Our 2011–2012 Season
The Sinfonietta of Riverdale continues a season that features beloved classics, modern masterpieces and a number of notable premieres. Purchase tickets here.
On March 4th, the Sinfonietta performs Stravinsky's "A Soldier's Tale," featuring actors who tell the story of a Soldier who loses his precious violin in a card game with the Devil! The program includes Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks" Concerto, inspired by the Brandenburg Concertos of Bach. California-based composer Byron Adams, provides a new work that will receive its world premiere.
In "All Jazzed Up" on April 29th, Christopher Byars, a versatile saxophonist and composer joins the Sinfonietta, along with his quartet, to create a blend of jazz and classical in a new work that receives its world premiere. The Sinfonietta also performs Mahagonny (songspiel), Kurt Weill's collaboration with Berthold Brecht and a daring, provocative new twist on opera, song and musical play.
The fine beauty and artistry of the Sinfonietta musicians will be abundantly on display for all to enjoy at each of these concerts. Please plan to join us and purchase your tickets today!
For more details on the 2010–2011 season, see the listings in the right-hand column.
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.
2011–2012 Season
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October 2, 2011
The Quartet Writ Large
Puccini, Chrysanthemums
Beethoven, Grosse Fuge
Schubert, Quartet in D Minor "Death and the Maiden"
Corigliano, Snapshot: circa 1909
U.S. premiere
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March 4, 2012
A Soldier's Tale
Stravinsky, L'histoire du soldat (complete)
Stravinsky, Concerto in E-Flat "Dumbarton Oaks"
Byron Adams, New Work (world premiere)
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April 29, 2012
All Jazzed Up!
Kurt Weill, Mahagonny songspiel (complete)
Christopher Byars, New Work for Sinfonietta and Jazz Ensemble
(world premiere)
All concerts take place at 2:30pm 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).
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.