Classical Concerts Wednesday 8/1 FALLSTAFF Final featival performance chronologically reproduces ...
FALLSTAFF
Final featival performance chronologically reproduces Guiseppe Verdi's operatic output, feat. his interpretation of Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" & "Henry IV"; Central Park SummerStage, 72nd St. (5th Ave.), 212-245-8837; 7:30, free.
MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL
Repeat of last night's opening gala program feat. Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra performing Beethoven as well; Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (64th St.), 212-875-5000; 8, $30-$52.
EVAN ZIPORYN
Composer/clarinetist/saxophonist stars in third annual Hudson Square Summer Festival w/solo performance from new CD "This is Not a Clarinet"; 304 Hudson St. (Spring St.), 212-777-8442; 12 p.m., free.
Thursday 8/2
NEW YORK CHORAL SOCIETY
Pres. "Summer Sings," where masters & amateurs stretch their vocal chords together for Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass & Poulenc's Gloria, conducted by Clara Longstreth; Cami Hall, 165 W. 57th St. (betw. 6 & 7th Aves.), 212-247-3878; 7:30, $10 (call for ticket packages).
MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL
First week of 35th season has Emerson String Quartet performing the tunes of Mednelssohn & Mozart, accompanied by piano, flute & bass; Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (64th St.), 212-875-5000; 8, $22-$42.
VIVE LA FRANCE!
St. Paul's Chapel's concert office & Trinity Church juxtapose French musical tradition & New York summer nights. This week choral group Nordic Voices sings works by Manchicourt, Perotin, D'Indy & Messiaen; Trinity Church, B'way (Wall St.), 212-602-0768; 1, free [through 9/6].
Friday 8/3
MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL
Tonight, Schumann's secular oratorio "Das Paradies und die Peri" & quizically no Mozart; Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (64th St.), 212-875-5000; 8, $22-$42 [repeats Sat.].
SUMMERGARDEN SERIES
MoMa's "Points of Origin: Composers Confront their Traditions" concert series pres. classical pieces from Cuba, Russia, Germany, Azerbaijan, Uruguay & the U.S. feat. the New Juilliard Ensemble; Bryant Park, 6th Ave. (betw. 40th & 42nd Sts.), 212-708-9400; 6, free [repeats Sat.].
Saturday 8/4
THE MOSTLY BAROQUE PLAYERS
W/artistic director David Ole Hartman & countertenor Jeffrey Dooley, who use works by Vivaldi, Richard the Lionhearted, Purcell, Handel, Corelli & Loillet to pres. "The Art of the Countertenor"; Church of St. John's in the Village, 218 W. 11th St. (Waverly Pl.), 212-982-7226; 8, $20, $10 st./s.c.
Sunday 8/5
MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL
In celebration of Italian Baroque music, Fabio Biondi conducts NY debut of Europa Galante; Alice Tully Hall, 1941 B'way (65th St.), 212-875-5000; 5, $40.
SUMMER FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC
Feat. music inspired by the church & returned to its rightful sacred setting, this week: St. Bartholomew's Choir pres. Francis Poulenc's "Messe en Sol Majeur (Mass in G)"; St. Bartholomew's Church, 109 E. 50th St. (Park Ave.), 212-378-0248, www.stbarts.org; 11 a.m., contrib.
SUMMER ORGAN SERIES
Weekly organ recitals sound like the horns you usually hear in Manhattan, but w/more range, led John Peragallo III; Cathedral of St. Patrick, 5th Ave. (betw. 50th & 51st Sts.), 212-753-2261; 4:45, free. [through 9/2].
Monday 8/6
MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL
Begins the second week of its 35th season at Lincoln Center w/"Sacred Music in Germany Before Mozart," feat. pieces by Praetorius, Buxtehude, Schutz & Bach; Alice Tully Hall, 1941 B'way (65th St.), 212-875-5000; 8, $44.
SUMMER SINGS '01
West Village Choral pres. local conductors leading experienced "or adventurous" singers in classical masterpieces. This week, Mendelssohn's "Elijah," feat. Harold Rosenbaum of the New York Virtuoso Singers; Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson St. (Grove St.), 212-570-7301; 7:30, $10, $8 st./s.c.
Tuesday 8/7
JUILLIARD ARTISTS IN CONCERT
Cellist Lousie Dubin performs works by Bach, Cassadó & Carl Vine; Continental Center, 180 Maiden Ln. (Front St.), 212-799-5000 ext.313; 12:30, free.
MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL
Brings Wolfgang back into its program at Lincoln Center, feat. Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra & Christian Zacharias; Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (64th St.), 212-875-5000; 8, $22-$42.
NEW YORK CHORAL SOCIETY
Spoils New York by pres. "Summer Sings," for the second night in one week, w/Nelly Vuksic conducting Handel's "Israel in Egypt"; Cami Hall, 165 W. 57th St. (betw. 6 & 7th Aves.), 212-247-3878; 7:30, $10 (call for ticket packages).
SUMMER SERIES OF ORGAN RECITALS
Watch & listen to second largest instrument in New York City?Aeolian Skinner pipe organ w/over 13000 pipes! This week, Mark Miller performs works by Bach, Messiaen, Johnson & Vierne; Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Dr. (betw. 120th & 121st Sts.), 212-870-6722; 7, $10, $5 st./s.c.