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coming up

Thursday, December 15, 2011

The Holiday Concert: A Musical Offering

Eric Lamb, flute
Kathy Halvorson, oboe
Ralph Allen, violin
Iris Jortner, cello
Raphael Fusco, harpsichord

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

7:30 PM

Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite No. 6 for Oboe and Basso Continuo

Pierre-Danican Philidor
The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080

Johann Sebastian Bach
Selections from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079

Admission is FREE

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past performances

Friday, November 11, 2011

I Play for Peace

Roy Eaton, piano

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Bach, Mozart, Chopin,
Satie, Bill Evans, Arvo Pärt

Admission is FREE

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Sturm und Drang

Ralph Allen, violin
Iris Jortner, cello
Jean Schneider, piano

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Robert Schumann
Sonata No. 1 in a minor, op. 120, for violin and piano

Robert Schumann
Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73, for cello and piano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio in c minor, Op 1 no 3.

Admission is FREE

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Mendelssohn Madness

Ralph Allen, violin
Kate Dillingham, cello
Daniel Weiser, piano

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Trio No 1 in d minor, Op. 49
Trio No 2 in c minor, Op. 60

Admission is FREE

Friday, July 1, 2011

R&R TwoFest
Evening 2

Elisabeth Perry, violin
Ralph Allen, violin
Raphael Ryger, violin
Richard Wolfe, viola
Iris Jortner, cello
Matthias Naegele, cello
Karen Ryger, cello

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

W.A. Mozart / W.F. Bach
Prelude and Fugue KV 404a #4 in g Minor

F. Schubert
Quintet in C Major, D 956

W.A. Mozart / J.S. Bach
Prelude and Fugue KV 404a #1 in d Minor

Brahms
Sextet op. 36 in G Major

Saturday, June 25, 2011

R&R TwoFest
Evening 1

Elisabeth Perry, violin
Ralph Allen, violin
Richard Wolfe, viola
Iris Jortner, cello
Wojtek Komsta, clarinet
Francine Kay, piano

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

J. Halvorsen
Sarabande con Variazioni on a theme of Handel

R. Schumann
Fantasiestucke op. 73

A. Dvorak
Terzetto op. 74

F. Chopin
Barcarolle op. 60 in F# Major

W.A. Mozart
Clarinet Quintet KV 581

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Provocative Masterworks

Ralph Allen, violin
Junah Chung, viola
Iris Jortner, cello
Jean Schneider, piano

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

7:30 PM

Josef Haydn
Trio in G Major, Op. 53

Paul Hindemith
Sonate für Bratsche allein, Op. 25 No. 1

Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 47

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Variations

Salley Koo, violin
Ralph Allen, viola
Iris Jortner, cello

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

7:30 PM

J.S. Bach
The Goldberg Variations

Saturday, December 18, 2010

The Holiday Concert

Eric Lamb, flute
Ralph Allen, violin
Iris Jortner, cello
Yi-heng Yang, harpsichord

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Romantic Jewels

Ralph Allen, violin
Geoffrey Duce, piano

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Beethoven
"Spring" Sonata

Schumann
Marchenbilder (Fairy Tales)

Ysaÿe
Sonata No. 3, Ballade
(à Georges Enuscu)

Prokofiev
Five Melodies

Ysaÿe
Rêve d'Enfant

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Fall Classics

Colleen Jennings, violin
Tawnya Popoff, viola
Iris Jortner, cello
Byron Schenkman, piano

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in Eb Major K. 493

Ludwig van Beethoven
Duo for Viola and Cello
("With Two Eyeglasses Obligato")

Joseph Haydn
Sonata for Piano in F Major Hob XVI:23

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in g minor K. 478

Thursday, August 5, 2010

A Special Summer Concert

Spinoza Ensemble and Friends
Richard Wolfe, viola
Elisabeth Perry, violin
Ralph Allen, violin, viola
Rachel Golub, violin
Raphael Ryger, violin
Marc Sabbah, viola
Karen Ryger, cello
Leat Sabbah, cello
Sally Singer, cello
Gabriel Shuford, harpsichord

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

J. S. Bach
Brandenburg Concertos 3 & 6

Mendelssohn
Octet in E-flat Major

 

Saturday, June 5, 2010

R&R's First Children's Concert

Malenda Dayen, soprano
Amie Weiss, violin
Ralph Allen, violin
Jane O'Hara, cello
Miranda Sielaff, viola
Paul Vasile, piano

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

1:00 PM

International children's songs with soprano Malenda Dayen

Selections from Lullabies of the World
arranged for string quartet by Dorothy Berliner Commins

Two songs for Alto with Viola and Piano, op.91 by Johannes Brahms

"Nana" from Siete Canciones Populares Españolas by Manuel de Falla

"Arrorró" from Cuatro Canciones Populares Argentinas by Alberto Ginatera

"Una matica de ruda" Anonymous Sepharadic song from the 12th century

"Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito" from Cinco Canciones Negras by Xavier Montsalvatge

 

Friday, May 21, 2010

An Evening of Violin Duos

Ralph Allen, violin
Claudia Schaer, violin

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Joseph Haydn
Sonate #1 für zwei Violinen (Hoboken VI)1. Allegretto

Bohuslav Martinu
Etudes faciles à deux violins

Arthur Honegger
Sonatine pour deux violons (à Darius Milhaud)

Georg Phillip Telemann
Kleine Stücke für zwei Violinen

Béla Bartók
Duó két hegedűre (duos for violins)

Luciano Berio
Duetti per due violini

Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata for Two Violins Op.56

 

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Haydn/Martinu/J.C. Bach/Telemann and more...

Roberta Michel, flute
Kathy Halvorson, oboe
Ralph Allen, violin
Iris Jortner, cello
Byron Schenkman, piano

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

J. Haydn
Trio in G Major for flute, cello, and piano Hoboken XV: 15

B. Martinu
Trio for flute, cello and piano

G. P. Telemann
Trio Sonata in F Major for oboe, violin, and continuo

B. Martinu
Quartet for oboe, violin, cello, and piano

J.C. Bach
Quintet in D Major

 

Sunday March 7, 2010

Cello Extravanganza

Amy Sue Barston, cello
Jane Cords O'Hara, cello
Iris Jortner, cello
Kate Spingard, cello

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

J. Haydn
Concerto in D Major for cello and orchestra

J.S. Bach
Suite No. 3 in C Major for cello solo

G.P. Telemann
Sonata No. 2 for two cellos

Traditional Indian Ragga
M. Summer - Julie O

A. Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 11 in D Minor for cello quartet

G. Golterman
Serenade Op. 119 No. 2 for four cellos

J. Klengel
from Four Pieces Op. 33 for four cellos

Friday, December 18, 2009

An All-Bach Holiday Celebration

Ralph Allen, Salley Koo, Rachel Golub, violins
Amelia Hollander Ames, viola
Iris Jortner, cello
Troy Rinker, bass
Adam Hollander, oboe
Eric Lamb, flute
Jan-Piet Knijff, harpsichord

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Concerto in d minor for Oboe and Violin

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major

Friday, July 3, 2009

from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Alice Smith School
Senior Choir

55 students age 12 to 18
a capella in four to eight voices

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Friday, May 15, 2009

Sounds of Spring

Ralph Allen, violin
Geoffrey Duce, piano

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 1 in b minor for solo violin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for violin and piano in B Flat Major, K. 545

Johannes Brahms
Sonata for viola and piano in E Flat, Op. 120 No. 2

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Bach • Bartok • Brahms

Jean Schneider, piano
Gilad Harel, clarinet
Ralph Allen, violin
Iris Jortner, cello

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata in C Major, BWV 529

Bella Bartok
Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano

Johannes Brahms
Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 114

Saturday, March 28, 2009

An All-Mozart Program

Adam Hollander, oboe
Ralph Allen, violin
Junah Chung, viola
Iris Jortner, cello

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Duo for Violin and Viola in Bb Major, K. 424

Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370

Divertimento for Violin, Viola and Cello in Eb Major, K. 563

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Celebrating with Bach

Ralph Allen
Songa Cho
Salley Koo
Amie Weiss
violins

Milan Milisavljevic
Tawnya Popoff
violas

Iris Jortner
Laura Metcalf
Ella Toovy
cellos

Troy Rinker
bass

Byron Schenkman
harpsichord


Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

3:00 PM

Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B Flat Major, BWV 1051

from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major, BWV 1048

Friday, November 21, 2008

Haydn • Dvořák • Beethoven

Ralph Allen, violin/viola
Amie Weiss, violin
Yonah Zur, violin/viola
Iris Jortner, cello

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

7:00 PM

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in b minor Op. 64 No. 2

Antonín Dvořák
Terzetto for two violins and viola Op. 74

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in Bb Major Op. 18 No. 6

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Schumann • Bach • Mozart

Benjamin Hochman, piano
Ralph Allen, violin
Iris Jortner, cello

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

8:00 PM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio in Bb, K. 502

Johann Sebastian Bach
Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027

Robert Schumann
Piano Trio in d minor, Op. 63

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Mozart • Kodály • Beethoven

Ralph Allen, violin
Junah Chung, viola
Iris Jortner, cello

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

7:00 PM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Preludes to Fugues by J.S. & W.F. Bach for String Trio

Zoltan Kodály
Duo for Violin and Cello, Opus 7

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Trio, Opus 9 in G Major

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Celebrate the Season

Ralph Allen, violin
Richard Wolfe, viola
Iris Jortner, cello

Good Shepherd Center
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY

J S Bach
Goldberg Variations
arranged for string trio

 

Friday, June 22, 2007

Benefit Concert in Support of
The Family of Robin Russell

J. Haydn
Duo for Violin and Cello in D Major
Adagio non molto
Allegro

Introduction by Ralph Allen

M. Ravel
Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allegro
Lent

Ralph Allen, violin
Iris Jortner, cello

F. Chopin
Fantaisie Impromptu

G. Gershwin
Melody #17

Bill Evans
Peace Piece

Roy Eaton, piano

W.A. Mozart
Viola Quintet in C Major K. 515
Allegro
Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
Andante
Allegro

Kyra Humphreys, violin I
Amie Weiss, violin II
Ralph Allen, viola I
Andrea Hallam, viola II
Iris Jortner, cello