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Concerts in White Plains 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. 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

SCHUBERT QUINTET 

Wednesday, October 12, 12:00 pm

Grace Church, White Plains

 

Deborah Wong, violin

Laura Oatts, violin

Liuh-Wen Ting, viola

Eugene Moye, cello

Roberta Cooper, cello

 

Schubert: String Quintet in C Major

Schubert’s famed quintet can quicken the pulse, bring tears to one’s eyes,

and reveal the meaning of life and love, all at once.

 

 

STRINGS ATTACHED

Wednesday, November 9, 12:00 pm

Grace Church, White Plains

Robin Bushman, violin

Leslie Tomkins, viola

Lanny Paykin, cello

 

Haydn: String Trio in B-flat Major, Hob.V:8

Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat Major, K.563

Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op.8

It occured to Robin Bushman that these three works, composed as “evening serenades,” have much in common with each other. By excepting certain movements, the connections reveal themselves.
 

THE PHIL’S BOPPIN’ BRASS QUINTET 

Sunday, December 11, 2:00 pm  

Greenburgh Public Library

 

Wayne duMaine and Lowell Hershey, trumpet

Rheagan Osteen, horn; Michael Seltzer, trombone; Kyle Turner, tuba

 

Music of Bach, Ellington, WC Handy, Tchaikovsky, Scott Joplin, and more.​

The Phil’s beloved BQ swings, literally and figuratively, from Baroque to be-bop, plus a healthy dose of holiday cheer, with Wayne duMaine’s guided tour narrative that grown-ups love as much as the kids.

 

 

AUGUST IN JANUARY 

Wednesday, January 11, 12:00 pm

Grace Church, White Plains

 

Gregg August, double bass

Todd Reynolds, violin

Manuel Valera, piano

 

Astor Piazzolla: Libertango (arr. August)

Gregg August: Los Tres Golpes/Used to be a Montuno

Isolina Carillo: Dos Gardenias (arr. August)

Gregg August: Trio for Violin, Piano and Bass (with acknowledgments to Yambú, Guaguanco and Abakuá)

Phil bassist Gregg August is also a composer. A recent Grammy nomination confirms it.

SCHUBERT QUINTET 

Sunday, February 5, 2:00 pm

Crawford Mansion, Rye Brook

 

Deborah Wong, violin

Laura Oatts, violin

Liuh-Wen Ting, viola

Eugene Moye, cello

Roberta Cooper, cello

 

Schubert: String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 471   

Boccherini: Cello Quintet Op. 37 No. 7 in C Major

Schubert: String Quintet in C Major

 

Schubert’s famed quintet can quicken the pulse, bring tears to one’s eyes,

and reveal the meaning of life and love, all at once.

Tickets: $25 in advance, $35 at the door. Order tickets in advance here:

https://crawfordconcert.eventbrite.com

5 X 2 =

Wednesday, March 1, 12:00 pm

Grace Church, White Plains

Kathy Halvorson, oboe

Steve Hartman, clarinet

Harry Searing, bassoon

Will DeVos, horn

Christopher Oldfather, piano

 

Mozart: Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, K. 452

Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, Op. 16

Both Mozart and Beethoven discovered something special about this particular group of instruments in this particular key of E-flat that cannot be quantified.

 

5 X 2 =

Sunday, March 5, 2:00 pm

Crawford Mansion, Rye Brook

Kathy Halvorson, oboe

Steve Hartman, clarinet

Harry Searing, bassoon

Will DeVos, horn

Christopher Oldfather, piano

Mozart: Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, K. 452

Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, Op. 16

Both Mozart and Beethoven discovered something special about this particular group of instruments in this particular key of E-flat that cannot be quantified.

Tickets: $25 in advance, $35 at the door. Order tickets in advance here:

Buy tickets here

 

CLASH OF THE CELLOS 

Sunday, April 16, 2:00 pm

Crawford Mansion, Rye Brook

 

Sarah Carter, cello

Roberta Cooper, cello

Chris Finckel, cello

Maureen Hynes, cello

Melissa Meell, cello

Lanny Paykin, cello

with Jeanne Ireland, soprano

 

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasillieras No. 5, plus works of Saint-Saëns, Borodin, Satie, Sibelius, Joni Mitchell, and the Beatles.

The entire Philharmonic cello section gathers for great fun, a surprise or two, and that famed, wordless melody of Villa-Lobos.

Tickets: $25 in advance, $35 at the door. Order tickets in advance here:

CLASH OF THE CELLOS 

Wednesday, April 26, 12:00 pm

Grace Church, White Plains

 

Sarah Carter, cello

Roberta Cooper, cello

Chris Finckel, cello

Maureen Hynes, cello

Melissa Meell, cello

Lanny Paykin, cello

with Jeanne Ireland, soprano

 

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasillieras No. 5, plus works of Saint-Saëns, Borodin, Satie, Sibelius, Joni Mitchell, and the Beatles.

The entire Philharmonic cello section gathers for great fun, a surprise or two, and that famed, wordless melody of Villa-Lobos.

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