The Naumburg Orchestral Concerts begins season on Tuesday, June 9

 

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein, her string ensemble Baroklyn, and CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) perform

music by J.S Bach and Philip Glass

The world's oldest continuous free outdoor classical concert series continues on June 23

with The Knights performing a program to celebrate America 250

 

 

On Tuesday, June 9 at 7:30 pm, Naumburg Orchestral Concerts kicks off its 2026 season with the GRAMMY®-nominated pianist Simone Dinnerstein, Baroklyn (the string ensemble she founded and directs) and CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) at Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park (mid-park at 72nd St.). The concert is free and will be broadcast live and streamed on WQXR.

 

The program features music by Philip Glass and J.S. Bach - two composers whose music Dinnerstein sees a natural affinity between. The pianist says, “Glass’s music is multi-linear in a way that evokes the music of Bach. It is music on the horizontal, as opposed to the vertical. If anything, it is circular music.”

 

For the concert, Dinnerstein leads the artists from the piano for performances of Glass's "The Hours" and a recomposition by Philip Lasser of Bach’s Air on the G String, and conducts Bach's Cantata No. 9 "Es ist das Heil uns Kommen her" alongside selections from three other cantatas by Bach with Connecticut Choral Artists (CONCORA).

 

The season continues on June 23 with The Knights chamber orchestra performing a program in honor of America's 250th anniversary that features the NY premiere of Lisa Bielawa's Violin Concerto PULSE with Tessa Lark.

 

Concerts at the bandshell continue throughout the summer, every other Tuesday, through August 4. Performers include Delirium Musicum, Orchestra of St. Luke's with mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner, and Nosky's Baroque Band with trumpet soloist Steve Marquardt.

 

 

Tuesday, June 9 at 7:30 pm

 

Baroklyn

Simone Dinnerstein, director and piano

CONCORA Choir

 

at the Naumburg Bandshell on the Concert Ground

Central Park (72nd St, mid-park)

 

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach: Herr Gott, BWV 617

Philip Glass: The Hours

J.S. Bach (continuo realizations by Philip Lasser): Cantata 9, Es ist das Heil uns Kommen her, BWV 9

J.S. Bach: Three Movements from Cantatas 99, 22, & 182

J.S. Bach/Lasser: In the Air

 

WQXR Host: Elliott Forrest

 

Admission is free and reservations are not needed.

Visit naumburgconcerts.org for more information and programs.

 

June 23: The Knights Colin & Eric Jacobsen, artistic directors Tessa Lark, Violin (Walter W. Naumburg Int’l Competition Winner 2012)    Christina Courtin: Rhapsody on being Giant Proof Lisa Bielawa: Violin Concerto No. 2: Pulse Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings Caroline Shaw: The Mountain that Loved a Bird Paul Simon (arr. Colin Jacobsen): American Tune

July 7: Delirium Musicum (NYC debut) Etienne Gara, music director & violinist    Zoltán Kodály: Intermezzo from Háry János Suite* Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre* Gabriella Smith: Cactus-Yucca Scrub from Desert Ecology Erik Satie: Gnossienne N.1* Max Richter: Summer from The Four Seasons Recomposed Philip Glass: Echorus Franz Schubert: Erlkönig* Jessie Montgomery: Banner for Solo String Quartet & String Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons, Op 8 No.4, RV 297   *arranged for Delirium Musicum by Gianluca Bersanetti July 21: Orchestra of St. Luke's Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Brad Lubman, conductor Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano (Walter W. Naumburg Int’l Competition Winner 2021)   All works by W.A. Mozart Divertimento in D major K. 136 Adagio and Fugue in C minor K. 546  Alma grande e nobil core, K.578 Vado, me dove?, K. 583 Voi che sapete from Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 Porgi amor, from Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 Tutte nel cor vi sento, from Idomeneo, K. 366 Symphony No. 21 in A major K. 134 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K. 525 August 4: Nosky’s Baroque Band Aisslinn Nosky, director & violin soloist Steve Marquardt, trumpet soloist   Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Concerto in D (Roger 188)  Arcangelo Corell: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 10 Giuseppe Torelli: Violin Concerto Op. 8, No. 9 in e minor  G. P. Telemann: Burlesque de Quixotte Suite TWV 55:G10 J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto BWV 1052r G. P. Telemann: Concerto TWV 53:D5 for trumpet & strings

 

Since 1905, the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts has continuously presented free, outdoor classical music concerts to New Yorkers of all walks of life. It is the oldest such concert series in the world. Named after founder and philanthropist Elkan Naumburg, who donated the Naumburg Bandshell to New York City in 1923, and inspired by his own ardent love of music, the series seeks to stimulate and encourage new and expanded audiences for classical music in the informal and beautiful setting of Central Park.

 

 

 

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