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The 92nd Street Y presents Berta Rojas, guitar, plays Presti, Anido, and more

The 92nd Street Y presents Berta Rojas, guitar, plays Presti, Anido, and more

The 92nd Street Y, one of New York's leading cultural venues, presents Berta Rojas, guitar, playing Presti, Anido, and more on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 8pm ET as part of its fall classical music season, its first fully in-person season since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The concert will also be available via livestream and available for 72 hours from time of broadcast. Tickets for both the in-person and livestream options are $20-$45 and are available at 92y.org/event/berta-rojas-guitar. Berta Rojas follows her dazzling 2019 performance on our stage with a new program created as an homage to an earlier generation of pioneering female guitarists. French guitarist and composer Ida Presti and Argentine guitarist and composer María Luisa Anido were two world-renowned 20th century masters of their instrument. Rojas performs works either composed by them or associated with them by some of the greatest composers for guitar, including Federico Torroba and Gilbert Biberian, as well the New York premiere of an homage to Anido by Sérgio Assad. Rojas brings her virtuosic, elegant and captivating artistry to this unique and engaging program celebrating her passion for the lineage and art of the classical guitar. The program includes: Presti, Ségovia Duarte, Idylle pour Ida, Op. 93 Gilbert Biberian, Prelude No. 1 "Tombeau" Presti, Danse Rythmique Torroba, Sonatina Anido, Preludio Lejania Anido, Aire de Vidalita Anido, Triste No. 1 Anido, El Misachico Sérgio Assad, Anido's Portrait (NY Premiere) Comprising 14 concerts performed in 92Y's historic Kaufmann Concert Hall, the fall season includes two appearances by world-renowned pianist Richard Goode; an all-Rossini program from tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres; the first performance by The Knights as 92Y's inaugural Ensemble in Residence; the 92Y debuts of rising star violinist Randall Goosby, intrepid cellist Seth Parker Woods, and the Grammy Award-nominated Aizuri Quartet; guitarist Ana Vidovic; MacArthur "Genius" Award winner and pianist Jeremy Denk, and others, performing a diverse group of repertoire which includes works of Eleanor Alberga, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Boulogne, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jessie Montgomery, César Franck, Florence Price, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, and more. A full list of performances and dates are listed below. Concerts are for fully vaccinated audiences. For more information, including purchasing tickets and COVID-19 protocols for in-person performances, please visit 92Y.org/Concerts. The Marshall Weinberg Fall 2021 Classical Music Season continues with: JEREMY DENK, piano  Saturday, December 4, 2021, 8 PM  Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I  ANA VIDOVIC, guitar  Sunday, December 5, 2021, 3 PM   Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (trans. Despalj) Sor: Introduction and Variations on a theme by Mozart, Op. 9 Castelnuevo-Tedesco: Capriccio Diabolico, Op. 85 "Omaggio a Paganini" Albéniz: Granada Albéniz: Asturias Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra Barrios: La Catedral Scarlatti: selected sonatas Leo Brouwer: Un Dia de Noviembre Concert also available via livestream and available for 72 hours from time of broadcast.  RANDALL GOOSBY, violin  ZHU WANG, piano   Thu, December 9, 2021, 7:30 PM Mozart: Violin Sonata in B-flat Major, K 454  Price: Fantasy No. 1 in G Minor  Price: Fantasy No. 2 in F-sharp Minor  Price: Adoration   Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major  THE KNIGHTS ERIC JACOBSEN, conductor COLIN JACOBSEN, violin Saturday, December 11, 2021, 8 PM Jessie Montgomery: Records from a Vanishing City Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished" Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Gottschalk: Symphony No. 2 "À Montevideo" Concert also available via livestream and available for 72 hours from time of broadcast.  MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, piano  Sunday, December 12, 2021, 3 PM   C.P.E. Bach: Suite in E Minor, Wq. 6/12   G. Catoire: Quatre Morceaux, Op. 12   Beethoven: Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"   Concert also available via livestream and available for 72 hours from time of broadcast.  CONRAD TAO, piano  Saturday, December 18, 2021, 8 PM   Conrad Tao: Improvisation John Adams: China Gates Jason Eckardt: Antennaria plantaginifolia, "Pussytoes," (from A Compendium of Catskill Native Botanicals, Book 2) J.S. Bach: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 Conrad Tao: Grids of E Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Fred Hersch: Pastorale (Dedicated to Robert Schumann) Conrad Tao: Premiere of KEYED IN  Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110 Concert also available via livestream and available for 72 hours from time of broadcast.   About 92nd Street Y:  The 92nd Street Y (92Y) is a world-class center for the arts and innovation, a convener of ideas, and an incubator for creativity. 92Y offers extensive classes, courses and events online including live concerts, talks and master classes; fitness classes for all ages; 250+ art classes, and parenting workshops for new moms and dads. The 92nd Street Y is transforming the way people share ideas and translate them into action all over the world. All of 92Y's programming is built on a foundation of Jewish values, including the capacity of civil dialogue to change minds; the potential of education and the arts to change lives; and a commitment to welcoming and serving people of all ages, races, religions, and ethnicities. For more information, visit www.92Y.org.

92NY
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08:00 PM - 09:30 PM on Sat, 20 Nov 2021
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