Announcing the Concerts by the Pond 2023-2024 Season

Opening Night: Sylvan Winds
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 8:00 pm

The Sylvan Winds, an integral part of New York City's cultural offerings, has earned both critical and audience acclaim for its spirited performances and innovative programming. The quintet is hailed by the New York Times for "…its venturesome programming and stylishness of performance." Sylvan's exciting opening night program features works by MacDowell, Lefebvre, Still, Debussy, Burleigh and Dvorak. (more information and tickets)

Mary Wilson, soprano: Bach, Handel, Haydn & Mozart
Sunday, November 19, 2023, 3:00 pm

Soprano Mary Wilson has been hailed as one of today's most exciting artists, receiving critical acclaim for a voice that is “lyrical and triumphant, a dazzling array of legato melodies and ornate coloratura” (San Francisco Chronicle). In consistent high demand on the concert stage and hailed as an exciting interpreter of Baroque repertoire, Ms. Wilson will offer a virtuosic program of oratorio and concert repertoire from the Baroque and Classical periods. (more information and tickets)

Dr. Carol Weitner, organ; Long Island Chamber Music Brass Quintet:
Holiday Organ and Brass
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 8:00 pm

Celebrate the holiday season with a festive evening of popular and classical favorites arranged for brass quintet and pipe organ. This terrific holiday program features The Long Island Chamber Music Brass led by French hornist Eric Huckins as well as organist Carol Weitner, performing on St. John’s beautiful, 43-rank Casavant Frères pipe organ. (more information and tickets)

ArcoStrum: Four Seasons
Sunday, January 21, 2024, 3:00 pm

The award-winning AcroStrum duo is pushing boundaries and redefining the 21st century violin-guitar art form, presenting a new chamber music that is mixed-genre, multi-culture, and cross-era. ArcoStrum’s Four Seasons Program showcases a new, colorful world music extravaganza by combining the two iconic Four Seasons across two timeless composers, Antonio Vivaldi and Astor Piazzolla. For the very first time, audiences will hear and experience the same seasons, back-to-back, but with very different interpretations, expressions, and life. (more information and tickets)

Invoke
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 8:00 pm

Described as “...not classical but not, not classical…beautiful, adventurous, American and immediately engaging” (David Srebnik, former SiriusXM Classical Producer), Invoke strives to successfully dodge even the most valiant attempts at genre classification. The multi-instrumental quartet encompasses traditions from across America, including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz, and minimalism. (more information and tickets)

Empire Wild
Sunday, April 14, 2024, 3:00 pm