THE FORTY-SIXTH SEASON CELEBRATES “ WORDS AND MUSIC” under the auspices of the Washington Square Association Inc. Anne-Marie Sumner, President
FREE CONCERTS IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, near the statue of Garibaldi in the southeast quadrant of Washington Square Park near LaGuardia Place and West 4 th Street. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Lutz Rath is Music Director of the series.
Public information number: 212-252-3621. E-mail: info@washingtonsquaremusicfestival.org.
| Tuesday, July 6, 8 pm | The Festival Chamber Orchestra Peter Rubardt, conductor Laila Maria Salins, mezzo- soprano |
| Johann Strauss, Jr. | Emperor Waltz Arnold Schoenberg arrangement |
| Igor Stravinsky | Pribaoutki (Four Russian Songs) |
| Frantisek Xaver Dusek | Symphony in C |
| Gustav Mahler | Songs of a Wayfarer Arnold Schoenberg arrangement |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Divertimento in D, K.251 |
| Rainspace: NYU's Frederick Loewe Theatre, 35 West 4 th Street | |
| Tuesday, July 13, 8 pm | The Festival Chamber Ensemble |
| Serge Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf |
| Leoš Janácek | Concertino for piano and chamber ensemble |
| Serge Prokofiev | Variations on a Hebrew theme |
| Rainspace: St. Joseph's R.C. Church, 371 Sixth Avenue at Washington Place | |
| Tuesday, July 20, 8 pm | The Festival Chamber Ensemble |
| Richard Strauss | Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks , op. 28 |
| Luigi Boccherini | Notturno no. 4 |
| Janis Medins | The Caress for cello solo, string quintet and accordion |
| Portuguese fado songs for string quintet, accordion and voice | |
| Rainspace: NYU's Frederick Loewe Theatre, 35 West 4 th Street | |
| Tuesday, July 27 , 8 pm | |
| “The Art of Swing and Song – Lyrics of the Swing Era ”
|
Felix Swing Band (http://www.felix-jazz.com/) |
| Rainspace NYU's Frederick Loewe Theatre, 35 West 4 th Street. | |
Concerts take place in the south-east quadrant of Washington Square and are free and open to the public. Programs are subject to change.
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