September 10, 2003

7:00pm
Remembrance Concert for 9/11
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
109 E. 50th St
This free, two-hour event marks the United Nations' official service and features flutist Pandi Haripasad Chaurasia and the Pacific Encore Performances chorus. The latter ensemble will offer such works as Ravel's arrangement of the Kaddish and the traditional "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Admission is free, although reservations are recommended; call St. Bart's Central at 212-378-0222.

7:30pm
Musicians For Harmony: Concert to Commemorate September 11
Merkin Concert Hall
The organization Musicians for Harmony presents a wide-ranging program featuring three string quartets--the Juilliard Quartet, Shanghai Quartet, and members of the Guarneri Quartet--along with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, Iraqi oud player Omar Bashir, and Musique sans Frontières, an ensemble comprised primarily of middle-eastern musicians. Highlights include the Juilliard performing Bartok's String Quartet No. 1 and the Guarneri performing the Brahms Quartet in C minor. Tickets are $50 each ($125 includes a reception); proceeds will be donated to the Institute for Near Eastern & African Studies and Safe Horizon.
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7:30pm
Concert for Peaceful Tomorrows
St. Peter’s Barclay Church
18 Barclay St.
TrueMajority and September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows are sponsoring the Concert for Peaceful Tomorrows, featuring flutist Eugenia Zukerman, soprano Arianna Zukerman, singer-songwriter Natalia Zukerman, pianist Jonathan Biss, violinist Joan Kwuon, cellist Daniel Gaisford and the Amelia Piano Trio. Derrill Bodley, who lost his daughter Deora that day, will perform a tribute to her entitled Steps to Peace. Following the concert, audience members will be invited to join the last leg of a candlelight procession that begins at Union Square Park and ends at the World Trade Center site. Call 212-243-3416 or email garyblsp@aol.com for reservations.

September 11, 2003

1:15pm
Music for the Spirit
Church of St. Francis of Assisi
135 West 31st Street
An 85-member chorus conducted by Gwendolyn Toth and comprised of several choirs from around New York City, plus an orchestra featuring several members from the early music ensemble ARTEK will perform Fauré's Requiem. Free Admission.

6:30pm
Trinity Church
Broadway at Wall Street
The Trinity Choir will commemorate Sept. 11 this year with a special presentation of the oratorio, A Song to David, by William Albright. The special event will also mark the inauguration of the parish's new custom-designed digital organ, which will temporarily replace the pipe organ damaged in the 9/11 attack.
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7:30pm
Grace Church Combined Choirs: Fauré's Requiem
Grace Church
800 Broadway

7:30pm
Music from Ground Zero
Tribeca Blues
16 Warren Street

7:30pm
September 11th: An Evening of Memorial & Renewal
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
The Y presents an evening of readings, music and dance. New York writers Erica Jong and Frank McCourt will read from their work while Dwana Adiaha Smallwood of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform Ailey's solo piece, "Cry." A chamber recital includes selections from Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time" and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A Major, KV 581 with soloist Alexander Fiterstein. For free tickets, call 212-415-5500.

7:30pm
9/11: Makor Remembers
Makor
35 West 67th Street
The Y's West Side sister-venue takes a similar approach, bringing together artists, musicians, writers and performers focusing on the theme of memory. Participants include novelist Melvin Bukiet; playwright Kara Manning; director Barbara Rubin; visual artists Susanna Schwartz, Eli Kaplan, and Sam Zalutsky; musician Lanny Meyers; and poets Raquel Solomon, Stephen Massimilla and Sarah Hannah. For free tickets, call 212-415-5500.

September 12 at 8pm and September 14 at 3pm

New Jersey Symphony
Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Patriot’s Theater – War Memorial, Trenton
Prudential Hall – NJPAC, Newark
The New Jersey Symphony kicks off its 2003-04 season with the New Jersey premiere of Jeffery Cotton’s "Elegy," a poignant, 10-minute string essay composed in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.