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An Evening with Linda Eder

Billy Stritch, Musical Director

One of the greatest voices of our time, Linda Eder’s diverse repertoire spans Broadway, Standards, Pop, Country, and Jazz. She’s joined by Grammy-winning composer and famed musical director – the incomparable Billy Stritch. Sublime!

Mames Babegenush in Concert

Eastern European ecstasy bumps up against Nordic funk in one of the season’s most adventurous musical mash-ups. Formed in Copenhagen in 2004, this six-piece ensemble quickly dazzled audiences as well as critics around the world with their fresh sound and musical gumption. Klezmer meets Scandinavia for a uniquely joyous dance!

Andreas Møllerhøj: double bass
Lukas Rande: saxophones
Morten Ærø: drums
Nicolai Kornerup: accordion
Bo Rande: flügelhorn
Emil Goldschmidt: clarinet

Mames Babegenush is East meets North. Where strong Scandinavian roots merges with the vibrant dance music of Eastern Europe. From the ambiance of Nordic pine trees to lively weddings in Romania, the music of Mames Babegenush gives a sense of both melancholy and ecstatic joy.  

Over the last 15 years, Danish band Mames Babegenush has established itself as one of Europe’s premiere klezmer-jazz ensembles. Their long list of awards include the Danish Music Award for Best World Album of The Year and three prizes awarded by the prestigious International Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam, including the Jury and Audience Prizes.

Mames Babegenush has performed at a number of the music world’s most venerated venues and festivals, including Carnegie Hall (US), Wiener Metropol (AT), Chicago World Music Festival (US), Paradiso (NL), Lotus Fest (US), Klezmer Fürth (GER), the New York Gypsy Festival (US), Teatro Independencia (ARG) and Roskilde Festival (DK) alongside the likes of Gogol Bordello, David Krakauer and Amsterdam Klezmer Band.

Art as Ecosystem: Eric Fischl with Glenn Fuhrman, Dorothy Lichtenstein, and Rick Lowe presented in association with The Church

Academy of the Arts President Eric Fischl draws together experts to measure art’s health and vitality. Join FLAG Art Foundation’s Glenn Fuhrman, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation President Dorothy Lichtenstein, and MacArthur Genius artist Rick Lowe on an exploration of what is possible and what is yet to dream. Get inspired by the passion and leadership of arts professionals in this not-to-be-missed series.

Art as Ecosystem: Eric Fischl with Andy and Christine Hall, Christy MacLear, and David Kratz presented in association with The Church

Guild Hall’s Academy of the Arts President Eric Fischl draws together experts to measure art’s health and vitality in the second edition of his ground-breaking series. Join Christine and Andy Hall of the Hall Art Foundation; renowned President of New York Academy of Art, David Kratz; and business strategist and PaceX CEO, Christy MacLear to explore art’s ecosystem. Take the pulse of the art world with this remarkable collection of art world insiders.

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The Fox Brothers

OLA of Eastern Long Island en asociación con Guild Hall presentan
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Una noche frenética de Música con influencia. Bailando en los pasillos protagonizada por el duo duo de guitarra más caliente de Miami The Fox Brothers con la electrizante artista invitada bailarina de Flamenco Sonia Olla, Coreógrafa de Ricky Martin y el Tour Mundial de Madonna Corazón Revelde!

7:30 Recepción; 8:00 (en punto) Comienzo del show.

OLA of Eastern Long Island in association with Guild Hall presents
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A wild night of Flamenco-infused live Music! and dancing in the aisles starring Miami’s Hottest Guitar duo The Fox Brothers with electrifying special guest, Flamenco Dancer Sonia Olla, Choreographer for Ricky Martin and Madonna’s Rebel Heart World Tour!

7:30pm VIP Reception, 8pm Show

Fascinating Rhythm: The Words and Music of the Gershwins

With Anna Bergman, Klea Blackhurst, Michael-Demby Cain, Lee Roy Reams, and KT Sullivan.
Musical Direction by Jon Weber.

Fascinating Rhythm follows the Gershwins through over a dozen of their legendary Broadway shows. Our musical journey begins in London in 1924 with Lady Be Good which starred Adèle and Fred Astaire singing the hit song Fascinatin’ Rhythm, and ends on Broadway with Porgy and Bess, their collaboration with George and Dubose Heyward.

Philip Glass: Works for Piano – Program B

Composed by Philip Glass

Performed by Philip Glass, Anton Batagov, and Jenny Lin

An all-Glass program performed by Philip Glass and two guest pianists featuring recent composition for solo piano and new arrangements of classic Glass works.

PROGRAM B
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
 
Mad Rush (1979) 
Composed and performed by Philip Glass
Mad Rush was adapted from an earlier organ piece, Fourth Series Part 4, commissioned by Radio Bremen for the Holland Festival. Mad Rush was created as entrance music for the Dalai Lama on his 1979 visit to St. John The Devine Cathedral in New York. The Dalai Lama’s arrival time was uncertain, so Mad Rush was created as a piece that could be stretched for an indefinite period of time without the audience realizing that any delay was occurring. Mad Rush has since been adapted for solo piano.
 
Etude No. 8 (2007), No. 18 (2012) and No. 10 (1996)
Composed by Philip Glass
Performed by Jenny Lin
There were a number of special events and commissions that facilitated the composition of the Etudes by Philip Glass. The original set of six was composed for Dennis Russell Davies on the occasion of his 50th birthday in 1994. These Etudeswere later renumbered as Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10. Etude No. 6 was commissioned in 1994 by WNYC for John Schaefer’s new music program under the original title ‘Now So Long After That Time’.  Etude No. 7 was commissioned by the Sydney Festival in 1996. Etudes 12 and 13 were commissioned by Bruce Levingston in 2007 and premiered in New York at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Etude No. 17 was commissioned for the 25th Anniversary of the Menil Collection in Houston, TX, and premiered in 2012. The final three works, Etudes Nos. 18, 19 and 20, were commissioned by the Perth Festival in 2012 in honor of Glass’s 75th birthday, and premiered on 16 February 2013. 
 
Distant Figure, Passacaglia For Piano (2017)
Composed by Philip Glass
Performed by Anton Batagov
This piece was commissioned by Aarhus, Denmark and written for Anton Batagov. It premiered at the Musikhuset Aarhus in November of 2017.
 
The Trial (1976)
Composed by Philip Glass
Performed by Anton Batagov
This piece was originally composed for the Philip Glass and Robert Wilson opera, Einstein on the Beach.
 
 
Intermission
 
 
Metamorphoses 2 & 3 (1989) 
Composed and performed by Philip Glass
Metamorphosis is set of piano pieces composed from 1988-1989 drawn from both Errol Morris’ film A Thin Blue Line and a staging of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, part of The Kafka Trilogy (The Process) by Gerald Thomas, first performed in São Paulo, Brazil. As both projects were undertaken at the same time, the music seemed to lend itself well to a synthesis of this kind.
 
Four Movements for Two Pianos (2008) 
Composed by Philip Glass
Performed by Anton Batagov & Jenny Lin
This piece was commissioned by the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, and was premiered in Essen, Germany in July of 2008. 
 
Opening (1981)
Composed by Philip Glass
Performed by Philip Glass, Anton Batagov and Jenny Lin
Glassworks was originally written as a commission for CBS Records in 1981 (the first CD of mine recorded for that company). Besides work for my ensemble, it contained several unusual pieces including Opening for solo piano and Façadesfor solo soprano saxophone. Some of this music later formed the basis of Jerome Robbins’ dance piece at the New York City Ballet in 1983. Opening was the beginning of a series of music for solo piano, which I am still adding to, to this day.

Philip Glass: Works for Piano – Program A