The strings of WHCO perform five musical works by composers who live and thrive in New York City’s uptown neighborhoods, from Inwood to Harlem to the Upper West Side. Each composer shares a unique voice and style representing a part of the broad spectrum of classical artists creating in our city today. Funded in part by a grant from the NYC & Company Foundation.

W. Brent Sawyer: …Of Heavenly Joy* 

Hilary Purrington: Anthem

Philip Wharton: Oh, But Everyone Was a Bird 

Chris Whittaker: Lullaby

Jorge Sosa: Son de Harlem* 

*World premiere

Dance

A collaboration between the orchestra and dancer Billy Smith of the Mark Morris Dance Company. This performance features a bi-lingual Spanish translation.

Contemporary

Jessie Montgomery: Starbust

Chris Whittaker: From this Elevation

Modern

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23

Romantic

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 "Italian"

Classical

Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D "Prague" Excerpt

Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D major, "The Clock"

Pianoside Chats

Chris takes us inside "From This Elevation" inspired by the rhythms of Uptown.

Chris dives into the beautiful and enigmatic melody that opens the second movement of Brahms' 2nd Symphony.