Past Performances
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Double Entendre On the Town
With soprano Ilana Davidson, music of J.S. Bach, Stephanie Berg, Pamela Sklar, Ralph Vaughn Williams and more... |
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A Childs Christmas in Wales
Our annual performance of the classic Dylan Thomas story. Musical selections of classical pieces along with traditional songs of the season are interwoven throughout the classic tale. With soprano Ilana Davidson, cellist Jing Li, narrator Joan Lunoe with other guest artists. |
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Time Stands Still: Love's Seasons
Travel back in time for a whirlwind of Elizabethan poetry with music of Purcell & Dowland. With soprano Ilana Davidson, guitarist Daniel Lippel, cellist Jing Li and narrator Joan Lunoe. |
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Suite Ride
Five Boroughs Music Festival joins forces with the brand new Early Music Festival: NYC and ClassicalCafé to present A Suite Ride Through NYC featuring cellist Paul Dwyer, who will put the “tour” in “tour de force” as he plays all 6 Bach Cello Suites across all five of the city’s boroughs – in one day! |
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Summertime
Trio concert featuring soprano Ilana Davidson, guitarist Daniel Lippel and cellist Jing Li. This ensemble premiered the very first foray into classical performances at An Beal Bocht Café in Riverdale, New York. Two years have gone by since that concert and numerous moving and exhilarating performances have ensued. Please join us for the reuniting of Davidson, Lippel and Li for a delightful summer program! |
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Two Cellists Walk Into A Pub ...
Cellists Jing Li and Rafael Popper-Keizer in a duo cello concert performed works of Bach, Barrière, Bartók and more! |
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Wörter mit Freunden: An 1820s Serenade
Soprano and 5BMF veteran Nell Snaidas, guitarist Daniel Swenberg and violinist Krista Bennion Feeney will be joined by baritone and 5BMF artistic director Jesse Blumberg for a Liederabend of Schubert and his contemporaries. |
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Holiday Gala
Singers from the Metropolitan Opera, Instrumentalists from Boston and New York join together for a magical holiday concert. With selections of Bach's magnificent Christmas Oratorio and a Messiah Sing-Along. |
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Two Practical Cats
Eric Lamb, Jing Li, Daniel Lippel and special guest Joan Lunoe perform music by Bach, Britten, Beethoven & Searle's "Two Practical Cats" based on the poetry of T.S. Eliot. |
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Word Song
Four different and original song settings by composers: Howard Frazin, Adam Jacob Simon, Tom Schnauber, and Donald St. Pierre based on the poem by Thomas Lovell Beddoes, “How Many Times Do I Love Thee, Dear?” |
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Bach: Goldberg Variations
A performance of the brilliant string trio version transcribed by Dmitry Sitkovetsky, with violinist Asmira Woodward-Page, violist Robert Meyer, and cellist Jing Li. |
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What I Did For Love
Sopranos, Jacqueline Shoda-Iwasaki and Alison Davy present a special evening concert gala featuring songs and arias from beloved operas about ... Love! ❦ |
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With Strings Attached
Cello and Guitar Duo, Jing Li & Daniel Lippel play a stunning program of Bach, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla and more! |