Concerts

2024-2025 Season

Sunday, February 9 at 3pm
Private residence in Tribeca, NYC

Musical Menagerie

Mukherjee, Anthiel, Sohn, Sirota, Busch, Joyce, Tower

Roberta Michel, flute

Emmalie Tello, clarinet

Kae Nakano, violin

Benjamin Larsen, cello

Fifi Zhang, piano

Tim Mukherjee, Untitled (5’)

George Antheil, Sonatina (6’)

Nicky Sohn, Disco Ball (7’)

Robert Sirota, Birds of Paradise (15’)

Adolf Busch, Deutsche Tänze (8’)

Molly Joyce, Compare and Contrast (10’)

Joan Tower, Petroushkates (6’)

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Sunday, March 9 at 3pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn NY

Contrasting Voices

Bartók, Bridge, Howells, and Sohn

Laura Strickling, soprano

Stephanie Liu, violin

Miyun Chung, violin

Liuh-Wen Ting, viola

Benjamin Larsen, cello

Daniel Schlosberg, piano

Nicky Sohn, Burning (9’)

Nicky Sohn, Monument (6’)

Selections from 40@40 (18’)

Robert Sirota, Contrapassos (20’)

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Sunday, April 6 at 3pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn NY

Mind the Gap

Bartók, Howells, Bridge, and Sohn

Emmalie Tello, clarinet

Mayuki Fukuhara, violin

Eriko Sato, violin

Liuh-Wen Ting, viola

Benjamin Larsen, cello

Herbert Howells, Rhapsodic Quintet (12’)

Frank Bridge, An Irish Melody: The ‘Londonderry’ Air (8’)

Nicky Sohn, Toad Toad (6)

Béla Bartók, String Quartet No. 1 (30’)

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Sunday, May 4 at 3pm
Park Slope, Brookyln NY

Question & Answer

Schubert, Sohn, and Borodin

Yi-Chun Lin, violin

Jungwon Yoon, violin

Liuh-Wen Ting, viola

Benjamin Larsen, cello

Franz Schubert, Quartettsatz (10’)

Nicky Sohn, Three Questions (18’)

Alexander Borodin, String Quartet No. 2 (29’)

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Sunday, June 1 at 3pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn NY

European Voyage

Semtana, Joh, and Devienne

Nanci Belmont, bassoon

Eriko Sato, violin

Kae Nakano, violin

Liuh-Wen Ting, viola

Benjamin Larsen, cello

Euna Joh, Grace Upon Grace (7’)

François Devienne, Quartet in F Major (19’)

Bedřich Smetana, String Quartet No. 1 (30’)

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2025 Spring Concerts coming soon!


Past Concerts

Sunday, January 12 at 3pm
Park Slope, Brooklyn NY

Larsen-Choi Duo

Schumann, Wheeler, Sohn, and Beethoven

Benjamin Larsen, cello

Hyungjin Choi, piano

R. Schumann, Fantasiestücke (12’)

Scott Wheeler, Cello Sonata no 1 ‘Spirit Geometry’ (21’)

Nicky Sohn, Lullaby for Those Fast Asleep (8’)

L.v. Beethoven, Sonata in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2 (20’)

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December 15, 2024
Sunday, 3 PM
Brooklyn, New York

Even in the Oddest Times

Rossini, Nicky Sohn, and Tchaikovsky

Stephanie Liu, violin
Gloria Lee, violin
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Benjamin Larsen
, cello
Gregg August
, bass

Gioachino Rossini: String Sonata no 2 in A Major (14')
Nicky Sohn: Even in the Oddest Times (20')
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: String Quartet no 1 in D Major, op. 11 (30')


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November 17, 2024
Sunday, 3 PM
Brooklyn, New York

'Archduke’

Beethoven's iconic piano trio

Xiao Wang, violin
Benjamin Larsen, cello
Dan Epstein, piano

Ernest Bloch: Three Nocturnes (9')
Nicky Sohn: Rodeo (11')
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat Major, op. 97 ’Archduke’ (41')

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October 25, 2024
Friday, 7:00 PM
TriBeCa, NY

2024 Gala

Qianwen Shen, violin
Benjamin Larsen
, cello
Inesa Sinkevych
, piano
Hyungjin Choi, piano

Marjorie Merryman: Waterways (12')
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio in g minor (30')

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October 6, 2024
Sunday, 3 PM
Brooklyn, New York

Lyric Masterpieces

Works by Brahms, Nicky Sohn, and Schubert

Ashley Chui, mezzo-soprano
Kae Nakano, violin
TBA, violin
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Benjamin Larsen, cello
Yoon Jin Park, cello
Hyungjin Choi, piano

Johannes Brahms: Two Songs, op. 91 (13')
Nicky Sohn: Things to Avoid in Oranges (9')
Franz Schubert: Quintet in C Major, D.956 (50')


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September 15, 2024
Sunday, 3 PM
Brooklyn, New York

Bohemian Voices

Works by Sohn, Kaprálová, and Dvořák

Miyun Chung, violin
Sheng-Ching Hsu
, violin
Isabella Mensz, viola
Benjamin Larsen, cello

Nicky Sohn: Fortunes Unfolded (8')
Vítezslava Kaprálová: String Quartet, op. 8 (22')
Antonín Dvorák: String Quartet no 10 in E flat Major, op. 51 (30')

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Location

Concerts on the Slope is a monthly concert series performed at:

St. John's Episcopal Church
139 St. John's Place
Brooklyn, New York,  11217

Directions

139 St. John’s Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Subway Directions

Take the Q train to Seventh Avenue Station. Exit on the South side to Flatbush Avenue. Walk a half block to Seventh Avenue, then take a left and walk two short blocks to St. John's Place. Turn right and the Church is on your right.

Take the 2 or 3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Exit on the South Side to St. John’s Place. Walk along St. John's Place one block to Seventh Avenue. Cross the street and the Church is on the right.

Bus Directions

St. John's is also convenient to the Flatbush 41 and the Seventh Avenue 67 and 69 Buses.