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Artists from the 92nd Street Y Series
Artists from the 92nd Street Y Series

Music from the 92nd Street Y with Sara Fishko

Special Series on Evening Music Beginning February 2, 2009

Sara Fishko digs into the audio archives of the 92nd Street Y to bring us the greatest live performances from the stage of the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall. Curated and hosted by Fishko, the series combines elements from different concerts over the past few years, designed to highlight a particular theme or performer with the radio listener in mind.

"Music from the 92nd Street Y" airs weeknights during Evening Music from February 2-13, 2009 at 9PM on 93.9FM

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Tokyo String Quartet
Tokyo String Quartet
February 2, 2009
The Y's string quartet-in-residence performs music by Haydn, plus a rarely-heard Septet by German composer Hanns Eisler, drawn from his own music for a Charlie Chaplin film.

Ensemble Wien Berlin
Winds
February 3, 2009 Music for winds by Dvořák, Poulenc and Debussy is performed by an international cast: members of the Ensemble Wien-Berlin, French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, a member of the Nash Ensemble from London, and musicians from the New York Philharmonic.

Steven Isserlis
The Czechs
February 4, 2009 It's a program of music from Central Europe, with Dvořák's Quintet in E-flat, featuring Chamber Music at the Y's artistic director Jaime Laredo, and Martinů's Cello Sonata No. 3, performed by a Y favorite, Steven Isserlis.

Tokyo String Quartet
Tokyo String Quartet, Part Two
February 5, 2009 The Quartet returns for two Viennese masterworks, and pianist Marc-André Hamelin offers some French impressions for contrast.

Sergio and Odair Assad
Dynamic Duos
February 6, 2009 The Assad brothers perform Scarlatti, Perényi and Schiff take up Beethoven's Judas Maccabeus, and pianist Jeremy Denk demonstrates his versatility by pairing up with tenor Paul Groves for Duparc and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman for Brahms.

Richard Stoltzman
The 20th Century
February 9, 2009 The diversity of the last century is on display with music by Debussy, Dallapiccola, Ligeti, and Opperman, performed by several of this music's leading champions: Serkin, Laredo, Stoltzman and others.

Nash Ensemble
Pieces We Know and Love
February 10, 2009 Soloists from the New York Philharmonic and Nash Ensemble perform beloved works, including Ravel's Introduction and Allegro and Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor.

The Jean Sibelius Monument in Helskinki
Pieces We Might Love If We Knew Them Better
February 11, 2009 Discover some new favorites with piano works by Sibelius, Debussy's arrangement for two pianos of Schumann's Six Pieces in Canonic Form, and Pavel Haas's Wind Quintet.

Borodin Quartet
From Russia
February 12, 2009 Prepare for the Y's upcoming Russian Evolutions series this season with music for strings by Stravinsky and Shostakovich, performed by the illustrious Borodin Quartet, plus some Tchaikovsky heard through a Canadian's ears.

Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-André Hamelin
February 13, 2009 Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin in recital, performing Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words," and a fiery group of selections by Franz Liszt.

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