Saturday Soirée with WHCO
Saturday, January 27, 2024
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Lounge at Hudson View Gardens
116 Pinehurst Ave, New York, NY 10033
Brighten up your January at WHCO's Saturday Soirée! Enjoy incredible music, mingle with WHCO musicians and fellow patrons, and learn about our plans for the upcoming concert season! WHCO musicians will present some of classical music’s greatest chamber music hits alongside new gems. The evening will also feature a silent auction which will include the chance to win a 3-day stay in Aspen, CO and the chance to conduct WHCO at an upcoming rehearsal!
WHCO is grateful to the following neighborhood
sponsors for the Saturday Soirée
2023-24 Season Events
“Sound y Sabor”
season opener
Saturday November 4th, 3:00pm
Fort Washington Collegiate Church | 729 W. 181 st St., 10033
Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra
Visions | Visiones
Family-Friendly performance—all ages welcome!
“Meet the Instruments” before the concert, 2:15pm-2:45pm
Program
Jean Françaix: Sérénade
Iván Enrique Rodríguez: 3 Visiones
Jessica Meyer: In the Waves
Ottorino Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano
Our official “Sound y Sabor” season opener features music that draws inspiration from the visual arts to reveal the composers’ painting within. The program begins with Françaix’s “Sérénade,” an energetic and vibrant ballet score conjuring the dynamic range of human physicality and all the motions we express through dance. We perform Puerto Rican composer Iván Enrique Rodríguez’s wind quintet “3 Visiones” which is inspired by the experience of hidden, even repressed memories suddenly reemerging into our conscious mind to again torment—or liberate. Next, NYC uptown composer Jessica Meyer’s “In the Waves” was written as a response to a painting by Paul Gauguin of the same name. Meyer seeks to capture a moment just before the woman of the painting flings herself into the sea, “forsaking civilization and abandoning herself to her natural, primitive instincts.” Our concert concludes with Ottorino Respighi’s Trittico Botticelliano or “Three Botticelli Pictures.” One of Respighi’s best known works, this “triptych” tours three celebrated paintings by Italian Rennaisance artist Sandro Botticelli: Spring, The Adoration of the Magi, and The Birth of Venus.
WHCO Carnegie Hall Debut
Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall
Wednesday October 25, 2023 @ 7:30pm
SOLD OUT
Por Amor Through the Seasons
Aisha Syed Castro, Guest Soloist and Conductor
Rafael Solano, Piano
Luis McDougal, Guitar
Washington Height Chamber Orchestra
- VIVALDI The Four Seasons
- PIAZZOLLA Las cuatro estaciones porteñas
- RAFAEL SOLANO "Una Primavera Para El Mundo"
- RAFAEL SOLANO "Por Amor"
The proceeds of this event will benefit the Dominican Heritage and Culture Society, (www.dhcsfoundation.org) a 501c3 established in the United States of America, whose mission is to cultivate and maintain the roots that nurture the culture, history, and traditions of the Dominican people both in the United States and wherever we may travel across the globe. Through our events, we strive to bring cultural enrichment, entertainment, and educational activities regarding the Dominican Diaspora in New York and to empower our youth and emerging Dominican artists by providing economic support through our scholarship program. The Society considers it paramount that we stay connected and bridge the generational gap with our Dominican youth born and raised in New York. This can be accomplished by providing them with an understanding of their rich culture, vibrant art, incredible literature, and country’s history.
Strings of WHCO
Enjoy an hour-long performance by string players of WHCO and browse the bookshelves at Word Up's Recirculation for "pay what you can" books and records. Spoken remarks in both Spanish and English. Suggested donation: $5
Sunday October 22nd, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Recirculation (a project of Word Up Community Bookshop)
876 Riverside Drive (& 160th St.)
Washington Heights, NYC 10032
https://www.wordupbooks.com/recirculation
Featuring string players from WHCO:
Mark Chien, violin (Concertmaster)
Ashley Windle, violin (Assistant concertmaster)
Jay Julio, viola
Rocío Díaz de Cossío, cello
Selections from:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Opus 18, No. 1
Joseph Haydn: Op 3, No. 5
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Teresa Carreño: String Quartet in B Minor
Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet in F Major "American"
