June Dates Announced for the Iconic Washington Square Music Festival
WASHINGTON SQUARE MUSIC FESTIVAL
CELEBRATES SOLOISTS
Free Alfresco Concerts
Tuesdays at 8 pm in June, 2019
Music Director Lutz Rath has announced the 61st season of the Washington Square Music Festival, taking place Tuesdays in June on the Main Stage in the center of Washington Square Park. All four concerts are free. The Festival is under the auspices of the Washington Square Association, Inc. Seating is first come, first served.
Washington Square Music Festival free 2019 park season
www.washingtonsquaremusicfestival.org
Featuring soloists Lindell Carter, tenor; Vasko Dukovski, duduk: Kenneth Overton, baritone; Kuumba Frank Lacy, trombone
Main Stage, Washington Square Park
Rainspace: Judson Memorial Church (June 4 only)
Info@washingtonsquaremusicfestival.org
June 4th, 8 pm – Lindell Carter, tenor, The Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted by Lutz Rath
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Opera arias, Lindell Carter, soloist
Rossini: “Asile héréditaire” from GuillaumeTell
Mozart: “Fuor del mar” from Idomeneo
W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances # 1 & 5
Rainspace for following three concerts:
Grace Church, Broadway at 9th St.
June 11th, 8 pm Vasko Dukovski, duduk, The Festival Chamber Ensemble
Daniel Schnyder: “Handel in Harlem” for saxophone,
violin, bass trombone
Vasko Dukovski: arrangements for duduk and
ensemble
Mohammed Fairouz: “Jebel Lebnan" for wind quintet
Johannes Brahms: Serenade No 1 Op. 11 for
woodwind quintet, string quartet, bass
June 18, 8 pm -- Kenneth Overton, baritone, The Festival Chamber Ensemble
Gustav Erlanger: Sextet op 41
Franz Liszt: from “Seven Songs”
Samuel Barber: “Dover Beach”
Kenneth Overton, soloist
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet In E Flat Op.20
June 25, 8 pm Kuumba Frank Lacy, leader and trombone
Frank Lacy’s Big Band Concert Jazz Ensemble playing
free form jazz and premieres by Mr. Lacy
Programs are subject to change.
The Washington Square Music Festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with the City Council, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, NYC Council Member Margaret Chin, and the Office of the Borough President of Manhattan, Gail Brewer, BP. Generous grants from The Earle K. & Katherine F. Moore Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Washington Square Association, The Margaret Neubart Foundation Trust, New York University Community Affairs & NYU Community Fund, Salamon-Abrams Family Fund, Washington Square Park Conservancy, The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation, Con Edison, and Three Sheets Saloon/ Off the Wagon/Down the Hatch, are deeply appreciated.