Summer 2019
3 Mondays ~ 7:30 PM
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Concert Venue:
Christ and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Air-Conditioned ~ Handicap Accessible
120 West 69th Street (east of Broadway)
New York, NY 10023
Christ and St. Stephen’s was formed by a consolidation, in 1975, of 2 Episcopal congregations: Christ Church, organized in 1793, and St. Stephen’s, founded in 1805. In 1897 St. Stephen’s purchased the present church that had been built in 1876 as the suburban chapel of the Church of Transfiguation (“The Little Church Around the Corner”). William H. Day designed the picturesque church with its low roofline and small tower. Architect J. D. Fouquet remodeled the church at the time of acquisition. In May 2004, a portion of the ceiling collapsed, revealing evidence of the stenciling that once decorated the original walls, inspiring the church vestry to commit to a complete restoration of the interior.
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Listen to a live recording of the Jupiter Symphony
Chamber Players from September 23, 2013
Recorded by Joseph Patrych
Roman Rabinovich piano
Xiao-Dong Wang violin
Mihai Marica cello
Antonín DVORÁK Piano Trio No. 1 in Bb Major Op. 21
i. Allegro molto
ii. Adagio molto e mesto
iii. Allegretto scherzando
iv. Finale
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Jupiter in the News
“the performers were top notch”
“The homey church where these concerts take place, nestled on West 66th Street in the shadow of Lincoln Center, is an intimate and acoustically vibrant place for chamber music.”
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times more...
Strad Magazine
“A finely forthright, fluent and expressive account of Haydn's Divertimento in E-flat major opened this programme of miscellaneous chamber music in a series known for adventurous programming.”
Dennis Rooney, Strad Magazine more...
ConcertoNet
“Mr.
Nygaard’s cadenza flowed down Mozart lanes and paths, each with
beautiful backgrounds. And at the very end, Mr. Nygaard brought forth
that martial major theme, like an unexpected gift.”
Harry Rolnick, ConcertoNet more...
“...the group’s efforts proved illuminating ...Brown played a
lovely, subtly virtuosic cadenza for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 by
Jens Nygaard, the ensemble’s founder, who died in 2001, but whose
fascination with rarities continues to drive its programming”
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times more...
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 Monday, June 10 at 7:30pm
In Mozart’s Time
Christ and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church
120 West 69th Street (east of Broadway)
Danbi Um violin
Eunae Koh violin
Dov Scheindlin viola
Zoe Martin-Doike viola
Coleman Itzkoff cello
Barry Crawford flute
Vadim Lando clarinet
Karl Kramer horn
HAYDN Divertimento in G Major Op. 5 No. 2
~ the flute quartet’s finesse and charm mask its spurious authorship
Franz Xaver RICHTER String Quartet in C Major Op. 5 No. 1
~ of historical importance for its early development of melodic interest in the lower strings— the viola and cello are given several solo episodes, resulting in a structural balance of the 4 parts, which was remarkably advanced for its time, presaging the Classical period
Antonio ROSETTI Quintet in F Major
~ a tuneful, sophisticated piece for the unusual combination of clarinet, horn, violin, viola, and cello
MOZART String Quintet in G minor K. 516
~ among the greatest of string quintets in a key which he reserved for works of dramatic intensity and deep personal statement
tickets
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 Monday, June 24 at 7:30pm
Sizzling Strings with 4 Crack Violinists
Christ and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church
120 West 69th Street (east of Broadway)
Alina Ming Kobialka violin
Randall Mitsuo Goosby violin
Julian Rhee violin
Abigel Kralik violin
Maurycy Banaszek viola
Ren Martin-Doike viola
Oliver Herbert cello
Connor Kim cello
BEETHOVEN String Quintet in F Major Op. 17
~ originally the Horn Sonata, written for a concert in Vienna on 18 April 1800 and played by Giovanni Punto, the most famous horn virtuoso of the day, with Beethoven at the piano
SCHUBERT Rondo in A Major D. 438
~ a concerto of sorts for solo violin and string quartet, with elegant memorable themes and a rambunctious finale
Louis SPOHR Double Quartet No. 1 in D minor Op. 65
~ a quaint genre of 2 facing string quartets, as scarce as hen’s teeth, allowing for alternating thematic material, thus creating a dialog and greater use of tonal coloration
MENDELSSOHN String Octet in Eb Major Op. 20
~ one of the miracles of 19th-century music, the sublime masterpiece was written at age 16
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 Monday, July 15 at 7:30pm
Marie Antoinette’s Court
Christ and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church
120 West 69th Street (east of Broadway)
Stefan Milenkovich violin
Zsche Chuang Rimbo Wong viola
Christine Lamprea cello
Johann Adolph HASSE Sinfonia in G minor
~ for string quartet & double bass, magnificent Baroque stunner
by one of her teachers, who later dedicated a book to her
Christoph Willibald GLÜCK Trio Sonata No. 2 in G minor
~ stately sonata for 2 violins and continuo by Marie Antoinette’s teacher, whose music she loved and whose works she promoted in France
HAYDN Sympyony No. 85 “La Reine”
~ Marie Antoinette declared it her favorite Symphony before it was named after her ~ in Haydn’s arrangement for string quartet, virtually forgotten in this version
Le Chevalier de SAINT-GEORGES String Quartet in C Op. 1 No. 1
~ written around 1770 by Marie Antoinette’s violin teacher and music director, with whom she was close
Giovanni Battista VIOTTI Duetto a un violino solo WV23
~ a workout for one violinist doing the work of two by Marie Antoinette’s personal violinist and accompanist
MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik K. 525
~ pure and elegant masterpiece—a miniature symphony for 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass
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Jupiter featured on Our Net News
American program opener on March 18, with grateful thanks to Michael Shaffer of OurNetNews.com for recording the matinee concert, and making available the Horatio Parker Suite video for our viewing pleasure.
Horatio Parker Suite in A Major, Op. 35, composed in 1893
Prelude
Stephen Beus piano
Stefan Milenkovich violin
David Requiro cello
More video from this performance can be viewed on our video
page
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Jupiter on YouTube
featured in a short documentary on artist Michael McNamara
NEW YORK CANVAS : The Art of Michael McNamara is a video
portrait of the artist who has painted iconic images of New York City
for more than a decade, capturing the changing urban landscape of his
adopted city. Our Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players provide the music
from Brahms’s Piano Quartet in G Minor, underscoring the inspiration
the artist has drawn from Jens Nygaard and the musicians. Michael was
also our Jupiter volunteer from 2002 to 2010.
Here is a video of the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players performance of
the Rondo alla Zingarese movement:
The producer-director, Martin Spinelli, also made the EMMY
Award-winning “Life On Jupiter: The Story of Jens
Nygaard, Musician.”
For more information, visit our video
page
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 The
New York Sun Review
by Adam Baer
--The Jupiters Play On--
“Some great musicians get a statue when they pass
away. Some get their name imprinted on the roof of a well-known concert
hall. But the late conductor Jens Nygaard has a living tribute: an entire
ensemble of musicians and a concert series to go along with it...
It is one of the city’s cultural jewels...
In the end, if Mr.
Nygaard was known for anything, it was unmitigated verve. That’s what the
audience regularly returned for, and that’s what they got Monday
afternoon. To have a grassroots community of musicians continue to
celebrate Mr. Nygaard with indomitable performances like these week after
week, even without the power of world-famous guest soloists, is proper
tribute. And with more large orchestras and ensembles needing more
corporate sponsorship year after year, I, for one, hope the Jupiter’s
individual subscriber-base remains strong.
New York’s musical
life needs the spirit of Jens Nygaard, and Mei Ying should be proud she’s
keeping it alive.”
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