Where words fail, music speaks.

—Hans Christian Andersen

Welcome to the 2015/16 Concert Season at The Little Church Around the Corner.

Music at Little Church

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Thursday, October 8, 7:30 PMNEW YORK CLASSICAL QUARTET_1Luigi Boccherini—First, Final & In Between

The 1 st of four Thursday evening concerts of classical string quartet repertory opens with surprisingly varied and expressive works of a master who composed the earliest of his 90

string quartets before, and his last quartets after, those of Haydn —from Quartet in C minor, Op. 2, No. 1, in 1761, to Quartet in F, Op. 64, No. 1, in 1804. Piquant, droll, tragic, languid, heroic, and festive describe this irresistible, unjustly neglected music.Judson Griffin and Margaret Ziemnicka, violins Daniel McCarthy, viola, and David Bakamjian, cello

Sunday, October 25, 7:30 PMGATEWAY ORCHESTRA Ida Angland, conductorGreat Works of Art Up Close & Personal_Part 1

Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93 Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1, in A Minor, Op.77Yezu Woo, violin soloist

Thursday, October 29, 8:00 PMGATEWAY ORCHESTRA Ida Angland, conductorGreat Works of Art Up Close & Personal_Part 2

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Major, Op.67 Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.77Richard Lin, violin soloist

Thursday, November 19, 8:00 PMC4: CHORAL COLLECTIVEC4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective exists to enrich artists and audiences alike through passionate advocacy of new

choral works: to perform pieces written within the last 25 years; to premiere in concert and commission new choral works; and to mentor emerging singers, composers, and conductors of today’s choral music. www.c4ensemble.org

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5Friday, December 18, 7:30 PMCHRISTMAS CANDLELIGHT CONCERT*Britten’s Ceremony of Carols and Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl & the Night Visitors

Brittany Fowler, mother Carlos Tapia, amahl Charles Brown, Daniel Neer and Jake Ingbar, the three kings Katie Andrews, harp Transfiguration Choir of Men Boys, Girls Choir, Camerata and Chamber OrchestraTerri Bush, costumes, Richard Olson, director and Claudia Dumschat, conductor

Thursday, January 21, 7:30 PMNEW YORK CLASSICAL QUARTET_2Franz Joseph Haydn—First Master of the Quartet

The 2nd of four Thursday evening concerts of classical string quartet repertory highlights the quartets of Haydn—Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, no. 3, Quartet in C, Op. 33, no.

3 The Bird, Quartet in E flat, Op. 64, no. 6—that form the core of the classical repertoire. Yet many of these masterpieces are seldom heard, though they remain unsurpassed in depth, variety, humor, pathos, and humanity.

Thursday, March 10, 7:30 PMNEW YORK CLASSICAL QUARTET_3Franz Joseph Haydn—Die sieben letzte Wörte

The 3rd Thursday evening concerts of classical string quartet repertory, takes us back to the Cathedral of Cadíz, Spain, for Holy Week 1785. Haydn composed The Seven Last Words of Christ, a work divided into seven sonatas with an opening introduction and a concluding terrifying earthquake. The intimate

medium of the string quartet emphasizes the private response to Christ’s torments, more meditation than literal depiction.

Thursday, April 21, 7:30 PMNEW YORK CLASSICAL QUARTET_4Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—Dedicated to Haydn

This final Thursday evening concert of classical string quartet repertory presents two of Mozart’s six quartets dedicated to Haydn. Quartet in D minor, KV 421 is the only one in a minor key, and rightly a favorite with its air of tragedy, solace, and mystery.

By contrast, Quartet in D, KV 575, the first of his last three quartets, exhibits a striking new concision, a deceptive air of nonchalance belying its taut construction and economical means.Judson Griffin and Margaret Ziemnicka, violins Daniel McCarthy, viola, and David Bakamjian, cello

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TICKETS – Gateway Orchestra, Christmas Candlelight and Spring Concerts: $35 General/$25 Senior/$15 Students

All other Performances: $25 General/$15 Students & SeniorsFor information and reservations, call 212.684.4174.

*An Arnold Schwartz Memorial Concert

Claudia Dumschat, Music Director The Right Rev’d Andrew R. St. John, Rector

The Church of the TransfigurationTHE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER

One East 29th Street, New York City 10016Music Office: 212.684.4174 | www.littlechurch.org

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Friday, May 6, 7:30 PMCLAUDIA DUMSCHAT*Organ Music from the French Romantic Era

Transfiguration’s Music Director pulls out all the stops on the church’s Arnold Schwartz Memorial Organ, a Fisk tracker (op. 92, dedicated 1988) with its extensive 19th-century French Cavaillé-Coll type

swell division, which perfectly suits these emotionally powerful works by Franck, Dubois, Guillmant and Widor

Monday, May 9, 7:30 PMNEW YORK KAMMERMUSICKER Ilonna Pederson, director

Kings & PeasantsThe New York Kammermusiker is a well-known double-reed ensemble founded in 1969 by Ilonna Pederson. Its repertoire ranges from Medieval through Modern music and features

works from the Renaissance and Baroque written for the church, royal courts, common people and everything in between. This concert explores the roles music has played throughout history—from state and church ceremonial use to popular entertainment.

Friday, June 3, 7:30 PMSPRING CONCERT*Masterpieces of the Baroque

Featuring J.S. Bach’s Cantata 29 Wir danken dir Gott, wir danken dir and other works by Bach and VivaldiTransfiguration Choir of Men Boys, Girls Choir, Camerata and Chamber Orchestra with Period InstrumentsClaudia Dumschat, director

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