As I noted in a tweet @arttravelsavvy on Dec. 16th, I found a hidden gem when I attended a noon recital at Rockefeller University yesterday. I was invited by a friend, who graduated from Juilliard, to join her for the concert in Caspary Auditorium.
You don't have to make a reservation or buy a ticket. The concerts are free but a donation to the university is appreciated. The program is announced the week of the recital and you can call the hotline listed below a couple of days in advance to find out the program details.
The official title of the concerts is Tri-I Noon Recitals because they are presented by three organizations: New York-Presbyterian/Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Rockefeller University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center & Hospital for Special Surgery. The concert series was founded in 1986 by the late Alexander Mauro, who was a professor of biophysics at Rockefeller.
The recital yesterday featured the Horszowski Trio, which is comprised of the two-time Grammy nominee, violinist Jesse Mills; the founding cellist of the Daedalus Quartet, Ramen Ramakrishnan; and, the pianist Rieko Aizawa. They were fabulous. The program: Beethoven Trio in D Major, Op. 70, Nr. 1 ("Ghost" Trio) and Dvorak Trio in f minor, Op. 65.
The next recital will be January 6, 2012.
Tri-I Noon Recitals
Rockefeller University
Caspary Auditorium
1230 York Ave. at 66th St.
Recital Hotline: 1-212-327-7007
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