A Special Family Concert by the Sinfonietta
The Sinfonietta of Riverdale is happy to announce a special family concert, THEMES AND VARIATIONS, to be performed at the Wave Hill House on Sunday, September 19, at 2:00 p.m. The concert will feature music of Beethoven, Mozart, Sekles, Honegger, Schuller, and more, and concertgoers ages 4 and up are welcome.
For more information and to reserve your tickets, please visit the Wave Hill website. This concert is sure to delight the entire family!
A Look Ahead: Our 2010–2011 Season
The Sinfonietta of Riverdale is proud to announce the programs for its third season. The members of the Sinfonietta will be joined by the soloist Andrew Appel, a harpsichordist and Baroque music specialist known in Riverdale for his work as the director of music at Wave Hill. They will also be joined by the soprano Ilana Davidson, a Riverdale resident who has sung in concert, opera, and chamber music series across the globe. In the final concert of the season, the Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Theodora Hanslowe returns after giving a magnificent performance of Mahler’s Song of the Earth with the Sinfonietta in December 2009. The Sinfonietta's founder and artistic director, Mark Mandarano, conducts the performances.
The season begins on October 24 with a concert of favorites by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, spiced with something less familiar: a keyboard concerto by Bach’s son, Carl Philip Emmanuel. On March 13, "Fresh Impressions" will draw from the rich history of French music, featuring the music of Debussy and Ravel in arrangements created specially for this concert.
The final concert of the season (on May 15) explores the sometimes disturbing relationship between art, politics, and world events. While Richard Wagner remains one of the most monumental figures in all of history, his unsavory character — in particular, his outspoken anti-Semitism — continues to color the reception of his music. This concert seeks to explore the influence of Wagner on Arnold Schoenberg, a Jewish composer who carried Wagner's musical progress to its logical conclusion, even while he fled Europe. A panel of scholars will convene to discuss these issues in a pre-concert talk.
For more details on the 2010–2011 season, see the listings in the right-hand column.
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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.
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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.
2010–2011 Season
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October 24, 2010
G.F. Handel
Arias
C.P.E. Bach
Concerto in d minor
J.S. Bach
Ricercare & Chorale Preludes
Vivaldi
Concerto grosso
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March 13, 2011
Arthur Honegger
Pastorale d'été
Jacques Ibert
Capriccio
Edouard Lalo
Deux Aubades
Maurice Ravel
selections
Claude Debussy
selections
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May 15, 2011
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll & Wesendonck Lieder
Arnold Schoenberg
Chamber Symphony No. 1
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Emperor Waltz (arr. Schoenberg)
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.