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"When Margaretha Maimone stages a chamber music concert, musicians without a keen sense of adventure need not apply -- that goes for audiences, too."-- The New York TimesEstablished in 1984 by Margaretha Maimone and friends in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ridotto offers concerts with a touch of theater on Long Island as a colorful and intelligent alternative to the tradition concert stage. Highlights of past seasons include: Igor Stravinsky, The Early Years; with the trio "The Soldiers Tale", and a pantomine on "Renard". Armida, a fully staged opera by Josef Hadyn. Music and Laughter in Shakespeare's Time, with music for voices and lute, poetry and theatre. Passion and Pride, a program with Spanish music and a Lorca play with the use of marionettes and actors; The Cry of the Gypsy, with gypsy influences on chamber music and a Flamenco dance. Little Giovanni, the travels of a Renaissance artist; Satie and Cocteau, Paris in the 1900s with a short film by Rene Clair. Elgar and Hardy on two great British Victorians in music and in poetry; Theme programs centered around the music of Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms. All of these were hailed as intriguing and rich music programs. Now in its 10th year on Long Island, Ridotto has made its mark on classical music offerings. "An energetic, inventive ensemble such as this can only enrich the community where it appears." -- Peter Goodman, Newsday

Concerts with a Touch of Theater

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Next Concert

Dido & Aeneas has been cancelled

as planned on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 4 pm

In its place Ridotto presents the Artek Chamber Ensemble in

A Distant Longing: Beethoven and Schubert

Sunday February 5, 2012 at 4 pm in Old First Church

Gwendolyn Toth, fortepiano; Michael Brown, tenor; Beter Becker, baritone; and Agnes Kallay, cello

Cello Sonata in G and An die Ferne Geliebte by Beethoven; Art Songs by Schubert and his Sonatina in G minor

Tickets $20, $18 seniors; $15 Ridotto members; $10 students.

in Old First Church, 125 Main Street, Huntington, NY

Ridotto Concerts are made possible by the generosity of private Donors and Endowments, Suffolk County - The Office of Economic Development, and New York State Council for the Arts through its Decentralization Fund administered by the Huntington Arts Council.

Season Schedule No Frame

Ridotto Season Schedule 2011-2012 Concerts with a Touch of Theater

Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 4pm. Dido and Aeneas, a Baroque opera by Henry Purcell, shows all the greatness of English music of the era. Performed with chamber orchestra, solo voices, with marionettes on stage.

Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 4pm . Piano Recital: Andreas Klein, the German born pianist has performed throughout the US, Europe, Israel, and Russia. He performs Betthoven's Sonata Op. 110, Schumann's "Fantasie Stucke', and Schubert's brilliant Wanderer Fantasie.

Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 4pm . Piano Recital: Ran Dank, the Israeli born pianist, a semi-finalist in the 2009 Van Cliburn competition, performs works by Ligeti, Chopin, and Stravinsky.

Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 4pm . The Boundaries of Eros. The darker side of Montmartre, Paris, is explored in song, dance, and narration. Music by Satie, Reynaldo Hahn, Poulenc, and Ravel (Chansons Madecasses). Letters by Gaugin and Lautrec. Dance by "Mira". With Tammy Hensrud, soprano, and Jenny Hess, piano.

Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 4pm . Hugo Wolf Quartett, the internationally renowned string quartet returns to the Ridotto stage in an all Romantic program including Schubert's Quartett Satz, the wondorous Wolf Quartet in d-minor, and Schumann's Quartet No. 2.

Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 4pm . Piano Duo Vassily Primakov and Natalia Lavrova were hailed as the most perfectly matched Piano Duo in recent years. Music by Schubert, Shostakovich, Mozart, Arensky, and Lutoslavski (Paganini Variations).

Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 4pm . The Muses of Andulasia . The music of Andulusia is steeped in many cultural traditions and is different from the rest of Spain and Europe. The concert features the PubliQuartet playing the Piano Quintet by Torrega, and includes film and music for guitar.

Sunday, January 1, 2011 at 4pm . New Year's Concert with the Lord Chamberlain's Consort., and emsemble of voices, harp, and lutes excelling in the brilliant, witty, and melancholic repertoire of the 1600's. With Philip Anderson, tenor, and Marcia Young, soprano. (note, Concert in St. John's Church, 12 Prospect St., Huntington

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Tickets

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Support the finest chamber music series on Long Island. Become a member of Ridotto and receive discounts on tickets.

$70. Family Membership (discount for 2)

$40. Single Membership (discount for 1)

Members are welcome at Ridotto parties and special functions.

*Memberships are fully tax deductible.

Tickets and Subscriptions

Ridotto proudly offers eight concerts, performed in the stylish Parish Hall of Huntington's Old First Church. Subscription offers the following benefits:

a guaranteed seat for each concert

sharply reduced ticket prices

Subscriptions

4 -Choice card: $65. ; a punch card for any four concerts

3 -Piano Recital card: $50. ; a punch card for three Piano Recitals

5 -Chamber Concerts: $85. ( excluding Piano Recitals)

Single tickets: $20; $18 (seniors); $15 (members); $10 (students with ID)

Please order your tickets or subscriptions now. Mail your check to Ridotto at 4 Rolling Hills Drive, in Huntington Station, NY 11746

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Sound Clips No Frame

Ridotto Concert Sound Clips

haydn vinca string quartet

night over venice albinoni suite

vivaldi lanotte daphna mor

primakov appassionata 1

handel concerto grosso

boccherini quintetto

vivaldi all_ombre nina berman

primakov appassionata 2

stravinsky_soldiers tale part 2b

martinu sonata begelman

bruch kolnidrei tchekmazov

schedrin quadrille tchekmazov cello

bartok contrasts sebes

bartok 2nd rhapsody lassu simovic

Gallery

Vivaldi's Venice Eric Milnes
Vassily Primakov: piano
Salute to Vivian DellaChiesa
Soyeon Lee: piano
Stravinsky Mavra
Ravel Sortileges: Widerman
Satie and Cocteau (Felsenthal)
Ridotto Gala Concert
Return to Village Tomov Dance
Renaissance Tryptich
Music for Chagall Tchekmazov
Chagall Art Installation
Mozart Impresario
Mozart Impresario (Delta Gier)
Mozart and Salieri Opera
Mozart and Salieri Opera
Morgenstern Piano Trio
Misha Dichter in Ridotto
Misha and Cipa Dichter 2010
Misha Dichter after concert
DeFalla Maeso Pedro
Passion and Pride: Lorca
Passion and Pride: Lorca
Little Giovanni: Renaissance
Jazzical with Alex Peskanov
Il Re Pastore: Ben Sosland
Mozart's Il Re Pastore: Buchi
Gluck Parnaso Confuso
Gluck Parnaso Confuso
Gluck Opera: Cond. Maimone
Hugo Wolf String Quartet
Berlin Kabaret: Dirk Weiler
Elizabethan Concert (Anderson)
Tammy Hensrud in Bel Canto
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
Bastien Bastienne Opera
Baroque Fashion Show

Photos of Past Performances

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bartok_contrasts_sebes

Directions No Frame

Ridotto concerts are held in The Parish Hall of Old First Church, 125 Main St. (25A) in Huntington (opp. Town Hall)

Driving Directions:

Take exit 49N off the Long Island Expressway, or exit 40N/Route 110 off the Northern State Parkway towards Huntington. Follow Route 110, past the Walt Whitman Mall, crossing Jericho Turnpike (the road changes names becoming New York Avenue). Continue north, under the railroad overpass until reaching the Village of Huntington. New York Avenue there intersects with Main Street (Route 25A). Turn right on Main Street past one more light and the church is on the left.

Parking available in the church parking lot and across the street behind Town Hall.

The church is handicapped accessible.

History

The Ridotto ~ a colorful place then and now...In the city of Venice, a wealthy upper class socialized not only in their homes, but also in theatres and the adjacent ridotti. The ridotto was a space behind the theatres, much like a foyer, where visitors of all layers of society mingled and engaged in discussion, gambling, or other spirited forms of entertainment. Most visitors wore masks. It was the famous black and white bauta which made recognition virtually impossible.In all of the approximately 20 ridotti of Venice, gambling was the main activity. Young aristocrats sold their military duty to poor souls in need of money. Servants, poets, flower girls, singers, merchants, foreign visitors, and dignitaries all passed through the ridotto. Casanova praised the beautiful women, playwright Goldoni found willing listeners to his fantastic stories in the ridotto. The painters Longhi, Guardi, and Tiepolo all found inspiration in the dark-lit establishments.In the late 18th century, all ridotti were closed by the Doge of Venice on the suspicion of conspiracy, only to be re-opened as state-run casinos. The profits now went to the impoverished Republic. Guiseppe Verde celebrated the success of his opera Rigoletto in 1851 in the Ridotto San Moise, one of the most flamboyant ridotti of all, and a well known meeting place for artists.The free spirit and mischief of the original ridotti was the model for our arts organization. Established in 1984 by Margaretha Maimone and friends in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ridotto offers concerts with a touch of theater on Long Island as a colorful and intelligent alternative to the traditional concert stage. All arts find a place on our Ridotto stage, but music is the core of all programs.

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Nina Berman, Soprano in Marcello's 'Primavera'

About the Director No Frame

About the Director...

Margaretha Maimone

Though music is the central force of each performance, the charm of Ridotto is that any other art can be asked to give relevance to the theme of a concert. Ridotto concerts become a spectacle for the eye, and a feast for the ear.

Born in The Netherlands, Margaretha Maimone is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and was a violinist in the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Ballet Orchestra. She was a founding member of the Delta Ensemble for 20th Century Music, and started Ridotto in 1984 in Amsterdam. She later added a degree in Theatre Arts from Stony Brook University.

She has been the creative and organizational force behind Ridotto from the beginning. Her vision of inviting artists of all disciplines to the concert stage has given Ridotto a flamboyant image. Besides being the creator of each program, she also is stage director of Ridotto 's Chamber Opera performances, and narrator and author of it's varied theatrical program elements.