Antara Ensemble
Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 2:30
p.m.
Saint Andrew’s Episcopal
Church
2065 Fifth Avenue at 127th Street,
NYC
Works by Enescu, Handel-Halvorsen,
Mozart,
Demersseman and
Bolling
The ANTARA ENSEMBLE presents "An
Afternoon of Chamber Music" under the artistic direction of Harold Jones on
Sunday, April 7 at 2:30 p.m. The concert will be at Saint Andrew's
Episcopal Church, 2065 Fifth Avenue at 127th Street, New York City. Tickets: adults $25, students and
seniors $20. For reservations and information call:
212-866-2545.
The program will include George Enescu’s Sonate, Op. 27, No.
3 and Sonate Op. 22, No. 6
(Ashley Horne,
violin); Handel-Halvorsen’s Passacaglia for violin and viola (Mioi Takeda, violin; Aundrey
Mitchell, viola); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Rondo, arr. by Fritz
Kreisler; arr. for flute by Harold Jones, (William Foster McDaniel, piano); J.
Demersseman’s Sixth Concert, Op. 22 for flute and piano, (Harold
Jones, flute; Irena Portenko, piano); and the Claude Bolling Suite for Flute
and Jazz Piano Trio (Harold Jones, flute; Irena Portenko, piano; Alfred
Renino, electric Bass; and Jacob Robinson,
drums).
The ANTARA ENSEMBLE, now in its
19th season, was formed by Harold Jones to bring quality classical
music at affordable prices to the culturally diverse neighborhoods of New York
City. The group performs a
repertoire spanning centuries and including works by American, African-American,
European and Third World composers.
A native of
Chicago, HAROLD JONES has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, and
other New York venues, Jordan Hall in Boston, and throughout the U.S., Europe
and Taiwan. He has performed as
flute soloist with The Bach Aria Orchestra, American Symphony, New York
Sinfonietta, Brooklyn Philharmonia, and National Orchestral Association. Mr. Jones is on the faculties of the
Westchester Conservatory of Music and Manhattanville College. His recordings on the Antara label include “Let
Us Break Bread Together”, “Just As I Am” and “Lil’ Lite O’
Mine”.
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