Oh Muse, Oh Genius of Art from Dante Suite: Saylor :   Play
     
WMP Concert Hall  

31 East 28th Street
New York, NY
7:30pm
212-582-7536

 

Reflections Concert Series:
"
Rendezvous in Paris"
Gil Morgenstern, artistic director and violinist

The second concert of this season's Reflections Series takes us inside the celebrated Parisian salon of famed salonière Winnaretta Singer, heiress to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Music to be performed include many works commissioned by her, dedicated to her or premiered at her salon by Ravel, Fauré, Stravinsky, Debussy, de Falla, Satie and Percy Grainger.  With Donald Berman, piano, and singer TBA. 

November 18, 2010
     
Bass Museum  

2121 Park Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
305.673.7530
3pm

Reflections Concert Series: "A Mid-Day Soirée"
Gil Morgenstern, artistic director and violinist

The opening concert of this season's Reflections Series takes us inside the celebrated Parisian salon of famed salonière Winnaretta Singer, heiress to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Music to be performed include many works commissioned by her, dedicated to her or premiered at her salon by Ravel, Fauré, Stravinsky, Debussy, de Falla, Satie and Percy Grainger.  With Donald Berman, piano, and singer TBA. 
 

November 14, 2010
     
Italy  

Various, TBA

October 24, 2010
to November 6, 2010
     
WMP Concert Hall  

31 East 28th Street
New York, NY
7:30pm
212-582-7536

Reflections Concert Series: "The Voice of the Violin
"
Gil Morgenstern, artistic director and violinist

with special guest:
Laurie Anderson


Gil Morgenstern’s Reflections Series launches its 2010-2011 season with "The Voice of the Violin" featuring distinguished performance artist Laurie Anderson. Violinist and artistic director Gil Morgenstern has crafted an evening of music showcasing the singularly expressive range of the violin. Mr. Morgenstern will perform selections with pianist Jonathan Feldman highlighting the instrument's unique and versatile voice in music by Bach, Ysaÿe, Carter, Bright Sheng, Gershwin, Kreisler and Prokofiev with which Laurie Anderson will narrate works by the iconic Russian poet Anna Akhmatova.

September 16, 2010
     
An Appalachian Summer Festival  

An Appalachian Summer Festival
Boone, NC

Chamber Music Series
Gil Morgenstern, violinist and artistic director

Mozart, Ravel and Brahms

with
Kyu-Young Kim, violin
Dan Panner, viola
Fred Sherry, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
 

July 25, 2010
     
An Appalachian Summer Festival  

Appalachian State University
Boone, NC

Chamber Music Series
Gil Morgenstern, violinist and artistic director

A Musical Mandala:
From Bach to Barkauskas and Back
Bach, Ysaye, Villa-Lobos, Bartók, Brahms, Kurtág, Crumb, Stravinksy

with
Donald Berman, piano

July 14, 2010
     
An Appalachian Summer Festival  

Appalachian State University
Boone, NC

Chamber Music Series
Gil Morgenstern, violinist and artistic director

Turina, Sheng, Bartók and Dvorák

with
Jennifer Koh, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano

July 07, 2010
     
Bass Museum of Art  

2121 Park Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
305.673.7530
7:30pm

Reflections Concert Series
Gil Morgenstern, artistic director and violinist

"Where in the World Are We?"
How do we interpret our place in the universe, and how is our interpretation informed by religion and culture?  This concert will explore these questions through the music of Heinrich Ignaz Biber (Mystery Sonatas), Francis Poulenc (Sonata for Violin and Piano) and Bruce Saylor (Dante Suite).  Text to include prose and poetry of Feredico Garcia Lorca and Dante Alighieri. 

With Obie award-winning actor Bill Camp and pianist Donald Berman.

May 06, 2010
     
Rubin Museum of Art  

150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
212-620-5000
6pm

Reflections Concert Series
Gil Morgenstern, artistic director and violinist
with
Bill Camp, narrator
Donald Berman, piano

"Where in the World Are We?"
How do we interpret our place in the universe, and how is our interpretation informed by religion and culture?  This concert will explore these questions through the music of Heinrich Ignaz Biber (Mystery Sonatas), Francis Poulenc (Sonata for Violin and Piano) and Bruce Saylor (Dante Suite).  Text to include prose and poetry of Feredico Garcia Lorca and Dante Alighieri. 

With Obie award-winning actor Bill Camp and pianist Donald Berman.

April 25, 2010
     
Bass Museum of Art  

2121 Park Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
305.673.7530
7:30pm
 

Reflections Concert Series
Gil Morgenstern, artistic director and violinist
with Donald Berman, piano

"The Stuff Dreams Are Made On"
What role do dreams play in our culture? A reflection on the Rubin Museum's landmark exhibit of Carl Jung's "Red Book"

Music of Georges Enesco, Jean Sibelius and Franz Schubert

Texts by Sylvia Plath

February 24, 2010
     
Rubin Museum of Art  

150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
212-620-5000
6pm

Reflections Concert Series
Gil Morgenstern, artistic director and violinist
with
Elizabeth Marvel, narrator
Donald Berman, piano

"The Stuff Dreams Are Made On"
What role do dreams play in our culture? A reflection on the Rubin Museum's landmark exhibit of Carl Jung's "Red Book"

Music of Georges Enesco, Jean Sibelius and Franz Schubert

Texts by Sylvia Plath

January 24, 2010
     
Joe's Pub  

425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY
7pm
Tickets: $15

Engine Company Records Presents:
Blake Morgan
Melissa Giges

Special guests:
Gil Morgenstern

Jonathan Ellinghaus

more..

January 12, 2010
     
Bass Museum of Art  

2121 Park Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
305.673.7530
7:30pm


Relfections Concert Series
Gil Morgenstern, violinist and artistic director

A Musical Mandala:
From Bach to Barkauskas and Back

with
Donald Berman, piano

November 18, 2009
     
Rubin Museum of Art  

150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
212-620-5000
6pm

Reflections Concert Series
Gil Morgenstern, artistic director and violinist

A Musical Mandala:
From Bach to Barkauskas and Back

with
Donald Berman, piano

October 18, 2009
     
Isle of Capri, Italy: Certosa di Capri  
Changing Keys

Images by: Elma Johnston McKay
Music by: Barkauskas, Ysaye, Harbison, Ravel, Bright Sheng
Text assembled by: Jonathan Levi

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Actress: Milena Vukotic
September 04, 2009
     
An Appalachian Summer Festival  
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Boone, NC

Chamber Music Series
Gil Morgenstern, violinist and artistic director

Haydn, Weber, Villa-Lobos, Brahms

with
Linda Chesis, flute
Frank Almond, violin
Danielle Farina, viola
Darrett Adkins, cello
Shirley Irek, piano
July 20, 2009
     
Westglow Resort and Spa: Private Benefit Concert  
For the benefit of Temple of the High Country
Boone, NC

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Donald Berman, piano

more..

July 16, 2009
     
An Appalachian Summer Festival  
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Boone, NC

Chamber Music Series
Gil Morgenstern, violinist and artistic director

"Changing Keys"
Cage, Beethoven, Schumann, Harbison, Bloch, Gershwin
Keys by Elma Johnston McKay
Text assembled by Jonathan Levi

with
Jay O. Sanders, actor
Donald Berman, piano
July 15, 2009
     
An Appalachian Summer Festival  
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Boone, NC

Chamber Music Series
Gil Morgenstern, violinist and artistic director

"Falling Bodies"
Jonathan Levi, script and direction
Bruce Saylor, music
Gil Morgenstern, music direction and violin


Bill Camp as Galileo Galilei
Elizabeth Marvel as Primo Levi

with
Lauren Weiss, flute
Yousif Sheronick, percussion
July 06, 2009
     
An Appalachian Summer Festival  
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC

Chamber Music Series
Gil Morgenstern, violinist and artistic director

Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn

with
Jennifer Koh, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
July 01, 2009
     
An Appalachian Summer Festival  
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC

Chamber Music Series
Gil Morgenstern, violinist and artistic director

Dvorak, Brahms and Schumann

with
Jennifer Koh, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
June 28, 2009
     
Rubin Museum of Art  
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
212-620-5000
6pm

Reflections: Unspoken Chords
A Spiral Journey Through Art

with special guest
Poet Robin Morgan

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Donald Berman, piano
April 26, 2009
     
The Jewish Museum of Florida  
301 Washington Ave.
Miami Beach, FL
305.672.5044
7:30pm

Reflections: Unspoken Chords
A Spiral Journey Through Art

with special guest

Poet Robin Morgan

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Donald Berman, piano
April 23, 2009
     
Rubin Museum of Art  
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
212-620-5000
6pm

SOLD OUT

Reflections: Falling Bodies

Written and Directed by: Jonathan Levi
Music by: Bruce Saylor
Music direction: Gil Morgenstern

Bill Camp, Galileo
Kathleen McElfresh, Primo Levi
Gil Morgenstern, violin
Lauren Weiss, flute
Yousif Sheronick, percussion
January 11, 2009
     
Jewish Museum of Florida  
301 Washington Ave.
Miami Beach, FL
305.672.5044
7:30pm

Reflections: Falling Bodies

Written and Directed by: Jonathan Levi
Music by: Bruce Saylor
Music direction: Gil Morgenstern

Bill Camp, Galileo
Kathleen McElfresh, Primo Levi
Gil Morgenstern, violin
Lauren Weiss, flute
Yousif Sheronick, percussion
January 08, 2009
     
Rubin Museum of Art  
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
212-620-5000
6pm

Reflections: Changing Keys

Images by: Elma Johnston McKay
Music by: Beethoven, Cage, Harbison, Schumann, Gershwin
Text assembled by: Jonathan Levi

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Donald Berman, piano
November 09, 2008
     
Jewish Museum of Florida  
301 Washington Ave.
Miami Beach, FL
305.672.5044
7:30pm

Reflections: Changing Keys


Images by: Elma Johnston McKay
Music by: Beethoven, Cage, Harbison, Schumann, Gershwin
Text assembled by: Jonathan Levi

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Donald Berman, piano
October 30, 2008
     
Congregation Kol Ami  
8201 High School Road
Elkins Park, PA
215.635.4186
3pm

Reflections: Changing Keys

Images by: Elma Johnston McKay
Music by: Beethoven, Cage, Harbison, Schumann, Gershwin
Text assembled by: Jonathan Levi

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Donald Berman, piano
October 26, 2008
     
Rome, Italy: Istituto Portoghese di Sant?Antonio  
Chiesa di Sant’Antonio dei Portoghese

Beethoven: Sonata in D Major, op.12 n.1
Carter: Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi
Cage: Nocturne
Kreisler: Preludium and Allegro
Britten: Gemini Variations op.73

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Lauren Weiss, flute
Gabriella Morelli and Giancarlo Simonacci, piano
September 09, 2008
through September 15, 2008
     
Isle of Capri, Italy: Certosa di Capri  
Falling Bodies, a new work of music and theatre
Written and Directed by Jonathan Levi
Music by Bruce Saylor

Gil Morgenstern, violin and musical direction
Lauren Weiss, flute
Antonio Caggiano, percussion

Enrica Maria Modugno, Primo Levi
Tony Nardi, Galileo Galilei

In Falling Bodies, Nine Circles Chamber Theatre imagines  a meeting between the 16th century Italian scientist-poet Galileo Galilei and the 20th century Italian poet-scientist Primo Levi.  Dropping balls from the Tower of Pisa, watching soccer on a TV in a bar, listening to a concert in a village café, the two ponder their own searches for truth during lives marked by inquisition and despair, the price one pays for survival, and the restorative power of celery.
September 05, 2008
September 06, 2008
     
Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival  
Crumb, Saint-Saens, Biber and Schubert July 11, 2008
     
An Appalachian Summer Festival  
Chamber Music series
Gil Morgenstern, artistic director
June 28, 2008
through July 21, 2008
     
Rubin Museum of Art  
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
212-620-5000
7pm


Reflections: Chills or Thrills?
How the Brain Plays Music

Purcell: Three-voice Fantasias
Penderecki: String Trio
Beethoven: Trio, Op. 9, No. 1 in G Major

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Marcy Rosen, cello
Dr. Robert Zatorre, neuroscientist
May 21, 2008
     
Temple Israel  
137 N.E. 19th St.
Miami, FL
305.573.5900
7:30pm


Reflections: Chills or Thrills?
How the Brain Plays Music

Purcell: Three-voice Fantasias
Penderecki: String Trio
Beethoven: Trio, Op. 9, No. 1 in G Major

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Marcy Rosen, cello
Dr. Robert Zatorre, neuroscientist
May 15, 2008
     
The Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y  
The Poets' Theatre II: Gilgamesh
92nd St. Y
New York, NY
212.415.5500
8pm


World Premiere:

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa's dramatic adaptation of the Sumerian epic Gilgamesh for actors, solo violin (Gil Morgenstern) and a musical ensemble. Directed by Robert Scanlan whose Nine Circles productions include Dante’s Inferno and Samuel Beckett at 100: Three Plays.
April 28, 2008
     
Benefit Performance  
Gala opening:
Marjorie Deane Little Theater
The West Side YMCA
New York, NY

Ravel Duo with cellist Carter Brey
April 07, 2008
     
Congregation Kol Ami  
8201 High School Road
Elkins Park, PA
215.635.4186
3pm


Reflections: Chills or Thrills?
How the Brain Plays Music

Purcell: Three-voice Fantasias
Penderecki: String Trio
Beethoven: Trio, Op. 9, No. 1 in G Major

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Danielle Farina, viola
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
April 06, 2008
     
Rubin Museum of Art  
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
212-620-5000
7pm


Reflections: Dialogues, Dances and Dualisms
Beethoven: Sonata Op. `1, No. 1, in D Major
Berio: Due Pezzi

Bach: Partita in E Major
Barkauskas: Partita

Part: Fratres
Ravel: Tzigane

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Jonathan Feldman, piano
March 19, 2008
     
Temple Israel  
137 N.E. 19th St.
Miami, FL
305.573.5900
7:30pm


Reflections: Dialogues, Dances and Dualisms
Beethoven: Sonata Op. `1, No. 1, in D Major
Berio: Due Pezzi

Bach: Partita in E Major
Barkauskas: Partita

Part: Fratres
Ravel: Tzigane

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Jonathan Feldman, piano
March 12, 2008
     
Florence, Italy  
SOLO RECITAL:
James Madison University, Villa Capone
8:30pm


Bach: E Major Partita
Barkauskas: Partita
Carter: Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi
Saylor: Dante Suite
February 11, 2008
Through February 15, 2008
     
Rubin Museum of Art  
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
212-620-5000
6pm


SOLD OUT


Special Guest Artist:
Laurie Anderson


Reflections: Impressions of Ravel
Joaquin Turina: Piano Trio No. 2
Arvo Part: Mozart Adagio
Toru Takemitsu: Distance de Fee
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Edward Arron, cello
Jeewon Park, piano
with special guest:
January 13, 2008
     
Temple Israel  
137 N.E. 19th St.
Miami, FL
305.573.5900
7:30pm


Reflections: Impressions of Ravel
Joaquin Turina: Piano Trio No. 2
Arvo Part: Mozart Adagio
Toru Takemitsu: Distance de Fee
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Edward Arron, cello
Jeewon Park, piano
January 09, 2008
     
Congregation Kol Ami  
8201 High School Road
Elkins Park, PA
215.635.4186
3pm

Reflections: Impressions of Ravel
Joaquin Turina: Piano Trio No. 2
Arvo Part: Mozart Adagio
Toru Takemitsu: Distance de Fee
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio

Gil Morgenstern, violin
Edward Arron, cello
Jeewon Park, piano
January 06, 2008
     
Rome, Italy  
Galileo - Primo Levi project workshop
Nine Circles Chamber Theatre
Gil Morgenstern and Jonathan Levi
Artistic Directors


In Galileo/Levi, Nine Circles Chamber Theatre will set Galileo Galilei and Primo Levi on stage with a violinist, percussionist and flutist in a dialogue of words and music, a quintet of actors and musicians.
November 24, 2007
Through December 2, 2007
     
Beckett at 100: Three Plays  
The New College Theatre
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA


Gil Morgenstern, violin
Donald Berman, piano
Robert Schulz, percussion
Alvin Epstein, actor
Mickey Solis, actor

Robert Scanlan, director
Martin Pearlman, composer
November 15, 2007
Through November 18
     
Rubin Museum of Art  
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
212-620-5000
7pm


Reflections: Sacred Landscapes
Bright Sheng: The Stream Flows
Wilde: The Cellist of Sarajevo
Golijov: Tenebrae
Dvorak: American String Quartet


Gil Morgenstern and Arron Boyd, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Yousif Sheronick, percussion
October 31, 2007
     
Temple Israel  
137 N.E. 19th St.
Miami, FL
305.573.5900
7:30pm


Reflections: Sacred Landscapes

Bright Sheng: The Stream Flows
Wilde: The Cellist of Sarajevo
Golijov: Tenebrae
Dvorak: American String Quartet


Gil Morgenstern and Arron Boyd, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Yousif Sheronick, percussion
October 25, 2007
     
Congregation Kol Ami  
8201 High School Road
Elkins Park, PA
215.635.4186
3pm


Reflections: Sacred Landscapes
Bright Sheng: The Stream Flows
Wilde: The Cellist of Sarajevo
Golijov: Tenebrae
Dvorak: American String Quartet


Gil Morgenstern and Arron Boyd, violin
Danielle Farina, viola
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
October 14, 2007
     

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