Current Activities
PHOENIX ENSEMBLE RECORDING: BRAHMS AND CARTER
PHOENIX ENSEMBLE: JOHANNES BRAHMS / ELLIOTT CARTER - CLARINET QUINTETS: is now available in CD format, digital download, or streaming, everywhere fine music is sold: Amazon.com, iTunes, ArkivMusic, Google Play, Spotify, and many others. Click here to listen to a selection from Brahms/Carter-Clarinet Quintets: BRAHMS CLARINET QUINTET - MOVEMENT 1
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Phoenix Ensemble Performance CalendarAll of these concerts and events are free to the publicLenox Hill Neighborhood House331 East 70th Street Sunday, June 11th, 2023 1pmFriday, June 16th, 2023 2pmSunday, July 9th, 2023 1pmSunday, August 6th, 2023 1pmSunday, September 10th, 2023 1pmSunday, October 1st, 2023 1pmSunday, November 5th, 2023 1pm
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House 331 East 70th Street Sunday, October 9th, 2022 2:00pmSunday, October 23rd, 2022 2:00pmSunday, November 13th, 2022 2:00pmSunday, December 4th, 2022 2:00pm
Sunday, January 12, 2020 2:00pm Lenox Hill Neighborhood House 331 East 70th Street
Friday, January 17, 2020 1:00pm 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, Febraury 11, 2020 2:00pm Saint Peter's Church 619 Lexington Avenue
Edward Grieg: Ich liebe dich Richard Strauss: Die Nacht Giacomo Puccini: La boheme - Ned of Act 1 (Mimi's Entrance) Franz Schubert: Nacht und Traume Sergei Rachmaninoff: Do not sing my beautiful maiden Ottorino Respighi: Nebbie Wolfgang A. Mozart: Cosi fan tutte - Per pieta, ben mio, perdona...! Georges Bizet: Carmen - Chanson de la fleur Charles Gounod: Faust - Oh Dieu! Que de bijoux! Eduardo di Capua: Song
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2019
Saturday, November 9, 2019 3:00pm Tuedsay, November 19, 2019 6:00pm Saturday, November 30, 2019 3:00pm Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheren Church 178 Bennett Avenue
Phoenix Ensemble: Washington Heights - Vocal Arts Masterclass Series
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Friday, November 22, 2019 2:00pm 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 1:00pm Saint Peter's Church 619 Lexington Avenue
Sunday, December 1, 2019 2:00pm Lenox Hill Neighborhood House 331 East 70th Street
Phoenix Ensemble concert: Vocal Arias and Songs
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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 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue
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, December 12, 2017, 11:00am 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue
Monday, December 18, 2017 2:00pm Saint Peter's Church 619 Lexington Avenue
Interactive Performance Workshop - Elliott Carter: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
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Friday, December 15, 2017 2:00pm 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 1:00pm Saint Peter's Church 619 Lexington Avenue
Thursday, December 21, 2017 2:00pm Center on the Square 20 Washington Square North
(Wind trio works to be announced) Elliott Carter: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
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Monday, August 28, 2017, 2:00pm Center on the Square 20 Washington Square North
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 11:00am 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 2:15pm Saint Peter's Church 619 Lexington Avenue
Interactive Performance Workshop - Elliott Carter: Esprit Rude / Esprit Doux
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Thursday, September 7, 2017, 2:00pm Center on the Square 20 Washington Square North
Friday, September 8, 2017 2:00pm 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 1:30pm Saint Peter's Church 619 Lexington Avenue
Elliott Carter: Esprit Rude / Esprit Doux Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Op 115
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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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Wednesday, July 13, 2016 2:15pm Saint Peter's Church 619 Lexington Avenue
Opera Workshop Performance: From Mozart to Bellini Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart: Excerpts from Cosi fan Tutte Vincenzo Bellini: Excerpts from I Capuleti e I Montecchi
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:15pm Saint Peter's Church 619 Lexington Avenue
Opera Workshop Performance: Bel Canto in Context Robert Schumann: Kennst du das Land Franz Schubert: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt Giuseppe Verdi: Excerpts from Rigoletto Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart: Excerpts from Magic Flute
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 2:15pm Saint Peter's Church 619 Lexington Avenue
Opera Workshop Performance: Belllini Vincenzo Bellini: Excerpts from La sonnambula
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Friday, January 22, 2016 2:00pm 92nd Street Y (Weill Art Gallery) 1395 Lexington Avenue
Darius Milhaud: Pastorale Erwin Schulhoff: Divertissment Jacques Ibert: Five Pieces for Trio Ludwig van Beethoven: Duet WoO 27 No 3 Darius Milhaud: Suite d'agpres Corrette George Auric: Wind Trio
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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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Tuesday, September 8, 2015 11:00am 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue
Thursday, October 15, 2015 1:30pm Sirovich Community Center 331 East 12th Street
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 2:00pm 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 East 12th Street
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 Johannes Brahms: 6 Klaverstucke, Op 118 Alban Berg: 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5 Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
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Monday, November 9, 2015 2:00pm Center on the Square 20 Washington Square North
Interactive Performance Workshop - Igor Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet
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Friday, November 13, 2015 2:00pm Center on the Square 20 Washington Square North
Sunday, November 15, 2015 2:00pm Lenox Hill Neighborhood House 331 East 70th Street
Darius Milhaud: Pastorale Erwin Schulhoff: Wind Trio Ludwig van Beethoven: Duo for Clarinet & Bassoon WoO 27 No 3 Jacques Ibert: Five Pieces for Trio George Auric: Wind Trio
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:00am 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:00pm Saint Peter's Church (Music Room at the Theater Level) 619 Lexington Avenue
Interactive Performance Workshop - Wolfgang Amadeus 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, K 581 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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Phoenix Ensemble Recording Music of Stockhausen and Schoenberg Our Composer Workshop announces the release of a new recording on the Albany Records label. Our Phoenix Ensemble presents the first American recording of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Zeitmasze, and a fresh reading of a very important work of Arnold Schoenberg, his Wind Quintet, Op 26. Schoenberg's Wind Quintet was his first ensemble work written in the strict 12-tone method, and stands as a monumentally influential piece in the history of 20th and 21st century art music. Click to buy this Phoenix Ensemble recording available on Amazon.com This new recording was featured on the March / April 2013 Fanfare Magazine issue. This feature includes a spotlight interview with Mark Lieb discussing the recording and the Phoenix Ensemble. This project took two years to complete and we are very proud to present it to you. The CD is available on Amazon.com, iTunes, emusic and Rhapsody. All proceeds generated from this project will be used for the direct expenses of our programs. Click to listen to the 4th movement of the Schoenberg Wind Quintet
Reviews: The music may be tough sledding for some, but with first-rate sonics and first-class performances such as these, even such challenging music becomes no more arduous than a vigorous walk through an unfamiliar park. Art Lange, Fanfare Magazine The Phoenix Ensemble is a cracker-jack band of New York-based wind, brass, string, and percussion players. They play with passion, commitment, and superb technique. I already cherish this release as a splendid display of but one face of the wonderfully multifaceted world of 20th-century music. Peter Burwasser, Fanfare Magazine
Morton Feldman / Milton Babbitt World Premiere Recording Our new CD featuring the Phoenix Ensemble performing the Clarinet Quintet of Morton Feldman and the world premiere recording of Milton Babbitt's Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet was released on July 9, 2009 on the Innova Records label. This recording was put on the semi-finals ballot for the 2010 Grammies in two categories, Best Chamber Music Performance, and Best Engineered Classical Album. The CD is available on Amazon.com, iTunes, emusic and Rhapsody. All proceeds generated from this project will be used for the direct expenses of our programs. Click link for CD Promo: Feldman Babbitt Promo Link to Feldman / Babbitt Quintets on Amazon.com
Music of Jonathan Dawe Our first commercial CD, featuring the Phoenix Ensemble and the chamber music of Jonathan Dawe, was released in August of 2006. The recording was produced by the label Furious Artisans and co-funded by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. Information on the recording can be found at www.furiousartisans.com.
Link to Jonathan Dawe release on Amazon.com
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