Concerts

2025-2026 Season

Sunday, September 14 at 3 pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Season Opener

Works by Boccherini, Clarice Assad, and Mendelssohn

Stephanie Liu, violin
Isabella Mensz, viola
Benjamin Larsen, cello
Inesa Sinkevych, piano

Luigi Boccherini: String Trio in D Major, G. 98 (13 min)

Clarice Assad: Z Sonata (15 min)

Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet no. 2 in f minor, op. 2 (25 min)

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Sunday, October 5 at 3 pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Songs and Memories

Works by Clarice Assad, Paul Hindemith, and Alexei Haieff

Katherine Lerner Lee, voice
Giancarlo Latta, violin
Stephanie Liu, violin
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Benjamin Larsen, cello
TBA, oboe

Clarice Assad: Synchronous (10 min)

Paul Hindemith:  Die Serenaden (23 min)

Alexei Haieff: String Quartet (16 min)

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Wednesday, October 22 at 7:30 pm
Tribeca, NY

Benefit Gala

Works by Nicky Sohn and Maurice Ravel

Kae Nakano, violin
Benjamin Larsen, cello
Fifi Zhang, piano

Nicky Sohn: For Caio
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio

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Sunday, November 9 at 3 pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Vignettes

Piano Trios by Frederick Rzewski and Felix Mendelssohn

Kae Nakano, violin
Benjamin Larsen, cello
Dan Epstein, piano

Frederick Rzewski: Piano Trio (20 min)

Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, op. 49 (31 min)

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Sunday, December 14 at 3 pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Cinematheque

Works by Clarice Assad and Mendelssohn

Performers TBA

Work TBA
Clarice Assad: Cinematheque (7 min)
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet no 2 in a minor, op. 13 (33 min)

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Sunday, January 11 at 3 pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Larsen-Choi Duo

Works by Bach, Martinu, Virgil Thomson, and Mendelssohn

Benjamin Larsen, cello
Hyungjin Choi, piano

J. S. Bach: Gamba Sonata in G Major BWV 1027 (14 min)
Bohuslav Martinu: Cello Sonata no. 1 H.277 (19 min)

Intermission

Virgil Thomson: A Portrait of Frederic James (2 min)
Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata no. 2 in D Major, op. 58 (25 min)

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Sunday, February 8 at 3 pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Madrigals and Mendelssohn

Works by Martinu, Richard E Wilson, and Mendelssohn

Kae Nakano, violin
Mayuki Fukuhara, violin
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Benjamin Larsen, cello

Martinu Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola (16:00)
Richard E Wilson: Music for Violin and Cello (9:30)
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 1 in E flat Major, op. 12 (24 min)

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Sunday, March 1 at 3 pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Songs of America

Works by Clarice Assad and Felix Mendelssohn

Performers TBA

Henry Purcell/Benjamin Britten: Chacony (6 min)
Clarice Assad: Canções da America (17 min)
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 3 in D Major, op. 44 no. 1 (31 min)

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Sunday, April 12 at 3 pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Sephardic Suite

Works by Clarice Assad and Mendelssohn

Performers TBA

Work TBA
Clarice Assad: Sephardic Suite (18 min)
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 4 in e minor, op. 44 no. 2 (27 min)

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Sunday, May 17 at 3 pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Migrations

Works by Clarice Assad, Mendelssohn, and Carlos Pavan

Performers TBA

Carlos Pavan: Divertimento (5 min)
Clarice Assad: 4 scenes (15)
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 5 in E flat Major, op. 44 no. 3 (32 min)

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Sunday, June 7 at 3 pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Butterflies and Ghosts

Works by Clarice Assad, Mendelssohn, and Mukherjee

Performers TBA

Clarice Assad: Chronicles of Ghosts (11 min)
Tim Mukherjee: ‘So ist mein Herz’ (15 min)
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 6 in f minor, op. 80 (26 min)

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Location

Concerts on the Slope is a monthly concert series performed at:

St. John's Episcopal Church
139 St. John's Place
Brooklyn, New York,  11217

Directions

139 St. John’s Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Subway Directions

Take the Q train to Seventh Avenue Station. Exit on the South side to Flatbush Avenue. Walk a half block to Seventh Avenue, then take a left and walk two short blocks to St. John's Place. Turn right and the Church is on your right.

Take the 2 or 3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Exit on the South Side to St. John’s Place. Walk along St. John's Place one block to Seventh Avenue. Cross the street and the Church is on the right.

Bus Directions

St. John's is also convenient to the Flatbush 41 and the Seventh Avenue 67 and 69 Buses.