From Bach to Busoni, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week.
The Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center presents The Beethoven Effect July 29 and 30. The program, led by Jonathan Heyward, includes two works inspired by Beethoven—Iman Habibi's Jeder Baum spricht and Louise Farrenc's Overture No. 1 in E minor—alongside Beethoven's own Seventh Symphony and Triple Concerto in C major for Violin, Cello, and Piano. The concerto will feature soloists Ruggero Allifranchini on violin, Ilya Finkelshteyn on cello, and Leonora Armellini on Piano.
Conductor Karen Kamensek will take the baton August 1 and 2, leading the orchestra in a program including Jacques Ibert's Divertissement, Britten's Les illuminations, Bizet's Symphony No. 1, and Osvaldo Golijov's Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, with soprano Gabriella Reyes. Both Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center concerts will take place in David Geffen Hall.
The BAAND Together Dance Festival will take place this week, running July 29-August 2. Five New York dance companies—Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem—will perform together on a single program at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theatre. The program will feature works by Robert Garland, Christopher Wheeldon, Lar Lubovitch, Susan Jaffe, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Throughout the week, all five dance companies will also hold free dance workshops in the lobby of David Geffen Hall, no experience necessary.
HAVEN Boxing and Danse Theatre Surreality join forces to present Shadowboxing in Blue, a boxing therapy workshop and performance on August 3, at HAVEN Boxing in Brooklyn. The transdisciplinary project combines dance and boxing, with an aim to "redefine the intersection of art, sports, and self-healing."
Pianist Taka Kigawa plays two concerts at BargeMusic this weekend. August 2, Kigawa will perform Chopin's 24 Preludes, and Beethoven's "Tempest" Sonata. Sunday August 3, Kigawa will perform Schumann's Etudes Symphoniques, and the Bach Chaconne, as transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni.
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