Art | Film | Dance | Music

Updated 12/4, 12/9, 12/10.  Another killer month, to end the year, which had me tweaking and twerking behind a screen for days.  Enjoy kulchur.

And Merry Christmas!

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Art

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Richard Tuttle at Pace

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Chelsea (Updated 12/9)

• Kim Tschang-Yeul, “New York to Paris,” at Tina Kim Gallery, 525 W 21, through December 7
• “Japan Is America,” a group show of avant-garde art in Japan and America between 1952 and 1985, at Fergus McCaffrey, 514 W 26, through December 14
• “John Chamberlain and Donald Judd,” at Paula Cooper Gallery, 524 W 26, through December 14
• Gaetano Pesce, “Age of Contamination,” at Friedman Benda, 515 W 26, through December 15
• “Anish Kapoor,” at both Lisson locations, 504 W 24 and 138 10th Ave, through December 20
• “Karen Kilimnik,” at 303 Gallery, 555 W 21, through December 20
• Peter Halley, “Heterotopia II,” at Greene Naftali, 508 W 26, Ground Floor, through December 20
• MUST SEE:  “The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm: Jennifer Bartlett 1970 – 2014,” at Marianne Boesky, 509 W 24, through December 21
• Yayoi Kusama, “EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE,” at David Zwirner, 509 W 24, through December 21
• MUST SEE:  Richard Tuttle, “basis, 70s Drawings,” at Pace, 540 W 25, through December 21
• “Andrew Wekua,” at Gladstone Gallery, 515 W 24, through December 21
• Robert Longo, “Fugitive Images,” at Metro Pictures, 519 W 24, through December 21
• MUST SEE:  Hernan Bas, “TIME LIFE,” at Lehmann Maupin, 536 W 22, through January 4
• MUST SEE:  Trisha Donnelly, at both Matthew Marks galleries on 22nd, 522 W 22 and 526 W 22, through January 18, 2020
• Agnes Denes, at The Shed, 545 W 30, through January 19, 2020
• Mike Kelley, “Timeless Painting,” at Hauser & Wirth, 548 W 22, through January 25, 2020
• Rashid Johnson, “The Hikers,” at Hauser & Wirth, 548 W 22, through January 25, 2020
• Richard Serra, “Reverse Curve,” at Gagosian, 522 W 21, through February 1, 2020
• Charles Ray, “Three Christs, Sleeping Mime, and the Last Supper Pagan Paradise,” at Hill Art Foundation, 239 10th Ave, 3rd Floor, through February 15, 2020
• MUST SEE:  Nicholas Party, “Pastel,” at Flag Art Foundation, with murals by Party and pastel drawings by Rosalba Carriera, Mary Cassat, Edgar Degas, Louis Fratino, Marsden Hartley, Wayne Thiebaud, Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, and others, 545 W 25, Floor 9, through February 15, 2020
• Pope.L, a new installation, “Choir,” and new crawl pieces, at Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort, through Winter 2020

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Uptown

Brice Marden at Gagosian

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• “Enigma & Desire: Man Ray Paintings,” at Di Donna, 744 Madison, through December 13
• “LINEUP,” a group show of stripe paintings, with Günther Förg, Peter Halley, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, Malevich, Matisse, Kenneth Noland, Picasso, David Reed, Sean Scully, Dan Walsh, and others, at Almine Rech, 39 E 78, through December 14
• “Maneuver,” a group show of fiber art, with Anni Albers, Polly Apfelbaum, Sarah Charlesworth, Zoe Leonard, Ed Rossbach, Rosemarie Trockel; curated by Lynne Cooke, at The Artist’s Institute, 132 E 65, through December 14
• Matthew Barney, “Embrasure,” at Gladstone 64, through December 21
• George Condo, “Paintings and Works on Paper,” at Skarstedt, 19 E 64, through December 21
• “Birth Machine Baby,” H. R. Giger and Mark Prent, curated by Harmony Korine, at Gagosian, through December 21
• Monica Majoli, “blueboys,” at Galerie Buchholz, 17 E 82, through December 21
• Brice Marden, “It reminds me of something, and I don’t know what it is.”, at Gagosian, 980 Madison, through December 21
• Albert Oehlen, “Spiegelbilder,” at Nahmad Contemporary, 980 Madison, through December 21
• “David Tudor and Composers Inside Electronics, Inc.,” at MoMA, 11 W 53, through January 5, 2020
• MUST SEE: “Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection,” a group show curated by six artists, at Guggenhiem,1071 5th Ave at 89, through Sunday, January 12, 2020
• MUST SEE: Vija Celmins, “To Fix the Image in Memory,” at Met Breuer, 945 Madison, through January 12, 2020
• Pope.L, “member: Pope.L,” at MoMA, 11 W 53, October 21 – February 1, 2020
• “Bill Traylor,” at David Zwirner, 34 E 69, through February 15, 2020
• “Anna Sui,” at Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, through February 23, 2020
• Rachel Feinstein, “Maiden, Mother, Crone,” at The Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave at 92, through March 22, 2020

Downtown

“Concerning Superfluities:  Shaker Material Culture and Affinities,” at Essex Street

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• “Every Day Is Another Day,” a group show; Nina Katchadourian curated by Regine Basha, with Vija Celmins, Tom Friedman, Fischli & Weiss, and others, at 601 Artspace, 88 Eldridge, through December 1
• Paul P., “Slim Volume,” at Queer Thoughts, 373 Broadway, C9, through December 14
• “George Nettel: The Vivid Present,” at Reena Spaulings Fine Art, 165 E Broadway, 2nd Floor, through December 15
• “Douglas Gordon,” at Eva Presenhuber, 39 Great Jones, through December 15
• Ebecho Muslimova, “Traps!”, at Magenta Plains, 94 Allen, through December 18
• “Miffed Blue Return,” a groups show of films by Yason Banal, Sky Hopinka, and Cici Wu, at 47 Canal, 47 Canal, through December 20
• Georgie Nettel, “Off Paradise,” at Reena Spaulings Fine Art, 165 E Broadway, through December 22
• Matthew Wong, “Blue,” at Karma, through December 22
• “Concerning Superfluities:  Shaker Material Culture and Affinities,” at Essex Street, 55 Hester, through December 22
• Jemima Kirke, “Scamp,” at Sargent’s Daughters, through January 5, 2020
• Francesco Clemente, “India,” at Vito Schnabel Projects, 43 Clarkson St., through January 18, 2020
• Suzy Lake, “Performance of Protest,” at Arsenal Contemporary, 214 Bowery, through January 18, 2020
• Hans Haacke, “All Connected,” at New Museum, through January 26, 2020

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Outside Manhattan

Alvin Baltrop at Bronx Museum of the Arts

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• “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow:  Art 50 Years After Stonewall,” a group show, at Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, through December 8
• MUST SEE: “Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion,” at Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, through Sunday, January 5, 2020
• “The Life and Times of Alvin Baltrop,” Baltrop’s photographs of the gay-cruising world of Manhattan’s West side piers, at Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, through February 19, 2020

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Film

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Sátántangó (1994), dir Béla Tarr, at Film at Lincoln Center

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Updated 12/4, 12/10

New Releases

• The Disappearance of My Mother, dir. Beniamino Barrese, a documentary about Benedetta Barzini (limited)
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire, dir. Celine Sciamma, with Noemi Merlant and Adele Haenel (limited)
• The Wolf Hour, dir. Alistair Banks Griffin, with Naomi Watts (limited)
• Bombshell, dir. Jay Roach, with Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow
• Uncut Gems, dir. Benny & Josh Safdie, with Adam Sandler and a soundtrack by Oneohtrix Point Never
• Cunningham, dir. Alla Kovgan, a documentary about Merce Cunningham (limited)
• A Hidden Life, dir. Terrence Malick, with August Diehl (limited)
• 1917, dir. Sam Mendes, with Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay
• Little Women, dir. Greta Gerwig, with Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet

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Series

• Varda, a Retrospective, at Film at Lincoln Center, December 20 – January 6
• Noah Baumbach in Residence continues through December 22 at Metrograph
• Malick: The First Four Films, December 13 – 21, at Metrograph, with Days of Heaven (1978), The Thin Red Line (1998), Badlands (1973), and The New World (2005)
• The Contenders, MoMA’s annual series of films that have resonated through the year, offers a chance to see some films you may have missed for free (with membership), through January 8, with films already release and a few not yet playing widely, including Parasite, Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood, End of the Century, System Crasher, Little Women, The Lighthouse, Uncut Gems, and Dark Waters
• [Agnès] Varda, a Retrospective, at Film at Lincoln Center, with Cléo from 5 to 7, The Gleaners and I and Two Years Later, several shorts programs, and other films, December 20 – January 6, 2020

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Special Screenings, Short Runs and Engagements

• Sátántangó (1994), dir Béla Tarr (all 439 minutes) at Film at Lincoln Center in a 4K restoration, December 25 – 30
• Home for the Holidays (1995), dir. Jodie Foster, with Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr., at Quad, December 17, part of the Coming Out Again series at Quad
• Orpheus (1950), dir. Jean Cocteau, at Quad, December 18, 7:00
• Edvard Munch (1974), dir. Peter Watkins (in 35mm) at Metrograph, December 8 and 13
• Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), dir. Otto Preminger, at Metrograph, December 13 and 14
• Hungry Hearts (2014), dir. Saverio Costanzo, at MoMA, mon. December 9 and 14
• Part deux (2007), dir. Luca Guadagnino, with Vergine giurata (Sworn Virgin) (2015), dir. Laura Bispuri, at MoMA, December 7 and 11
• Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), dir. Agnès Varda, December 20, 25, and 28 at Film at Lincoln Center
• The Gleaners and I (2000), dir. Agnès Varda, December 23 and 29, at Film at Lincoln Center

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Screening Calendar

Saturday, December 7

Part deux (2007), dir. Luca Guadagnino, with Vergine giurata (Sworn Virgin) (2015), dir. Laura Bispuri
1:00 p.m., MoMA

Sunday, December 8

Edvard Munch (1974), dir. Peter Watkins (in 35mm)
8:30 p.m., Metrograph

Monday, December 9

Hungry Hearts (2014), dir. Saverio Costanzo
7:00 p.m., MoMA

Wednesday, December 11

Part deux (2007), dir. Luca Guadagnino, with Vergine giurata (Sworn Virgin) (2015), dir. Laura Bispuri
4:00 p.m., MoMA

Friday, December 13

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), dir. Otto Preminger
7:00 p.m., Metrograph

Edvard Munch (1974), dir. Peter Watkins (in 35mm)
8:30 p.m., Metrograph

Saturday, December 14

Hungry Hearts (2014), dir. Saverio Costanzo
1:00 p.m., MoMA

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), dir. Otto Preminger
7:00 p.m., Metrograph

Tuesday, December 17

Home for the Holidays (1995), dir. Jodie Foster
7:00 p.m., Quad Cinema

Wednesday, December 18

Orpheus (1950), dir. Jean Cocteau
7:00 p.m., Quad Cinema

Friday, December 20

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), dir. Agnès Varda
6:30 p.m., Film at Lincoln Center

Monday, December 23

The Gleaners and I (2000), dir. Agnès Varda
6:30 p.m., Film at Lincoln Center

Wednesday, December 25

Sátántangó (1994), dir Béla Tarr
12:00 p.m., Film at Lincoln Center

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), dir. Agnès Varda
8:30 p.m., Film at Lincoln Center

Friday, December 27

Sátántangó (1994), dir Béla Tarr
3:00 p.m., Film at Lincoln Center

Saturday, December 28

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), dir. Agnès Varda
4:30 p.m., Film at Lincoln Center

Sunday, December 29

The Gleaners and I (2000), dir. Agnès Varda
4:00 p.m., Film at Lincoln Center

Monday, December 30

Sátántangó (1994), dir Béla Tarr
12:00 p.m., Film at Lincoln Center

 

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Dance

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Pam Tanowitz, New Work for Goldberg Variations, at Joyce

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New York City Ballet performs George Balanchine’s Nutcracker, November 29 – January 5.

Pam Tanowitz + Simone Dinnerstein at Joyce, with Tanowitz’s New Work for Goldberg Variations. Simone Dinnerstein plays the great Bach work.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s season, from December 2 – January 5, 2020. These people are performing on Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve!

New Dances: Edition 2019 is here!  On the program are new dances by Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, Andrea Miller, and Stephen Petronio, including some live music. Each year, Juilliard Dance hires four choreographers to create an original work, one for each class—this year, class of 2020 to 2024.  The only restriction (so the story goes) is that every dancer in each class must be included.  This often translates to large productions, depending on the size of the class, and unusual and original artistry.  Not every dance is a winner, but there is always at least one great work, and with the consistently high quality of the dancing, you really can’t go wrong (especially for $30).

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Dance Calendar

Monday, December 2

Movement Research
Dances by BREAKTIME; Penkova Elisaveta; Fana Fraser; Sharleen Chidiac and Dancers
8:00-9:00 p.m., Judson Church, 55 Washington Sq S, FREE

Wednesday, December 4

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Gala excerpts (World Premiere)
Cunningham Centennial solos
Revelations with live music
7:00 p.m., New York City Center

Kyle Marshall Choreography
Dances A.D. and Colored
7:30 p.m., BAM Fisher/Fishman Space, $25

Thursday, December 5

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
7:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

2019 Winter Dance Concert
Mark Morris: Words, with Doming Estrada Jr.
Dances by Nai-Ni Chen, Alenka Cizmesija, Yokko
Guest performers: Natiya Kezevadze, Terk Waters
7:30 p.m., LIU Brooklyn Dance Department, $15

Kyle Marshall Choreography
Dances A.D. and Colored
7:30 p.m., BAM Fisher/Fishman Space, $25

Movement Research Festival Fall 2019: ComeUnion
Work by Camilo Godoy, Jerron Herman, and Stevie May
8:00 p.m., Danspace Project, $15

Friday, December 6

2019 Winter Dance Concert
Mark Morris: Words, with Doming Estrada Jr.
Dances by Nai-Ni Chen, Alenka Cizmesija, Yokko
Guest performers: Natiya Kezevadze, Terk Waters
12:00 and 7:30 p.m., LIU Brooklyn Dance Department, $15

Kyle Marshall Choreography
Dances A.D. and Colored
7:30 p.m., BAM Fisher/Fishman Space, $25

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
8:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Movement Research Festival Fall 2019: ComeUnion
Work by KK de La Vida, Dustin Maxwell, and Grace Osborne
8:00 p.m., Danspace Project, $15

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Night Creature
Ella
Greenwood (World Premiere)
Revelations with live music
8:00 p.m., New York City Center

Saturday, December 7

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Divining (New Production)
Ella
Ounce of Faith (World Premiere)
Revelations with live music
2:00 p.m., New York City Center

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Kyle Marshall Choreography
Dances A.D. and Colored
2:00 & 7:30 p.m., BAM Fisher/Fishman Space, $25

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
8:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Movement Research Festival Fall 2019: ComeUnion
Work by Christopher Unpezverde Núñez and Merian Soto
8:00 p.m., Danspace Project, $15

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
The Call
In/Side
Greenwood (World Premiere)
Revelations with live music
8:00 p.m., New York City Center

Sunday, December 8

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
1:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Ounce of Faith (World Premiere)
Greenwood (World Premiere)
Revelations
3:00 p.m., New York City Center

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
5:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Lazarus
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Monday, December 9

Movement Research
Dances by Aleksandra Bozek-Muszynska, Magda Jedra, Elisabeth Motley, and Emily Winkler-Morey
8:00-9:00 p.m., Judson Church, 55 Washington Sq S, FREE

Tuesday, December 10

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
7:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Memoria
Ode (World Premiere)
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Pam Tanowitz + Simone Dinnerstein
Pam Tanowitz: New Work for Goldberg Variations
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
7:30 p.m., Joyce Theater

Wednesday, December 11

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
7:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

New Dances: Edition 2019
New dances by Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, Andrea Miller, and Stephen Petronio
7:30 p.m., Peter Jay Sharp Theater, $30

Pam Tanowitz + Simone Dinnerstein
Pam Tanowitz: New Work for Goldberg Variations
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
7:30 p.m., Joyce Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Divining (New Production)
Ella
Lazarus
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Thursday, December 12

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
7:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

New Dances: Edition 2019
New dances by Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, Andrea Miller, and Stephen Petronio
7:30 p.m., Peter Jay Sharp Theater, $30

Pam Tanowitz + Simone Dinnerstein
Pam Tanowitz: New Work for Goldberg Variations
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
7:30 p.m., Joyce Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Night Creature
Cry
Memoria
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Friday, December 13

New Dances: Edition 2019
New dances by Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, Andrea Miller, and Stephen Petronio
7:30 p.m., Peter Jay Sharp Theater, $30

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
8:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Pam Tanowitz + Simone Dinnerstein
Pam Tanowitz: New Work for Goldberg Variations
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
8:00 p.m., Joyce Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
The Call
BUSK (Company Premiere)
Revelations
8:00 p.m., New York City Center

Saturday, December 14

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Night Creature
Cry
Memoria
Revelations
Post-show Q&A with dancers
2:00 p.m., New York City Center

New Dances: Edition 2019
New dances by Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, Andrea Miller, and Stephen Petronio
2:00 and 7:30 p.m., Peter Jay Sharp Theater, $30

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
8:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Pam Tanowitz + Simone Dinnerstein
Pam Tanowitz: New Work for Goldberg Variations
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
8:00 p.m., Joyce Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Ounce of Faith (World Premiere)
Ode (World Premiere)
BUSK (Company Premiere)
8:00 p.m., New York City Center

Sunday, December 15

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
1:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Pam Tanowitz + Simone Dinnerstein
Pam Tanowitz: New Work for Goldberg Variations
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
2:00 p.m., Joyce Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
The Call
Ella
Ounce of Faith (World Premiere)
Revelations
3:00 p.m., New York City Center

New Dances: Edition 2019
New dances by Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, Andrea Miller, and Stephen Petronio
3:00 p.m., Peter Jay Sharp Theater, $30

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
5:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Lazarus
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Tuesday, December 17

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
7:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
City of Rain (Company Premiere)
Mass
Ella
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Wednesday, December 18

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
7:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Divining (New Production)
Cry
Fandango (New Production)
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Thursday, December 19

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
7:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Highlights from
Cry, Phases, Hidden Rites, Mary Lou’s Mass, Memoria, Night Creature, For ‘Bird’ – With Love, A Song For You
plus
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Friday, December 20

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
8:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Greenwood (World Premiere)
City of Rain (Company Premiere)
Fandango (New Production)
BUSK (Company Premiere)
8:00 p.m., New York City Center

Saturday, December 21

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Mass
In/Side
A Case of You
Divining (New Production)
Revelations
2:00 p.m., New York City Center

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
8:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
BUSK (Company Premiere)
City of Rain (Company Premiere)
A Case of You
EN
8:00 p.m., New York City Center

Sunday, December 22

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
1:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Highlights from
Cry, Phases, Hidden Rites, Mary Lou’s Mass, Memoria, Night Creature, For ‘Bird’ – With Love, A Song For You
plus
Revelations
3:00 p.m., New York City Center

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
5:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Special tribute program
plus
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Monday, December 23

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
7:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Tuesday, December 24

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Mass
In/Side
A Case of You
Divining (New Production)
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Wednesday, December 25

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Ounce of Faith (World Premiere)
EN
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Thursday, December 26

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
7:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Lazarus
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Friday, December 27

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
8:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
BUSK (Company Premiere)
City of Rain (Company Premiere)
A Case of You
EN
8:00 p.m., New York City Center

Saturday, December 28

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Highlights from
Cry, Phases, Hidden Rites, Mary Lou’s Mass, Memoria, Night Creature, For ‘Bird’ – With Love, A Song For You
Revelations
Post-show Q&A with dancers
2:00 p.m., New York City Center

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
8:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Greenwood (World Premiere)
Fandango (New Production)
BUSK (Company Premiere)
8:00 p.m., New York City Center

Sunday, December 29

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
1:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Ounce of Faith (World Premiere)
Ode (World Premiere)
Revelations
3:00 p.m., New York City Center

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
5:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
EN
The Call
In/Side
Revelations
7:30 p.m., New York City Center

Monday, December 30

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
7:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Tuesday, December 31

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine’s Nutcracker
2:00 p.m., David H. Koch Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dances:
Ounce of Faith (World Premiere)
Greenwood (World Premiere)
Revelations
7:00 p.m., New York City Center

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Music

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Phill Niblock at Roulette

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There are only two final performances of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, with Anthony Roth Constanza in the buff, Wednesday, December 4, and Saturday, December 7. You might want to hone your Captcha game because the performances are SOLD OUT, so only online rush tickets will be available.

More Reich.  Yefim Bronfman will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the New York Philharmonic, December 5 – 7, when Steve Reich’s Music for Ensemble and Orchestra will also be performed.  On the 7th, Reich is curating a late evening program, where New York Philharmonic musicians will play music by Reich and Muhly, along with a world premier by Gabriela Smith, at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse.  And So Percussion will play a fantastic program the same night (12/7), with music by Varese, Cage, Xenakis, Julia Wolfe, and…Steve Reich, at Zankel Hall.   That’s a full weekend!

Eric Owens (12/13) and Joyce DiDonato (12/15) will both sing Schubert’s romantic, devastating (and yet charming) Winterreise this month. I recommend the Eric Owens version at 92Y, because the songs were written for tenor voice, and because the wonderful pianist Jeremy Denk will accompany Owens.

JACK Quartet will play two FREE concerts at John L. Tishman Auditorium at the New School December 17 and 18. They will premier new work by Catherine Lamb and Lester St. Louis, and play music by Clare Iannotta and Tyshan Sorey.

The wonderful harpsichorist Richard Egarr will join New York Baroque Incorporated for a FREE program called Pop-Up Bach: Dance Suites and Strange Solos, which will be played twice:  once on December 18 at The Angel Orensanz Center in the LES, and once on December 19 at BAM. Each night the ensemble will play Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 5 and 6, and Orchestral Suites 1 and 3.

On the longest night of the year, Saturday, December 21, Phill Niblock will present his annual program, Phill Niblock: 6 Hours of Music and Film. High-volume minimalist droning will be the soundtrack to Niblock’s films of workers from around the working doing their chores. This will be my first Niblock show, and I am looking for someone to go to this with me…any takers?

The Second Annual Modern Piano Festival at Spectrum, through December, has some great ($15) programs.  On December 10, Alexandra Saraceno will play Messiaen’s La Merle Noir, Preludes and other works; and on December 13, Gabriel Zucker will perform Messiaen’s Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jesu.  Check out the Spectrum calendar here.

Tons of other stuff as well…see the calendar!

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Ongoing Organs

“Pipes at One”
Most Thursdays at 1:00 p.m.
St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway
Free

“Bach at Noon”
Tuesday-Friday, 12:20 – 12:50 p.m., starting September 10
Grace Church, 802 Broadway
Free

“Weekend Organ Meditation”
Every Saturday and Sunday at 4:00 p.m., starting September 7
Grace Church, 802 Broadway
Free

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Music Calendar

Tuesday, December 3

Chloé Kiffer, violinist
Alexandre Moutouzkine, pianist
Program:
Pärt: Fratres
Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne
Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77
2:00 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall

Talea Ensemble
Lucy Dhegrae, soprano
Program:
David Adamcyk: Father, My Father
7:00 p.m., Americas Society, FREE

Ah Young Hong, soprano
Jacob Ashworth, violin
Program:
Gyorgy Kurtag: Kafka Fragments
7:30 p.m., Spectrum, $15

American Classical Orchestra
Nola Richardson, soprano
Program:
Alessandro Scarlatti: Christmas Cantata
Corelli: Christmas Concerto
De Lalande: Noëls
7:00 p.m., Saint Ignatius of Antioch

New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Program:
Scriabin: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Ensemble Connect
Program:
Shulamit Ran: Bach Shards
Bach: Contrapunctus X from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
Shulamit Ran: Lyre of Orpheus
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
7:30 p.m., Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Jeffrey Kahane, pianist
Program begins with a discussion; Calidore String Quartet will performing excerpts
Program:
Bach: Goldberg Variations
7:30 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble
Program:
Locke: Curtain Tune from The Tempest
Rebel: Selections from The Elements
Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin: Concert No. 4
Biber: Sonata No. 10 “Crucifixion”
Telemann: Overture-Suite: Burlesque de Quixotte
Couperin: “Sommeil” from Le Parnasse, ou L’Apotheose de Corelli
Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in G minor, RV 439, “La Notte”
7:30 p.m., Kaufmann Music Center, $50

Metropolitan Opera
Antonello Manacorda, conductor
With Luca Pisaroni, Nadine Sierra, Susanna Phillips, Adam Plachetka, and Gaëlle Arquez
Program:
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Wednesday, December 4

“Crypt Sessions”
Mari Lee, violinist
Emilie-Anne Gendron, violinist
Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violist
Mihai Marcia, cellist
David Fung, pianist
Sagine Valla, actor
Program:
“Salon Séance for Benjamin Britten”
Music by Britten
7:00 p.m., Crypt at the Church of the Intercession

Pretty Yende, soprano
James Baillieu, pianist
Program:
Music by Schumann, Strauss, Tosti, and Donizetti
7:30 p.m., Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble
Program:
Locke: Curtain Tune from The Tempest
Rebel: Selections from The Elements
Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin: Concert No. 4
Biber: Sonata No. 10 “Crucifixion”
Telemann: Overture-Suite: Burlesque de Quixotte
Couperin: “Sommeil” from Le Parnasse, ou L’Apotheose de Corelli
Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in G minor, RV 439, “La Notte”
7:30 p.m., Morgan Library, $55

ASPECT Chamber Music Series
Misha Keylin, violinist
Zlatomir Fung, cellist
Pavel Nersessian, pianist
Program:
Lyadov: Three Pieces, Op. 57
Glinka: Trio Pathétique
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio, Op. 50
7:30 p.m., Bohemian National Hall, $45

Metropolitan Opera
Karen Kamensek, conductor
With Anthony Roth Costanzo, J’Nai Bridges, Dísella Lárusdóttir, and Zachary James
Program:
Glass: Akhnaten
7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

On Site Opera
American Modern Ensemble
Geoffrey McDonald, conductor
With Devin Zamir Coleman/Benjamin Barham-Wiese, Aundi Marie Moore, Julius Ahn, Daniel Belcher/Joshua Jeremiah, Musa Ngqungwana
Program:
Menotti: Amahl & The Night Visitors
7:30 p.m., Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, $40 ($25 standing)

Aizuri Quartet
Program:
KOMITAS: Armenian Folk Songs
HAYDN: String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
PAUL WIANCKO: LIFT
7:30 p.m., Weill Recital Hall, $30

Michael Fabiano, tenor
Kamal Khan, pianist
Program:
Music by Duparc, Liszt, Barber, and Puccini
8:00 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
8:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116,

Thursday, December 5

Midtown Concerts
The Western Wind, vocal sextet
Program:
“Yellow Star at the Court of Mantua: The Music of Salamone Hebreo (c.1570-1630)”
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., The Chapel at St. Bartholomew’s Church, FREE

New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Program:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Steve Reich: Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall

On Site Opera
American Modern Ensemble
Geoffrey McDonald, conductor
With Devin Zamir Coleman/Benjamin Barham-Wiese, Aundi Marie Moore, Julius Ahn, Daniel Belcher/Joshua Jeremiah, Musa Ngqungwana
Program:
Menotti: Amahl & The Night Visitors
7:30 p.m., Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, $40 ($25 standing)

Metropolitan Opera
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
With Lise Davidsen, Larissa Diadkova, Igor Golovatenko, and Alexey Markov
Program:
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Tapestry Choir
Christopher Wasko, conductor
Henry Lee, organ
Program:
Durufle: Requiem
8:00 p.m., St. John’s in the Village, $20 with reception)

Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
Bright Sheng, conductor and pianist
Program:
Bright Sheng: Clearwater Rhapsody
Bright Sheng: Deep Red
Bright Sheng: Capriccio
Bright Sheng: String Quartet No. 4, “Silent Temple”
8:00 p.m., Miller Theatre

“Interpretations Series”
Momenta Quartet
With Elizabeth Brown, shakuhachi; and Thomas Buckner, baritone
Program:
Elizabeth Brown: Dialect
Elizabeth Brown: Babel (world premiere)
Frances White: the book of evening (world premiere)
Elizabeth Brown: Just Visible
Frances White: And so the heavens turned
8:00 p.m., Roulette, $20

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
8:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116

Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
Baroque in the Fields
David Shuler, conductor
Program:
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Mess de Minuit
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: In Nativitatem Domini
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: O Antiphons
8:00 p.m., Church of St Luke in the Fields

Friday, December 6

New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Program:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Steve Reich: Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
11:00 a.m., David Geffen Hall

Johnny Gandelsman, violinist
Program:
Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
Bach: Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Bach: Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
7:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Sonya Belaya, piano
Program:
Solo improvisation based on cellular compositions of close collaborators
7:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

On Site Opera
American Modern Ensemble
Geoffrey McDonald, conductor
With Devin Zamir Coleman/Benjamin Barham-Wiese, Aundi Marie Moore, Julius Ahn, Daniel Belcher/Joshua Jeremiah, Musa Ngqungwana
Program:
Menotti: Amahl & The Night Visitors
7:30 p.m., Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, $40 ($25 standing)

Brooklyn Art Song Society
Kristina Bachrach, soprano
Andrew Fuchs, tenor
Michael Brofman, pianist
Program:
Benjamin Britten: Selected Folk Song arrangements
7:30 p.m., Old Stone House, Park Slope, $30

Antonio Galera, piano
Program:
Music by Bach, Franck, Debussy, and Dutilleux
7:30 p.m., St. Johns in the Village, FREE

Charmaine Lee, Tyshawn Sorey, & Ikue Mori
Program:
Charmaine Lee: Laminals III
Sorey & Mori: Improvisational set
8:00 p.m., Issue Project Room, FREE ($10 suggested)

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Jacob Rhodebeck, piano
Program:
Alex Nante’s exquisitely evocative Diario de Abril
8:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

Stefan Jackiw, violinist
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichordist
Program:
Bach: Sonata for Violin and Keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014
Kalabis: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord, Op. 28
C.P.E. Bach: Violin Sonata in B minor
Piston: Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord
8:00 p.m., 92Y, $25

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
8:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116

Darmstadt NYC
Luciano Chessa, pianist
Frances-Mariu Uitti, cellist
Nicholas Isherwood, bass-baritone
Program:
Sylvano Bussotti: Sensitivo per arco solo
Sylvano Bussotti: Isherwood Isherwood
Sylvano Bussotti: Posto in capo from Trieste
Sylvano Bussotti: “Foglio grigio” from Sylvano Sylvano
Sylvano Bussotti: Centoundici tocchi a Stefano. Impromptus Cloirec
Sylvano Bussotti: Variazioni Chessa
Sylvano Bussotti: AUTOTONO (selected pages)
8:00 p.m., Roulette, $18

Chanticleer, men’s vocal ensemble
Program:
“A Chanticleer Christmas”
Music by Hassler, Praetorius, Victoria, Morales, et al.
8:00 p.m., Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, $48

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Ethan Iverson, piano
Program:
Music by Iverson
9:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

Saturday, December 7

Metropolitan Opera
Karen Kamensek, conductor
With Anthony Roth Costanzo, J’Nai Bridges, Dísella Lárusdóttir, and Zachary James
Program:
Glass: Akhnaten
1:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

On Site Opera
American Modern Ensemble
Geoffrey McDonald, conductor
With Devin Zamir Coleman/Benjamin Barham-Wiese, Aundi Marie Moore, Julius Ahn, Daniel Belcher/Joshua Jeremiah, Musa Ngqungwana
Program:
Menotti: Amahl & The Night Visitors
2:00 p.m., Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, $40 ($25 standing)

Free Bargemusic Concert
Program TBA
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (doors 3:45, seating limited), Bargemusic

Columbia University Bach Society
Program:
Bruckner: Two Aequali for 3 trombones
Barber: “Let Down the Bars, O Death” chorus a cappella
Bach: Cantata Ach wie flüchtig ach wie nichtig, BWV 26
Bach: Cantata Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende, BWV 28
Mahler: Finale from Symphony No.3
6:00 p.m., Columbia University, St. Paul’s Chapel, FREE

Semplice Players
Mark Peskanov, violinist
Rita Sloan, pianist
Program:
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (selections)
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
6:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

On Site Opera
American Modern Ensemble
Geoffrey McDonald, conductor
With Devin Zamir Coleman/Benjamin Barham-Wiese, Aundi Marie Moore, Julius Ahn, Daniel Belcher/Joshua Jeremiah, Musa Ngqungwana
Program:
Menotti: Amahl & The Night Visitors
6:00 p.m., Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, $40 ($25 standing)

So Percussion and Friends
Program:
Varèse: Ionisation
Chávez: Largo from Toccata for Percusison Instruments
Beyer: March for 30 Percussion Instruments
Cage: Third Construction
Xenakis: “Peaux” from Pléïades
David Lang: Part 3 from the so-called laws of nature
Steve Reich: Clapping Music
Dan Trueman: “120bpm” from neither Anvil nor Pulley
Julia Wolfe: Forbidden Love
7:30 p.m., Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall

Mannes Opera
Daniela Candillari, conductor
Program:
Britten: The Turn of the Screw
7:30 p.m., Gerald W. Lynch Theater, $25

Tapestry Choir
Christopher Wasko, conductor
Henry Lee, organ
Program:
Durufle: Requiem
8:00 p.m., St. John’s in the Village, $20 with reception)

New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Program:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Steve Reich: Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
8:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carolin Widmann, violinist
Program:
Mozart: Overture from Le nozze di Figaro
Weill: Violin Concerto, Op. 12
Mozart: Serenade for Winds No. 10 in B-flat Major, “Gran Partita”
8:00 p.m., 92Y, $53

Semplice Players
Mark Peskanov, violinist
Rita Sloan, pianist
Program:
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (selections)
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
8:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
8:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116

Metropolitan Opera
Antonello Manacorda, conductor
With Luca Pisaroni, Nadine Sierra, Susanna Phillips, Adam Plachetka, and Gaëlle Arquez
Program:
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
8:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York Repertory Orchestra
David Liebowitz, conductor
Sarah Cambidge, soprano
Kyle van Schoonhoven, tenor
Program:
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Wagner: Siegfried Final Scene
8:00 p.m., Church of St. Mary the Virgin, FREE ($15 suggested)

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Jacob Greenberg, pianist
Program:
Music by Fulmer, Williams, Fujikura, and Chen
8:30 p.m., Spectrum, $15

New York Philharmonic Nightcap
Curated by Steve Reich
Anthony McGill, clarinetist
Liam Byrne, viola da gambaist
Gabriel Cabezas, cellist
Mark Stewart, electric guitarist
Program:
Gabriela Smith: World premiere
Music by Steve Reich and Nico Muhly
10:30 p.m., Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, $40

Sunday, December 8

“Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts”
Rachel Barton Pine, violinist
Matthew Hagle, pianist
Program:
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3
Beach: Romance
Saraste: Carment Fantasy
11:00 a.m., Walter Reade Theater, $25 (SOLD OUT)

Vienna Boys Choir
Program:
“Christmas in Vienna,” traditional Christmas songs
2:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

AYA Piano Trio
Program:
Mozart: Piano Trio in C Major, K. 548
Arensky: Trio No. 1, Op. 32
Ravel: Trio in A minor
2:00 p.m., New School, $16-$18

The Orchestra Now
Leon Botstein, conductor
Program:
Honegger: Symphony No. 1
2:00 p.m., Metropolitan Museum of Art, $30 and up

Leo Chang, cellist
Program:
Paganini: Variations on a Theme from Moses in Egypt
3:00 p.m., 92Y, FREE

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
3:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116

Johnny Gandelsman, violinist
Program:
Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010
Bach: Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Bach: Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
4:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Chanticleer, men’s vocal ensemble
Program:
“A Chanticleer Christmas”
Music by Hassler, Praetorius, Victoria, Morales, et al.
4:00 p.m., Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, $48

Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity
Wen Yang, conductor
Program:
Bach: Schwingt freudig euch empor BWV 36 (1731)
5:00 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, FREE

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Nicole Brancato, piano
Program:
Music by John Cage, Christopher Fox, Henry Cowell, Luciano Berio, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Brancato
5:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

Jennifer Pacual, organ
Program:
Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Cabanilles: Tiento IV (partido de mano derecha sobre ‘Ave maris stella’)
Correa de Arauxo: Tres glosas sobre esto canto llano de la Inmaculada Concepción
Yon: Ave Maria, from ‘Advent: First Religious Suite for Organ’
Naji Hakim: Mariales
Langlais: Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella. from ‘Trois paraphrases grégoriennes’
Alec Rowley: Fantasia on ‘Veni Emmanuel’
Adolphus Hailstork: Toccata on ‘Veni Emmanuel’
Franck: Sortie in D major «Laissez paître vos bêtes» (Venez, divin Messie)
5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, FREE

On Site Opera
American Modern Ensemble
Geoffrey McDonald, conductor
With Devin Zamir Coleman/Benjamin Barham-Wiese, Aundi Marie Moore, Julius Ahn, Daniel Belcher/Joshua Jeremiah, Musa Ngqungwana
Program:
Menotti: Amahl & The Night Visitors
6:00 p.m., Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, $40 ($25 standing)

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Naomi Woo, piano
Program:
Gyorgy Ligeti: Touches Bloquées
Louis D’Heudieres: 4 x 4 = 5
Celeste Oram: toccata & bruise
8:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Jacob Sacks, pianist
Program TBA
9:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

Monday, December 9

Opera Collective: The People’s Opera
Program TBA
7:00 p.m., Ace Hotel, FREE

Juilliard Chamber Orchestra
William Socolof, bass-baritone
Program:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Mozart: Per questa bella mano, K. 612
Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme
7:30 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

Anagram Ensemble
Program:
Federico Garcia De Castro: Themuru (world premiere)
James Ilgenfritz: The Summer Every Truth is Like a Saturday
James Ilgenfritz: I Looked at the Eclipse
8:00 p.m., Roulette, $18

Tuesday, December 10

Salvatore Pronesti, organ (Calabria, Italy)
Program TBA
12:30 p.m., Central Synagogue, FREE

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Program:
Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8
Bach: Trio Sonata in C minor, from Musical Offering BWV 1079
Tartini: Sonata in G minor, “Devil’s Trill”
Farina: Capriccio stravagante
Sammartini: Concerto in F Major for Flute, Strings, and Continuo
Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor, “Winter,” from The Four Seasons
5:00 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

Bridget Kibbey, harpist
Program:
Albéniz: Suite Española No. 1
Bach: Selections from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Gershwin: Selected Preludes
Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Seasons, Op. 37a
6:00 p.m., Miller Theatre, FREE

Elisabeth Eschwe, piano
Program:
“Clara Schumann’s Life and Love”
Music and letters by Clara Schumann
Music by Robert Schumann, Cara Wieck, and Brahms
7:00 p.m., Austrian Cultural Forum, FREE (RSVP)

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Alexandra Saraceno, pianist
Program:
Olivier Messiaen: Préludes (1929)
Olivier Messiaen: La Merle Noir (1952)
A performance in celebration of Messiaen’s 111th birthday, with Jacob Mortensen, flute.
7:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
New York Baroque Incorporated
Jeremy Filsell, conductor
Sherazade Panthaki, soprano
Roger Isaacs, alto
Rufus Müller, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass
Program:
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m., St. Thomas Church, $15 – $95

Columbia University Orchestra
Program:
Mahler: Symphony 9
8:00 p.m., Peter Jay Sharpe Theatre, FREE

Behzod Abduraimov, pianist
Program:
Chopin: Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28
Debussy: Children’s Corner
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
8:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116

Judith Berkson, soprano, pianist
Ordinary Affects, chamber ensemble
Mike Barr, metal guitar
Program:
Music by Judith Berkson and Mike Barr
8:00 p.m., Roulette, $18

Wednesday, December 11

New York Philharmonic
Justin Freer, conductor
Program:
John Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, live score with film
7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Sheku Kanned-Mason, cellist
Ista Kanneh-Mason, pianist
Program:
Beethoven: Twelve Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen,” Op. 66
Lutoslawski: Grave
Barber: Cello Sonata
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor
7:30 p.m., Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall

American Opera Project
loadbang, chamber ensemble
With Hannah Lash and Jeffrey Gavett
Program:
Hannah Lash: The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
7:30 p.m., Crypt at the Church of the Intercession, $25 (tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4444261)

Randall Goosby, violinist
Zhu Wang, pianist
Program:
Tomaso Antonio Vitali: Chaconne in G minor
Debussy: Violin Sonata
William Grant Still: Suite for violin and piano
Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18
7:30 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall

Metropolitan Opera
Antonello Manacorda, conductor
With Luca Pisaroni, Nadine Sierra, Susanna Phillips, Adam Plachetka, and Gaëlle Arquez
Program:
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
8:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116

Thursday, December 12

Midtown Concerts
Jessica Park, violin
Robert Warner, harpsichord
Program:
“Le violon spirituel”
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., The Chapel at St. Bartholomew’s Church, FREE

Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Program:
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2–5
6:30 p.m., Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, FREE

Eybler Quartet
Program:
Pedro Ximénez de Abril Torado: String Quartet, Op. 55
Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 5
7:00 p.m., Americas Society, FREE

Manhattan School of Music Opera
Stefano Sarzani, conductor
Program:
Saverio Mercadante: I due Figaro (the Two Figaros)
7:30 p.m., Niedorff-Karpati Hall, $30

Phoenix Chamber Ensemble
Program”
Rachmaninoff: Trio elegiaque No.2 in D minor, Op.9
Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor, Op.50
7:30 p.m., Center for Jewish History, $15

New York Philharmonic
Justin Freer, conductor
Program:
John Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, live score with film
7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Juilliard String Quartet
Program:
Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 1
Kurtag: 6 Moments Musicaux
Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 131
7:30 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
New York Baroque Incorporated
Jeremy Filsell, conductor
Sherazade Panthaki, soprano
Roger Isaacs, alto
Rufus Müller, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass
Program:
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m., St. Thomas Church, $19 – $95

Lindsay Packer, Alex Nathansan, and Dylan Nelly
Program:
Lindsay Packer: ECHOLOCATION
8:00 p.m., Issue Project Room, FREE ($10 suggested)

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
8:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116

Salon/Sanctuary Concerts
Ensemble Aeneid
“Dreams of Tunis in the Baroque Imagination”
Program:
Music by Cavalli, Couperin, DeVisée, Legrenzi, Montéclair, Purcell, and North African Taksim improvisations
8:00 p.m., Players Club, $35 and up

Friday, December 13

Ursula Oppens, pianist
Program:
Corigliano: Winging It
Ravel: Vales Nobles et Sentimentales
Ravel: La Valse
Nancarrow: Two Canons for Ursula
7:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Metropolitan Opera
Simon Rattle, conductor
With Camilla Nylund, Magdalena Kožená, Günther Groisböck, and Golda Schultz
Program:
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Nada Radulovich, cello
Cullan Bryant, piano
Program:
Beethoven: Sonata in F Major, Op. 5 no. 1
Beethoven: 12 variations on a theme from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”
Haydn: Divertimento: Menuet/ Allegro di molto Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Mozart: Alla Turca, K. 331, transcribed by Cassado
Beethoven: Sonata in A Major, op. 69
7:00 p.m., Nicholas Roerich Museum, FREE (RSVP – Registration begins 12/9)

Manhattan School of Music Opera
Stefano Sarzani, conductor
Program:
Saverio Mercadante: I due Figaro (the Two Figaros)
7:30 p.m., Niedorff-Karpati Hall, $30

New York Philharmonic
Justin Freer, conductor
Program:
John Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, live score with film
7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Program:
Bach: Complete Brandenburg Concertos
7:30 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Jeremy Denk, pianist
Program:
Schubert: Winterreise
7:30 p.m., 92Y, $30 – $63

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Gabriel Zucker, pianist
Program:
Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésu
8:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra of Beijing
Feng Yu, conductor
Qiang Zhang, pipa
Ya Dai, bamboo flute
Linfeng Fan, bamboo flute
Jingli Zhang, marimba
Yang Zheng, sheng
Program:
Guoping Jia Ling Lai (Listen to the Sounds of Nature)
Wenchen Qin: The Cloud River, Concerto for Sheng and Orchestra
Weiya Hao: The Dream of Peony Pavilion, for Bamboo Flute and Orchestra –
Xiaogang Ye: The Backyard of the Village (2019)
Jianping Tang: Cang Cai, for Marimba and Orchestra
Danbu Chen: Sleeve Dagger and Warriors, Pipa Concerto
Ping Chang: Black Light
Wenjing Guo: Chou Kong Shan (“Sorrowful, Desolate Mountain”), for Bamboo Flutes and Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
8:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116

New Amsterdam Singers
Clara Longstreth, conductor
Program:
“A Century of A Cappella Gems”
Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Music by Pärt, Petersson, Sisask, Esenvalds, et al.
8:00 p.m., Broadway Presbyterian Church, $25

Saturday, December 14

Metropolitan Opera
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
With Lise Davidsen, Larissa Diadkova, Igor Golovatenko, and Alexey Markov
Program:
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
1:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York Philharmonic
Justin Freer, conductor
Program:
John Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, live score with film
2:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Free Bargemusic Concert
Program TBA
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (doors 3:45, seating limited), Bargemusic

New Amsterdam Singers
Clara Longstreth, conductor
Program:
“A Century of A Cappella Gems”
Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Music by Pärt, Petersson, Sisask, Esenvalds, et al.
4:00 p.m., Broadway Presbyterian Church, $25

Dmitry Kouzov, cellist
Yulia Fedoseeva, pianist
Program:
Beethoven: Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5
Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
4:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity
Gabriel Crouch, conductor
Program:
(3:45 Pre-Vespers talk by Michael Marissen)
Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62
5:00 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, FREE

Benjamin Sheen, organ
Program TBA
5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, FREE

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Augustus Arnone, pianist
Program:
Brahms: Capriccio in C Major, Opus 76, no.8
Brahms: Ballade in B Minor, Opus 10, no.4
Michael Finnissy: Brahms Lieder (2015, composed for Augustus Arnone)
Donald Martino: Fantasies and Impromptus (1981)
7:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

Cathedral Choir & Orchestra of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, conductor
Program:
“Fantasias and Carols: A Cathedral Christmas”
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Handel: Concerto in G minor, Op. 4, No. 1
Gabrieli: Hodie Christus Natus est a 8; Angelus ad Pastores a 12
7:00 p.m., Cathedral of St. John The Divine, $50 – $75

Manhattan School of Music Opera
Stefano Sarzani, conductor
Program:
Saverio Mercadante: I due Figaro (the Two Figaros)
7:30 p.m., Niedorff-Karpati Hall, $30

Juilliard Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Gabriela Ortiz: Téenek – Invenciones de Territorio
Program:
John Harbison: Viola Concerto
Copland: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m., Alice Tully Hall

Early Music New York
Program:
”Nova, Nova: Christmas Star”
7:30 p.m., First Church of Christ Scientist, $40 – $50

Miller Theater presents Tallis Scholars, vocal ensemble
Peter Phillips, conductor
Program:
Music by Poulenc, Cornysh, Allegri, Tallis, Messiaen, Byrd, Victoria, et al.
8:00 p.m., Church of St. Mary the Virgin, $40 and up

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
8:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116

Canticum Novum Singers
Program:
Music by Machaut, Gibbons, Holst, Britten, Schoenberg. Musgrave, Perle, and Frisch
8:00 p.m., St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, $30

Cecilia Chorus of New York
Mark Shapiro, conductor
Program:
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Metropolitan Opera
Antonello Manacorda, conductor
With Luca Pisaroni, Nadine Sierra, Susanna Phillips, Adam Plachetka, and Gaëlle Arquez
Program:
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
8:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Sunday, December 15

Early Music New York
Program:
”Nova, Nova: Christmas Star”
2:00 p.m., Cathedral of St. John the Divine, $40 – $50 (SOLD OUT)

Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
Program:
Schubert: Winterreise
2:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

New York Philharmonic Brass and Percussion
Philip Smith, trumpeter and conductor
Wycliffe Gordon, trombonist
Program:
”Holiday Brass”
3:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Program:
Brahms: Rhapsodies, Op. 79
Brahms: Fantasies, Op. 116
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Book II), Op. 35
Brahms: Sonata No. 3, Op. 5
3:00 p.m., 92Y, $40 and up

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Kathleen Supové, piano
With guests James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi, and James Moore, banjo
Program:
Randall Woolf: No More Than a Flash of Lightning
3:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

Metropolitan Opera
Lothar Koenigs, conductor
With David Portillio, Joshua Hopkins, Joélle Harvey, and Kathryn Lewek
Program:
Mozart: The Magic Flute
3:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Heartbeat Opera
Daniel Schlosberg, conductor
With Derrell Acon/Daniel Klein, Summer Hassan/Katherine White, Ian Koziara/Casey Candebat, Jana McIntyre/Nicole Haslett
Program:
Weber: Der Freischütz
3:00 p.m., Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, $16-$116

The Orchestra Now
Tan Dun, conductor
Eldbjørg Hemsing, violinist
Viktor Tóth, clarinetist
Program:
Stravinsky: Fireworks
Tan Dun: Violin Concerto: Rhapsody and Fantasia
Debussy: Rhapsody for Clarinet
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
3:00 p.m., Rose Theater/Jazz at Lincoln Center, $25 – $50

Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Program:
”Star of Wonder”
Traditional carols and a Hallelujah chorus
3:00 p.m., Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, $48 and up

Dmitry Kouzov, cellist
Yulia Fedoseeva, pianist
Program:
Beethoven: Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5
Beethoven: Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102
Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102
4:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Hyeyoon Park, violinist
Benjamin Grosvenor, pianist
Program:
Karol Szymanowski: Mythes, Trois poèmes pour violin et piano, Op. 30
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2
Beethoven: Sonata for Vioin and Piano, Op. 47, “Kreutzer”
5:00 p.m., Frick Collection

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Erika Dohi, piano
Program:
Music by Dohi
7:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

Lucy Shelton, soprano
Jeremy Gill, Robert Fleitz, Yoon Lee, and Sophiko Simsive, pianists
Program:
Music by Stravinsky, Cage, Rochberg, Carter, Druckman, Gideon, Crawford, and Kohn
7:00 p.m., National Sawdust

thingNY
Program:
Jessie Marino: The Whale is a Capital Fish
Sam Scranton: Baleen
Paul Pinto: mini_007: Music for a Recession
Jennifer Walshe: Language Ruins Everything
Robert Ashley: Tap Dancing in the Sand
7:30 p.m., Areté Gallery and Venue, $15 advance, $20 door

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Matt Mitchell, piano
Program:
Music by Mitchell
3:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

Monday, December 16

Opera Collective: The People’s Opera
Program TBA
7:00 p.m., Ace Hotel, FREE

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
Hyunah Yu, soprano
Program:
Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock
Strauss: String Sextet from Capriccio
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3, Op. 60
2:00 and 7:00 p.m., Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, $10 – $25

Ureuk Symphony Orchestra
Jiang Jin Yi, conductor
Tian Jiang, pianist
Maryam Raya, pianist
Angela Renee Simpson, soprano
Mary Phillip, alto
Everett Suttle, tenor
Kevin Short, bass
Program:
Brahms: Nänie
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: “Ode To Joy” finale
6:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Tuesday, December 17

Metropolitan Opera
Simon Rattle, conductor
With Camilla Nylund, Magdalena Kožená, Günther Groisböck, and Golda Schultz
Program:
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Reed Tetzloff, piano
Rameau:La Poule, Les Triolets, and Les Sauvages, from Suite in G minor
Brahms: Six Pieces, Op. 118
Beethoven: Six Variations on an original theme in F major, Op. 34
Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 101
7:00 p.m., St. Johns in the Village, $20 (with reception)

New York Philharmonic
Harry Bicket, conductor
Louise Alder, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Joshua Ellicott, tenor
Dashon Burton, baritone
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Program:
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall

JACK Quartet
Program:
Catherine Lamb: divisio spiralis (world premiere)
8:00 p.m., John L. Tischman Auditorium, The New School, FREE (RSVP)

Dalton Chorale
David Shuler, conductor
Program:
Zelenkas: Missa Omnium Sanctorum
8:00 p.m., Church of the Holy Trinity, $25

Wednesday, December 18

ETHEL, string quartet
Program:
Music by Sugar Vendil, Simon Brown, Sarah Goldfeather, Nailah Nombeko, Walter Smith, and Harrison Ponce
7:00 p.m., National Sawdust, $35

New York Philharmonic
Harry Bicket, conductor
Louise Alder, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Joshua Ellicott, tenor
Dashon Burton, baritone
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Program:
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Metropolitan Opera
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
With Lise Davidsen, Larissa Diadkova, Igor Golovatenko, and Alexey Markov
Program:
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York Baroque Incorporated
Richard Egarr, harpsichordist
Program:
“Pop-Up Bach: Dance Suites and Strange Solos”
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 5, 6
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
7:30 p.m., Angel Orensanz Center, FREE (RSVP)

JACK Quartet
Program:
Clara Ianotta: dead wasps in the jam-jar
Lester St. Louis: New work
Tyshawn Sorey: Everything Changes, Nothing Changes
8:00 p.m., John L. Tishman Auditorium, New School, FREE (RSVP)

S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, flute and conductor
Judith Berkson, vocalist
Program:
Ian Davis: Three Movements for Ensemble (world premiere)
Petr Kotik: Tubamirum (world premiere)
Judith Berkson: Partial Memories Part III
Cage: Cheap Imitations
Sean Kiley: ancient cascades
Petr Kotik: Torso (String Quartet No. 2)
8:00 p.m., Paula Cooper Gallery

Thursday, December 19

Midtown Concerts
Vox Fidelis, choir
Program:
Music by Palestrina, Victoria, Praetorius, and Byrd
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., The Chapel at St. Bartholomew’s Church, FREE

The Boys of St. Thomas Choir
Jeremy Filsell, conductor
Sara Cutler, harpist
Program:
“A Ceremony of Carols”
5:30 p.m., St. Thomas Church

Yara Arts Group and Nova Opera
Roman Grygoriv, conductor
With Anna Kirsh, Maryana Holovko, Oleksandra Maillet, Andrey Koshman, Ruslan Kirsh, and Yevgeniy Rakhmanin
Program:
Roman Grygoriv/Illia Razumeiko: Opera GAZ (US Premier)
7:00 p.m., La Mama, $31

Second Annual Modern Piano Festival
Eleonor Sandresky, pianist
Program:
Sandresky: Strange Energies; 8 Etudes for Solo Piano
7:00 p.m., Spectrum, $15

New York Baroque Incorporated
Richard Egarr, harpsichordist
Program:
“Pop-Up Bach: Dance Suites and Strange Solos”
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 5, 6
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
7:30 p.m., BAM – Fishman Space, FREE (RSVP)

Alexander Kobrin, piano
Program:
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7
Schumann: “Waldszenen”, Op. 82
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5
7:30 p.m., Zankel Hall, $35

New York Philharmonic
Harry Bicket, conductor
Louise Alder, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Joshua Ellicott, tenor
Dashon Burton, baritone
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Program:
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall

McGill/McHale Trio
Program:
Chris Rogerson: A Fish Will Rise
Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano
Tyshawn Sorey: For Anton Vishio (world premiere)
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8
Guillaume Connesson: Techno-Parade
Debussy: “Jardins sous la pluie” from Estampes
Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Paul Schoenfield: Sonatina
7:30 p.m., 92Y, $53 and up

Tatjana Vassiljeva, cellist
Anna Gourari, pianist
Program:
Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 47
Bach: TBA
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
Schumann: Adagio und Allegro in A-flat major for Violoncello and Piano, op. 7
Bach: TBA
Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
7:30 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall

Metropolitan Opera
Lothar Koenigs, conductor
With David Portillio, Joshua Hopkins, Joélle Harvey, and Kathryn Lewek
Program:
Mozart: The Magic Flute
7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Brian Giebler, tenor
Adam Lau, bass
Program:
Handel: Messiah
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, conductor
Amanda Woodbury, soprano
Taylor Raven, mezzo-soprano
Jack Swanson, tenor
Chris Kenney, baritone
Bard Festival Chorale
Program:
W.F. Bach: Erzittert und Fallet
J.C.F. Bach: Die Amerikanerin
J.C. Bach: Symphony in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6
C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat
8:00 p.m., Alice Tully Hall, $21 and up

Friday, December 20

New York Philharmonic
Harry Bicket, conductor
Louise Alder, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Joshua Ellicott, tenor
Dashon Burton, baritone
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Program:
Handel: Messiah
2:00 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Semplice Players
Mark Peskanov, violinist
Program:
Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3
Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
7:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Handel + Haydn Society
With Aisslinn Nosky, playing The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “The Gould” Stradivarius violin
Program:
Music by Vivaldi, Charpentier, Biber, Telemann, et al.
7:00 p.m., Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, $75

Yara Arts Group and Nova Opera
Roman Grygoriv, conductor
With Anna Kirsh, Maryana Holovko, Oleksandra Maillet, Andrey Koshman, Ruslan Kirsh, and Yevgeniy Rakhmanin
Program:
Roman Grygoriv/Illia Razumeiko: Opera GAZ (US Premier)
7:00 p.m., La Mama, $31

Metropolitan Opera
Simon Rattle, conductor
With Camilla Nylund, Magdalena Kožená, Günther Groisböck, and Golda Schultz
Program:
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Trinity Wall Street
Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Julian Wachner, conductor
Program:
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Chapel, $25 and up

Saturday, December 21

The Crossing
Program:
Edie Hills: Spectral Spirits
David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
12:30 p.m., Fuentiduena Chapel, The Cloisters (SOLD OUT)

Miller Theatre
Program:
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
1:00 p.m., Miller Theatre, $15 and up

Metropolitan Opera
Lothar Koenigs, conductor
With David Portillio, Joshua Hopkins, Joélle Harvey, and Kathryn Lewek
Program:
Mozart: The Magic Flute
1:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

The Crossing
Program:
Edie Hills: Spectral Spirits
David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
3:30 p.m., Fuentiduena Chapel, The Cloisters (SOLD OUT)

Free Bargemusic Concert
Program TBA
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (doors 3:45, seating limited), Bargemusic

Miller Theatre
Program:
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
4:00 p.m., Miller Theatre, $15 and up

Phill Niblock:  6 Hours of Music and Film
Program:
Music by Phill Niblock, with film
6:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m., Spectrum, $18

Semplice Players
Mark Peskanov, violinist
Program:
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
6:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

New York Philharmonic
Harry Bicket, conductor
Louise Alder, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Joshua Ellicott, tenor
Dashon Burton, baritone
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Program:
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Trinity Wall Street
Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Julian Wachner, conductor
Program:
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m., Trinity Wall Street, $25 and up

Semplice Players
Mark Peskanov, violinist
Program:
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 2
Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
8:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Metropolitan Opera
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
With Lise Davidsen, Larissa Diadkova, Igor Golovatenko, and Alexey Markov
Program:
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
8:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Sunday, December 22

The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Program:
Handel’s Messiah
2:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Semplice Players
Mark Peskanov, violinist
Program:
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Beethoven: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
2:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35
Early Music New York
Program:
”Nova, Nova: Christmas Star”
2:00 p.m., Cathedral of St. John the Divine, $40 – $50

Manhattan School of Music Opera
Stefano Sarzani, conductor
Program:
Saverio Mercadante: I due Figaro (the Two Figaros)
2:30 p.m., Niedorff-Karpati Hall, $30

Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Program:
”Star of Wonder”
Traditional carols and a Hallelujah chorus
3:00 p.m., Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, $48 and up

Trinity Wall Street
Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Julian Wachner, conductor
Program:
Handel: Messiah
3:00 p.m., Trinity Wall Street, $25 and up

Yara Arts Group and Nova Opera
Roman Grygoriv, conductor
With Anna Kirsh, Maryana Holovko, Oleksandra Maillet, Andrey Koshman, Ruslan Kirsh, and Yevgeniy Rakhmanin
Program:
Roman Grygoriv/Illia Razumeiko: Opera GAZ (US Premier)
3:00 p.m., La Mama, $31

Max Zuckerman, guitarist
Program TBA
3:00 p.m., 92Y, FREE

Music Before 1800 presents
Blue Heron, choir
Dark Horse Consort, brass ensemble
Program:
Music by Praetorius: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, and other works
4:00 p.m., Corpus Christ Church, $10 and up

Semplice Players
Mark Peskanov, violinist
Program:
Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3
Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
4:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity
Jeffrey Douma, conductor
With the Paris Choir of Holy Trinity
Program:
Lessons & Carols
5:00 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, FREE

Monday, December 23

Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Program:
Handel’s Messiah
7:30 p.m., Carnegie Hall

“Music from Five Centuries”
Elmira Darvarova, violin
Howard Wall, horn
Program:
Music by Zhen Chen, Sean Hickey, Vassily Lobanov, Jose Serebrier, David Amram, Marais, Bach, Handel, Couperin, Guillemain, Mozart, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Ellington, Clarke, Errollyn Wallen, Duke, Jan Bach, Dante Yenque, Pascal Proust, and Konstantin Soukhovetski
8:00 p.m., Weill Recital Hall, FREE (at box office)

Metropolitan Opera
Simon Rattle, conductor
With Camilla Nylund, Magdalena Kožená, Günther Groisböck, and Golda Schultz
Program:
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
7:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Tuesday, December 24

Steven Beck, pianist
Program:
Bach: Goldberg Variations
7:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Metropolitan Opera
Lothar Koenigs, conductor
With David Portillio, Joshua Hopkins, Joélle Harvey, and Kathryn Lewek
Program:
Mozart: The Magic Flute
7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York String Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, conductor
Nancy Zhou, violinist
Program:
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish”
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Wednesday, December 25

Early Music New York
Program:
”Nova, Nova: Christmas Star”
2:00 p.m., Cathedral of St. John the Divine, $40 – $50

Julian Schwarz, cellist
Marika Bournaki, pianist
Program:
Bach: Arioso from Cantata, BWV 156
Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Keyboard in G Major, BWV 1027
Bach: Prelude from Suite No. 1 for Cello in G Major, BWV 1007
Bach/Siloti: Prelude in B minor for piano, BWV 855a (transcribed from Prelude in E minor)
Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Keyboard in D Major, BWV 1028
Bach: Adagio from Toccata in C Major, BWV 564
Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Keyboard in G minor, BWV 1029
Bach: Ave Maria
3:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

Early Music New York
Program:
”Nova, Nova: Christmas Star”
5:00 p.m., Cathedral of St. John the Divine, $40 – $50

Thursday, December 26

Metropolitan Opera
Lothar Koenigs, conductor
With David Portillio, Joshua Hopkins, Joélle Harvey, and Kathryn Lewek
Program:
Mozart: The Magic Flute
11:00 a.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Friday, December 27

Shiqi Zhong, percussion
Program:
LU WANG: Kind as Water (World Premiere)
JOHN PSATHAS: One Study One Summary
HENG LIU: When the sun goes down (World Premiere)
PER NØRGÅRD: I Ching
Music by Alexej Gerassimez, Santamaría, and Jorge Cardoso
8:00 p.m., Weill Recital Hall, $25 – $50

Katya Grineva, pianist
Program:
Music by Bach, Clara Schumann, Debussy, Schubert, Mozart, Chopin, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, et al.
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

Metropolitan Opera
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
With Peter Mattei, Elza van den Heever, Gerhard Siegel, Tamara Mumford, Christopher Ventris, and Christian Van Horn
Program:
Berg: Wozzeck
8:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Saturday, December 28

Metropolitan Opera
Lothar Koenigs, conductor
With David Portillio, Joshua Hopkins, Joélle Harvey, and Kathryn Lewek
Program:
Mozart: The Magic Flute
1:00 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

Free Bargemusic Concert
Program TBA
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (doors 3:45, seating limited), Bargemusic

Metropolitan Opera
Simon Rattle, conductor
With Camilla Nylund, Magdalena Kožená, Günther Groisböck, and Golda Schultz
Program:
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House

New York String Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, conductor
Shannon Lee, violinist
Program:
Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 10
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
8:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall

ARTEK presents
Gwendoly Toth, conductor
Program:
Monteverdi: Miss in Illo Tempore (1610)
Monteverdi: Gloria a 7
Monteverdi: other works
Gabrieli, et al
8:00 p.m., Church of St. Mary the Virgin, $10 and up

Sunday, December 29

Leonard Sanderman, organ
Program TBA
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., St. Patrick’s Cathedral, FREE

Tuesday, December 31

Semplice Players
Mark Peskanov, violinist
Program:
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins in B minor, RV 580
Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
7:00 p.m., Bargemusic, $35

New York Philharmonic
Alexander Gemignani, conductor
Katrina Lenk, vocalist
Program:
”Celebrating Sondheim”
7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall

Paolo Bordignon, organist
Program:
Music by Johann Strauss, Sr., Bach, Vierne, et al.
Performance followed by champagne reception
11:00 p.m., Saint Bartholomew’s Church, FREE