May…we just forget I didn’t do everything this month?

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Art

Ben Estes

Chelsea

• OPENING:  Jenny Saville, Ancestors, Gagosian (21st St.), May 3 – June 16
• OPENING:  Damien Hirst, Colour Space Paintings, Gagosian (24th St.), May 4 – June 30
• OPENING: Matthew Brannon, Concerning Vietnam, Casey Kaplan, May 1 – June 16
• OPENING: Dom Sylvester Houédard, Lisson Gallery (10th Ave), May 2 – June 16
• OPENING: Jordan Wolfson, Riverboat song, David Zwirner (19th St.), May 2 – June 30
• OPENING: Charles Ray, three rooms and the repair annex, Matthew Marks (22nd St.), May 3 – June 16
• OPENING: Terry Winters, 12twelvepaintings, Matthew Marks Gallery, May 3 – June 16
• OPENING: Wade Guyton: Patagonia, Petzel, May 4 – June 23
• OPENING: Carl Andre and Lynda Benglis, Paula Cooper Gallery, May 10 – June 16
• OPENING: Jean Dubuffet, Théâtre de mémoire, Pace (25th St.), May 18 – June 29
• Bernd and Hilla Becher: In Dialogue with Carl Andre and Sol LeWitt, Paula Cooper Gallery, through May 5
• Annette Kelm, Andrew Kreps Gallery, through May 12
• Ben Estes, Alan Shields, Paula Cooper Gallery (21st St.), through May 12
• David Hockney, Something New in Painting (and Photography) [and even Printing], Pace, through May 12
• Ellsworth Kelly, Flag Art Foundation, through May 19
• Doug Aitken, New Era, 303 Gallery, through May 25
• Rita McBride: Particulates, at Dia:Chelsea, through June 2
• Huang Yong Ping, Gladstone Gallery (21st St.), through June 9
• Albert Savinio, at the Center for Italian Modern Art, SoHo, through June 23
• François Morellet, at Dia:Chelsea, through June 30
• A Luta Continua. The Sylvio Perlstein Collection, Hauser & Wirth (22nd St.), through July 27

Downtown

Paul Cadmus, Reflection (1944), at Nick Mauss, Transmissions, at Whitney Museum

• OPENING: Josh Smith, Eva Presenhuber, 39 Great Jones Street, May 5 – June 17
• OPENING: Mathew Cerletty: Shelf Life, Karma, May 5 – June 17
• OPENING: Tom Sachs: Chawan, Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones St., May 3 – June 8
• Nick Mauss, Transmissions, Whitney Museum, through May 1
• Miyoko Ito, Heart of Hearts, Artists Space, 55 Walker, through May 6
• Keith Sonnier, Inflated Works (1964-1965), The National Exemplar Gallery, through May 21
• 2018 Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage,” New Museum, through May 27
• Zoe Leonard: Survey, Whitney Museum, through June 10
• Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables, through June 10
• Albert Savinio, Louise Bourgeois, Center for Italian Modern Art, through June 23

Uptown

Leon Golub

• OPENING: An Eccentric View, group show with Tauba Auerbach, Jo Baer, Tara Donovan, Agnes Martin, et al., Mignoni, May 1 – June 19
• OPENING: Dan Colen, Lévy Gorvy, May 2 – June 23
• OPENING: Urs Fischer, Sōtatsu, Gagosian, May 3 – June 23
• OPENING: Arthur Jafa: air above mountains, unknown pleasure, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise | Harlem, May 4 – June 10
• OPENING: One Hand Clapping, the third and final exhibition of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative, art by Cao Fei, Samson Young, et al., Guggenheim Museum, May 4 – October 21
• OPENING: Chaim Soutine: Flesh, The Jewish Museum, May 4 – September 16
• OPENING: John Baldessari, All Z’s (Picabia/Mondrian), Marian Goodman, May 4 – June 16
• OPENING: Robert Irwin: New “SCULPTURES/CONFIGURATIONS”, Pace, May 11 – June 23
• OPENING: Thomas Gainsborough, Experiments in Drawing, The Morgan Library & Museum, May 11 – August 19
• Ed van der Elsken, “Love” & Other Stories, Howard Greenberg Gallery, open through May 5
• Danh Vo: Take my breath away, Guggenheim, through May 9
• John McLaughlin, Constructions, Van Doren Waxter, through May 11
• Peter Hujar, Speed of Life, Morgan Library & Museum, through May 20
• Jonas Wood, Prints, Gagosian, through May 25
• Leon Golub, Raw Nerve, Met Breuer, through May 27
• Erwin Blumenfeld, Edwynn Houk Gallery, through June 2
• Reds, a group show with Bacon, Calder, de Kooning, Koons, Rothko, et al., Mnuchin, through June 9
• Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions, 1965-2016, MoMA, through July 22
• Marc-Camille Chaimowicz:  Your Place or Mine, Jewish Museum, through August 5

Outside Manhattan

• Mel Chin, All Over the Place, Queens Museum, through August 12
• Maria Lassnig: New York Films 1970-1980, MoMA PS1, through June 18

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Dance

Robbins 100.  ’nuff said.

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Film

The Rachel Divide, dir. Laura Brownson, starring Rachel Dolezal, now on Netflix

Most of the repertory theaters are done.  Film Forum is closed for renovation.  New seats!  Are they also going to pitch the floor?  Let us pray.  The To Be Released section is huge this month since I started going over The Numbers.  A lot of fluff, which is fine.

To Be Released…

• Jewel’s Catch One, a documentary, dir. C. Fitz, with Jewel Thais-Williams (Netflix)
• Most Likely to Murder, dir. Dan Gregor, with Adam Pally
• Anon, dir. Andrew Niccol, with Clive Owen
• Bad Samaritan, dir. Dean Devlin, with David Tennant
• Overboard, dir. Rob Greenberg, with Anna Faris
• Tully, dir. Jason Reitman (Young Adult), with Charlize Theron
• The Cleanse, dir. Bobby Miller, with Johnny Galecki
• The Con is On, dir. James Oakley, with Uma Thurman, Tim Roth
• Angels Wear White, dir. Vivian Qu, with Vicky Chen
• The Desert Bride, dir. Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato
• RBG, a documentary, dir. Betsy West and Julie Cohen, with…Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Strangers on the Earth, a documentary, dir. Tristan Cook, with Dane Johnansen
• Breaking In, dir. James McTeigue, with Gabrielle Union
• Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat, dir. Sara Driver
• Life of the Party, dir. Ben Falcone, with Melissa McCarthy
• Beast, dir. Michael Pearce, with Jessie Buckley
• Dark Crimes, dir. Alexandros Avranas, with Jim Carrey, Charlotte Gainsbourg
• Filmworker, dir. Tony Zierra, with Leon Vitali
• Book Club, dir. Bill Holderman, with Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda
• Revenge, dir. Coralie Fargeat, with Matilda Lutz
• The Seagull, dir. Michael Mayer, with Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening
• Terminal, dir. Vaughn Stein, with Margot Robbie
• What Haunts Us, documentary, dir. Paige Goldberg Tolmach
• Deadpool 2, dir. David Leitch, with Ryan Reynolds
• First Reformed, dir. Paul Schrader, with Ethan Hawke
• That Summer, documentary about Edith and Edie Beales, dir. Göran Olsson
• The Most Unknown, documentary, dir. Ian Cheney
• The Gospel According to Andre, documentary, dir. Kate Novak, with André Leon Talley
• How to Talk to Girls at Parties, dir. John Cameron Mitchell, with Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman
• In Darkness, dir. Anthony Byrne, with Natalie Dormer
• Mary Shelley, dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour, with Elle Fanning
• The Misandrists, dir. Bruce LaBruce, with Kembra Pfahler

Trailers Playlist

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Short Runs and Engagements

• Let the Sunshine In (2017), dir. Claire Denis, with Juliette Binoche, at Film Society of Lincoln Center, IFC center, through May 10
• Cold Water, dir. Olivier Assayas, at IFC Center, through May 10
• Mrs. Hyde (2017), dir. Serge Bozon, at Metrograph, through May 10
• Zama (2017), dir. Lucrecia Martel, at Film Society of Lincoln Center, held over through May 10
• Angels Wear White (2017), dir. Vivian Qu, through May 10
• Edward II (1991), dir. Derek Jarman, at IFC Center, May 4 – 10
• The Day After (2017), dir. Hong Sang Soo, at Film Society of Lincoln Center, starting May 11
• The Woman Next Door (1981), dir. François Truffaut, at Quad, May 16, 20, 21
• Torment (L’Enfer) (1993), dir. Claude Chabrol, at Quad, weekdays, May 18, 21 – 24, at 3:00 p.m.
• The Most Unknown (2018), documentary, dir. Ian Cheney, at Quad, starting May 18
• Les parents terribles (The Storm Within) (1948), dir. Jean Cocteau, Quad, starting May 25 (US premier theatrical engagement)

Series

• The Harun Farocki retrospective continues at Anthology Film Archives
• Sara Driver’s ‘Boom for Real’: The Annotated Edition, at Anthology Film Arhives, showing some good films, some rare films, and OTHON (1970), by Straub & Huillet, on May 24 & 27
• Paul Schrader x 4, at Metrograph, through May 6, with American Gigolo (1980), The Walker (2007), Taxi Driver (1976) (Scorsese), and Light Sleeper (1992)
• Origin Stories: Paul Schrader’s Footnotes to First Reformed, at Quad, May 11 – 14, with Nicholas Roeg’s Performance (1969), Dreyer’s Ordet (1955), and other important classics
• May ’68: The Struggle Continues, at Metrograph, May 11 – 17, with Un film comme les autres (1968), dir. Jean-Luc Godard, and UUU (1968), directed by a collective of filmmakers during the May 1968 riots in France, (showtimes TBA, 5/4)
• Kubrick x 8, at Metrograph, May 11 – 24, with Barry Lyndon (1975), Clockwork Orange (1971), etc.
• La Cinémathèque française presents: French Melodrama, at Quad, May 16 – 22, with Max Ophuls’s The Earrings of Madame de… (1953) and There’s No Tomorrow (1939), Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), François Truffaut’s The Woman Next Door (1981), and others
• Sylvia Chang, at Metrograph, May 18 – 27, with Chang starring and directing in the series’ 15 films
• 1968 on Screen, at Anthology Film Archives, showing three programs by Newsreel, a film collective, and two screenings of early films by Harun Farocki
• As part of the ongoing Coming Out Again series at Quad, A Very Natural Thing (1974), dir. Christopher Larkin, will be screened on Tuesday, May 29, at 7:00 p.m.

Screening Calendar

Friday, May 4

Light Sleeper (1992), dir. Paul Schrader, Metrograph, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, May 11

Ordet (1955), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer, Quad, 6:45 p.m.

Saturday, May 12

Performance (1969), dir. Nicholas Roeg, Quad, 8:40 p.m.

Wednesday, May 16

The Woman Next Door (1981), dir. François Truffaut, Quad, 8:20 p.m.

Friday, May 18

There’s No Tomorrow (1939), dir. Max Ophuls, Quad, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 20

There’s No Tomorrow (1939), dir. Max Ophuls, Quad, 1:00 p.m.
The Earrings of Madame de… (1953), dir. Max Ophuls, Quad, 4:50 p.m.
The Woman Next Door (1981), dir. François Truffaut, Quad, 8:50 p.m.

Monday, May 21

The Woman Next Door (1981), dir. François Truffaut, Quad, 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 22

The Earrings of Madame de… (1953), dir. Max Ophuls, Quad, 9:05 p.m.

Thursday, May 24

OTHON (1970), dir. Straub & Huillet, Anthology Film Archives, 7:00 p.m.
Early Films of Harun Farocki, Anthology Film Archives, 9:15 p.m.

Sunday, May 27

OTHON (1970), dir. Straub & Huillet, Anthology Film Archives, 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 29

A Very Natural Thing (1974), dir. Christopher Larkin, Quad, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 31

Early Films of Harun Farocki, Anthology Film Archives, 7:00 p.m.

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Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l8vPWFIgxI

Ludwig Van (1970), dir. Maurizio Kagel

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Ongoing Organs, Ending Soon

Bach at Noon
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations.
Tuesdays through Fridays, 12:00 p.m., through May 23
Grace Church, 802 Broadway, at E. 11th St.
Free admission

Saturday and Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation
Saturdays and Sundays, 4:00 p.m., through May 27
Grace Church, 802 Broadway, at E. 11th St.
Free admission

Organ Recital
Various organists
5:15 p.m. St. Thomas Church, 1 W. 53rd St.
Sundays, through May 20
Free admission

Music Calendar

Tuesday, May 1

New York Philharmonic
Spring Gala
Andy Einhorn, conductor
Audra McDonald, vocalist
7:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Mahan Esfahani, harpsichordist
Frescobaldi: Toccata settima in D minor, No. 7
Frescobaldi: “Cento partite sopra passacagli”
Frescobaldi: Bergamasca
Rameau: Selections from Pièces de clavecin
Benda: Sonata No. 5 in G minor
Bach: French Overture
7:00 p.m., Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall

Metropolitan Opera
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Ailyn Pérez, Charles Castronovo, Karine Deshayes, Joshua Hopkins
Plácido Domingo, conductor
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Wednesday, May 2

Metropolitan Opera
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Pretty Yende, Michael Fabiano, Quinn Kelsey, Alexander Vinogradov
Roberto Abbado, conductor
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York Philharmonic
Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist
Nielsen: Chaconne
Sibelius: Selected works
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17, “Tempest”
Schubert: Two Scherzos, D. 593
Jörg Widmann: Idyll and Abyss
Schubert: Three Piano Pieces, D. 946
7:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Gerald Finley, bass-baritone
Julius Drake, pianist
Songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff
7:00 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

Heartbeat Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
John Taylor Ward, Matthew Gamble, Leela Subramaniam, Felicia Moore, Nathan Haller
Jacob Ashworth, conductor
8:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

Thursday, May 3

The Orchestra Now
Leon Botstein, conductor
Anna Polonsky, pianist
Peter Serkin, pianist
Lajtha: Symphony No. 7, “Revolution”
Bartók: Concerto for two pianos, percussion, and orchestra
Saygun: Symphony No. 4
7:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Opera Lafayette
“Opera in Versailles”
Anna Reinhold, Aaron Sheehan, Victor Sicard
Ryan Brown, conductor
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York Philharmonic
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violinist
Dvorák (arr. Honeck): Rusalka Fantasy
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Selections from Sleeping Beauty
7:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Laureates of the Sphinx Competition
Schumann: Fünf stücke im Volkston, Op. 102
Messiaen: Theme and Variations
Beach: Romance, Op. 23
Glière: Intermezzo and Tarantella, Op. 9
Xavier Foley: Cranberry Juice
Gabriella Smith: World premiere
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
7:00 p.m., Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall

Metropolitan Opera
Massenet: Cendrillon
Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote, Kathleen Kim, Stephanie Blythe, Laurent Naouri
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
8:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Heartbeat Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Kelly Griffin, Derrell Acon, Malorie Casimir, Nelson Ebo, Daniel Klein
Daniel Schlossberg, conductor
8:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

Friday, May 4

New York Philharmonic
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violinist
Dvorák (arr. Honeck): Rusalka Fantasy
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Selections from Sleeping Beauty
11:00 a.m., David Geffen Hall

Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Berg: Piano Sonata No. 1
Prokofiev: Sarcasms, Op. 17
Bartók: Out of Doors
Copland: Piano Variations
Messiaen: “Le Baiser de L’Enfant-Jesus”
Ligeti: Selections from Musica ricercata
Stockhausen: Klavierstück IX
John Adams: China Gates
Corigliano: Fantasy on an Ostinato
Thomas Adès: Traced Overhead
7:00 p.m., Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall

loadbang
Mark Applebaum: Administocracy (world premiere)
William Dougherty: the sinking cathedral (world premiere)
Eric Richards: Fire (world premiere)
Jen Bajer: When a Drop of Light
7:00 p.m., National Opera Center

Argus Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1
August Read Thomas: Chi
Wuorinen: Josquiniana
Lutoslawski: String Quartet
7:00 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

Bavarian Radio Symphony
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violinist
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Metropolitan Opera
Puccini: Tosca
Anna Netrebko, Marcelo Álvarez, Michael Volle
Betrand de Billy, conductor
8:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
8:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Nicolas Tzavaras, cellist
Doris Stevenson, pianist
Beethoven: 12 Variations on a Theme from Handel’s Judas Maccabeus, WoO 45
Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1
Beethoven: 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Die Zauberflöte
Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3
8:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

Heartbeat Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
John Taylor Ward, Matthew Gamble, Leela Subramaniam, Felicia Moore, Nathan Haller
Jacob Ashworth, conductor
8:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

Repast Baroque Ensemble
Biber, Schmelzer, Gottfried Finger, Buxtehude, Purcell
8:00 p.m., First Unitarian Church, Brooklyn

Shai Wosner, pianist
Schubert: Sonata in D Major, D. 850
Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D. 959
9:00 p.m., 92Y

Saturday, May 5

Metropolitan Opera
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Ailyn Pérez, Charles Castronovo, Karine Deshayes, Joshua Hopkins
Plácido Domingo, conductor
1:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Nicolas Tzavaras, cellist
Doris Stevenson, pianist
Beethoven: 7 Variations on “Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Die Zauberflöte
Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2
Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4
Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5
6:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

Grace Chorale of Brooklyn
Knut Nystedt: Cry and Shout
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Rex Isenberg: Messiahs False and True
7:00 p.m., Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Heights

Early Music New York
Claudio Monteverdi: Five Ritornelli and Moresca, from Orfeo
Heinrich Ignaz von Biber: Battalia
Carlo Farina: Capriccio stravagante
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonata a 6 from Sacro-Profanus
7:00 p.m., First Church of Christ, Scientist

New York Baroque Inc.
Monteverdi: Vespers
7:00 p.m., Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, $35

Les Violons du Roy
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violinist
All-Bach program
7:00 p.m., Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall

Early Music New York
Frederick Renz, conductor
Monteverdi: Five Ritornelli and Moresca, from Orfeo
Biber: Battalia
Carlo Farina: Capriccio stravagante
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonata a sei from Sacro-Profanus
7:00 p.m., First Church of Christ Scientist

Dover Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5
Borodin: Quartet in D major
Mozart: String Quintet in G minor, K. 516
7:00 p.m., Washington Irving High School

Bavarian Radio Symphony
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Metropolitan Opera
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Pretty Yende, Michael Fabiano, Quinn Kelsey, Alexander Vinogradov
Roberto Abbado, conductor
8:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York Philharmonic
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violinist
Dvorák (arr. Honeck): Rusalka Fantasy
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Selections from Sleeping Beauty
8:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Heartbeat Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Kelly Griffin, Derrell Acon, Malorie Casimir, Nelson Ebo, Daniel Klein
Daniel Schlossberg, conductor
8:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

Polyhymnia
John Bradley, conductor
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli; Motets
Allegri: Miserere; Motets
Morales: Motets
8:00 p.m., Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch

Repast Baroque Ensemble
Biber, Schmelzer, Gottfried Finger, Buxtehude, Purcell
8:00 p.m., Advent Lutheran Church

Sunday, May 6

Dover Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, K. 421
10:30 a.m. SubCulture

London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Stuart Skelton, tenor
Christian Gerhaher, baritone
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
3:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Heartbeat Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
John Taylor Ward, Matthew Gamble, Leela Subramaniam, Felicia Moore, Nathan Haller
Jacob Ashworth, conductor
3:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

Grace Chorale of Brooklyn
Knut Nystedt: Cry and Shout
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Rex Isenberg: Messiahs False and True
3:00 p.m., Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Heights

Daniel Phillips, violin
Roger Tapping, viola
Natasha Brofsky, cello
Marija Stroke, piano
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2, K. 493
Faure: Piano Quartet No. 2
4:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

Parthenia Viol Consort
“Purcell’s Roots: Elizabethan and Jacobean Fantasies for Six Viols”
4:00 p.m., Church of St. Luke in the Fields

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Beethoven: Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Brahms: Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1
Fauré: Quartet No. 1 for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 15
5:00 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

Experiments in Opera, Blarvuster, and Mantra Percussion
Matthew Welch: And Here We Are
7:00 p.m., National Sawdust

Heartbeat Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Kelly Griffin, Derrell Acon, Malorie Casimir, Nelson Ebo, Daniel Klein
Daniel Schlossberg, conductor
7:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

MasterVoices
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Matthew Aucoin: The Orphic Moment
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Kiera Duffy, Lauren Snouffer
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Ted Sperling, conductor
8:30 p.m., Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Monday, May 7

MasterVoices
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Matthew Aucoin: The Orphic Moment
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Kiera Duffy, Lauren Snouffer
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Ted Sperling, conductor
7:00 p.m., Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Metropolitan Opera
Massenet: Cendrillon
Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote, Kathleen Kim, Stephanie Blythe, Laurent Naouri
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

JACK Quartet
Derek Bermel, clarinetist
Derek Bermel: Clarinet Sonata
Derek Bermel: A Short History of the Universe
Derek Bermel: Intonations
Derek Bermel: Coming Together
7:00 p.m., Advent Lutheran Church, FREE

Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, conductor
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Malcolm Merriweather, bass-baritone
Paul Moravec/Mark Campbell: Sanctuary Road: An Oratorao Based on the Writings of William Still, a Conductor for the Underground Railroad (world premiere)
Behzad Rnjbaran: We Are One (world premiere)
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall
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London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Mahler/Cooke: Symphony No. 10
8:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Tuesday, May 8

Nikki Chooi, violinist
Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in E-flat
Chausson: Poeme
Joan Tower: String Force
Ysaeyë: Sonata No. 3 Ballade
Franck: Violin Sonata
2:00 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall

Metropolitan Opera
Puccini: Tosca
Anna Netrebko, Marcelo Álvarez, Željko Lučić
Betrand de Billy, conductor
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York Philharmonic
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violinist
Dvorák (arr. Honeck): Rusalka Fantasy
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Selections from Sleeping Beauty
7:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Beethoven: Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Brahms: Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1
Fauré: Quartet No. 1 for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 15
7:00 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

Heartbeat Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
John Taylor Ward, Matthew Gamble, Leela Subramaniam, Felicia Moore, Nathan Haller
Jacob Ashworth, conductor
8:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

New York Choral Society
Bach: Mass in B minor
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Wednesday, May 9

Metropolitan Opera
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Ailyn Pérez, Charles Castronovo, Karine Deshayes, Joshua Hopkins
Plácido Domingo, conductor
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble
Daniel Hyde, conductor
Bach: Wer da gläubet und getauft wird
Bach: Mass in G minor, BWV 235
Vivaldi: Introduzione e Glora, RV 588
7:00 p.m., St. Thomas Church

Heartbeat Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Kelly Griffin, Derrell Acon, Mallory Casimir, Nelson Ebo, Daniel Klein
Daniel Schlossberg, conductor
8:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

Thursday, May 10

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat Major, K., 452
Hindemith: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
6:30 Rose Studio

Metropolitan Opera
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Pretty Yende, Michael Fabiano, Quinn Kelsey, Alexander Vinogradov
Roberto Abbado, conductor
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York Philharmonic
Nikolaj Znaider, conductor
Jian Wang, cellist
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1,
“Winter Dreams”
7:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Benjamin Verdery, guitarist
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Bach: works for solo guitar
Seymour Bernstein: Searching for a Chorale
Bryce Dessner: New work for guitar and string quartet
Benjamin Verdery: the rain falls equally on all things
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet in D Major, G.448, “Fandango”
7:30 92Y

Emanuel Ax, pianist
Mozart: Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 533/K. 494
Liszt: Sonetti di Petrarca
Bach: Partita No. 5, BWV 829
Beethoven: Andante in F Major, WoO 57
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21, “Waldstein”
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Heartbeat Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
John Taylor Ward, Matthew Gamble, Leela Subramaniam, Felicia Moore, Nathan Haller
Jacob Ashworth, conductor
8:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat Major, K., 452
Hindemith: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
9:30 Rose Studio

Friday, May 11

Five Boroughs Music Festival
TENET
Jolle Greenleaf, mezzo-soprano
Luthien Brackett, tenor
12th and 13th century French trouvères songs
7:00 p.m., King Manor Museum, Queens

House of Time
Bach: Sonatas and Trios
7:00 p.m., Lounge at Hudson View Gardens

Metropolitan Opera
Massenet: Cendrillon
Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote, Kathleen Kim, Stephanie Blythe, Laurent Naouri
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
8:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York Philharmonic
Nikolaj Znaider, conductor
Jian Wang, cellist
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1,
“Winter Dreams”
8:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Olga Vinokur, pianist
Fanny Mendelssohn: Song for the Piano, Op. 8, No. 3
Chopin: Sonata in B-flat minor, OP. 35
Schumann: Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 11
8:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

Heartbeat Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Kelly Griffin, Derrell Acon, Malorie Casimir, Nelson Ebo, Daniel Klein
Daniel Schlossberg, conductor
8:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

Cecilia Chorus of New York
Mark Shapiro, conductor
Dame Ethel Smyth: The Prison
Mozart: Requiem
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Saturday, May 12

Metropolitan Opera
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Ailyn Pérez, Charles Castronovo, Karine Deshayes, Joshua Hopkins
Plácido Domingo, conductor
1:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Chiara String Quartet
Paul Barnes, pianist
Nico Muhly: Diacritical Marks
Glass: Piano Quintet, “Annunciation”
Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
2:00 p.m., Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hlif Sigurjonsdottir, violinist
Steven W. Ryan, pianist
Mozart: Sonata in G minor
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8
Franck: Violin Sonata
Pärt: Fratres
7:00 p.m., St. Peter’s Church

Sol Gabetta, cellist
Bertrand Chamayou, pianist
Beethoven: Cello Sonata, Op. 5, No. 1
Britten: Sonata in C Major, Op. 65
Chopin: Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Chopin: Grand Duo on themes from Meyebeer’s Robert le diable
7:00 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

Five Boroughs Music Festival
TENET
Jolle Greenleaf, mezzo-soprano
Luthien Brackett, tenor
12th and 13th century French trouvères songs
7:00 p.m., Christ Church, Riverdale

House of Time
Bach: Sonatas and Trios
7:00 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Metropolitan Opera
Puccini: Tosca
Anna Netrebko, Marcelo Álvarez, Željko Lučić
Betrand de Billy, conductor
8:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York Philharmonic
Nikolaj Znaider, conductor
Jian Wang, cellist
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1,
“Winter Dreams”
8:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Gerald Robbins, pianist
Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
8:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

Heartbeat Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
John Taylor Ward, Matthew Gamble, Leela Subramaniam, Felicia Moore, Nathan Haller
Jacob Ashworth, conductor
8:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

OMNI Ensemble
Paul Stanhope: Apollo
David Wechsler: Louie’s Orange Element
Gesualdo: Madrigals
Thelonious Monk: “Epistrophy”; “‘Round Midnight”
8:00 p.m., Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

Sunday, May 13

Christina and Michelle Naughton, pianists
Mozart: Sonata for Piano Four-Hands, K. 381
John Adams: Roll Over Beethoven
Chopin: Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos
Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini
11:00 a.m., Walter Reade Theater

Bang on a Can Marathon 2018
Contemporaneous
FLUX Quartet
ETHEL
Tom Chiu, Fjola Evans, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Nicole Lizee, Dylan Mattingly, Jessie Montgomery, Brendon Randall-Myers, Terry Riley, Frederic Rzewski, et al
12:00 p.m., Skirball Center, FREE

Great Music at St. Bart’s
Stephen Marotto, cellist
Marilyn Nonken, pianist
Feldman: Patterns in a Chromatic Field
3:00 p.m., St. Bart’s Chapel

Heartbeat Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Kelly Griffin, Derrell Acon, Malorie Casimir, Nelson Ebo, Daniel Klein
Daniel Schlossberg, conductor
3:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

Misha Dichter, pianist
Cipa Dichter, pianist
Schubert: Fantasy in F minor for piano four-hands, D. 940
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959
4:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

Oracle Hysterical
Oracle Hysterical: Hecuba
8:00 p.m., National Sawdust

Monday, May 14

Ensemble Signal
Helmut Lachenmann: Allegro Sostenuto
6:30 p.m. Miller Theatre, FREE

Counter)induction
Elena Medoza: Nebelsplitter
Giacinto Scelsi: Tre Pezzi For E flat Clarinet
Douglas Boyce: Piano Quartet #1
Ryan Streber: World Premiere
Sampo Haapamaki: WIDE
7:00 p.m., National Opera Center

Wednesday, May 16

Mark S. Doss, bass-baritone
Vyacheslav Gryaznov, pianist
7:00 p.m., Baruch Performing Arts Center

ARTEK
Monteverdi: Madrigals (selections from Books 2 & 3)
7:00 p.m., Flea Theater

Thursday, May 17

NOVUS NY
Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Julian Wachner, conductor
Melissa Attebury, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Herbert, baritone
Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles
Newman: Mass (world premiere)
1:00 p.m., Trinity Wall Street, FREE

New York Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, pianist
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

ASPECT Foundation for Music & Arts
Four Nations Ensemble
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Leclair: Second Musical Recreation
Clérembault: L’Isle de Délos
Devienne: Trio for flute, violin and cello in minor
Telemann: Paris Quartet No. 5 in A Major
7:00 p.m., Italian Academy

Abendmusik
John Jenkins, William Lawes: 5 & 6 Part works
8:00 p.m., Church of St. Luke in the Fields

Friday, May 18

ARTEK
Monteverdi: Madrigals (selections from Books 2 & 3)
7:00 p.m., Flea Theater

New York Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, pianist
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
8:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Marcus Thompson, violist
Doris Stevenson, pianist
Schubert: Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano. D. 821
Brahms: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1
8:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

Collectio Musicorum
Jeff Dailey, conductor
Guillaume Dufay, Giles Binchois, Pierre Fountain
8:00 p.m., Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, FREE

Saturday, May 19

New York Philharmonic
Joshua Gersen, conductor
Young People’s Concert
2:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Manhattan Symphonie
Gregory Singer, conductor
Mark Peskanov, violinist
John Williams: Theme from “Schindler’s List”
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
6:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Kristian Bezuidenhoot, fortepianist and conductor
Haydn: Symphony No. *74
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
J.C. Bach: Symphony in G minor
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, “Jeunehomme”
7:00 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

New York Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, pianist
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
8:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Manhattan Symphonie
Gregory Singer, conductor
Mark Peskanov, violinist
John Williams: Theme from “Schindler’s List”
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
8:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

New York Repertory Orchestra
David Leibowitz, conductor
Joel Sachs, pianist
Bach (arr. Raff): Chaconne, BWV 1004
Poulenc: Suite Française
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
8:00 p.m., Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Sunday, May 20

Manhattan Symphonie
Gregory Singer, conductor
Mark Peskanov, violinist
John Williams: Theme from “Schindler’s List”
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
2:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

The Orchestra Now
Bard Festival Chorus
Leon Botstein, conductor
Debussy: Nocturnes
2:00 p.m., Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manhattan Symphonie
Gregory Singer, conductor
Mark Peskanov, violinist
John Williams: Theme from “Schindler’s List”
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
4:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

Musica Viva NY
Aeolus Quartet
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
Elena Ruehr: Ars Poetica #1002 (world premiere)
Mahler (arr. Sottwald): “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen”
Maarten Spruijt: Thurémin
Ola Gjeilo: Sunrise Mass
5:00 p.m., All Soul’s Church

Tuesday, May 22

New York Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, pianist
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Wednesday, May 23

Jeffrey Zeigler, cellist
Ursula Oppens, pianist
Lara St. John, violinist
Martin Kennedy, pianist
“Corigliano @ 80”
7:00 p.m., National Sawdust

Clarion Orchestra
Clarion Choir
Haydn: Te Deu
Haydn: Harmoniemesse
7:00 p.m., Park Avenue Christian Church

Thursday, May 24

NOVUS NY
Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Julian Wachner, conductor
Melissa Baker, flutist
Katie Hyun, violinist
Ashley Bathgate, cellist
Bernstein: Halil
Bernstein: Meditations from Mass
Bernstein: Serenade
Prestini: Imaginary World of Wild Order: A Mass
1:00 p.m., Trinity Wall Street, FREE

New York Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Roomful of Teeth
Berio: Sinfonia
Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
7:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Israeli Chamber Project
Sarah Shafer, soprano
Schubert (arr. Reimann): Mignon-Lieder
Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11
Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965
Schubert: String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 471
Schubert: Notturno in F-flat Major, D. 897
Barber (arr. Shapiro): Knoxville: Summer of 1915
7:00 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall

Friday, May 25

New York Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Roomful of Teeth
Berio: Sinfonia
Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
2:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Donald Berman, pianist
Bach: Fantasy and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904
John Aylward: Flux Ripple Flutter
Elena Ruehr: Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (world premiere)
Eric Moe: When Branched Thoughts Murmur in the Wind, Frozen Rain, Summer Dreams
Ives: “The Alcotts” from Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass.
8:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

Saturday, May 26

Mark Peskanov, violinist
Julian Schwarz, cellist
Misha Dichter, pianist
Gerald Schwarz: Two Duos for violin and cello
Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898
6:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

New York Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Roomful of Teeth
Berio: Sinfonia
Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
8:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Sunday, May 27

Marika Bournaki, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
2:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

New York Philharmonic Ensembles
Vivaldi: Trio Sonata, Op. 1, No. 3
Penderecki: Duo concertante for Violin and Double Bass
Reinecke: Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1
3:00 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall

Mark Peskanov, violinist
Julian Schwarz, cellist
Misha Dichter, pianist
Gerald Schwarz: Two Duos for violin and cello
Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898
4:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $40

ICE
Cory Smythe, pianist
Music of Anna Thorvaldsdottir
4:00 p.m., National Sawdust

New York Virtuoso Singers
American Brass Quintet
Harold Rosenbaum, conductor
Thea Musgrave: Voices of Our Ancestors
Thea Musgrave: Dawn
Thea Musgrave: Rorate Coeli
Thea Musgrave: La Vida es Sueño (world premiere)
Thea Musgrave: Opera excerpts
8:00 p.m., Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Monday, May 28

New York Philharmonic
Memorial Day Concert
David Robertson, conductor
Kent Tritle, organist
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
8:00 p.m., Cathedral of St. John the Divine, FREE

Wednesday, May 30

thingNY
Varispeed
Gelsey Bell: Rolodex
Kenneth Gaburo: Maledetto
Rick Burkhardt: Passover
8:00 p.m., Roulette

Thursday, May 31

NOVUS NY
Julian Wachner, conductor
Jessica Murihead, soprano
Wachner: Gaudé: an LB Anniversary for Large Orchestra
Copland: Connotations
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
1:00 p.m., Trinity Wall Street, FREE

New York Philharmonic
Frank Huang, leader
Sheryl Staples, violinist
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
7:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

New York City Opera
Wuorinen: Brokeback Mountain
Glenn Seven Allen, Dan Okulitch
Kazem Abdullah, conductor
7:00 p.m., Rose Theater/Jazz at Lincoln Center