Our Upcoming Season
The Sinfonietta of Riverdale is proud to present its programs for the 2009–2010 season. The concerts will continue the Sinfonietta's new tradition of bringing the best musicians in the world to a convenient location in Riverdale. Highlights include performances of Gustav Mahler's Song of the Earth and Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. Soloists will include Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Theodora Hanslowe and Riverdale's own Wilhelmina Smith, a cellist in demand across the country.
The season includes one coup that will generate much excitement. The world-renowned Finnish conducting sensation Esa-Pekka Salonen, who just concluded his 17-year tenure as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in order to devote more time to composition, will come to Riverdale to hear his music performed by the Sinfonietta.
As the Sinfonietta's artistic director, Mark Mandarano, notes: "Esa-Pekka Salonen, one of the most celebrated musical figures in the world at this moment, will pay a visit to our community in order to hear the Sinfonietta of Riverdale. He will be conducting the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera next fall, and his music is performed everywhere from London to Berlin to Tokyo. But here in Riverdale he will be just another member of the audience! This is the kind of intimacy with greatness that the Sinfonietta brings to our wonderful nook of the big city."
We need your support!
The Sinfonietta of Riverdale is a non-profit organization. Only a part of our operational budget will be covered by ticket sales. We rely on the generosity of our supporters to help us bring this world-class music to our neighborhood. Please consider making a donation.
The Sinfonietta is a federally recognized 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Checks made out to "Sinfonietta of Riverdale" can be mailed to: 3875 Waldo Ave. #6E, Bronx, NY 10463. Credit card donations can be made by clicking the button below.
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About the Sinfonietta
The Sinfonietta of Riverdale is a unique ensemble — large enough to perform chamber symphonies and small enough that each of its world-class musicians can be a featured soloist, with a repertoire that extends from the era of Bach to the present day.
The Sinfonietta will seek to enhance the artistic environment of Riverdale and the surrounding community by presenting great classical and modern music in our own neighborhood. We will also serve as an educational resource by presenting children's concerts and by collaborating with local schools and youth organizations.
2009–2010 Season
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October 18, 2009
Samuel Barber
Medea
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
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December 6, 2009
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Mania
Gustav Mahler
The Song of the Earth (arr. Schönberg)
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May 2, 2010
Paul Hindemith
Chamber Music #1
Robert Schumann
Fugues on the name "BACH" (arr. Mandarano)
Franz Joseph Haydn
Notturno
All concerts take place at 2:30 p.m. at:
Riverdale Temple
4545 Independence Avenue
(at 246th Street)
Bronx, New York 10471
Tickets are $35 ($25 for seniors and Riverdale Temple members, $15 for students). Subscriptions are also available.
About the founder and artistic director
Mark Mandarano is principal guest conductor of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, a position inaugurated in 2007 with a Carnegie Hall gala concert featuring opera stars from the Kirov and Bolshoi Theaters. He has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and has worked with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Sir Roger Norrington, and Valery Gergiev, among others. He has held staff conducting positions with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, the American Symphony Orchestra, and the Bard Festival. In 1998, Mark Mandarano conducted the world premiere performances of Melinda Wagner's Pulitzer-Prize-winning Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion. He has studied conducting with Karel Husa, Kurt Masur, Zdenek Macal, Jorma Panula, and Gustav Meier.