Chamber Ensemble to perform at UIA (12/08/91)

Chamber Ensemble to perform at UIA

NEW YORK - The Nova Chamber Ensemble will present a concert at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York on Saturday, December 14 at 8 p.m. Founded in 1984 by Laryssa Krupa and James Schlefer in order to present programs of chamber music with a special focus on works of Ukrainian composers, the Nova Chamber Ensemble in February of that year began a regular series of concerts at the Ukrainian Institute of America, which continued until 1989.

In the fall of 1987 the NCE began a parallel concert series in Morristown, N.J., held at the Church of the Assumption, which is in its fifth season today.

In the last two seasons the NCE has hosted the Lysenko String Quartet from Kiev in its series in Morristown, N.J., and New York. The artistic collaboration of the two ensembles brought about joint tours of Ukraine and northeastern United States last spring.

The Nova Chamber Ensemble program at the Ukrainian Institute of America on December 14, part of the "Music at the Institute" series will feature: Oleh Kyva's Sonata for Cello and Piano; Bohuslav Martinu's Trio for flute, cello and piano; Mozart's quartet for flute and strings, in D Major; Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Trio in E minor and Carlos Rausch's Variations on the "Song of Ukrainian Hero Sava Chalij."

Performing in the concert will be special guests members of the Lysenko String Quartet, guest soprano Olena Heimur and Nova members violinist Christopher Lee, flutist James Schlefer, cellist Maya Beiser, and pianist/director Laryssa Krupa.

Tickets are $20, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students. For more information please call Andrij Paschak at (212) 772-2884 or the UIA at (212) 288-8660.