The Grammy Award-winning Chestnut Brass Company will perform their Opening Night Concert featuring some of Broadway’s most memorable compositions by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin, including The Man I Love, Night and Day, Satin Doll, and In The Still of the Night. The ensemble also will play some special selections on their collection of antique brass instruments and make them available for viewing after the performance.
This brass ensemble has earned international acclaim for their brilliant performances on modern and historical brass instruments at The Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and internationally. As curators of the sounds of ancient and antique brasses, the Chestnut Brass Company have been at the forefront of the period-instrument revival with performances on cornetti, sacbuts, keyed bugles and saxhorns. The quintet continues to collect antique brass instruments and to research the literature and performance practice of these instruments. This extraordinary diversity of repertoire and instrumentation enables the Chestnut Brass Company to offer a variety of exciting, entertaining and innovative programs. They can be heard on the Sony, Newport Classic, Crystal and Musical Heritage/Musicmasters labels. Selections from CBC recordings have been featured on several documentaries ranging from A House Divided for PBS, to Pinehurst, the History of Golf.
Gates open at 7:00 p.m. so come early! Concert-goers can bring their own picnics, too. Limited seating is available, but audiences are welcome to bring folding chairs and blankets.
New York City, NY; NYC