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Thank you to Our Partners
We thank the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and the Office of the Manhattan Borough President for their ongoing support.
Donors
We thank the following Foundations, Corporations, and Government Agencies for their generous support:
NYSCA (New York State Council on the Arts)
Office of the Manhattan Borough President
New York City Council
NYC Department for the Aging
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
Amazon
Autodesk
Frank J. Antun Foundation
Harry Chapin Foundation
Con Edison
Jack & Pauline Freeman Foundation
Nathan J. & Gelen Goldrich Foundation
The Florence Gould Foundation
Ina Kay Foundation
Virginia Cretella Mars Foundation
The Mere Foundation
Metzger-Price Fund, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Newpol Foundation, Inc.
Kenneth and Hazel Roe Foundation, Inc.
Special People in Need
New Kalman Sunshine Fund, Inc.
Tableau
Wells College Trust
Performance Calendar
2019
Friday, December 20, 2019 2:00pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Phoenix Ensemble concert: program and additional performance locations TBA
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Friday, November 8, 2019 2:00pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Phoenix Ensemble concert: program and additional performance locations TBA
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Friday, September 6, 2019 2:00pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
W.A. Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito - Parto! Ma tu ben mio
Jules Massenet: Werther - Va! Laisse couler mes larmes...
Georges Bizet: Carmen - Habanera
Nicolai Medtner: Two Fairy Tales, Op 26 & Op 20
Franz Liszt: Concert Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's Faust
Carl Maria von Weber: Grand Duo Concertant
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 2:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Phoenix Ensemble: Open rehearsal and performance workshop on Weber: Grand Duo Concertant
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March thru June, 2019
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
331 East 70th Street
Music Theater Workshop: "Performance Experience" with Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
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Friday, January 11, 2019 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Friday, January 18, 2019 2:00pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Phoenix Ensemble Vocal Artists singing Verdi, Gounod, J. Strauss, Puccini, and Lehar
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2018
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 2:15pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Interactive Performance Workshop - Korean Vocal Music
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Friday, November 16, 2018 1:00pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Hugo Wolf: In the Shadow of my tresses
Elven Song
Richard Strauss: Four Songs, Op 27
Franz Liszt: Oh, when I sleep, S282/1
Henri Duparc: Soupir, Op 2, No 1
YeongSeop CHoi: Longing for Gurngang Mountain
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Do not sing, my beauty, Op 4 No 4
Spring Waters, Op 14 No 11
Jake Heggie: Raymonde linossier
Ernesto De Curtis: Do not forget me, love!
Charles Gounod: I want to live from Romeo & Juliet
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018 2:15pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Interactive Performance Workshop - Robert & Clara Schumann vs Franz Liszt
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 2:30pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Friday, September 7, 2018 2:00pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Robert Schumann: Papillons, Op 2
Clara Schumann: selections from Lieder, Op 12 & Op 13
George Gershwin: Summertime from Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Gioachino Rossini: "Cruda sorte!" from L'Italiana in Algeri
Franz Liszt: Vallee d'Obermann
Richard Strauss: "Wie du warst" from Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss: "Presentation of the Rose" from Der Rosenkavalier
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ah, guarda sorella" from Cosi fan tutte
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2017
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 2:15pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Interactive Performance Workshop - Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Winds
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Friday, April 28, 2017 2:00pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 2:00pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Friday, May 5, 2017 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Winds
Claude Debussy: Three Selections from his Piano Preludes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds, K452
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2016
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 4:00pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 2:15pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Interactive Performance Workshop - Music of Victor Babin and Maurice Ravel
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 4:00pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Friday, December 16, 2016 2:00pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Victor Babin: Hillendale Waltzes
Franz Schubert: Three Piano Pieces, D. 946
Maurice Ravel: Vocalise-etude en forme de Habanera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Non piu di fiori" from La Clemenza di Tito
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Parto! Ma tu ben mio" from La clemenza di Tito
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 2:15pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Monday, September 12, 2016 4:00pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Interactive Performance Workshop - Witold Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes
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Friday, September 9, 2016 2:00pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 4:00pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Friday, September 16, 2016 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Witold Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes
Frederic Chopin: Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op 44
Frederic Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op 53
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat major, Op 120 No 2
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2015
Sunday, February 15, 2015 2:00pm
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
331 East 70th Street
Darius Milhaud: Suite d'apres Corrette, Op 161
Ludwig van Beethoven: Duo No. III for Clarinet & Bassoon, WoO 27
Darius Milhaud: Pastorale, Op 147
Witold Lutoslawski: Trio for Winds
George Auric: Trio for Winds
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Friday, March 27, 2015 2:00pm
92nd Street Y (Weill Art Gallery)
1395 Lexington Avenue
Friday, April 10, 2015 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Gian Carlo Menotti: Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Aram Khachaturian: Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Johannes Brahms: Trio, Op 114
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Thursday, October 15, 2015 1:30pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue (54th and Lexington Ave)
Interactive Performance Workshop - Alban Berg: 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op . 5
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Friday, October 9, 2015 2:00pm
92nd Street Y (Weill Art Gallery)
1395 Lexington Avenue
Friday, October 16, 2015 1:30pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 Eat 12th Streets
Friday, October 23, 2015 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue (54th and Lexington Ave)
Claude Debussy: La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin
Andre Messager: Solo de Concours
Solo piano work: 6 Klaverstucke, Op 118
Alban Berg: 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5
Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue (54th and Lexington Ave)
Interactive Performance Workshop
Mozart: Serenade in E flat major K 375 Henri Marteau: Serenade, Op 20
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 2:15pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Interactive Performance Workshop
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, K581
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, Op 115
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Friday, December 11, 2015 2:00pm
Center on the Square
20 Washington Square North
Monday, Decermber 14, 2015 4:00pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Friday, December 18, 2015 2:00pm
92nd Street Y (Weill Art Gallery)
1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, Op 115
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2014
Thursday, May 8, 2014 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
Friday, May 9, 2014 2:00pm
92nd Street Y (Weill Art Gallery)
1395 Lexington Avenue
George Gershwin: Preludes
Leonard Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in f minor, Op 120 No 1
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014 1:30pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue (54th and Lexington Ave)
Friday, September 19, 2014 2:00pm
Center on the Square
20 Washington Square North
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 2:00pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Interactive Performance Workshop - Bela Bartok: Contrasts
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Friday, September 26, 2014 2:00pm
Center on the Square
20 Washington Square North
Thursday, October 2, 2014 1:30pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Friday, October 3, 2014 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue (54th and Lexington Ave)
Frederic Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op 61
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor, Op 105
Bela Bartok: Contrasts
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:00pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Friday, November 14, 2014 2:00pm
Center on the Square
20 Washington Square North
Saturday, November 15, 2014 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue (54th and Lexington Ave)
Interactive Performance Workshop - Alexander Zemlinsky: Trio, Op 3
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Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:00pm
Center on the Square
20 Washington Square North
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:00am
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:00pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:00am
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue (54th and Lexington Ave)
Interactive Performance Workshop - Oliver Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
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Friday, December 12, 2014 2:00pm
Center on the Square
20 Washington Square North
Wednesday, December 17, 1:30pm
Sirovich Community Center
331 East 12th Street
Thursday, December 18, 2014 1:00pm
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue (54th and Lexington Ave)
Friday, December 19, 2014 2:00pm
92nd Street Y (Weill Art Gallery)
1395 Lexington Avenue
Oliver Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
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THESE CONCERTS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC
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A NEW PHOENIX ENSEMBLE RECORDING IS NOW AVAILABLE
Our new album featuring the clarinet quintets of Johannes Brahms and Elliott Carter is now available everywhere fine music is sold (iTunes, ArkivMusic, Amazon.com, Google Play, Spotify)
