2018-2019 Season Announcement
[PDF] American Classical Orchestra Announces its 2018-2019 Season
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[PDF] American Classical Orchestra at Cohen Hall June 2018
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Between friends: Haydn and the spirit of collaboration
In advance of American Classical Orchestra’s November 17th concert, featuring Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante, ACO founder and conductor Tom Crawford and violin soloist Aisslinn Nosky talk about the...
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“The nation’s premier orchestra dedicated to period-instrument performance…” Read the full review
View ArticleAmerican Classical Orchestra Excels in a Revelatory Concert at Alice Tully Hall
“Let’s cut right to the chase: the American Classical Orchestra is one terrific outfit, and their concert this past Saturday evening at Alice Tully Hall was a mind-blower. This is a “period-instrument...
View ArticleThe American Classical Orchestra Presents Mozart’s Mass in C Minor
[PDF] Featuring sopranos Hélène Brunet and Clara Rottsolk, tenor Brian Giebler, and bass Stephen Eddy with ACO Chorus
View ArticleAmerican Classical Orchestra and Chorus: Cherubini, Beethoven and Mozart
“American Classical Orchestra has a distinctive sound: superbly skilled musicians playing period instruments produce simultaneous brightness and warmth, intimacy and grandeur.” Read full review
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“the performance…was a lively affair in which orchestra, chorus and an outstanding quartet of soloists all did themselves proud.” Read full review
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[PDF] Performs CPE Bach’s Magnificat and Handel’s Messiah (Christmas Portion)
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[PDF] Performs Six Baroque Concerti by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, and Muffat
View ArticleCobbling Together a Christmas Music Marathon
“Mr. Crawford and his forces gave it a good outing, with an especially fine turn by Nola Richardson, a soprano. They also gave a sturdy account of what Mr. Crawford, in remarks from the stage, called a...
View ArticleAmerican Classical Orchestra with Contralto Avery Amereau
[PDF] Works by Brahms, Ries, and Schubert
View ArticleAmerican Classical Orchestra Announces Season 35
American Classical Orchestra announces an expanded 2019-2020 35th Anniversary Season! We return to Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall with three Beethoven symphonies, a cornucopia of concertos with...
View ArticleA Ladies’ Journey: a step back in time to New York’s Gilded Age
In advance of American Classical Orchestra’s upcoming salon concert A Ladies’ Journey 1876, program curator and French horn player Alexandra Cook sat down with ACO’s Carolyn Swartz to discuss how the...
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Meet the Artist: David Belkovski
David Belkovski is the first prize winner of ACO’s 2019 Sfzp International Fortepiano Competition and soloist for ACO’s Season 35 opening night concert “Celebrate” at Alice Tully Hall. He sat down...
View ArticleHidden Treasure: Jan Zelenka
In advance of our October 10th concert “Hidden Treasure“, featuring the music of Jan Zelenka, ACO director and founder Tom Crawford sat down with staff writer Carolyn Swartz to delve into the shroud...
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35th Anniversary
Check out some photos of our 35th Anniversary Gala at the Harvard Club in New York City – a festive evening bursting with the colors of Mexico and Mexican folk art, and honoring Ambassador of Mexico...
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Profile on John Feeney
Artist Profile: John Feeney March 20, 2020 Over the coming weeks, we’re checking in with our ACO musicians, as they navigate this prolonged period of social distancing. First up, Principal Bass John...
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Social Distancing & Music
Social Distancing & Music April 2, 2020 A Note from Founder & Artistic Director Thomas CrawfordA lot is being said and written about the capacity of music to comfort and soothe, distract and...
View ArticleProfile on Augusta McKay Lodge
Artist Profile: Augusta McKay Lodge April 6, 2020 Violinist Augusta McKay Lodge has been playing with ACO for three seasons, including appearances as concertmaster and, most recently, as a soloist for...
View ArticleTom on Emerging Virtuosos
Tom on Emerging Virtuosos April 10, 2020 The rise of the female virtuoso in the 21st century Shortly after the ACO parent organization, the Fairfield Orchestra, started to give concerts in 1981, I...
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My Music Garden in a Fallow Season
My music garden in a fallow season April 23, 2020 A Note from Artistic Director Thomas Crawford Daily music and seasonal gardening were hallmarks of my childhood. My father had a green thumb, and we...
View ArticleMusic for Uncertain Times
Music for uncertain times May 12, 2020 Music lovers turn to familiar works for a variety of reasons. Sometimes we choose a piece to reinforce the way we’re feeling. At other times, we hope a...
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In memoriam: Judson Griffin
Dear Friends, With tremendous sadness I share with our ACO family that violinist Judson Griffin has passed away after a brief illness. Judson has been an ACO leader through the entire history of the...
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Bach: A Fish Tale and Coffee Cantata
Bach: A Fish Tale and Coffee Cantata June 3, 2020 by Carolyn Swartz Little is known about Bach and food beyond an often-repeated fish tale that may well be apocryphal. In it, a teenaged J.S. journeys...
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Rossini: Composer and Gourmand
So many great classical composers died young, leaving behind such extraordinary torrents of work, we can only wonder what they might have accomplished with more time. Schubert died at thirty-one....
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The Other Virus: It Starts with “R”…
I grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, when it was still a cow town. My father bought a house just outside the city limits so that we could raise chickens in our backyard. We also had an orchard and a large...
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Part 1: The Shoes, and Other Attire
After a concert in New Haven, a woman from the audience advised me that I needed to polish the backs of the heels of my black dress shoes. She said that while I had given a compelling performance of...
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Part 2: Conducting from Memory
I memorize the music I perform. People ask how I do it, why I do it. I’ve not seen a survey of how many conductors perform from memory. But it is considered to be rare. In this piece, I’m going to...
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Mozart: So Not a Foodie
Ever wonder what was Mozart’s favorite food? If so, you are not alone. A Google search of those three words, in quotes, brings up around 750 results. Among them: a smattering of capon and pork cutlets...
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Part 3: You Can’t Ask the Composers Because They’re Dead
It’s a classical music truism that performers and listeners pay great attention to interpretation. Nowadays people compare performances of the same work interpreted by a number of different artists....
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Beethoven Bites
When it comes to eating, Germans – like people everywhere – enjoy their food. But across Germany, gastronomy has never been the national obsession it is in Italy and France. So it’s not surprising...
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Part 4: What to Do if the Oboist Is Playing Flat
The conductor always stands right smack in the middle at the front. This is the best position for most musicians to see. It’s the ideal position for the conductor to hear what is happening from the...
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Love Handel
George Friedric Handel occupies an exalted place in the pantheon of great composers – revered not only by centuries of music lovers, but also by generations of composers. Bach is said to have called...
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Part 5: Subcultures of the Strings, Winds, and Brass
Orchestras, like choirs and athletic teams, armies and governments, aspire to engage our individual skills in a collective experience. Music in groups is among the most universally enjoyed pursuits,...
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Haydn: Life as a Surprise Symphony
For classical composers of the 18th century, there was something to be said for steady, salaried employment. To be sure, freelancing offered greater personal and artistic liberty. But then, as now,...
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Special Edition: Moonlight Sonata
We asked two friends of ACO—pianist Petra Somlai and author Patricia Morrisroe—to collaborate on a video performance-and-writing project around Beethoven’s Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, better known as...
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Part 6: What Makes it Great?
At age seven, when I gave my first public performance of a Bach work, I remember someone asking me, “Do you ever play contemporary music?” Contemporary music to that person meant music written in the...
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Part 7: Channeling Great Vibrations
Musicians really appreciate a well-run rehearsal. Conductors, even the great ones, are often measured by their rehearsal techniques. Indeed, the ability to mold the musicians’ performance, from the...
View Article2020-21 Season Release
[PDF] 2020-21 Season Release The post 2020-21 Season Release appeared first on American Classical Orchestra.
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Mendelssohn: A Complex Legacy of Music and Identity
Some music lovers think of Felix Mendelssohn as the great Jewish composer. Others view him as not so great at all. Speculation about Mendelssohn’s Jewishness, along with whether or not he deserves a...
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Part 8: Pandemic Impact on the ACO Musicians and Our Perseverance
Little did I know that the American Classical Orchestra’s October announcement of its 2020-21 Season would elicit such a flurry of attention. Our publicist said that upon receiving our announcement...
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Out Came Music!
I don’t remember a time when I did not love music. I am told when I sang my first solo in church at the age of three (I grew up Mormon), I was totally into it. Two years later—on Christmas Eve,...
View ArticleReflections on Season 32
Thank you all for coming to our season finale concert, ‘Italian Masters’. It was the last chapter of what turned out to be our most meaningful season to date. The concert was joyous. Something seems to...
View ArticleAmerican Classical Orchestra 33rd Season Announcement (2017-2018)
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[PDF] The American Classical Orchestra Opens 2017-2018 Season at Lincoln Center, Featuring 12-Year Old Prodigy Adrian Romoff on Fortepiano
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Maxine Neuman – 1948-2022
Thoughts on the passing of ACO cellist Maxine Neuman Tom Crawford, Artistic Director and Founder The ACO family mourns the passing of Maxine Neuman, a renowned cellist who performed with us for most...
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