The Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra
Robert Moses Astride New York (excerpt)
for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra
Libretto and Music by Gary S. Fagin
Commissioned by The Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts
World premiere performance, January 15, 2011
The World Financial Center Winter Garden, New York City
The Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, Rinde Eckert, tenor
Gary S. Fagin, conductor
Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale (L'histoire du soldat) (snippets)
a collaboration with Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects
June 9, 10 and 11, 2011
Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, New York City
Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects; Jody Oberfelder, choreographer
The Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra; Gary S. Fagin, conductor
…And Bold To Fall Withal * (Henry Hudson in the New World) (excerpt)
for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra
Libretto and Music by Gary S. Fagin
Commissioned by The Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts in celebration of the
400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s sail into New York Harbor.
Premiere performance, January 16, 2010
The World Financial Center Winter Garden, New York City
The Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, Jason Danieley, tenor
Gary S. Fagin, conductor
*from an entry in first-mate Robert Jouet’s journal on the day Henry Hudson’s Halve Maen (Half Moon) sailed into New York Harbor for the first time, “The land is very pleasant and high, and bold to fall withal.”
The debut concert of the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra was held in Lower Manhattan's premier performance space, the World Financial Center Winter Garden, on January 17, 2009. The concert featured extraordinary violin soloist Elizabeth Pitcairn playing the legendary Red Violin.
Slideshow of photographs by Robert Simko.
Music Director Gary S. Fagin and the musicians of the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra accept accolade from the audience at the conclusion of the "18th Century Classics" concert at Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts on May 15, 2009. This concert featured celebrated Spanish clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester. Photo by Adam Hume.
Music Director Gary S. Fagin and the musicians of the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra acknowledge the applause of the audience at the historic John Street United Methodist Church on March 15, 2009. The concert featured the chamber choir Seraphim and cellist Astrid Schween. Photo by Robert Simko.