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Back to top JUST FOR KIDS 2008 - 2009 Concerts are approximately 50 minutes each • Appropriate for ages 3 to 10 October 12 at 2 pm Riverdale Y • 5625 Arlington Avenue • Tickets $8 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents JACK AND THE BEANSTALK at the Riverdale Y October 12 at 2 pm. The show will feature the BAE Wind Quintet and action by juggler/magician/storytellers THE NEW YORK LYRIC CIRCUS. Jack’s famous adventure with magic beans and giant will include a moving haystack, a talking harp, a goose that lays golden eggs and a magic sword dance. Children with also meet each instrument of the wind quintet at the program. Purchase tickets online here.   March 15 at 2 pm Riverdale Y • 5625 Arlington Avenue • Tickets $8 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST She is a beauty Queen. He looks like he was built in a basement. She is a delicate flower He eats with his feet She smell like lilacs He smells like......not lilacs. Join the Children's Theatre Company at Lehman as they reinterpret the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast adding a sprinkle of their special brand of fairy tale sketch comedy, with musical accompaniment by the Bronx Arts Ensemble April 12 at 1 and 3 pm Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall The New York Botanical Garden (Free with All Garden Pass) A DAY AT THE CIRCUS with The New York Lyric Circus. Clowning, juggling and magic with music plus Luciano the dancing dog! May 10 at 1 and 3 pm Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall The New York Botanical Garden (Free with All Garden Pass) THE HOUSE THAT RUTHIE BUILT: A BRONX BASEBALL FAIRY TALE about a girl who's always dreamed of being a Yankee. Written by Dante Albertie. Performed by the Children's Theatre Company at Lehman. Back to top Classical Concerts 2008 - 2009 CHAMBER MUSIC • Sunday Afternoons • Tickets: $25 Emily Wong John Freeman October 26 • 2 pm The Riverdale Y 5625 Arlington Avenue Performers: Emily Wong, Piano Mitchell Kriegler, Clarinet Jorge Avila, Violin Amy Wright, Violin Veronica Salas, Viola Eliana Mendoza, Cello Program: Felix Mendelssohn - Trio in D Minor, Op. 49 Sergei Prokofiev - Overture on Hebrew Themes Antonin Dvorak - Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 2 and a piece by Riverdale native JOHN FREEMAN - String Quartet No. 1 (1950-51) Tickets to this concert are $12. Purchase tickets online here. Mariko Anraku Emily Rodriguez January 18 • 3 pm Home of Alec and Suzi Diacou 4720 Grosvenor Avenue Mariko Anraku, Harp Emily Rodriguez, Soprano* Christian Jose Carpio Ramos, Flute* Andre Caplet - The Masque of Red Death Franz Schubert - Quintet in C Major, Op. 163 "Two Cellos" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Alleluia Antonio Vivaldi - Flute Concerto in C Major *2008 Spingold Award Co-Winners, BAE Young Bronx Artist Contest Eric Malson March 29 • 3 pm Home of the Fields 4599 Fieldston Road Eric Malson, Piano Rachel Field, Violin Fred Lerdahl - Duo for Violin and Piano Christopher Theofanidis - Visions and Miracles Robert Baksa* - Duo Variations for Violin and Cello Ludwig von Beethoven - Quintet in E Flat Major Op. 16 for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn *celebrating Mr. Baksa’s 70th birthday Irina Nuzova Ariel Mitnick May 17 • 3 pm Home of Stephen and Cathy Weinroth 700 West 247th Street Irina Nuzova, Piano Ariel Mitnick, Violin* Cesar Franck - Violin and Piano Sonata Alfred Schnittke - Prelude and Fugue Franz Schubert - "Trout" Quintet Francis Poulenc - Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano *2008 Bingham Award Winner, BAE Young Bronx Artist Contest Back to top   JAZZ CONCERT Dave Valentin February 28 at 8 pm Russian Mission to the UN Residency in Riverdale Mosholu Ave at 255th Street Tickets: $20/$15 for students & seniors Combining the influence of pop, R&B, and Brazilian music with Latin and smooth jazz, Dave Valentin creates an accessible form of crossover jazz. Wine and cheese reception to follow the concert. Back to top GALA CONCERT 2008 - 2009 December 13 at 7:30 pm Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street BAE Orchestra Ticket Information - call 718 518-6700