The concert hall of the New York Society for Ethical Culture, on West 64th Street and Central Park West, was built in 1911, seats 800 people, and has hosted guests from Albert Einstein and Teddy Roosevelt to Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg, and numerous classical and chamber ensembles. The space is a converted church that was completely renovated in 2003. The seats are pews, and overhead hangs a giant chandelier, with numerous statues and antique woodwork surrounding in the balcony.
2 West 64th Street (at Central Park West), NYC
Past shows:
May 20-21, 2011
Wordless Music Orchestra
Ensemble Signal
Brad Lubman, conductor
Jonny Greenwood: Doghouse (U.S. premiere)
György Ligeti: Chamber Concerto
Philip Glass / David Bowie / Brian Eno: Symphony No. 4 (“Heroes”) (New York premiere)
May 8, 2009
MONO
Wordless Music Orchestra
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
Arvo Pärt: Symphony No. 4 (Los Angeles) (New York premiere)
March 27, 2009
The Mountain Goats
John Vanderslice
Miranda Cuckson (violin) and Reiko Uchida (piano): music of Schubert and Poulenc
November 10, 2007
Múm
Hauschka
Bing and Ruth
November 3, 2007
Grizzly Bear
Michael Harrison, piano: music in pure intonation
September 24, 2007
Beirut
Colleen
Katya Mihailova, piano: music of Chopin, Scriabin, Debussy, Bartók, and Arvo Pärt
September 14, 2007
Do Make Say Think
Electric Kompany: music of Jacob TV, Nick Didkovsky, and Marc Mellits
April 30, 2007
The Books
Real Quiet: music of Phil Kline, Marc Mellits, and Annie Gosfield
February 20, 2007
Explosions in the Sky
Ayano Kataoka and Joshua Quillen, percussion: music of Xenakis and Reich