Concerts at Grace Church in White Plains are presented in association with Downtown Music at Grace, at the historic Grace Church, 33 Church Street, White Plains, NY. Parking is available in the City Center parking garage, accessible via Main Street or Martine Avenue. This concert is offered free of charge with a donation suggested at the door to support Downtown Music. For more information visit dtmusic.org
Concerts in Rye Brook presented in association with the Town of Rye’s Crawford Mansion Community Center, 122 N. Ridge St., Rye Brook, NY. For more information visit townofryeny.com/parks/crawford-park
Not a Violin
Wednesday, October 7, 12:10 pm
Grace Church, White Plains
Martin Agee, violin and raconteur
Michael Roth, violin
Martin Agee, Phil violinist and recently published poet, explores love, fear, and the sometimes hilarious inner thoughts of a violinist in readings from his new book of poems, Not A Violin. Accompanied by music of Bartok, LeClair, Gliere, Milhaud, and more, with the Phil's principal second violinist, Michael Roth, collaborating.
This concert is offered free of charge with a donation suggested at the door to support Downtown Music.
Brahms to Ellington: The Concert Hall Meets the Music Hall
Wednesday, November 11, 12:10 pm
Grace Church, White Plains
Frank Morelli, bassoon
Nenad Ivović, piano
Music of Brahms, Gershwin, Bernstein, Ellington, Weill, and more.
What we call classical music was the popular music of its day. And popular music now is mostly shaped by classical conventions. Frank Morelli and Nenad Ivović bring the music of Bernstein, Weill, Gershwin, and yes, Brahms and Ellington, wherein the genres are blurred and the dots become connected.
This concert is offered free of charge with a donation suggested at the door to support Downtown Music.
Phantastic Journey: Music for Strings and Winds
Sunday, January 31, 2:00 PM
Crawford Mansion, Rye Brook
Robert Chausow, violin
Ah-Ling Neu, viola
Roberta Cooper, cello
Gregg August, bass
Kathy Halvorson, oboe
Benjamin Baron, clarinet
Britten: Phantasy
Dohnányi: Serenade
Prokofiev: Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39
Your first stop on this journey is London, via Britten’s “consummately crafted” work evoking the English countryside and 16th century folk style. Next is Budapest and Dohnányi’s earthy, Hungarian folksy-ness. Finally 1924 Russia, for a work originally commissioned as a ballet while Prokofiev was an expat living in Paris...adventurous and circus-like, full of evocative textures and clashing harmonies.
Phantastic Journey: Music for Strings and Winds
Wednesday, February 3, 12:10 pm
Grace Church, White Plains
Robert Chausow, violin
Ah-Ling Neu, viola
Roberta Cooper, cello
Gregg August, bass
Kathy Halvorson, oboe
Benjamin Baron, clarinet
Britten: Phantasy
Dohnányi: Serenade
Prokofiev: Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39
Your first stop on this journey is London, via Britten’s “consummately crafted” work evoking the English countryside and 16th century folk style. Next is Budapest and Dohnányi’s earthy, Hungarian folksy-ness. Finally 1924 Russia, for a work originally commissioned as a ballet while Prokofiev was an expat living in Paris...adventurous and circus-like, full of evocative textures and clashing harmonies.
This concert is offered free of charge with a donation suggested at the door to support Downtown Music.
Influencers
Sunday, March 14, 2:00 pm
Crawford Mansion, Rye Brook
Gregg August, bass
Todd Reynolds, violin
Christopher Oldfather, piano
Beethoven: Septet (composer's trio arrangement)
August: Los Tres Golpes
Clara Schumann: Andante from Piano Trio in G Minor
Her more famous husband Robert never composed a piano trio...until he heard wife Clara's astonishing work. Beethoven influenced himself, arranging his own widely lauded Septet for trio. As an award-winning composer including a 2020 Grammy nomination, Phil bassist Gregg August's work revels in the influence of Latin jazz. You will find yourself under the influence of magical music-making.
Influencers
Wednesday, March 17, 12:10 pm
Grace Church, White Plains
Gregg August, bass
Todd Reynolds, violin
Christopher Oldfather, piano
Beethoven: Septet (composer's trio arrangement)
August: Los Tres Golpes
Clara Schumann: Andante from Piano Trio in G Minor
Her more famous husband Robert never composed a piano trio...until he heard wife Clara's astonishing work. Beethoven influenced himself, arranging his own widely lauded Septet for trio. As an award-winning composer including a 2020 Grammy nomination, Phil bassist Gregg August's work revels in the influence of Latin jazz. You will find yourself under the influence of magical music-making.
This concert is offered free of charge with a donation suggested at the door to support Downtown Music.
More Than a Movement
Sunday, May 2, 2:00 pm
Crawford Mansion, Rye Brook
Robert Chausow, violin
Martin Agee, violin
Michael Roth, viola
Eugene Moye, cello
Schubert: Quartettsatz
Barber: String Quartet
Borodin: String Quartet No. 2
Two of these beloved works of the string quartet canon have in common an iconic movement with which everyone is familiar: Barber's famed Adagio for Strings was adapted by the composer for string orchestra from the second movement of his only string quartet. Borodin's Nocturne (familiar to Broadway buffs as "And this is my beloved" from the musical Kismet) originated as the third movement of his second string quartet. Both of these famous movements are surrounded by equally magnificent compositional prowess that comprise the full work. For Schubert, he only ever completed a single, opening movement of what would have been his 12th string quartet, but as with his 8th symphony, was left unfinished. The title translates simply to "quartet movement" and stands on its own as a towering achievement.
More Than a Movement
Wednesday, May 5, 12:10 pm
Grace Church, White Plains
Robert Chausow, violin
Martin Agee, violin
Michael Roth, viola
Eugene Moye, cello
Barber: String Quartet
Borodin: String Quartet No. 2
Two of these beloved works of the string quartet canon have in common an iconic movement with which everyone is familiar: Barber's famed Adagio for Strings was adapted by the composer for string orchestra from the second movement of his only string quartet. Borodin's Nocturne (familiar to Broadway buffs as "And this is my beloved" from the musical Kismet) originated as the third movement of his second string quartet. Both of these famous movements are surrounded by equally magnificent compositional prowess that comprise the full work.
This concert is offered free of charge with a donation suggested at the door to support Downtown Music.