenor Eric Finbarr Carey (www.ericfinbarrcarey.com) is joined by pianist Erika Switzer (www.erikaswitzer.com) in a recital of works by Schubert, Poulenc and Britten. Recently returned from Europe, Carey has been a Tanglewood Vocal Fellow, and this coming summer is honored to be an artist at the Marlboro Music Festival. Erika Switzer, internationally active as a pianist, teacher and arts administrator, performs widely, especially as a vocal collaborator throughout the United States and Canada. She is a member of the music faculty of Bard College.
April 26th and May 25th: Van Buren Hall, 6 Chatham Street, Kinderhook NY 12106. Lift available.
May 18th: Kinderhook Reformed Church, 21 Broad Street, Kinderhook NY 12106. Handicapped accessible.
Suggested contribution $ 25, with students and children free.
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