Spring Classical Music

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Spring Classical Music: From The Chappaqua Orchestra and Bedford Chamber Concerts to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performance at PAC…

March

Local! The Chappaqua Orchestra: Together In Music, An Inclusive Family Concert, ChappPac, Sat, 3/9: 4pm: Conductor Barbara Yahr and TCO partners with the Chappaqua EPIC group for a Family Concert spotlighting six special needs students who will perform with the orchestra. This Concert will be a safe space for all children including those with sensory sensitivities. Hang out post-concert for an instrument petting zoo! Ms. Yahr is the Music Director of the Greenwich Village Orchestra. (480 Bedford Rd., Chappaqua; www.chappaquapac.org)

Local! Channeling The Masters, Peter Serkin, The Sanctuary Series South Salem, Sun, 3/17: 4pm: “Peter Serkin is one of the handful of pianists who not only possess a cerebral understanding of the music of our time but the ability to communicate it with feeling. In his hands, even the most formidable works are fluid and expressive.“ – The New York Times Here Peter performs Mozart’s Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, Bach’s Goldberg Variations and more. (S. Salem Presbyterian Church, 111 Spring St., S. Salem; www.thesanctuaryseries.org)

Local! Schwab Vocal Rising Stars, Love at The Crossroads, Caramoor, Sun, 3/17: 3pm: Artistic Director Steven Blier selects four young voices and a pianist for a weeklong residency, culminating in this Music Room performance Love at the Crossroads. Here they explore the complexities of love in song from Faure and Schubert to Cole Porter, Vernon Duke and Stephen Sondheim. Assisted by Michael Barrett, Associate Artistic Director of the New York Festival of Song. (149 Girdle ridge Rd., Katonah, www.caramoor.org)

Local! Bedford Chamber Concerts, Vladimir Feltsman (piano), Wed, 3/20: 8pm: The world-renowned pianist and Bach devotee, Vladimir Feltsman performs Bach: Partita No. 1 and Chopin 4 Nocturnes & Ballade No. 3. Feltsman debuted with the Moscow Philharmonic in 1963 at age 11 and made his US debut in September 1987 in a concert for President Ronald Reagan and debuted at Carnegie Hall later that year. (St, Matthews Church, 382 Cantitoe St., Bedford; www.bedfordchamberconcerts.org)

Editor’s Choice! Portland Cello Project: Homage to Radiohead, Performing Arts Center, Sat, 3/23: 8pm: Portland’s alt-classical group brings a huge, orchestral ensemble – including brass, percussion, and guest vocals by Patti King of The Shins – to perform a night in homage to Radiohead. The first set features unique renditions of classical Radiohead pieces. In the second set PCJ will perform Radiohead’s seminal OK Computer album in its entirety. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Local! REBEL Baroque, A Rococo Extravaganza, Bedford Presbyterian Church, Sun, 3/24: 4pm: One of the most aired period instrument ensembles in America today, and our local fave, REBEL Baroque performs works by Edelmann, Schobert, C.P.E. Bach & J.C. Bach. (44 Village Green, Bedford, www.rebelbaroque.com)

April

English Cheese & Sparkling Wine Alert! Esterhaza to London, Music & Remembrances from Haydn’s Travel Dairies, Ars-Antiqua, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Chappaqua, Sat, 4/6: 8pm: Mark Kramer and his period instrument ensemble perform two piano trios from Joseph Haydn, Scottish Songs for William Napier and Beethoven’s Variations on ‘God Save the King’ – just the kind of music in the private salon concerts he frequented on his trips to London. (191 S. Greeley Ave., Chappaqua; www.ars-antiqua.org)

Spring Classical Music

Local! The Sonicals Piano Duo, S. Salem Presbyterian Church, Sun, 4/7: 4pm: Since meeting in 2016 in an impromptu concert where there were two pianos, but no Piano Duo music, George Lopez and Joel A. Martin, have been reinventing music for two pianos with informed improvisation that redefines the chamber music experience. Here they perform works by Rachmaninoff, Bach, Chopin and Schumann. (111 Spring St., S. Salem; www.thesanctuaryseries.org)

DAH-dah-dah DUM! Jaime Laredo conducts Pamela Frank (violin), Performing Arts Center, Sun, 4/7: 3pm: Of Pamela Frank, the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: “She has a big, rich sound that vibrates, phrasing breathes with great purpose. Even single notes don’t leave the strings without meaning.” With Ms. Frank on violin, Maestro Laredo on the podium, and the virtuosic Westchester Philharmonic, Beethoven’s powerful and lyrical Fifth Symphony, couldn’t be in better hands. Dah-dah-dah DUM! (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.westchesterphil.org)

Local! Bedford Chamber Concerts, Guitar & Surprise, Wed, 4/10: 8pm: Dr. Anthony Newman’s Bedford Chamber Concerts performs Newman’s new Easter Quintet, plus Haydn’s Surprise Symphony, and two compositions for guitar, Boccherini’s Fandango quintet and Vivaldi’s guitar concerto in D (St, Matthews Church, 382 Cantitoe St., Bedford; www.bedfordchamberconcerts.org)

Local! Alexander Tharaud, The Goldberg Variations, Caramoor, Sun, 4/14: 3pm: French pianist Alexandre Tharaud took a sabbatical year to perfect his interpretation of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, a set of 30 variations on an original theme that is one of the pinnacles of the keyboard literature. His 2015 recording of this demanding and complex work received widespread acclaim and praise for his unique approach to the masterpiece. (149 Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah; www.caramoor.com)

Crumbling Walls, Picasso’s Musical Canvas, Copland House at Merestead, Sun, 4/14: 3pm: Music from Copland House explores composers surrounding the revolutionary Spanish master (Igor Stravinsky and Manuel De Falla), as well as newer works inspired by his seminal art by Robert Sirota and the World Premiere of our inaugural Harvest commission by 2015 Resident Viet Cuong. (455 Byram Lake Road, Mt. Kisco; www.coplandhouse.org)

Local! Quatuor Ébène, Caramoor, Sun, 4/28: 3pm: “In the string quartet world, to play both Mozart and Bartók well is considered quite a demonstration of versatility. When Quatuor Ébène plays Mozart and Bartók well, it’s just getting started.” — Boston Classical Review Here they perform string quartets from Faure and two by Beethoven. (149 Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah; www.caramoor.com)

May

CMS of Lincoln Center: Deeply Inspired, Performing Arts Center, Sat, 5/4: 5pm: In its final PAC performance of the year the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presents a program of composers from four eras and four cultures all at their emotional height. Including Schubert’, Arensky, Bloch and Barber’s Dover Beach for voice and string quartet. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Daniel Kelly’s Rakonto: Stuent Voices, Performing Arts Center, Sun, 5/5: 3pm:Composer/pianist Daniel Kelly transforms the stories of everyday people into dramatic and compelling music that has delighted audiences around the country. This unique performance has been specially created right here in Westchester for family audiences. Audiences will hear the dreams, hopes, and struggles of local students in recorded interviews that are seamlessly blended with original compositions performed by Kelly’s band of world-class musicians. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

The Chappaqua Orchestra, Concerto Winner’s Concert, Sun, 5/5: 3pm: TCO’s final concert of the season features the winners of their annual Concerto Competition.The Concert will conclude with a performance of Dvorak’s 8th Symphony. Chappaqua PAC, 480 Bedford Rd, Chappaqua; www.chappaquaorchestra.org)