The Gateway Orchestra of the Gateway Classical Music Society will perform Sunday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m., at the Second Congregational Church, 139 E. Putnam Ave. Gateway is a participant in the New York Philharmonic’s New World Initiative in celebration of the Philharmonic’s 175th anniversary. In recognition of the New York Philharmonic’s important contribution to the world for having commissioned and premiered the Dvorak’s New World Symphony during the composer’s stay in America during the late 1800s, Gateway is including the Symphony in all its concerts for the season through the spring of 2017 to help foster the New World Initiative’s goal of having “as many interpretations of the work reach as many ears as possible.” The Gateway Orchestra, conducted by artistic and music director Ida Angland, was invited to be part of the New World Initiative because of its history of performing in New York City for over a decade.
In addition to the New World Symphony, programmed for the Nov. 13 symphonic and operatic evening, will be Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, J. Strauss’ Overture to Die Fledermaus, opera arias and duets, and the Franz Waxman Carmen Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra. Soloists will be violinist Yezu Elizabeth Woo who was featured in the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 for the Gateway Orchestra’s 2015 Tri-State Regional Tour; Soprano Lisbeth Lloyd, who formerly sang with the New York City Opera and is currently Director of the Youth Choirs at the Second Congregational Church, and Baritone Asa Fradkin, founder and director of the Temple Sholom Teen Choir in Greenwich.
For more details about tickets, performances, and artists, please visit gatewayclassical.org or e-mail GCMS@optonline.net
