Monday, January 27, 2025
7:00pm
The Broadway Presbyterian Church
601 West 114th St.
New York
Strings, all winds/brass, keyboard; with soloist
7:00 – Rachmaninoff (mvts 2,1,3)
8:10 – break
8:25 – Berg
9:10 – Strings: Corelli, Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 (“Christmas Concerto”)
9:10 – Winds/brass: Strauss, Wind Serenade, Op. 7
*Strings will be in the Sanctuary, winds/brass will be in the Parish Hall
Known commonly as the Christmas Concerto, this work was commissioned by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni and published posthumously in 1714. Read more →
Still writing under the influence of classically-oriented German masters like Mendelssohn and Brahms, Strauss scored the Serenade for a wind ensemble very similar to that of Mozart’s great Serenade for Thirteen Winds. Read more →
A New York City premiere! Heralded as a “promising new compositional voice” by the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Kansas City native Stephanie Berg’s music has been met with enthusiasm, and has been described as fun, creative, vivid and unabashedly cinematic. Read more →
The piece established Rachmaninoff's fame as a concerto composer and is one of his most enduringly popular pieces. Read more →
Nico Giacalone has recently won second prize in the International Mozart Competition in Vienna. He also graduated with a Master’s Degree from the Mannes Conservatory and was awarded the Steinway Award for outstanding work as a performer and supportive classmate. Read more →