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Events

Spiritual Voices 

Monday, December 9, 2024, 7 pm

Cornell Tech, Tata Innovation Center 

11 West Loop Road, New York NY 

Music of  Jesse Montgomery, Anna Weesner, Sofia Gubaidulina, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh

Ralph Allen, violin

Iris Jortner, cello

Blair McMillan, piano

A Walk in the Woods

Friday, September 13,  2024, 7:30 PM

Good Shepherd Center

543 Main St, New York, NY 10044

TRIO ILONA

Ravenna Lipchik, period violin

Kate Bennett Wadsworth, period cello

Yiheng Yang, piano (English piano 1830, Collard and Collard)

Piano Trios of Robert Schumann, on period instruments 

Trio no. 1 in d minor, op. 63

Trio no. 2 in F major, op. 80

Sunday, June 16, 2024, 4 PM

Good Shepherd Center

543 Main St, New York, NY 10044

Trio Fadolín: Heirlooms

Sabina Torosjan, Violin

Ljova, fadolín

Valeriya Sholokhova, cello

Sergey Aslamazyan: Armenian Folk Songs

Ljova arrangement: Armenian Folk Songs

Vasyl Barvinsky: String Quartet

Yehiel Goyzman: Yidisher Kontsert 

Ljova: The Afterglow

Selections from The Vjola Suite

Directions to Good Shepherd Center  

2023 Summer Concert Season

Sunday, August 6

7:30 PM

(Anti)Hero

Against Tyranny

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9, No. 3
Arnold Schönberg: Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-Flat M
ajor, Op. 70. No. 2

Ralph Allen & Yonah Zur, violins

Dov Scheindlin, viola
An-Lin Bardin, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Michael Friedmann, reciter 

Good Shepherd Church
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island

Your generous contribution keeps the series affordable
Suggested donation: $20
Students & seniors: $10

Thursday, August 10

7:30 PM

Eastern Europe and Beyond

Bohemian Rhapsody

Johan Halvorsen: Sarabande con Variazione (Thême de Händel)

Bohuslav Martinů: Duo No. 2 for Violin and Cello, H. 371

Antonín Dvořák: String Sextet in A major op. 48

 

Elisabeth Perry & Ralph Allen, violins

Richard Wolfe & Katy Greene, violas

Matthias Naegele & Iris Jortner, cellos

Good Shepherd Church
543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island

Your generous contribution keeps the series affordable
Suggested donation: $20
Students & seniors: $10

Past Concerts

Presented in Collaboration with Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance and
Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association

Saturday, July 15

7:30 PM

Peace Masters with Roy Eaton

Johann Sebastian-Bach/Ferruccio Busoni: Chorale Prelude No. 3 “Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland,” BWV 659
Scott Joplin: Solace
Bill Evans: Peace Piece
Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57
Frédéric Chopin: Impromptu in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 36
Frédéric Chopin: Prelude No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 28
Frédéric Chopin: Fantasie-Impromptu, Op. 66
Roy Eaton: Psalm 2020
Roy Eaton: Variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude No. 1 in C Major from “The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1,” BWV 846

Roy Eaton, piano

 

 

Saturday, June 17

7:30 PM

June Gems

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Sinfonia in F Major for Double Bass and Continuo

 

Mary Jane Guest - Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Op. 1*
No. 1 in A major

No. 3 in B-flat major

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Sonata in F major, K 547 (Transcribed for Double Bass)


Mary Jane Guest - Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Op. 1*
No. 4 in G major

No. 5 in E-flat major


Ludwig van Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102 No. 1  (Transcribed for Double Bass)

 

* denotes modern premiere

Aisslinn Nosky, baroque violin
Maxwell Zeugner, double bass
Yi-heng Yang, Mozart-era Viennese fortepiano

Thursday, March 30, 2023

7:30 PM

Spring Concert

Johann Sebastian Bach - 3 inventions
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Duo no. 1 in G major for Violin and Viola, K .423
     Allegro
     Adagio
     Rondeau: Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach - 3 inventions
Bohuslav Martinu - Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
     Poco allegro
     Poco andante
     Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach - 3 inventions
Mark O’Connor - F. C.’s Jig for Viola and Viola

Kobi Malkin, violin

Tanner Menees, viola

Sunday, December 18, 2022

4:00 PM

Festive Jams

 

Giovanni Battista Fontana: Violin Sonata in D Major, F 1475.02

[Improvisation for Solo Trumpet]

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Sinfonia in F Major for Double Bass and Harpsichord 

[Duo improvisation for Double Bass and Trumpet]

[Improvisation on a Drone in A]

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata in A Major, BWV 1015

Olivier Messiaen: Regard de La Communion de La Vierge, from "Vingt Regards de L'Enfant Jesus"

[Trio Improvisation for Trumpet, Double Bass and Piano]

Abdullah Ibrahim: Chisa, Blues for a Hip King, and Africa Marketplace

Dongmyung Ahn, baroque violin

Matt Lambiase, cornet and flugelhorn

Max Zeugner, bass
Yiheng Yang, harpsichord and piano

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

7:30 PM

Women Composers

 

Amy Beach: Romance

Fanny Mendelssohn: Trio in D Minor, Op. 11

Fanny Mendelssohn: Selections from Lieder, Op. 9

Clara Schumann: Selections from Lieder, Op. 12

Clara Schumann: Trio in G Minor, Op.17

Ralph Allen, violin

Iris Jortner, cello

Max Zeugner, bass

Jean Schneider, piano
Yiheng Yang, piano

Saturday, August 6, 2022

7:30 PM

Roosevelt Island Strings

Johannes Brahms: Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major ,Op. 18
George Walker: Molto Adagio from String Quartet No. 1
Johannes Brahms: Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36

Elisabeth Perry, violin
Ralph Allen, violin
Richard Wolfe, viola
Katherine Greene, viola
Matthias Naegele, cello
Anjali Tanna, cello
Iris Jortner, cello

Saturday, June 4, 2022

7:30 PM

Roosevelt Island Orchestra

Gideon Klein: Partita for String Orchestra

Robert Schumann: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 129

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

 

Benjamin Hochman, conductor

Joel Noyes, cello 

        Assistant Principal, Metropolitan Opera

Roosevelt Island Orchestra

 

Good Shepherd Church

Anchor 1

543 Main Street, New York, NY 10044

 

All events take place at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, a 1888 NYC-landmarked church with wonderful acoustics. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located at the heart of Roosevelt Island.

 


By Ferry or Tram

Take NYC Ferry's Astoria Route ferry to Roosevelt Island or catch the Tram at 60th Street and 2nd Avenue. Exit the ferry or Tram station, walk toward Manhattan, turn right and walk north along Main Street with Manhattan on your left. Pass several buildings on your right including the subway station then pass one large apartment building on your left. The next building on your left is the Chapel.

From the Tram you can also take the Red Bus (free) three stops to the Chapel. You can ask the bus driver to let you know when you're at the Chapel.

 

By Subway

Take the F train to Roosevelt Island. Exit the subway, turn right and walk north along Main Street with Manhattan on your left. Pass several buildings on your right then pass one large apartment building on your left. The next building on your left is the Chapel.

From the subway you can also take the Red Bus (free) two stops to the Chapel. You can ask the bus driver to let you know when you're at the Chapel.

 

By Bus

Take the Q102 from Queens to Roosevelt Island. There's a stop at the Chapel.

 

By Car

Immediately after coming across the Roosevelt Island Bridge from Queens, turn right into the Motorgate parking garage. Visitors may park in any space not marked reserved. After parking, exit the garage at street level, turn left and walk south on Main Street past a school then two large apartment buildings on your right. The next building on your right is the Chapel.

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