Fellow citizens…

Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 3pm

Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Helen-Jean Arthur, speaker

Bernstein Overture to Candide
Copland Lincoln Portrait
Beethoven Symphony No. 8

“Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.”

The GVO opens its 2022–23 season with a celebration of the words of Abraham Lincoln and three timeless masterworks from the classical repertoire.

Founding Member of the GVO and acclaimed New York actor Helen-Jean Arthur takes the stage as speaker in Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, a work that resonates with ever increasing significance in our “stormy present”. Copland’s soaring melodies and open harmonies along with Leonard Bernstein’s piquant musical language helped define the 20th century’s classical sound. We open with one of Bernstein’s most popular pieces, the sparkling overture to Voltaire’s satire, Candide. Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony was written at the pinnacle of his career, and its moments of levity and creativity are both tributes to his teacher Joseph Haydn and prescient nods to the future of the art form.

Subversion & Hope

Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Michael Rusinek, clarinet
• Nancy Goeres, bassoon

Leshnoff Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

The GVO opens its November concert with the New York premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon, originally scheduled for spring 2020 and co-commissioned by the GVO, finally brings Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Bassoon Nancy Goeres and Principal Clarinet Michael Rusinek to our stage. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony embodies the conflict imposed on the composer under the oppressive Soviet regime of the 1930’s; his subversive message of humanity and hope shines through even the darkest passages.

Let’s Dance!

Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Eric Mahl, conductor
• Ashton Turner, piano

Join the GVO for our annual family concert! This year, we are delighted to bring back a concert for kids of all ages, featuring music by Rossini, Beethoven, Moncayo and more. Wear your dancing shoes — you’ll be encouraged to get up and move around to familiar tunes from The Nutcracker and more!

Kids 14 and under get in free.

Arias & Spirituals

Sun, Feb 5, 2023 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Eric Mahl, conductor
• Mark S. Doss, bass-baritone

The GVO is joined by Grammy Award-winning operatic bass-baritone Mark S. Doss, who makes his Lincoln Center debut in April in a concert celebrating the legacy of Paul Robeson. In addition to orchestral favorites from the operatic repertoire, Doss lends his rich voice to famous arias from Carmen, Samson et Dalila, Rigoletto, and Wagner’s Ring Cycle. We close the program with classic African-American spirituals.

Romanza

Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Eric Mahl, conductor*
• Beth Levin, piano

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet*
Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

The GVO presents “Romanza”, which takes its name from the middle movement of Mozart’s stormy Piano Concerto No. 20, with New York’s own Beth Levin as soloist. Associate Conductor Eric Mahl leads the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s tragic and tumultuous Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet. The program concludes with Enescu’s ecstatic celebration, the Romanian Rhapsody No. 1.

Season Finale

Sun, May 7, 2023 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Xiao Wang, violin

Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms Symphony No. 2

Prize winning violinist Xiao Wang will appear with us as soloist in Paganini’s First Violin Concerto. And we finish up our season with one of Barbara Yahr’s favorite works, Brahms’ eloquent and expressive Second Symphony.

Chamber Music Concert

Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 2pm

Balance Arts Center

Join us again for our annual chamber music concert! Our musicians will be presenting chamber works from a variety of composers including Franck, Brahms, Beethoven and Schubert.

Open Orchestra

Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 12:30pm

All Saints Church

Due to expected rain, our Sunday afternoon concert in Prospect Park has been cancelled. However, we will still make music this weekend! Join us for an “Open Rehearsal” of our concert music.

The program will include Rossini’s sparkling overture to The Barber of Seville, movements from Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and Mozart’s Third Horn Concerto, and some John Williams favorites.

Gratitude

Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• John-Henry Crawford, cello

Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Montgomery Strum
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Beethoven Symphony No. 5

The GVO makes its triumphant return to live performance with a concert featuring works by Beethoven, Montgomery, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. The concert opens with the celebratory Academic Festival Overture by Brahms, followed by Jessie Montgomery’s enthralling Strum for string orchestra. Rising star John-Henry Crawford joins the orchestra for the virtuosic Variations on a Rococo Theme by Tchaikovsky. The program concludes on a high note with Beethoven’s beloved Symphony No. 5 in C minor.

Home

Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

PLEASE SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GVO BOARD

Coleridge-Taylor Overture to The Song of Hiawatha
Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Lowry/Copland At the River
Scheer American Anthem
Copland Lincoln Portrait
Dvořák Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

With our December program, we both celebrate our return to the neighborhood and pay tribute to all those we lost, and who suffered through the ordeal which began in New York, in March of 2020. Antonin Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony is a perennial and poignant favorite and has special meaning as we perform it just two blocks from the composer’s New York home. Founding Member of the GVO and acclaimed New York actor Helen-Jean Arthur takes the stage as narrator in Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, another work with newfound significance in this time. “Brownstone Baritone” Peter Kendall Clark, whose “stoop performances” last summer brought him national attention, joins us for the occasion, which opens with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s luscious Hiawatha overture.

Overture to The Song of Hiawatha by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor presented under license from G. Schirmer Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright owners.

Reflection

Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

PLEASE SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GVO BOARD

Mazzoli These worlds in us
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
Price Symphony No. 4

The last 18 months invited much introspection and reflection, and our February program grew out of that orchestra-wide conversation and self-examination. American composer Florence Price was celebrated in her time, but her works fell into relative obscurity after her death. As her compositions enjoy a glorious renaissance, the GVO brings to life her effervescent and thrilling Symphony No. 4. Eminent New York pianist Beth Levin joins the orchestra for W. A. Mozart’s intense and restless Piano Concerto in D minor (K. 466) in a program that opens with Missy Mazzoli’s meditative tribute to her war-veteran father, These Worlds In Us, written in 2006 when the composer was only 26.

Symphony No. 4 by Florence Price and These Worlds In Us by Missy Mazzoli presented under license from G. Schirmer Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright owners.

Energy

Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Ariel Horowitz, violin

Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

With the arrival of spring, the energy of renewal and regeneration is in the air. The program opens with Prokofiev’s folk-like and rhapsodic Overture on Hebrew Themes. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 is expansive in scope, a work full of conflict between powerful fanfares and hauntingly beautiful melodies, which finds resolution in a finale of limitless possibility and triumph.

Hope

Sun, May 8, 2022 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Eric Mahl, conductor*
• Brandon Patrick George, flute

Coleridge-Taylor Overture to The Song of Hiawatha*
Griffes Poem for Flute and Orchestra
C.P.E. Bach Concerto for Flute in A major
Sibelius Symphony No. 2

Our season finale looks ahead with the kind of hope and optimism born of struggle. Associate Conductor Eric Mahl leads with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s luscious Hiawatha overture. Flutist Brandon Patrick George, celebrated soloist and member of the Imani Winds, performs two works, spanning two centuries, highlighting the extraordinary range of the instrument. The program concludes with Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2, a transcendent piece radiating resilience, strength, and survival.

Overture to The Song of Hiawatha by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Poem by Charles Griffes presented under license from G. Schirmer Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright owners.

Kammermusikfest

Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 7:30pm

Tenri Cultural Institute

Join us for an evening of chamber music featuring members of the Greenwich Village Orchestra!

Come hear works by Schumann, Brahms, Borodin, Onslow, and more, performed by groups of our talented musicians. Following the formal program, our musicians will play impromptu readings of chamber music — just the way it was meant to be heard.

This performance is provided to the community by the GVO and admission is FREE. Please invite your friends and join us for a very special evening.

Prospect Park Pops

Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 5pm

Prospect Park Concert Grove Pavilion

Join the GVO at the Prospect Park Concert Grove Pavilion for a fun summer pops concert featuring music by Johann Strauss, William Grant Still, Felix Mendelssohn, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, John Williams and more!

An Evening with Raehann Bryce-Davis

Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 7:30pm

YouTube

We were thrilled to have the extraordinary mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as our guest on Sunday, October 25th, 2020. Raehann has garnered prestigious awards and praise in the press for her performances on both the opera and concert stage. GVO Music Director Barbara Yahr led a conversation about everything from opera in the time of COVID, how she prepares for her roles, and the challenges faced by opera singers of color. And, of course, there were many opportunities to hear Raehann sing!

Greenwich Virtual Orchestra

Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 3pm

YouTube

Walker Lyric for Strings

We dedicate George Walker’s moving Lyric for Strings to all those who have struggled, suffered, and lost their lives due to the many terrible challenges of 2020. We honor their memory with this music of sorrow, loss and hope.

An Evening with the Horszowski Trio

Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 7:30pm

Zoom — sign-up for link

Join us on Sunday, November 15th, when we have a chance to virtually sit down and talk with the members of the Horszowski Trio, Jesse Mills, Ole Akahoshi and Rieko Aizawa, about the recent change in their group’s personnel and their lives as performers in 2020. We will get to hear some performances by this extraordinary trio along with their thoughts on classical music in these challenging and complicated times.

GVO in Prospect Park

Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 5pm

Prospect Park Concert Grove Pavilion

After a tumultuous and long year, your Greenwich Village Orchestra is making our return! Mark your calendars now — we’ll take to Prospect Park in Brooklyn for a joyous summer musicale.

Join the GVO and conductor Barbara Yahr for an afternoon of music by Mozart, Beethoven, Walker, and more!

Free and open to the public!

Pastoral Project

Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Wolfgang Schmidt, cello

Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Dvořák Cello Concerto

The Greenwich Village Orchestra’s 33rd season opens with two beloved masterworks. From its first notes, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony sweeps us away to a bucolic countryside, where shepherds dance, storms brew, and sunshine prevails. And Wolfgang Schmidt — “one of the leading cellists of our generation” according to his teacher Rostropovich — returns for Dvořák’s passionate (and NYC-composed!) Cello Concerto

Defying Death

Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Eric Mahl, conductor*
• Christian Zaremba, bass

Prokofiev Selections from The Love for Three Oranges*
Mussorgsky (orch. Denisov) Songs and Dances of Death
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Scheherazade: a woman tells tales of Sinbad, Aladdin, and more to spare her life.
The Love for Three Oranges: a kingdom, a witch, a magician — and three oranges.
Songs and Dances of Death: death is personified, comforting his victims.

The GVO brings to life Rimsky-Korsakov’s rich musical tapestry, Prokofiev’s evocative ballet music, and Mussorgsky’s celebrated song cycle with rising international opera star Christian Zaremba.

Holiday Concert

Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 3pm

All Saints Church

Bring the whole family to our ever-popular holiday concert! We’ll be joined by teenage violinist Ben Lerman and students from the Third Street Music School Settlement, and our principal flute Simon Dratfield will step to the front for a solo. It’ll be another delightful show!

FREE ENTRY FOR CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER!

Chamber Music Concert

Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 7:30pm

Tenri Cultural Institute

Join our musicians in a more intimate setting as our popular series of chamber concerts continues. This, the first of our two concerts this season, will include string quartets by Arensky, Borodin, Dvořák and Shaw, as well as music by Maslanka, Rolla and Shostakovich.

Classic Romantics

Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Eric Mahl, conductor*

Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute*
Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite*
Sibelius Symphony No. 5

“God, what beauty!” wrote Sibelius in his diary about the sight that inspired his Fifth Symphony’s “swan theme”. More Romantic than Modern, Sibelius followed in the footsteps of Stravinsky, who also looked back to an earlier time — to the Classical period. Mozart, one of the icons of that era, opens the program.

Virtual Concert 1

Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 3pm

YouTube

Since we cannot perform for you in-person, we are putting on a virtual concert on YouTube.

This program includes a video from Astrith Baltsan sharing her unique way of understanding Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Berlioz’s March to the Scaffold alongside Filmelodic’s Last Night’s Symphonie, and our October 2019 performance of Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony, No. 6.

Virtual Concert 2

Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 3pm

YouTube

We’re continuing our series of online concerts with a second event on YouTube.

This program starts with our Beethoven 7 flash mob on New York City’s High Line, and then the complete video of our 2017 performance of Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 — an uplifting work for these difficult times.

Virtual Chamber Music Concert

Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 3pm

YouTube

In place of what would have been our second chamber concert of the season, we’re showing excerpts from the first concert on YouTube.

This program includes music by David Maslanka, Caroline Shaw, Anton Arensky and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Masters of Lyricism

Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Rebecca Farley, soprano

Barber Overture to The School for Scandal
Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Schubert Symphony No. 9, “The Great”

The Overture to The School for Scandal showcases the orchestra’s prowess. Soprano Rebecca Farley brings to life Barber’s evocative setting of James Agee’s poem capturing a child’s summer in 1915 Tennessee. The orchestra sings in Schubert’s Ninth Symphony, “The Great”.

Concerti Per Tutti

Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Itamar Zorman, violin
• Michael Katz, cello
• Liza Stepanova, piano

Beethoven Triple Concerto in C major
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

In this ensemble-focused program, the Lysander Piano Trio shines in Beethoven’s lyrical Triple Concerto. The orchestra itself becomes the soloist in Bartók’s animated and poignant Concerto for Orchestra.

All in the Family

Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 3pm

All Saints Church

The GVO’s annual Family Concert returns with a fifty-minute program, including Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals. The concert is designed to delight children and adults alike.

FREE ENTRY FOR CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER!

Eastern Romance

Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Ming-Feng Hsin, violin

Dvoř︎ák Romance
Glazunov Concerto for Violin
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3

Violinist Ming-Feng Hsin, a longtime member of the MET Orchestra, leads the GVO in Dvoř︎ák’s moving Romance and plays the elegant solo in Glazunov’s Violin Concerto. The concert concludes with Rachmaninoff’s rhapsodic Third Symphony.

Chamber Music Concert

Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 7:30pm

Tenri Cultural Institute

Musicians of the orchestra break out into small groups for evenings of chamber music at the Tenri Cultural Institute.

The program will include movements from Brahms Sextet No. 1, Schubert Rosamunde Quartet, Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5, and works by Mozart, Vivaldi, Rossini, Villa-Lobos and Chadwick.

Orchestral Brilliance

Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Eric Mahl, conductor*
• George Curran, bass trombone

Debussy Nocturnes*
Brubeck Prague Concerto
Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

The GVO explores the full range of what a modern orchestra can be. Eric Mahl leads Debussy’s impressionistic Nocturnes, then New York Philharmonic bass trombonist George Curran joins the orchestra as soloist in Chris Brubeck’s Prague Concerto. The concert closes with Richard Strauss’s lush, romantic Suite from Der Rosenkavalier.

The Earth in Context

Sun, May 19, 2019 at 3pm

All Saints Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Phil Parsons, trumpet
• Jason Smoller, English Horn

Copland Quiet City
Holst The Planets

The season finale explores visions of our shared cosmos. Copland’s Quiet City, featuring Principal Trumpet Phil Parsons and English Hornist Jason Smoller, reflects the inner life. Holst’s The Planets captures the universal.

Quilt, A Musical Celebration

Fri–Sun, Jun 21–23, 2019

Judson Memorial Church

The GVO is excited to be taking part in Quilt, A Musical Celebration, a unique and affecting work that celebrates and remembers both those who died from AIDS and those who have survived or been left behind. Based on true stories from friends and loved ones who were left behind, the musical is a living history for a new generation.

Pairing professional and amateur artists from around the country, Quilt is a celebration of the people, the tears, the memories, and even the laughter and love, surrounding the deadliest plague in American history. Join our coalition of activists, artists and community advocacy organizations, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, honor our past, and band together to do good for people living with HIV/AIDS throughout NYC and around the world.

Read more at quiltmusical.org, and purchase tickets for the four performances:

• Friday, June 21 at 8pm
• Saturday, June 22 at 2pm
• Saturday, June 22 at 8pm (with VIP cocktail party)
• Sunday, June 23 at 4pm

Heroic Classics

Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 7:30pm

Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Tosca Opdam, violin

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

The Greenwich Village Orchestra dives into its 31st season with Berlioz’s colorful, lyrical Roman Carnival Overture, followed by the lush romance of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto featuring Tosca Opdam. The concert concludes with Beethoven’s iconic “Eroica” Symphony, written with Napoleon in mind and dedicated to “the memory of a great man”.

Resistance

Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 7:30pm

Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Andrew Pak, violin
• Gerard Gordon, timpani

Rachmaninoff Vocalise
Daugherty Raise the Roof
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

Members of the GVO take center stage in this thrilling concert of grand orchestral repertoire. Rachmaninoff’s poignant Vocalise features Concertmaster Andrew Pak in the soaring solo role, and Principal Timpanist Gerard Gordon takes the spotlight for Michael Daugherty’s booming Raise the Roof. The full orchestra shines in Shostakovich’s defiant and uplifting Symphony No. 10.

Among Friends

Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 3pm

Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, Third Street Music School

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Eric Mahl, assistant conductor
• Helen-Jean Arthur, narrator

The GVO’s popular Annual Family Concert returns, this year featuring Prokofiev’s classic children’s story Peter and the Wolf, narrated by the GVO’s own Helen-Jean Arthur, with a special appearance by the Actionplay chorus.

Tickets for this concert are $10 per person (including children).

Chamber Music Concert 1

Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 7:30pm

Tenri Cultural Institute

The first of two chamber music concerts this season featuring members of the orchestra in a more intimate setting, with works by Brahms, Shostakovich, Debussy, Hindemith, Piazzolla, and Schubert.

Orchestral Fanfare

Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 2:30pm

Church of the Incarnation

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Matthew Lewis, organ
• George Vosburgh, trumpet

Poulenc Organ Concerto
Hummel Trumpet Concerto
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, “Organ Symphony”

The GVO returns to the beautiful 19th-century Church of the Incarnation for a program celebrating the church’s grand acoustics and architecture. Organist Matthew Lewis plays the impressive Aeolian-Skinner organ in Poulenc and Saint-Saëns, and former Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Principal Trumpet George Vosburgh performs Hummel’s virtuosic Trumpet Concerto.

Requiem Aeternam

Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 2:30pm

Church of the Incarnation

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Rebecca Farley, soprano
• Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
• Jonathan Tetelman, tenor
• Christian Zaremba, bass

Verdi Requiem

The GVO joins forces with St. George’s Choral Society (Matthew Lewis, artistic director and conductor) for Verdi’s epic Requiem.

Chamber Music Concert 2

Sat, May 12, 2018 at 7:30pm

Tenri Cultural Institute

Enjoy the second evening with chamber groups from the orchestra.

From the New World

Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Adele Anthony, violin

All-Dvořák program:
 — Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1
 — Violin Concerto
 — Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

Join us as as we open our 30th anniversary season with music by our former neighbor, Dvořák. We start with a fond farewell to summer with a bucolic Slavonic Dance, welcome back violinist Adele Anthony and her “undeniably sweet tone” (The Dallas Morning News) for the lyrical, dramatic Violin Concerto, and finish with the ever-popular “New World” Symphony, performed as part of the New York Philharmonic’s The New World Initiative, a citywide celebration of the Philharmonic’s 175th anniversary centered around Dvořák’s symphony and its theme of “home”.

Russian Romantics

Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Imri Talgam, piano

Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet (selections from Suites 1 & 2)
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

With the passionate balcony scene, the masked ball, and a dramatic duel, Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet Suites captures Shakespeare’s immortal tale of star-crossed lovers. Rachmaninoff’s lush Second Piano Concerto — one of his most popular works, full of beloved melodies — is just as romantic, featuring Imri Talgam, winner of the 11th International Piano Competition of Orléans. Prokofiev’s witty, brass-powered Lieutenant Kijé Suite rounds out the program.

Annual Family Concert

Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

The GVO’s popular annual tradition continues!

Join us for a holiday romp with Bizet’s toreadors, Copland’s cowboys, Brahms’ Hungarians, sleigh rides with Anderson and Prokofiev, and Sarasate’s gypsy violin music with young soloist Ben Lerman.

Actionplay will sing, and music therapy students from the Brooklyn Conservatory will join us on stage in an interactive program suitable for children of all ages.

Free admission for children under 12!

Love from the GVO

Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Jason Smoller, cor anglais
• Gary Dranch, clarinet

Sibelius Swan of Tuonela
R. Strauss Don Juan
Debussy Rhapsody
Ravel Daphnis & Chloé Suite No. 2

Are you a romantic or a rake? From the love story of Daphnis and Chloé to the escapades of Don Juan, Valentine’s Day comes early this year as the GVO shares its love of music with orchestral showpieces featuring two of our own musicians in the solo spotlight.

Beethoven 9!

Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Rachel Rosales, soprano
• Jan Wilson, mezzo-soprano
• John Tiranno, tenor
• Peter Stewart, baritone

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

One of classical music’s most enduring and beloved masterpieces, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is a powerful statement of joy, love, and humanity. Experience this iconic work, the composer’s final symphonic utterance, with the GVO joined by Seraphim (directed by Robert Long), Ars Musica Chorale, Brooklyn Conservatory Chorale, and acclaimed soloists.

Chamber Concert

Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 3pm

Tenri Cultural Institute

Enjoy an intimate afternoon with chamber groups from the Greenwich Village Orchestra.

Strings, winds, brass, piano, and even a singer form a tantalizing variety of combinations in music, ranging from classics by Schubert, to a duet by contemporary composer Caroline Shaw, and finishing up with a jazzy sextet by Martinů.

We look forward to seeing you at the Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, New York.

Broadway Downtown

Sun, May 7, 2017 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Grasan Kingsberry, tenor
• Betsy Struxness, soprano

Our 30th anniversary season finale pays tribute to two other New York City music-loving institutions: Broadway and Tin Pan Alley. Featuring classics by Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Bernstein, Sondheim, and Styne!

Festive Beginnings

Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Edward Arron, cello

Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Elgar Cello Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 7

The GVO kicks off the season with the boisterous Academic Festival Overture by Brahms along with Beethoven’s exhilarating Symphony No. 7. We are delighted to welcome back Edward Arron to play Elgar’s uniquely lyric Cello Concerto.

Journeys

Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Jesse Blumberg, baritone

Verdi Forza del Destino Overture
Mahler Songs of the Wayfarer
Strauss Death and Transfiguration

Baritone Jesse Blumberg sings Mahler’s poignant orchestral songs in a program featuring works by three great composers whose musical journeys explore the transience of life and love.

Annual Family Concert

Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

The holidays wouldn’t be complete without the GVO’s Annual Family Concert! We welcome children and families to an interactive program featuring the talented youngsters of the Actionplay chorus along with masterpieces by Bizet, Beethoven, and Strauss.

Northern Lights

Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Ko-Eun Yi, piano

Sibelius Symphony No. 7
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
Sibelius Finlandia

The GVO celebrates the 150th anniversary of Sibelius’s birth with two seminal works, his Symphony No. 7 and the beloved Finlandia, paired with Grieg’s iconic romantic piano concerto, performed by rising star Ko-Eun Yi.

Spring Forward

Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 2:30pm

Church of the Incarnation, 209 Madison Avenue

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Andrés Cárdenes, violin

Mozart Adagio and Rondo
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5, “The Reformation”

Internationally acclaimed violinist and conductor Andrés Cárdenes brings his multi-faceted talent to works by Mozart and Bruch, then the GVO will take center stage in a performance of Mendelssohn’s stirring “Reformation” Symphony.

Final Metamorphosis

Sun, May 22, 2016 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Eric Mahl, conductor*
• Brandon Ridenour, trumpet

Gershwin Cuban Overture*
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 (transcribed for trumpet)
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien

Hindemith transforms a simple theme by Carl Maria von Weber into a symphonic masterpiece and virtuoso trumpet soloist Brandon Ridenour transforms Mozart’s effervescent flute concerto into a fantastic show piece in the GVO’s season finale.

Friends & Family

Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Itamar Zorman, violin

Beethoven Violin Concerto
Elgar Enigma Variations

Internationally acclaimed soloist Itamar Zorman returns to perform Beethoven’s elegant Violin Concerto. Elgar’s sumptuous musical portrait of his close circle of friends rounds out our season opener.

Musical Mavericks

Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Brook Speltz, cello

Griffes The White Peacock
Schumann Cello Concerto
Sibelius Symphony No. 1

Rising star Brook Speltz plays the Schumann Cello Concerto alongside works by Griffes and Sibelius—romantics with a modern sensibility.

Annual Holiday Concert

Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Benjamin Vokits, tuba
• Helen-Jean Arthur, narrator

Tubby the Tuba and a selection of seasonal classics

The holidays wouldn’t be complete without the GVO’s Annual Family Concert! This year, our own Ben Vokits and Helen Jean Arthur will take the spotlight in Tubby the Tuba. With good music, audience participation and our instrument petting zoo, there’ll be fun for the whole family.

Momentous Mahler

Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor

Mahler Symphony No. 5

From the opening fanfare to the closing chords, through marches, dances and storms, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony will envelop you in an intense musical world filled with humanity, spirituality and emotion. Performed with passion by the GVO in the lush acoustics of Washington Irving Auditorium, this concert should not be missed!

Totally Tchaikovsky

Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Pierre Vallet, guest conductor
• Siwoo Kim, violin

Tchaikovsky Festival Coronation March
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

An all Tchaikovsky program led by our favorite guest conductor from the Metropolitan Opera, Pierre Vallet, and featuring young virtuoso Siwoo Kim in the composer’s beloved Violin Concerto.

Summer in the City

Sun, May 17, 2015 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Naomi O’Connell, mezzo-soprano

Rossini William Tell Overture
Berlioz Les nuits d’été
“Last Night’s Symphonie” a music video with music from Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Gershwin An American in Paris

Summer kicks off with sensational mezzo soprano Naomi O’Connell singing Berlioz’s poignant song cycle Les nuits d’été, orchestral favorites by Gershwin and Rossini, and our first ever music video—watch as Symphonie Fantastique comes alive in New York City!

Beethoven, Saint-Saëns & Franck

Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Raman Ramakrishnan, cello

Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1
Franck Symphony in D minor

Zorman, Tchaikovsky & Brahms

Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Itamar Zorman, violin

Moshe Zorman Galilean Suite
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, fantasy overture
Brahms Violin Concerto

Together in Music Holiday Concert

Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

An interactive concert for families where children can take part in making music with a full symphony orchestra! This year we collaborate with the young musicians from The Miracle Project and the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Center. The GVO’s Gary Dranch will be on hand to play Rossini’s Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra, and everyone can have a go at the Instrument Petting Zoo.

Berlioz, Ravel & Brahms

Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Pierre Vallet, guest conductor
• Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

Berlioz Excerpts from The Damnation of Faust
Ravel Shéhérazade
Brahms Symphony No. 4

Barber & Prokofiev

Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Hye-Jin Kim, violin

Barber Adagio
Barber Violin Concerto
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

¡Tango!

Sun, May 18, 2014 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Adriana Salgado, dancer
• Orlando Reyes, dancer

Copland El Salón México
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Tangos by Piazzolla
Ginastera Estancia, four dances

Smetana, Mendelssohn & Sibelius

Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 3pm

Old Stuyvesant Campus

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Aaron Boyd, violin

Smetana The Moldau
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Sibelius Symphony No. 2

Family Concert: Music can…

Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 3pm

Old Stuyvesant Campus

It can make us want to dance, sing, march in a parade or conduct a symphony orchestra! Music can make us feel excited or quiet—and can even make people howl at the moon!

Join the Greenwich Village Orchestra on a Sunday afternoon and experience what music can do for families with kids of all ages.

Tchaikovsky Extravaganza

Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 3pm

Old Stuyvesant Campus

• Pierre Vallet, guest conductor
• David Heiss, cello

Tchaikovsky:
 — Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
 — Variations on a Rococo Theme
 — Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”

Opera Spectacular

Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 3pm

Old Stuyvesant Campus

• Christine Goerke, dramatic soprano
• Pierre Vallet, guest conductor

Don’t miss Grammy Award-winning dramatic soprano Christine Goerke of the Metropolitan Opera in an extraordinary performance with the GVO! Returning guest conductor Pierre Vallet leads a concert of Wagner’s greatest highlights, with guest appearance by Jesse Blumberg.

Dvořák Festival

Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Na-Young Baek, cello

Dvořák:
 — Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 8
 — Cello Concerto
 — Symphony No. 8

Pictures

Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Pierre Vallet, guest conductor*
• Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Overture*
Elgar Sea Pictures*
Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Annual Family Concert

Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor

An interactive program for the whole family including excerpts from Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, Copland’s Rodeo and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Wagner, Bruch & Beethoven

Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Pierre Vallet, guest conductor
• Hye-Jin Kim, violin

Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Bruch Scottish Fantasy
Beethoven Symphony No. 4

Khachaturian & Brahms

Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Farkhad Khudyev, guest conductor
• Robert Hayden, violin

Khachaturian Sabre Dance
Khachaturian Violin Concerto
Brahms Symphony No. 3

Russian Symphonies

Sun, May 20, 2012 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Yaniv Segal, guest conductor*

Shostakovich Symphony No. 9*
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

Mozart & Tchaikovsky

Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Daniel Liao, bassoon

Mozart Die Zauberflöte Overture
Mozart Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2, “Little Russian”

Bruch & Vaughan Williams

Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Alice Ivy Pemberton, violin

Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
Vaughan Williams “A London Symphony” (Symphony No. 2)

Annual Family Concert

Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor

A fun program for all ages including Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.

All Brahms Concert

Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Jesse Mills, violin
• Raman Ramakrishnan, cello

Brahms:
 — Hungarian Dance No. 1
 — Double Concerto in A minor
 — Symphony No. 2

All American Concert

Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Amanda Nisenson, soprano

Ives Variations on ‘America’
American songbook selections
Hanson Symphony No. 2

Fanfares, Fireworks & Fate

Sun, May 15, 2011 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Warren Wernick, trumpet

Telemann Trumpet Concerto in D major
Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks
Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Chasing Light

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Lisa Kozenko, oboe

Barber Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings
Schwantner Chasing Light…
Dvořák Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

The New York City premiere of Chasing Light… was part of Ford Made in America, a partnership program of the League of American Orchestras and Meet the Composer made possible by the Ford Motor Company Fund.

Annual Family Concert

Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Helen-Jean Arthur, narrator

An enjoyable program for the whole family including Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf.

Glière, Prokofiev & Shostakovich

Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Joe Puglia, violin

Glière Russian Sailors Dance
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

Barber & Mahler

Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Ransom Wilson, guest conductor
• Ava Pine, soprano

Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Mahler Symphony No. 4

Sketches & Stories

Sun, May 23, 2010 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Robin Seletsky, clarinet
• Brian Melick, percussion

Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1
The Well Tempered Klezmier (arr. Seletsky / Marcus)
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Zarzuela

Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:30pm

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Symphony Space

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Rosa D’Imperio, soprano
• Anna Tonna, mezzo-soprano
• Hamid Rodriguez, tenor
• Ricardo Rosa, baritone

Frank Fuertes, narrator

Alonso Curro el de Lora, a zarzuela in two acts

Awakened

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Nitzan Har-oz, trombone

Rossini La Gazza Ladra Overture
Rota Trombone Concerto
Dvořák Symphony No. 6

Spiritual

Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi
• Eric Jacobsen, cello

Spiritual symphonic music from a variety of traditions.

Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture
Lam Her Thousand Year Dance
Bruch Kol Nidrei
Strauss Death and Transfiguration

With special guests Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen, Associate, Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, and Dr. Jon M. Walton, Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church.

Festive

Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor

Our annual family concert, featuring Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals, and the winner of the 4th Annual GVO Young Artists Competition.

Triumphant

Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Yosuke Kawasaki, violin

Brahms Violin Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

Enduring

Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Gary Dranch, clarinet

Sibelius Valse Triste
Hindemith Clarinet Concerto
Nielsen Symphony No. 4

Transcendent

Sun, May 18, 2008 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Jennifer Frautschi, violin

Bach Violin Concerto in E major
Bruckner Symphony No.4, “The Inextinguishable”

Impassioned

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Sheryl Staples, violin

Beethoven Prometheus Overture
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Celebrate

Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 7:30pm

Skirball Hall

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Gerard Gordon, timpani
• Steve Weiser, timpani

Shostakovich Festive Overture
Glass Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
Sibelius Symphony No. 2

Neighbors

Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Warren Wernick, trumpet

Chavez Sinfonia India
Tartini Concerto in D major for Trumpet and Orchestra
Dvořák Symphony No. 7

Brilliant

Sun, Apr 1, 2007 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Raman Ramakrishnan, cello

Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture
Elgar Cello Concerto
Mozart Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

Lustrous

Sun, May 20, 2007 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Itamar Zorman, violin

Stravinsky Pulcinella
Chausson Poème
Ravel Tzigane
Stravinsky Firebird Suite

Showcase

Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor

Concert featuring the winners of the GVO 3rd Annual Young Artists Competition and Ravel’s Bolero.

Subversive

Sun, Oct 2, 2005 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Clancy Newman, cello

Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
Schumann Cello Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No. 6

Heroic

Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Colin Jacobsen, violin

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Bon Voyage

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor

Fasten your seatbelts and let the GVO take you and your family “Around the World of Music” with DeFalla, Tchaikovsky and others. Featuring the GVO 2nd Annual Young Artist Competition Winner.

Gala Benefit

Sun, Feb 5, 2006 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Daryl Nuccio, cello
• Natalia Galebsky, cello
• John Keyes, tenor

A benefit in support of the Performing Arts House.

Beethoven Egmont Overture
Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for 2 Cellos and Orchestra
Ward America The Beautiful, featuring the Washington Irving High School Chorus
Tower, Made in America
Lloyd Webber, Music of the Night from The Phantom of the Opera
Bernstein Three Dance Episodes from On The Town

The GVO collaborates with Washington Irving High School soloists, chorus and dancers in this exciting program featuring the New York Premier of the “Made in America” commission by Joan Tower.

Lyrical

Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Michael Gilbert, guest conductor
• Adele Anthony, violin

Weber Oberon Overture
Barber Violin Concerto
Brahms Symphony No. 4

Monumental

Sun, May 7, 2006 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor
• Carol Yahr, soprano

Wagner Wesendonck Lieder
Mahler Symphony No. 1, “Titan”

Shakespearean

Sun, Jun 4, 2006 at 3pm

Washington Irving Auditorium

• Barbara Yahr, conductor

Music inspired by Shakespeare featuring the works of Mendelssohn, Prokofiev and others.