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:
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
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
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.
