Music Director Lutz Rath has
announced the 53rd season of the
Washington Square Music
Festival, beginning July 12th,
2011, that will take place in
the center of the park just
south of the end of Fifth Avenue
on the Main Stage. All concerts
are free. The Festival is under
the auspices of the Washington
Square Association, Inc. Seating
is first come, first served.
Rain space:
St. Joseph’s Church, 371 Sixth
Avenue, New York, NY.
Info: 212-252-3621.
Press Release
Tuesday, July 12: Opera
in the Park: Michael Spierman
conducting Festival Chamber
Orchestra in W.A. Mozart’s The
Impresario with soloists from
The Bronx Opera Company and
Schubert’s Fifth Symphony. This
is The Bronx Opera’s debut
appearance in Washington Square.
Tuesday, July 19: The Joy
of Unfamiliar Music: Festival
Chamber Ensemble with soloists
perform Emmanuel Séjourné’s
Concerto for Marimba and
strings; Luciano Berio’s Opus
Number Zoo, for speaker and wind
quintet; Corrado Maria
Saglietti’s Suite for Alto
Trombone and String Quartet
Tuesday, July 26: Music
Making by the Master: Stanley
Drucker (formerly first clarinet
for the New York Philharmonic
for 30 years) and the Festival
Chamber Ensemble performing W.A.
Mozart’s Quintet for Clarinet
and Strings in A major, K.581;
Astor Piazzolla’s Four for
Tango; Anton Arensky’s String
Quartet op 35 in a minor.
Tuesday, Aug 2: The
Charles Mingus Orchestra Plays
Jazz. Featuring the 10 piece
band performing works by the
late, great Mingus.
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