September 29, 2016: A Toast to Wavertree
Purchase your ticket today to be among the first to step aboard the newly-restored 1885 Wavertree!
Music provided by the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra
Raise a glass to the good ship Wavertree, the completion of the city-funded $13M dollar restoration, and to the bright future of the Seaport Museum. Join us for hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, and period music from the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra.
Concert begins at 6:30 pm
October 22, 2016: Bucks County Symphony Opening Concert
The opening concert of the Bucks County Symphony’s 2016 - 2017 season with Gary S. Fagin conducting a program that includes:
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Spohr: Concerto for Clarinet No. 2, Op. 57 - Narek Arutyunian, soloist
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Concert start time 8:00pm.
December 4, 2016: Bucks County Symphony Orchestra Family Concert
The Bucks County Symphony annual Family Concert including a program of:
Works by Janacek, Tchaikovsky and Kodaly, featuring the Bucks County Symphony brass
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21, Mvt. I - Youth Concerto Competition winner Nahoko Okamoto, violin soloist
Cold Spring, Groveland, Klutz Elementary School Bands - Mark Appiotti, Director
Gary S. Fagin, conductor
Concert start time 3:00pm.
February 26, 2017: Bucks County Symphony Orchestra: Rossini, Elgar, Mozart
The Bucks County Symphony’s Winter Concert, including:
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture
Elgar: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 85 - Christine Lamprea, soloist
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 (The Jupiter)
Gary S. Fagin, conductor
Concert start time 3:00pm. Stay tuned for more details on ticketing.
MARCH 16, 2017: Pulling Back the Curtain soirée
Gary Fagin and the KCO give you an insider's look into the whys and hows of classical masterpieces!
Step into the inspired world of classical music; feel what it's like to experience music from a musician's perspective. Enjoy fine wine and genial bonhomie while supporting downtown's most exquisite classical music ensemble!
Thursday, March 16, 2017
6:00pm 8:00pm
Tickets priced for all levels of KCO supporters:
$20 for one - Musician: make music with us!
$50 for one - Conductor: your generosity will guide us!
$100 for one - Music Director: the KCO musicians rely on you!
March 19, 2017: Bucks County Symphony Orchestra: Guest artists Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
The Bucks County Symphony's Pop Concert with guest artists Jay Ungar and Molly Mason.
Gary S. Fagin, conductor
Concert start time 5:00pm. Stay tuned for details on ticketing.
April 29, 2017: Bucks County Symphony Orchestra: Wagner, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns
The Bucks County Symphony 2016 - 2017 season concludes with a program that includes:
Wagner: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56 (Triple Concerto) - Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio, soloists
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 (Organ Symphony)
Gary S. Fagin, conductor
Concert start time 8:00pm. Stay tuned for details on ticketing.
JUNE 15, 2017: Sails, Stars and the Sweet Sounds of Classical Music
Enjoy a magical evening with Gary Fagin and the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra on the deck of the South Street Seaport Museum's magnificent tall ship Wavertree.
Be inspired and transported as the KCO performs selections from modern classical masters Igor Stravinsky (Dumbarton Oaks) and Charles Ives (Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting) under the Wavertree’s spectacular masts and spars. Program also includes Ralph Vaughan-Williams’ Hymn Tune Prelude No. 1 and other delightful surprises!
8pm Pier 16, at the foot of Fulton Street in the South Street Seaport
Thursday, June 15, 2017
8:00pm 10:00pm
PURCHASE TICKETS
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017: South Street Seaport Museum 50th Anniversary Gala
Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra
Cipriani Wall Street
September 19, 2017
OCTOBER 21, 2017: Bucks County Symphony
DelVal Life Sciences Auditorium
Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Mozart: Flute Concerto in G Major
Jean Ferrandis, flute
Franck: Sinfonie in D minor
October 21, 2017
DECEMBER 3, 2017: Bucks County Symphony Family Concert
Central Bucks High School East
2804 HOLICONG RD
DOYLESTOWN, PA 18902
Family Concert Repertoire
Featuring string players from Bridge Valley, Doyle, Kutz, and Warwick Elementary Schools – Lauren Herrschaft, director
Featuring Lea Wang (violin), winner of the 2017 Youth Concerto Competition
Program:
Tchaikovsky: March Slav
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Lea Wang, violin
Handel: Minuet from Water Music
Waldteufel: Skater’s Waltz
Williams: Somewhere In My Memory
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Bridge Valley, Doyle, Kutz, and Warwick Elementary School Strings
Lauren Herrschaft, Director
December 3, 2017
DECEMBER 8-24, 2017: New Jersey Ballet/New Jersey Symphony
FEBRUARY 10, 2018: Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra
Winter Garden at Brookfield Place
Presented by Arts Brookfield, the "Renaissance & Renewal" concert celebrates the rebirth of Lower Manhattan since the KCO’s first concert in the Winter Garden ten years ago.
Program:
Copland: Fanfare For The Common Man
Vaughan Williams: A Lark Ascending
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin
Fagin: Proclamation At A Birth
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
Saturday, February 10, 2018
FEBRUARY 25, 2018: Bucks County Symphony
Central Bucks High School East
2804 HOLICONG RD
DOYLESTOWN, PA 18902
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Tomer Gewirtzman, piano
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
Sunday, February 25, 2018 3:00pm
MARCH 14, 15, 18, 2018: Zaubernacht with Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Weill: Zaubernacht
An enchanting work about children whose toys come to life as they dream, Zaubernacht is Kurt Weill's first work for the stage, published in 1922. This production by the KCO at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City will be the first since Weill's long-lost, original orchestration for Zaubernacht was rediscovered.
Special Sunday performance with Jody Oberfelder Projects
March 14, 15, 18, 2018
MARCH 17, 2018: Bucks County Symphony St. Patrick’s Day Pops Concert
DelVal Student Activities Center
St. Patrick’s Day Pops Concert
Robert White, tenor
Delaware Valley University
Student Center Auditorium
700 East Butler Avenue
Doylestown, PA 18901
Saturday, March 17, 2018
APRIL 28, 2018: Bucks County Symphony
Central Bucks High School South
1100 FOLLY ROAD
WARRINGTON, PA 18976
Borodin: Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Simone Porter, violin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Saturday, April 28, 2018 8:00pm
MAY 4, 2018: Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra
Michael Schimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Fagin: The Struggle To Forgive (world premiere)
Guns, a documentary film by Nick Davis (world premiere)
n this world premiere of a new musical dramatic work by Gary S. Fagin, the KCO will give voice, hauntingly, to those most affected by the gun epidemic in America: victims of gun violence and their families.
May 4, 2018 7:30pm 8:30pm
June 14, 2018: The Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra's Sunset on the Hudson
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Hudson River Park's Pier 45 (cross at Christopher Street)
May 22, 2019: Music at Melville: Maritime Melodies
Time: 7:30pm
Ahoy! Join the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra on Maritime Day for a lively concert of classical seafaring tunes. Where better to gather than the Melville Gallery in South Street Seaport, a one-of-a-kind Lower Manhattan building of old brick and exposed wooden beams dating from 1868. We'll throw open the doors and let the good old-fashioned nautical music fill the historic maritime space and drift out over the cobblestones!
August 9, 2018: Strings-On-Hudson with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra
Time: 5:30pm
Tango-Waltz-Foxtrot!
Kick up your heels with Gary S.Fagin and the KCO for “Sweet Sounds of Summer!"—a stylish selection of classical melodies for your dancing pleasure, including foxtrots, tangos and waltzes. Or just sit back and enjoy the timeless tunes of Johann Strauss, Irving Berlin and other great song and dance masters!