Camerata Notturna

Camerata Notturna NYC-based Camerata Notturna is a vibrant chamber orchestra comprised of an accomplished and eclectic mix of amateur and professional musicians.

Next Saturday, February 7, escape the cold and ice with some hot-blooded music of revolution and hope! Our opener, Zoltá...
01/29/2026

Next Saturday, February 7, escape the cold and ice with some hot-blooded music of revolution and hope! Our opener, Zoltán Kodály’s 1933 “Dances of Galanta,” 💃🏻🕺🏻 celebrates the swashbuckling music of the Romani people, an ethnic minority who endured brutal persecution by fascist European regimes of the time. Then, we present the U.S. premiere of Judd Greenstein’s “Watershed,” a new vibraphone concerto dedicated to the pro-democracy and anti-fascist movements in the U.S. and abroad. Vibing with us in this venture will be the sensational George Nickson (), principal percussionist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, whose percussive pyrotechnics would make even the Rocket Man proud 🥁🎹🔥 To conclude, we present a vision of hope and renewal in Robert Schumann’s first symphony, “Spring,” which evokes the storms, beauty, and joy of the coming season. ⛈️🌷

Concert starts at 8pm at our usual home of The Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew (W 86th & West End).

Afterwards, channel your inner Sensei Sergio and pound one brewski after another with us (or, if you prefer, sip a French 75) in our exclusive afterparty in the downstairs lounge of The Gin Mill (the NW corner of Amsterdam & W 81st St), starting at 10:30pm 🍻🍸. Don’t worry, we won’t ask you for a greeting code, just a ticket from the link in our bio 🎫🔗



PROGRAM
KODÁLY Dances of Galanta
GREENSTEIN Vibraphone Concerto “Watershed” (2025, US Premiere)
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 “Spring”

MAURICE COHN, conductor
GEORGE NICKSON, vibraphone

Rev your engines, because your Camerata “family” is BACK, this Saturday, Nov. 16, at 8pm at the Church of the Good Sheph...
11/09/2024

Rev your engines, because your Camerata “family” is BACK, this Saturday, Nov. 16, at 8pm at the Church of the Good Shepherd (W 66th between Broadway & Amsterdam).

The festivities begin with a foray into Fauré’s Masques et Bergamasques, a leisurely lap through courtly dances in the Italian style. Then, we put the pedal to the metal for the rest of the night with a dazzling display of flying fingers and bouncing bows, starting with the Theme and Variations by Erich Korngold, a virtuoso showcase for many individual members of the ensemble. We follow up with Tchaikovsky’s beloved Rococo Variations, featuring renowned cellist Clancy Newman and some of the most freaking fast playing you’ll ever see a cellist do. After a brief pit stop, we conclude with Ludwig van Beethoven’s very first symphony, filled with heart-pounding drama, high-velocity hijinks, and a finale that the renowned Beethoven scholar Lewis Lockwood calls “a masterpiece of comedy.”

Get your tickets at the link in our profile 🎫🔗

After the show, come refuel with us at the back room of the nearby Emerald Inn (250 W 72nd St)!

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PROGRAM
FAURÉ Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112
KORNGOLD Theme and Variations, Op. 42
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1, Op. 21

MAURICE COHN, conductor
CLANCY NEWMAN, cello

Today for , we celebrate Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), whose Symphony No. 3 serves as an exciting second half for our con...
03/08/2023

Today for , we celebrate Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), whose Symphony No. 3 serves as an exciting second half for our concert this Saturday, March 11. A lifelong Parisienne who rose to fame as a virtuoso pianist, Farrenc became the Paris Conservatory's first-ever female professor in 1842 and successfully fought for equal pay in 1850 after her Nonet for strings and winds premiered to rave reviews. Her large orchestral works — three symphonies and two overtures — however, were underappreciated at the time, when Parisian audiences preferred opera to symphonic music and women composers were rarely given the opportunities and resources to put on large-scale performances. But Farrenc's music is finally getting the love and attention it deserves with today's orchestras and audiences, and we are lucky to be performing this masterpiece for you this Saturday, under the baton of guest conductor Maury Cohn.

Get your tickets now for That's A-MAURY feat. Maury Cohn & Mak Grgić to see Farrenc's Symphony No. 3, along with Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Rodrigo's "Fantasía para un gentilhombre" with guitar soloist Grammy-nominee Mak Grgić.

Never fear, Tong Chen and Camerata Notturna are here to kick your weekend plans into gear! This Saturday evening, Assemb...
03/01/2022

Never fear, Tong Chen and Camerata Notturna are here to kick your weekend plans into gear! This Saturday evening, Assemble all your friends to Marvel at the glorious ring of legendary soloist Jennifer Frautschi’s violin, and let works by Mendelssohn, Poulenc, and NYC's own Jessie Montgomery transport you to another dimension. Check out our Facebook event The Tong Song (feat. Tong Chen & Jennifer Frautschi) for more info, and get your tickets at http://camerata-notturna.org/tickets?C_CODE=mar22. 🐉🎻

07/23/2021

If you've been sitting Idyll too long without LIVE music, get up and Walker (or run!) on over to St. Paul & St. Andrew tomorrow at 3 PM for Camerata Returna: American Idyll, our first in-person post-pandemic concert featuring George Walker's Lyric for Strings, Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, and Mozart's Symphony No. 33. Get your tickets now at http://camerata-notturna.org/concerts/jul21

By the time George Walker (1922-2018) became the first black recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1996, he had al...
07/22/2021

By the time George Walker (1922-2018) became the first black recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1996, he had already made an indelible mark on American music with over 100 works, including commissions by the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, and The Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1946 — a year after he became the first black graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music — Walker published his first string quartet, whose second movement would later become Lyric for Strings, his most celebrated work played by orchestras around the globe. Come hear Camerata Notturna perform this heart-wrenching American masterpiece this Saturday 7/24 at 3pm at our first post-pandemic concert, Camerata Returna: American Idyll.

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