Allison Charney and Peter Seidenberg with Craig Ketter

Cellist Peter Seidenberg joins series host, soprano Allison Charney, in this special hour-long fourth episode of the series, discussing and performing – with pianist Craig Ketter – classics by Bach, Bloch, Verdi, Strauss, living composer Marianna Rosett’s haunting “Kaddish” and a highlight from Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man, while exploring the series’ central theme of hope.

Musical Selections:

Peter Seidenberg:

Sonata in C-Major, 3rd Mvt./J.S. Bach

Peter Seidenberg with Allison Charney and Craig Ketter:

Morrò ma prima in grazia – from Un Ballo in Maschera /Giuseppe Verdi

Peter Seidenberg with Craig Ketter:

Prayer/Ernst Bloch

Peter Seidenberg with Allison Charney and Craig Ketter:

Marianna Rosett – “Kaddish” from Ghost Brothers

Til There Was You – from The Music Man/Meredith Wilson

Allison Charney and Craig Ketter

Zuiegnung/R. Strauss

In its pre-pandemic live incarnation – the innovative classical concert series PREFORMANCES ™ with Allison Charney invited audiences to experience celebrated classical musicians in anticipation of their upcoming engagements on the world’s most prestigious stages. When live classical music had all but stopped, thus curtailing any upcoming engagements, acclaimed opera singer and series founder and host, Allison Charney, asked the existential question: If classical musicians are playing music but there’s no one there to hear it, have they really made music?
Her answer:  Not without an audience.

Enter PREFORMANCES™: Season of Hope presented by NYC’s historic Town Hall

In this seven-episode concert and conversation series, we continue the PREFORMANCES™ mission of blurring the traditional barriers which exist between classical musicians and their audiences by providing an intimate and personal glimpse into top-level artists’ practices along with our signature “un-Google-able” insights – all with a focus on the series’ theme of hope. In addition, Allison and her guests will perform multiple virtually-recorded musical selections on each episode.

All episodes are available on YouTube and as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify.