About the Series
Carnegie Hall is honored to partner with local community organizations to present free concerts that are sensational celebrations of sounds from across the country and around the globe. At a Carnegie Hall Citywide concert, you can revisit your favorite music or try something new, stay in your home borough or journey farther afield. Whatever you choose, you’ll experience everything that makes New York City so vibrant.
Performers
Ensemble Connect is an evolving group of exceptional young professional musicians, called “the new face of classical music for New York” by The New York Times. With virtuosity, versatility, and an irrepressible sense of adventure, they perform a vast repertoire that ranges from historic essentials to lesser-known pieces and brand-new commissions.
Location
Times Square
Broadway Pedestrian Plaza
Between 45th and 46th streets
New York, NY
About The Performance
Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect is an evolving group of exceptional young professional musicians, called “the new face of classical music for New York” by The New York Times. With virtuosity, versatility, and an irrepressible sense of adventure, they perform a vast repertoire that ranges from historic essentials to lesser-known pieces and brand-new commissions.
Program
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide (transcr. Don Stewart)
RODGERS “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music (arr. Kenneth Abeling)
PAQUITO D’RIVERA Selections from Aires Tropicales
BIZET Intermezzo from Carmen Suite No. 1 (arr. Anjali Shinde and Matthew Maroon)
RAVEL Prelude and Rigadon from Le tombeau de Couperin (arr. Mason Jones)
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
JOBIM “The Girl from Ipanema” (arr. Kenneth Abeling)
SHORTER Terra Incognita
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja
For more information, please visit the event website.
Image: Ensemble Connect / photo by Fadi Kheir