| Date: From October 29, 2009 at 6:30 pm EDT through November 22, 2009 at 8:30 pm EST Location: Off Campus: NYC | An uprooted lily goes on a quest to wed a human bride and destroy The God of Nostalgia.
Genre squishing Taylor Mac and a company of 40+ unravel our national pastime of melancholy remembrances. The Lily's Revenge is a 5 part extravaganza featuring live music, wild costumes, vaudevillian theatrics, macabre entr'actes, a million sequins, and a few flowers.
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| Date: From November 02, 2009 at 8:00 pm EST through April 03, 2010 at 5:00 pm EDT Location: Off Campus: NYC | The Met has assembled a cast of powerful voices to match Aida’s epic scale, which in this grand production uses every stage lift in the house.
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| Date: From November 03, 2009 at 7:00 pm through January 10, 2010 at 10:00 pm EST Location: Off Campus: NYC | Burn the Floor, the electrifying Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular that has thrilled audiences in over 30 countries, will make its Broadway debut in a limited 12-week engagement in one of Broadway's most intimate venues.
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| Date: From November 06, 2009 at 6:00 pm through November 07, 2009 at 6:00 pm EST Location: Off Campus: NYC | The Middle East Institute (MEI) and the New York Open Center present a conference entitled, "Islam, Sufism, and the Heart of Compassion: Living the Teachings of Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi," with William C. Chittick, Stephen Hirtenstein, Salman Bashier, Sachiko Murata and Mohamed Haj Yousef.
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| Date: November 07, 2009 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST Location: New York (NY), Morningside Campus | Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) studied under the tutelage of Dmitri Shostakovich, who openly admired both her and her work. Like Shostakovich, she had a public musical style to meet the approval of the Soviet regime that was in stark contrast to her personal style. The Fifth House Ensemble highlights the fierce sound world of Ustvolskaya's music, most notably her Piano Sonata No. 6, full of raw, hammering, repetitive tone clusters.
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| Date: November 07, 2009 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST Location: Site information is unavailable | The Middle East Institute (MEI) and the New York Open Society present the film, “Bab ’Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul,” which will be followed by a Q&A with Director Nacer Khemir.
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| Date: November 10, 2009 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm EST Location: New York (NY), Morningside Campus | Miller Theatre is pleased to continue its free Lunchtime Concerts series, presenting informal, one-hour concerts featuring performances by exceptional classical musicians.
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| Date: November 11, 2009 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm EST Location: New York (NY), Morningside Campus | Miller Theatre is pleased to continue its free Lunchtime Concerts series, presenting informal, one-hour concerts featuring performances by exceptional classical musicians.
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| Date: November 12, 2009 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm EST Location: New York (NY), Morningside Campus | Miller Theatre is pleased to continue its free Lunchtime Concerts series, presenting informal, one-hour concerts featuring performances by exceptional classical musicians.
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| Date: From November 12, 2009 at 8:00 pm through December 05, 2009 at 4:00 pm EST Location: Off Campus: NYC | With this new production, voted Europe’s best opera staging for 2007, one of opera’s great visionaries makes his Met debut. Patrice Chéreau, renowned for his legendary centennial Ring cycle at Bayreuth, directs Janácek’s drama of human resilience inside a Russian prison. “The penal camp is a different society, parallel to ours, but there are many similarities between the two,” Chéreau declares. “Power, relationships, humiliation, passion—all those things exist in both worlds.” Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen also makes his Met debut, and Peter Mattei leads the ensemble cast.
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| Date: November 14, 2009 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST Location: New York (NY), Morningside Campus | Telemann encountered gypsy music in 1706 as he was leaving Poland, and the experience inspired him, notably in the last movement of his concerto for recorder, flute, and strings. Works by Telemann and Bach are paired with selections from the Uhrovska collection of 1730, a remarkable compilation of 18th century gypsy music that clearly displays the influence of these anonymous virtuosi on their famous colleagues.
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| Date: November 17, 2009 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST Location: New York (NY), Morningside Campus | Philadelphia-native Ralph Shapey (1921-2002) is truly a unique American voice. Also well-known as a conductor, he disregarded popular trends in composition and held the conviction that music, once created, should stand on its own. His music is tremendously difficult yet accessible, lyrical yet abrasive. A consortium of incredible artists join together to pay homage to this often-called "radical traditionalist."
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| Date: November 19, 2009 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST Location: Site information is unavailable | The Harriman Institute presents a lecture entitled "From the (Opera) House of the Dead: Leos Janacek's Dostoevskian Farewell," with guest speaker David Shengold, journalist and independent scholar.
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| Date: November 19, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm EST Location: Site information is unavailable | In keeping with the Vienna coffeehouse tradition, the cabaret shows at the Neue Galerie present Austrian and German music.
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| Date: November 22, 2009 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST Location: New York (NY), Morningside Campus | Called "one of the most original compositional voices of our time," Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) is a prominent member of a group of Finnish composers making a worldwide impact. Her music is at once opulent and mysterious, with dense everchanging textures, often created by a combination of music and electronics. This Portrait features the dramatic Graal théâtre, a 25-minute violin concerto that juxtaposes the virtuosity of the violinist with the activity of the ensemble, which morphs from delicate calm to vibrant commotion.
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| Date: December 02, 2009 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST Location: Morningside Campus | The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University presents its Fall 2009 concert series continuing December 2 featuring percussionist Alex Lipowski. Program to include works by Hurel, Billone, Francesconi, Ferneyhough, and Verlingieri. Open to public.
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| Date: December 04, 2009 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST Location: Miller Theatre, Morningside Campus | Trio Settecento explores the magnificent chamber music of Bach and his German compatriots. The Chicago Tribune described the trio’s performance as "some of the most refreshing, life-enhancing Baroque playing heard in years."
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