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Classical and Contemporary Music

New Yorkers have a voracious appetite for music. Live are now up and running at
concerts by the world’s most celebrated musical performers Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose
may be enjoyed at well-known halls throughout the year, Theater. Lower-priced quality
and younger, newer artists, and exotic imports always find perfor mances are staged by
the up-and-coming singers
receptive audiences. at the Village Light Opera
Group, the Kaye Playhouse
Tickets
ranging from gospel to at Hunter College, and the
Find out what you can choose Gershwin, classical to ethnic. students at Juilliard Opera
from in New York by checking The beautiful Grace Rainey in Lincoln Center.
out the listings on the websites Rogers Auditorium in the
of NYC & Co., The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Contemporary Music
Times, Village Voice, Time Out is used for chamber music
New York, and The New Yorker. and soloists, while the well- New York is one of the most
equipped Florence Gould important places in the world
Hall, at the Alliance Française, for contemporary music.
Classical Music presents a varied program of Exotic, ethnic, and experi-
The orchestra in residence at chamber music, orchestral mental music is played in
David Geffen Hall in Lincoln pieces, concerts, and even many first-rate venues. The
Center (see p208) is the New classic French films. Brooklyn Academy of Music
York Philharmonic. It is also The Juilliard School of Music (BAM) is the standard-bearer
the annual site for the popu lar and the Mannes College of of the avant-garde. Each
“Mostly Mozart” series and Music are both considered autumn the Academy holds
Young People’s Concerts. Alice excellent. Their students and a festival of music and dance
Tully Hall, in Lincoln Center, is faculties give free recitals, and called “Next Wave,” which
an acoustic gem and home to there are shows by leading has helped launch many
the Chamber Music Society. orchestras, chamber music music careers.
One of the world’s premier groups, and opera companies. An annual festival of serious
concert halls is the revamped The Manhattan School of modern music called “Bang
Carnegie Hall (see p144). Music offers an excellent on a Can” is performed at
Upstairs in the Weill Recital Hall program of over 400 events the New York Society for
there are quality perfor mances per year, from classical to jazz. Ethical Culture and features
for reasonable prices. At 9:45am on the Thursdays works by Steve Reich, Pierre
The Brooklyn Academy of of the New York Philharmonic Boulez, and John Cage.
Music (BAM) (see p231) hosts concerts, the evening show Experimentalists, such as
numerous classical and avant- is rehearsed at the David Italian musician Alessandro
garde concerts.. Classical Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center. Sciarroni and Brooklyn-based
music, dance, opera, jazz, and Audiences are often admitted performer Okwui Okpokwasili,
world music all find an audi- to listen, and rehearsal tickets feature at New York Live Arts.
ence at the New Jersey Perfor- are available at low prices. The Other venues include the
ming Arts Center in Newark. Kosciuszko Foundation hosts Asia Society (see p183), with
The Merkin Concert Hall the annual Chopin Competi- its jewel of a theater for many
is host to some top chamber tion. Corpus Christi Church visiting Asian performers, and
ensembles and soloists. For has an active concert schedule, St. Peter’s Church.
really excellent acoustics, go presenting such groups as the
to the Town Hall. The Kaufmann Tallis Scholars. Backstage Tours
Concert Hall at 92nd Street Y
also offers a lively menu of Opera Behind-the-scenes tours are
music and dance. There’s also offered by Lincoln Center
the Frick Collection and Dominating the city’s operatic and Carnegie Hall.
Symphony Space, both of scene is Lincoln Center (see
which offer a varied program pp208–9), home to the New Religious Music
York City Opera, and the
Metropolitan Opera House, Few experiences are more
Classical Radio which has its own opera moving than an Easter
New York has three FM radio company. The Met is the concert in the vast
stations that broadcast jewel in the crown, offering Cathedral of St. John the
classical music: WQXR at top international performers. Divine (see pp220–21).
96.3, the National Public More accessible and dynamic Seasonal music is also
Radio station WNYC at 93.9, is the New York City Opera. offered at many of the city’s
and WKCR 89.9. Although the company went museums and in almost
bankrupt in 2013, their shows every other available

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