Recent Clarion concerts under the direction of Steven Fox:

May 17, 2011 Handel's Judas Maccabeus
Park Avenue Christian Church

Read concert reviews from Seen and Heard and The New York Times.

May 11-17, 2011 Fourth Annual Calrion Collegium Week - Handel
Park Avenue Christian Church

Our outstanding series of master classes in Baroque performance practice expands to two tiers, for College-Professional musicians and Pre-College classes for New York City public school students, with a focus on George Frideric Handel.

February 24, 2011 Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

Presented by Lincoln Center it its Tully Scope Festival, a critically acclaimed performance of the Clarion Choir with Juilliard’s Axiom ensemble.

January 30, 2011 From Ghetto to Palazzo: Vocal Works of Salamone Rossi Hebreo
Temple Emanu-El

An intriguing program of sacred works in Hebrew and secular madrigals in Italian presented by Salon/Sanctuary and GEMS.

November 16, 2010 The Organ Master: J.S. Bach
Allice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

Clarion's Lincoln Center debut. Grammy-winning organist Paul Jacobs performing Bach's monumental Clavier-Übung III, with the Clarion Choir under Steven Fox introducing the movements with the chorales that inspired them. Persented by Lincoln Center in its White Light Festival and broadcast on the celebrated Pipe Dreams radio show.

October 20, 2010 Masked Ball
The Cosmopolitan Club

Clarion’s first gala Masked Ball, with music of Handel and Haydn performed by a virtuoso intrumental sextet and soloists Yulia van Doren, soprano, and Rufus Müller, tenor, as well as a demonstration and instruction in 18th-century court dances.

April 19, 2010 Monteverdi's Vespro Della Beata Vergine
Park Avenue Christian Church

An historically-informed performance of the composer's 1610 Vespro Della Beata Vergine (Vespers of the Holy Virgin), marking its 400th anniversary as one of Western Music's greatest masterworks.

April 13-19, 2010 Third Annual Clarion Collegium Week
Park Avenue Christian Church

Our third annual week of master classes, lectures, and concerts for musicians of college age through young professionals focuses on the music of Claudio Monteverdi.

Nov 16, 2009 Purcell Theater Music and Handel Cantatas and Duets
The Kosciuszko Foundation

Presented on the GEMS and Salon/Sanctuary series, an intimate evening of vocal solos and ensembles accompanied by Clarion’s leading instrumentalists.

Feb 19-22, 2009 Second Annual Clarion-Collegium Week
St.Michael's Church

A comprehensive series of concerts, master classes, and lectures for college-through-young professional musicians, conducted by leading authorities on Italian Baroque music.

Dec 10, 2008 Bach for Christmas
Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Bach cantatas for Christmas and the New Year presented as part of the Miller Theatre of Columbia University’s Bach and the Baroque series. This concert was the highest grossing concert in the series.

Jul 25, 2008 Russian Jewels from the Court of Catherine the Great
Aston Magna Festival at the Daniel Center, Great Barrington, MA
and at Bard College, NY

Music by Baroque music masters of the Russian Court. Featured composers include: Berezovsky, Bortniansky, Fomin, Galuppi, and Sarti.

May 7, 2008 Early Romantic Masters
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

Unknown repertoire, including the recently published English version of Mendelssohn’s Jubilate Deo in an edition by Michael Cooper, as well as Schubert's Mass in G, and Salve Regina, and Donizetti's Ave Maria.

Apr 7, 2008 Golden Anniversary Benefit Concert

World premieres of Mendelssohn’s unpublished chamber works in a private home.

Jan 31, 2008 Eastern Enlightenment II:
Treasures from the Court of Frederick the Great

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

Trio sonata from JS Bach's Musical Offering as well as works of CPE Bach, Franz and Georg Benda, Carl Heinrich Graun, and Frederick the Great.

Nov 10, 2007 Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil
Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

A collaborative performance with the Dartmouth Choir.

Oct 23, 2007 Gemütlichkeit von Salzburg
St. Michael's Church

A concert juxtaposing the works of friends Mozart and his mentor Michael Haydn, including the latter’s Requiem for Archbishop Siegmund, which inspired Mozart’s own Requiem.

May 29, 2007 The Eastern Enlightenment:
Russian Jewels from the Court of Catherine the Great

Weill Recital Hall At Carnegie Hall

Music by Baroque music masters of the Russian Court. Featured composers include: Berezovsky, Bortniansky, Fomin, Galuppi, and Sarti.

Feb 20, 2007 Il Furioso!: 18th-Century Works that Shattered the Walls of 'Style Galant'
The Morgan Library & Museum

An evening of drama and rebellion in the twilight years of the Baroque, with works of FJ Haydn, CPE Bach, and Vivaldi.

Oct 11, 2006 All-Beethoven Program
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

A sampling of Beethoven’s choral, orchestral, and liturgical works, examined through his Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Symphony No. 2 in D and Mass in C.

Jan 19, 2006 GALA REVIVAL: All-Mozart Program
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

In his debut as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Steven Fox conducts a concert displaying four expressions of Mozart’s genius: Masonic: Meistermusik, K. 477 for men’s choir and orchestra; Orchestral: Symphony No. 27 in G Major; Lieder: Per Questa Bella Mano; and Sacred: Mass in C minor.

 


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