REVISIT HIGHLIGHTS FROM PCC's 2024–2025 SEASON!
Thank you for helping make Parlance Chamber Concerts’ 17th season such a resounding success! As we put the finishing touches on our exciting 18th season, we invite you to check back in mid-June for full details about the 2025–26 lineup. You can also stay informed by signing up to receive our e-mail announcements here.
In the meantime, we hope you'll enjoy this 5-minute video highlighting memorable moments from the season that just concluded.
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PAST CONCERTS 2024 – 2025
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 AT 4 PM
CELLOBRATION!
CARTER BREY, CELLO
RAFAEL FIGUEROA, CELLO
EDWARD ARRON, CELLO
ZVI PLESSER, CELLO
JEEWON PARK, PIANO
Parlance Chamber Concerts’s 17th season will begin joyfully on September 29 with a “Cellobration” spotlighting four of today’s leading cellists. Carter Brey, principal of the New York Philharmonic; Rafael Figueroa, principal of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Zvi Plesser, professor at The Juilliard School; and the versatile soloist and chamber musician Edward Arron will join forces in a rich selection of cello solos and ensembles by Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, and others.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2024 AT 4 PM
MODIGLIANI QUARTET
AMAURY COEYTAUX, VIOLIN
LOÏC RIO, VIOLIN
LAURENT MARFAING, VIOLA
FRANÇOIS KIEFFER, CELLO
Founded in 2003, the Paris-based Modigliani Quartet occupies the upper echelon of string quartets. In addition to their annual tours in the United States and in Asia, the quartet’s European tours have inspired acclaim in the major concert halls of London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and Saint Petersburg.
The elite French ensemble will perform a wide-ranging program that will include Joaquín’s Turina’s lushly impressionistic La oración de torero (The Bullfighter’s Prayer), Brahms’s tenderhearted Quartet in B-flat, Op. 67, and Beethoven’s sublime Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2. His student, Carl Czerny, wrote that the second movement “occurred to Beethoven while he was contemplating the starry sky and thinking of the music of the spheres.”
“ A gripping and persuasive performance, played with awesome individual and communal brilliance ” — The Strad (London)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2024 AT 4 PM
PIANIST PAUL LEWIS PLAYS SCHUBERT’S LAST THREE SONATAS
On November 17, the poetic English pianist Paul Lewis will return to PCC's stage. Universally acclaimed for his sovereign Schubert interpretations, Lewis will perform Schubert’s profound final trilogy of sonatas.
“Mr. Lewis’s playing offered warmth and fluidity with no loss of clarity…[he] transported the listener to the world of late Schubert” — The New York Times
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2024 AT 4 PM
THE VIRTUOSO FLUTIST
DENIS BOURIAKOV, FLUTE
A RECITAL FOR FLUTE AND ORCHESTRA
with
MUSICIANS FROM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
MICHAEL PARLOFF, CONDUCTOR
On December 15, the phenomenal Crimean flutist Denis Bouriakov will perform a recital of concertos for flute and orchestra by Mozart, Bach, François Devienne and Saint-Saëns. He will be supported by an ensemble of Musicians from the New York Philharmonic conducted by PCC’s Artistic Director Michael Parloff.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2025 AT 4 PM
THE VIRTUOSO ORGANIST
PAUL JACOBS, ORGAN
On January 19, the Grammy Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs will again grace our stage in a afternoon of towering masterpieces for the King of Instruments by Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, Ives and Liszt. Don’t miss the musician that the Washington Post called “one of the great living virtuosos.
“Paul Jacobs is one of the great living virtuosos.”
— The Washington Post
“… An obliterating performance by one of the major musicians of our time.” - Alex Ross, The New Yorker
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2025 AT 4 PM
THE VIRTUOSO CELLIST
STEVEN ISSERLIS, CELLO
CONNIE SHIH, PIANO
On February 9, the renowned British cellist Steven Isserlis will make his long-awaited Parlance debut. Celebrated worldwide for his deeply communicative artistry, Isserlis radiates joy and virtuosity with every note he plays. His internationally diverse program will include works by Beethoven, Martinu, Boulanger, and Edvard Grieg’s soaring sonata for cello and piano.
“Steven Isserlis can have the listener in perpetual wonder at the ingredients of his art…” — The Australian
“Isserlis's incomparable technique, phrasing, expression and sensitivity across all the tempi and dynamics, quite simply, were incredible. There can be no doubt that Isserlis is an inspired and inspiring - musician” — Limelight Magazine
SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2025 AT 4 PM
CELEBRATE RAVEL’S 150th BIRTHDAY!
ERIKA BAIKOFF, SOPRANO
SOOHONG PARK, PIANO
On March 9, celebrate Maurice Ravel’s 150th Birthday with the beguiling Russian-American soprano Erika Baikoff and the stellar Korean pianist Soohong Park. Their recital will feature a selection of Ravel’s most alluring song cycles and ravishing piano solos, including Shéhérazade and Gaspard de la nuit.
“As Barbarina in the Met’s Le Nozze di Figaro, soprano Erika Baikoff made the most of her moment to shine. When staged simply and sung so beautifully, as it was here, Barbarina’s short aria, ‘L’ho perduta…me meschina’, is one of the brightest musical gems in the opera.” — Seen and Heard International
"What sounds like easy playing in both senses of the word actually requires not only extraordinary technique but also a sensitive feeling for the breaks and depths of Schumann's music. Only a few people can do this really well, like pianist Soohong Park, the gold medal winner of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama” — Die Glocke, Germany.
SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2025 AT 4 PM
QUARTETTO DI CREMONA
CRISTIANO GUALCO, VIOLIN
PAOLO ANDREOLI, VIOLIN
SIMONE GRAMAGLIA, VIOLA
GIOVANNI SCAGLIONE, CELLO
On April 13, the lustrous Quartetto di Cremona will make their eagerly anticipated return to PCC. The award-winning Italian ensemble will perform pinnacles of the quartet repertoire including Debussy’s luminous String Quartet and Beethoven’s spiritually transcendent Quartet in A minor, Op. 132.
“It’s a rare blend: breadth of sound and capriciousness combined with perfect tuning and ensemble has the players sounding absolutely of one voice… Nothing less than life-affirming.”
– Gramophone
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2025 AT 4 PM
LATE NIGHT WITH LEONARD BERNSTEIN
A MULTIMEDIA CABARET
JAMIE BERNSTEIN, HOST
AMY BURTON, SOPRANO
JOHN MUSTO, PIANO
MICHAEL BORISKIN, PIANO
On May 18, you won’t want to miss our star-studded seasonal finale, Late Night with Leonard Bernstein. This multimedia cabaret will be hosted by the Maestro’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein, in collaboration with acclaimed soprano Amy Burton and pianists John Musto and Michael Boriskin. They will provide an affectionately intimate portrait of the multifaceted titan of 20th-century American music.
“A look at the after-hours maestro [that] revealed his mischievous personality and musical predilections … the audience filled the room with lusty laughs and applause.”
— The New York Times
ABOUT PARLANCE CHAMBER CONCERTS
VIDEO INTRO TO PARLANCE CHAMBER CONCERTS
Michael Parloff introduces the mission
and history of PCC. Audience members
share their experiences.
PCC: A VIDEO SAMPLER
See short video clips from past seasons, featuring
the Emerson Quartet, Sir James Galway
Richard Goode, and others.
