BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Acme Widgets\, Inc.//NONSGML ExportToCalendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Groupmuses near X-WR-NAME:Groupmuses near BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260715T005324Z UID:1a12029c-f189-4945-9e86-0b8dc0e1b44c DTSTART:20230716T210000Z DTEND:20230716T233000Z DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Adam Golka and John Moore\n\n 5 PM Doors & Pre-Reception\n6 PM Recital\n7:15 PM Post-Reception\n\n_____\ n\n**John Moore & Adam Golka**: Beethoven\, Schumann\, Ives\n\n[Gotham Art s](https://gothamarts.net) in collaboration with [Groupmuse](https://www.g roupmuse.com/) is delighted to present an intimate private recital by reno wned baritone [John Moore](https://www.singmoore.com/bio-1) and pianist [A dam Golka](https://www.adamgolka.com/) of celebrated song cycles by Beetho ven & Schumann together with selected songs by Ives.\n\nTexts and translat ions will be provided. Wine will be served.\n\n**Program:**\n\nBEETHOVEN A n die ferne Geliebte\, Op. 98\n\nIVES Selected Songs\n "Feldeinsamkeit"\n "Du alte Mutter"\n "The Light That Is Felt"\n "The Things Our Fathers Loved"\n "Ann Street"\n "Thoreau"\n "Luck and Work"\n "Circus Band"\n "Waltz"\n "General William Booth Enters Into Heaven"\n\nSCHUMANN Dichter liebe\, Op. 48\n\n__________\n\n**About the Musicians:**\n\n[Watch John & Adam perform Schumann's "Dichterliebe"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2 JBGAmYpLc)\n[Watch John's TEDx talk "Making Drama From Drama: An Opera Sin ger's Life"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ftaXzBYQ8c)\n\n**John Moore* *\n\nA frequent performer in both Europe and the United States\, **John Mo ore** is garnering praise for his energetic performances and burnished bar itone in both operatic and concert repertoire. He is a graduate of the **M etropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program**.\n\nJohn Moore’s 2021-2022 season features the rescheduled tour of *The (R)evolution of Ste ve Jobs* as he reprises the titular Steve Jobs with **Austin Opera**\, **L yric Opera of Kansas City**\, and **Atlanta Opera**. He also returns to ** Seattle Opera** as Marcello in *La bohème*\, and joins **New Orleans Oper a** as a soloist in their Gala Concert. In the summer of 2022\, he returns to **Des Moines Metro Opera** as Jess in the world premiere of Kristin Ku ster’s *A Thousand Acres*.\n\nDuring the COVID-19 impacted 2020-2021 sea son\, John Moore’s engagements included the title role in *Eugene Onegin * with his hometown company **Minnesota Opera** (cancelled)\, Handel’s * Messiah* with the **Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra** (postponed)\, the title role in *The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs* with **Atlanta Opera**\, **Austi n Opera**\, and **Lyric Opera of Kansas City** (postponed)\, Brahms’ *Re quiem* with the **San Diego Symphony**\, led by Edo de Waart (cancelled)\, and Conte Almaviva in *Le nozze di Figaro* with **New Zealand Opera** (pe rformed).\n\nMr. Moore’s original engagements during the COVID-19 shorte ned 2019-2020 season began with the role of Frank Lloyd Wright in **Arizon a Opera’s** production of *Shining Brow* (performed). He then joined **S eattle Opera** as the title role in *Eugene Onegin* (performed)\, appeared in **The Philadelphia Orchestra’s** presentation of Ravel’s *L’enfa nt et les sortilèges* (performed)\, and planned to finish the season as C onte Almaviva in **New Zealand Opera’s** production of *Le nozze di Figa ro* (postponed).\n\nMr. Moore’s 2018-2019 season included performances o f Pa Zegner in Missy Mazzoli’s *Proving Up* at the **Miller Theater**\, his company debut with **San Diego Opera** as the Count in *Le nozze di Fi garo*\, role debuts as Steve Jobs in *The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs* with **Seattle Opera** and Zurga in *The Pearl Fishers* with **Lyric Opera of Kansas City**\, and a return to **Portland Opera**\, singing Figaro in *Il barbiere di Siviglia*.\n\nJohn Moore’s 2017-2018 season included a retu rn to **Seattle Opera** as Figaro in *Il barbiere di Siviglia* and role de buts of Hannah Before in *As One* with **Des Moines Metro Opera** and Joha nnes “Pa” Zegner in *Proving Up* with **Opera Omaha**. He also returne d to the **Metropolitan Opera** to cover Papageno in *The Magic Flute* and Belcore in *L’elisir d’amore*. He finished the season by joining the **Glyndebourne Festival** as Achilla in *Giulio Cesare*.\n\n2016-2017 saw the baritone in the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s *Breaking the Wave s* with **Opera Philadelphia**\, singing the role of Jan\, a role he repri sed with **Beth Morrison Projects**. He also returned to the **Metropolita n Opera** as Moralès in *Carmen*\, **Seattle Opera** as Papageno in *Die Zauberflöte*\, the **Hyogo Performing Arts Center** as Figaro in *Le nozz e di Figaro*\, and the **Santa Cruz Symphony** as Figaro in *Il barbiere d i Siviglia*. In concert he appeared with the **Chamber Music Society at Li ncoln Center** featuring works of Vaughan Williams and Weber.\n\nThe previ ous season saw several significant company debuts for the baritone includi ng: **Seattle Opera**\, as Count Almavivia in *Le nozze di Figaro*\; the * *Bayerische Staatsoper**\, Adario in *Les indes galantes*\; **Florida Gran d Opera**\, Tadeusz in *The Passenger*\; **Portland Opera**\, as Papageno in *Die Zauberflöte*\, and **Opera Omaha**\, as Figaro in *Il barbiere di Siviglia*. On the concert stage\, he appeared at **Carnegie Hall** with t he **Oratorio Society of NY** under the direction of Kent Tritle\, and the **Philadelphia Chamber Music Society**.\n\nThe 2014-2015 season saw John Moore return to the **Metropolitan Opera** stage as Moralès in *Carmen*\, as well as Nachtigal in *Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*\, and he appear ed with their annual **Opera in the Parks** summer concert series. Additio nally\, he debuted at the **Atlanta Opera** as the Conte Almaviva in *Le n ozze di Figaro* and covered the role of Tadeusz in **Lyric Opera of Chicag o’s** production of *The Passenger*.\n\nDuring the 2013-2014 season\, Mr . Moore appeared as Papageno in *The Magic Flute* and as Fléville in *And rea Chénier* with the **Metropolitan Opera**\, Donald in *Billy Budd* wit h **Glyndebourne** at **BAM**\, and Guglielmo in *Così fan tutte* at **Hy ogo Performing Arts Center**\, Japan. He also toured Russia with members o f the **Metropolitan Opera**.\n\nIn the 2012-2013 season\, the baritone re turned to the **Metropolitan Opera** as Curio in *Giulio Cesare* and Simon etto in *Francesca di Rimini*\, and also returned to the role of Donald in *Billy Budd* with the **Glyndebourne Festival Opera**.\n\nMr. Moore’s 2 011-12 season featured a return to the **Metropolitan Opera** as Fiorello in *Il barbiere di Siviglia*\, Yamadori in *Madama Butterfly*\, and Donald in *Billy Budd*. He was the baritone soloist in the American premiere of Juraj Filas’s *Oratorio Spei* with **Sacred Music in a Sacred Space** at the **Church of St. Ignatius Loyola** under the baton of Kent Tritle. In addition to his recital with **Philadelphia Chamber Music Society**\, Mr. Moore also gave recitals at his alma mater\, **Simpson College**\, and at **People’s Symphony Concerts** in NY. In the summer\, he returned to the **Des Moines Metro Opera** in a role debut as the titular character in Tc haikovksy’s *Eugene Onegin*. Mr. Moore concluded the season as Count Alm aviva in *Le nozze di Figaro* with **Glyndebourne Opera’s** touring ense mble in the United Kingdom.\n\nIn the 2010-2011 season\, Mr. Moore appeare d as Papageno in the **Metropolitan Opera’s** English production of *The Magic Flute*\, toured with **Musicians from Marlboro**\, performed in rec ital with the **Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music**\, and returned to the **Des Moines Metro Opera** as Dr. Malatesta in Donizetti’s *Don Pasquale *. In addition\, Mr. Moore took part in a studio recording of Peter Lieber son’s *The Coming of Light* with **CCM**.\n\nDuring the 2009-10 season J ohn premiered Lieberson’s *The Coming of Light* with **Chicago Chamber M usicians**\, sang Abbé Lorenzo in a new production of Argento’s *Casano va’s Homecoming* at **Minnesota Opera**\, sang Fiorello at the **Met**\, appeared in concert at the **Lakes Art Center** in Okoboji\, Iowa and for the **Des Moines Opera Guild**\, and made his debut at **Glyndebourne Fes tival Opera** in England singing Donald in Britten’s *Billy Budd*. In 20 07\, he made his debut at the **Metropolitan Opera** singing Fiorello in * Il barbiere di Siviglia*. Mr. Moore made his international debut at **Wels h National Opera** in 2008 singing Figaro in WNO’s acclaimed English *Ba rber of Seville*.\n\n**Adam Golka**\n\nPolish-American pianist **Adam Golk a** (born 1987) first performed all of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas when he w as 18 years-old\, and he considers the 32 masterpieces to have been his sa ving grace during the Covid crisis. "The reason I can't stay away from Bee thoven is that he put himself through absolute hell in an attempt to marry the rawest expressions of his subconscious to the unattainable ideals of his mind. No other composer before or since has been willing to explore th is internal warfare as deeply as he did\, and I constantly feel that I'll somehow redeem myself by surrendering to the fight which is at the core of performing his works."\n\nIn 2020-2021\, Adam Golka performed the eleven- hour cycle of Beethoven's Sonatas five times in its entirety\, three times for socially distanced audiences at the **Bach Festival Society of Winter Park** (Florida)\, once at the **Archway Gallery** in Houston\, and also a live-streamed cycle at the Saint **Thomas Church Fifth Avenue** (NYC)\, with a growing live audience as the year-long series proceeded. Adam's per formances were complemented by 32 short films he created\, known as *32@32 * (available on YouTube)\, documenting his preparation for climbing the Ev erest of the piano literature\, and featuring an amalgam of distinguished guests\, from astrophysicists to Alfred Brendel. First Hand Records in Lon don has released his "Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 1" in 2020\, recorded a t the **Tippet Rise Art Center** in Montana. "Adam Golka plays [Sonatas op . 10] with a certain brio\, fiery\, very free. After all\, Beethoven dares in them fantasies\, embellishments\, cadenzas that the pianist seizes wit h a sense of improvisation\, variations of mood\, which never make you for get the simple beauty of his touch\, the obviousness of his speech." *Arta mag* (France)\n\nAs public events in the United States re-opened\, Adam wa s engaged by the **Buffalo Philharmonic** and **Asheville Symphonies** to film concertos by Bach\, Mozart\, Clara Schumann\, Saint-Saëns\, Brahms\, Rachmaninoff\, and Shostakovich for online release. He has also recorded a recital for the **Chelsea Music Festival** at **High Line Nine**\, and h e performed for live audiences at **Chamber Music Sedona**\, as well as a series of recitals with cellist Jonathan Swensen\, including the **Morgan Library** in NYC.\n\nIn 2021-2022\, Adam plays Beethoven's *Emperor* with the **California Symphony** and he tours with a recital featuring Beethove n's *Les Adieux*\, Liszt's *Sonata*\, Grażyna Bacewicz's *Piano Sonata No . 2*\, as well as etudes by Nicolai Kapustin and his own *Relevant Etude* (2021)\, including stops at the **PianoTexas International Festival**\, ** Minnesota Beethoven Festival**\, and **Brattleboro Music Center**. He also joins violinist Itamar Zorman for recitals at **Wigmore Hall** in London and the **Israel Conservatory** in Tel-Aviv\, pianist Yannick Rafalimanana for a two-piano recital at **Kammermusik-Verein Halberstadt** (Germany)\, and he will also enjoy a two-week residency at the **Krzyżowa-Music Fest ival** (Poland).\n\nAdam Golka is deeply indebted to his two main teachers \, José Feghali\, with whom he studied at Texas Christian University\, an d Leon Fleisher\, with whom he worked as part of the Artist Diploma progra m at the Peabody Conservatory. Since finishing his formal studies\, Adam h as continued to develop his artistry through private mentorship from his f avorite artists: Alfred Brendel\, Richard Goode\, Murray Perahia\, Ferenc Rados\, and András Schiff\, who invited Adam to give recitals at the **Kl avier-Festival Ruhr** and **Tonhalle Zürich** for the *Sir András Schiff Selects* concert series.\n\nAs a concerto soloist\, he has appeared with dozens of orchestras\, including the **BBC Scottish Symphony**\, **NACO** (Ottawa)\, **Warsaw Philharmonic**\, **Shanghai Philharmonic**\, as well a s the **San Francisco\, Atlanta\, Houston\, Dallas\, Milwaukee\, Indianapo lis\, New Jersey\, and San Diego symphonies**. Adam has enjoyed collaborat ions with conductors such as Donald Runnicles\, Pinchas Zukerman\, Mark Wi gglesworth\, Joseph Swensen\, and he has made countless concerto appearanc es with his brother\, conductor Tomasz Golka. Adam gave his **Carnegie Ste rn Auditorium** début in 2010 with the **New York Youth Symphony** and hi s New York recital début at **Alice Tully Hall**\, presented by the Music ians Emergency Fund.\n\nAdam's professional life began when he was awarded the first prize and audience prize at the 2nd China Shanghai Internationa l Piano Competition. In 2009\, he won the Max I. Allen Fellowship from Ame rican Pianists Association. As a pedagogue\, he acted as Artist-in-Residen ce for six school years at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester\, Ma ssachusetts. Adam has recorded works by Beethoven\, Schumann\, and Brahms for First Hand Records and he has premiered works composed for him by Rich ard Danielpour\, Michael Brown\, and Jarosław Gołębiowski. LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York SUMMARY:John Moore & Adam Golka: Beethoven\, Schumann\, Ives URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/13439-john-moore-adam-golka-beethoven- schumann-ives END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR