Ivalas Quartet
Sunday, December 14 at 3pm
139 St. John's Place, Park Slope
What's the hook?
The Ivalas Quartet makes their Concerts on the Slope debut! Reflecting their mission to shine a spotlight on past and present BIPOC composers, they begin the afternoon with Alvin Singleton's Somehow We Can, written in memory of Marian Anderson, before moving onto the next work of Clarice Assad's COTS residency, Cinematheque, where the listener gets to create their own tale to go with a fictional film score. Then, to wrap things up, Mendelssohn's Quartet no 2 in a minor, an iconic piece of the repertoire, juxtaposing sentimentality and turbulence. This is a program with a bit of everything!
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Concert Program
Alvin Singleton, Somehow We Can (15')
Clarice Assad, Cinematheque (7')
Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet no 2 in a minor, op. 13 (33')
Ivalas Quartet
Reuben Kebede, violin
Tiani Butts, violin
Marcus Stevenson, viola
Pedro Sanchez, cello
Larsen-Choi Duo
Sunday, January 11 at 3pm
139 St. John's Place, Park Slope
What's the hook?
Artistic Director Benjamin Larsen makes his highly anticipated annual recital appearance with his wife, pianist Hyungjin Choi, in this varied and virtuosic program. Beginning with Bach's first Gamba Sonata in G Major, they then transport you to the twentieth century, in Bohuslav Martinu's first cello sonata, written for Pierre Fournier. After intermission, a brief, unpublished work by Virgil Thomson, A Portrait of Frederic James, then Mendelssohn's brilliant Cello Sonata no. 2 in D major, to ring in the New Year on an optimistic note. Come listen to what's become one of the most highly attended concerts of the season, and hear what it's all about!
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Concert Program
J.S. Bach, Gamba Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027, (14')
Bohuslav Martinu, Cello Sonata no 1, H.277 (19')
Intermission
Virgil Thomson, A Portrait of Frederic James (2')
Felix Mendelssohn, Cello Sonata no 2 in D Major, op. 58 (25')
Larsen-Choi Duo
Benjamin Larsen, cello
Hyungjin Choi, piano
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.
