Mannes Sounds Festival 2018 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
921 Madison Avenue (at 74th Street), New York, New York
Mannes Sounds Festival 2018 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church

Nature in Sound: “See deep enough, and you see musically, the heart of nature being everywhere in music, if you can only reach it.” Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

F.J. Haydn: “With Verdure Clad” from The Creation

R. Schumann: Selections from Waldszenen op. 82

P.I. Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Seasons

R. Fusco: From Nature’s Communion on poems by Emily Dickinson

C. Debussy: Syrinx

C. Debussy: Selections from Preludes

O. Messiaen: “Offertoire: Les oiseaux et les sources” from Messe de la Pentecôte for organ

F. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, ”The Trout,” D.667

Since 1999, Mannes has presented a yearlong music festival every year. Each festival includes more than 20 events performed by the school’s gifted young student artists, distinguished faculty members, and renowned guests, at prestigious New York City concert venues and cultural institutions. The festivals are an outstanding component of the total Mannes program.