Leon Botstein News

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present 'Bach to Betinis,' a program featuring rarely-heard works for double chorus, at the chorus's first concerts of the season. The works include Josef Rheinberger's seldom performed magnum opus Mass in E flat, written in 1878 for double chorus a cappella, and the beloved J. S. Bach motet Komm, Jesu, komm. Familiar works of Poulenc (Hodie Christus natus est) and Verdi (Ave Maria) will also be performed, as well as three New York premieres. The concerts will take place at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th Street at Lexington Avenue, on Friday, December 10 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 12 at 4 p.m.

Examining the relationship between oratorios and religion in the early 19th century, the American Symphony Orchestra with Music Director and conductor Leon Botstein presents 'Music and the Bible' on Tuesday, November 2 at 8:00 P.M. at Carnegie Hall. The evening focuses on Fanny Mendelssohn and Louis Spohr, interesting and important composers who have not received their proper due. Botstein will present a Conductor's Notes lecture one hour prior to the performance, free for ticket-holders at Carnegie Hall.

The Collegiate Chorale presents Johannes Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC.

The Collegiate Chorale presents Johannes Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC.

The Collegiate Chorale, led by music director James Bagwell, announces its 69th season, including Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem, featuring Stephanie Blythe, Erin Morley, and Eric Owens, on October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall; Knickerbocker Holiday on January 25 and 26, 2011 at 8pm at Alice Tully Hall; and two special events: We Remember Them: Choral Music from the Camps and the Ghettos on March 10, 2011 at 7pm at Central Synagogue, and Something Wonderful - A Night of Broadway with Deborah Voigt, conducted by Ted Sperling, on May 19, 2011 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, will be presented live to film at Radio City Music Hall for two performances only, on Friday, October 8th and Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at 7:30PM.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, will be presented live to film at Radio City Music Hall for two performances only, on Friday, October 8th and Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at 7:30PM.

The American Symphony Orchestra with Music Director and conductor Leon Botstein return to Carnegie Hall for the 2010-2011 season (where the ensemble debuted under Leopold Stokowski in 1962) with a program about James Joyce's iconic influence and musical inspirations on Wednesday, October 6 at 8:00 P.M.

Talk Show Listings for Tuesday, October 5, 2010.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, will be presented live to film at Radio City Music Hall for two performances only, on Friday, October 8th and Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at 7:30PM.

Talk Show Listings for Tuesday, October 5, 2010.

Examining the relationship between oratorios and religion in the early 19th century, the American Symphony Orchestra with Music Director and conductor Leon Botstein presents 'Music and the Bible' on Tuesday, November 2 at 8:00 P.M. at Carnegie Hall. The evening focuses on Fanny Mendelssohn and Louis Spohr, interesting and important composers who have not received their proper due. Botstein will present a Conductor's Notes lecture one hour prior to the performance, free for ticket-holders at Carnegie Hall.

The Collegiate Chorale presents Johannes Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC. The performance features Stephanie Blythe, Erin Morley, Eric Owens and the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Bagwell. Single tickets start at $25 and are available online at www.carnegiehall.org, by phone through Carnegie Charge at (212) 247-7800 or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.

The Collegiate Chorale presents Johannes Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC.

The Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy (BYCA) today announced it has hired two new artistic staff members - Elizabeth Woodhouse has joined in the new position of Associate Music Director and David Harris has joined as the new conductor of BYCA's growing Young Men's Ensemble.

The Collegiate Chorale, led by music director James Bagwell, announces its 69th season, including Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem, featuring Stephanie Blythe, Erin Morley, and Eric Owens, on October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall; Knickerbocker Holiday on January 25 and 26, 2011 at 8pm at Alice Tully Hall; and two special events: We Remember Them: Choral Music from the Camps and the Ghettos on March 10, 2011 at 7pm at Central Synagogue, and Something Wonderful - A Night of Broadway with Deborah Voigt, conducted by Ted Sperling, on May 19, 2011 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall.

The American Symphony Orchestra with Music Director and conductor Leon Botstein return to Carnegie Hall for the 2010-2011 season (where the ensemble debuted under Leopold Stokowski in 1962) with a program about James Joyce's iconic influence and musical inspirations on Wednesday, October 6 at 8:00 P.M.

Reviving an important but neglected opera is one of the ways the Bard SummerScape festival paints a faithfully nuanced portrait of each past age, and this year's exploration of 'Berg and His World' is no exception

The eighth annual Bard SummerScape's opera presentation, Franz Schreker's The Distant Sound ('Der ferne Klang,' 1910), though familiar in Europe, has never yet - in the century since its composition - been fully staged in North America.

Reviving an important but neglected opera is one of the ways the Bard SummerScape festival paints a faithfully nuanced portrait of each past age, and this year's exploration of 'Berg and His World' is no exception