DANCE INSTALLATION to INAUGURATE 2014 SEASON at BASILICA HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – A collaboration between world-renowned choreographer Jonah Bokaer and visual artist Anthony McCall, kicks off the 2014 performance season at Basilica Hudson on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, at 7:30pm. Eclipse is a multidisciplinary performance that integrates choreography, light, visual design, and an audio-visual time score to arrive at altered ways of viewing a performance.
William Bond Walker, City 1953
EXHIBIT FEATURES PAINTERS INFLUENCED by NEW YORK SCHOOL
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Works by three artists who painted during the Abstract Expressionist movement in New York City in the 1960s — Lionel Gilbert, Judith Lindbloom, and William Bond Walker – are included in Under the Influence (of the New York School) at Carrie Haddad Gallery on Warren Street on display now through June 1, 2014. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, April 26, from 6 to 8pm.
Omar Sosa AfroCubano Quartet
PIANIST OMAR SOSA to BRING NEW CUBAN JAZZ QUARTET to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Club Helsinki Hudson will take on the aspect of the Buena Vista Social Club when Afro-Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa launches a new tour with his New AfroCubano Quartet to the nightclub on Friday, April 25, at 9pm. Joining Sosa in the quartet are drummer Ernesto Simpson, bassist Childo Tomas, and saxophonist Leandro Saint-Hill, who also plays flute.
RECENT PAINTINGS by YURA ADAMS on DISPLAY at JOHN DAVIS GALLERY
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – A solo exhibition of paintings by Athens, N.Y.-based artist Yura Adams goes on display at John Davis Gallery on Thursday, April 24, and will remain hung through May 19. There will be a reception for the artist on Saturday, April 26, from 6 to 8pm.
VERDI’S REQUIEM to GET FULL ORCHESTRATION at BARD COLLEGE
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental work Messa da Requiem will get the complete treatment it deserves when it is performed by a full orchestra and a chorus of more than 100 in the Fisher Center at Bard College on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26, at 8pm. The program is conducted by Leon Botstein, music director, with James Bagwell, chorus master, and features members of the American Symphony Orchestra, Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, Longy Conservatory Orchestra and the Longy Chorale, Bard College Chamber Singers, and Bard Festival Chorale, with Jennifer Check, soprano; Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano; Brian Cheney, tenor; and Wayne Tigges, baritone.
Erin Keefe
GYPSY and HUNGARIAN-FLAVORED WORKS by LISZT, BRAHMS, and BARTÓK at the MAHAIWE
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Works by Liszt, Brahms, and Bartók will be featured in “MAGYAR!”, a program of Hungarian- and Gypsy-influenced music, at the Mahaiwe on Sunday, April 27, at 3pm, as part of the Close Encounters With Music series of chamber concerts. Musicians include Roma performer Cosmo Gorcsi, on cimbalom – a hammered dulcimer that is the national folk instrument of Hungary – and the concert will also include traditional folk music.
Armen Donelian (photo Stephen Donelian)
ARMEN DONELIAN TRIO to CELEBRATE NEW RECORDING at CASTLE STREET CAFÉ
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Armen Donelian Trio will play music from its brand-new, critically acclaimed recording, Sayat-Nova: Songs of My Ancestors (Sunnyside Records) in a record release concert at Castle Street Café on Sunday, April 27, at 4pm. Joining pianist Donelian are bassist David Clark and drummer George Schuller.