Location: MAP | Mid-Park at 71st Street The Naumburg Bandshell is one of New York City’s most cherished cultural landmarks having entertained generations of New Yorkers with a rich variety of performances and special events While best known for its celebrated free summer classical concerts the Bandshell also presents a diverse lineup of events throughout the year For information about this year's summer concert schedule at Naumburg Bandshell, visit our Naumburg Orchestral Concerts page or www.naumburgconcerts.org The story of Naumburg Bandshell began with the original Mould Bandstand, built in 1862 as a Moorish-style pagoda on the Mall free Saturday concerts would draw crowds of up to 45,000 on summer days By 1923, the need for a larger, more permanent venue led to the construction of the current Naumburg Bandshell, generously gifted to New York City by philanthropist and classical music-lover Elkan Naumburg. The Bandshell replaced the earlier structure and became a central hub for musical and cultural gatherings. In the 1980s, the nearby Wisteria Pergola was expanded to support the growing festival scene the Naumburg Bandshell continues to offer free classical concerts inviting audiences to enjoy world-class performances in a serene outdoor setting Map This Location Join us at the Akustika Fair at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre from April 4-6 Meet The Strad team at stand F08 and pick up a free copy of the magazine The Strad Directory Jobs a New York City recital, and a commissioned work Photos: Tam Lan Truong, jonathanswensen.com Left to right: Leland Ko and Jonathan Swensen  Read more news stories here The finals of the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition concluded on 20 October taking place at the Manhattan School of Music’s Neidorff-Karpati Hall in New York City US. The first prize was jointly awarded to US–Canadian cellist Leland Ko The other finalists were US cellists Aaron Wolf Ko is a graduate of Princeton University in New Jersey and the New England Conservatory in Boston where he was awarded the Presidential Scholar Award He has won competitions including the Hong Kong Generation Next Arts International Music Competition and the OSM Competition and has performed at venues such as Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall Among Ko’s teachers are Donald Weilerstein Swensen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Frederiksberg with Torleif Thedéen at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and with Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory He has previously won the Windsor International String Competition the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Khachaturian International Cello Competition Swensen was also the 2022 recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant The competition was hosted by the Walter W established by banker and amateur cellist Walter Naumburg in 1926 which aims to assist gifted young musicians in America The foundation will host its International Chamber Music Competition in 2025 and its International Violin Competition in 2026 Read: Violinist and cellist amongst recipients of 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grants Read: 2024 Concert Artists Guild Competition Winners Announced In The Best of Technique you’ll discover the top playing tips of the world’s leading string players and teachers It’s packed full of exercises for students plus examples from the standard repertoire to show you how to integrate the technique into your playing The Strad’s Masterclass series brings together the finest string players with some of the greatest string works ever written Masterclass has been an invaluable aid to aspiring soloists chamber musicians and string teachers since the 1990s The Canada Council of the Arts’ Musical Instrument Bank is 40 years old in 2025 This year’s calendar celebrates some its treasures including four instruments by Antonio Stradivari and priceless works by Montagnana The respected violin professor was dismissed on Friday 8 November following investigations into reported misconduct Chinese violinist Chaowen Luo took home the KRW30,000,000 (£16,400) first prize  The eight-year-old son of violinist Anna Lipkind-Mazor and cellist Gavriel Lipkind has a rare and aggressive form of cancer that requires specialist treatment in Barcelona The violinist has been appointed artistic director of Clarion Concerts which provides chamber music concerts and experiences in New York’s Hudson Valley The Astatine Trio and Novo Quartet join the scheme from 2025–2027 Ten ensembles will compete for the chance to win the top prize package at this year’s competition from 25 to 31 August Site powered by Webvision Cloud Story by CCM Graduate Assistant Lucy Evans which takes place October 15-20 in New York City Smith is the youngest of the 39 competitors Smith has long studied with Rafferty and is quickly making a name for herself as a soloist She made her orchestral debut at age 8 with the Seven Hills Sinfonietta and has since appeared as a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Smith’s fourth album, Kodály, was released earlier this year with Azica Records. Her first album, Ignite Cassidy of the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra praised her playing saying “I have never heard the depth of artistry at such an age dynamic range [and] intonation are truly beyond her years.” the Naumburg Competition awards exceptional musicians ranging from string players to vocalists choosing a different instrument category each year Previous winners include such luminaries as Leonidas Kavakos (violin) winners receive two recital appearances at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and financial support for the commission of a new work Smith will present two fully prepared recital programs The programs must feature a wide variety of repertoire representing her interests and artistic strengths as they serve as proposals for the winner’s recitals at Alice Tully Hall The preliminary round of this year’s competition was October 15-17, with the livestreamed semi-finals on Oct. 18 held on October 20 at Neidorff-Kaparti Hall in Manhattan will be streamed and is open to the public Smith performs on stage with the UK's London City Philharmonic ccmpr@ucmail.uc.edu Lucy Evans is an artist diploma student studying Opera-Vocal Performance at CCM She is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music and has performed as a young artist with the Santa Fe Opera and Opera Theatre of St Louis Experience world-class performances by the next generation of performing and media artists at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) The college’s fall 2023 schedule of ticketed events is now available; tickets are on sale beginning 1 p.m Audiences are invited to return to the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) concert halls and theaters to experience world-class performances and presentations by the next generation of performing and media artists The college’s spring 2023 schedule of free and ticketed events is now available Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning on Monday The college’s fall 2024 schedule of major events is now available; tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office University of Cincinnati | 2600 Clifton Ave The AIDS Walk event in Central Park brings together people from all walks of life to raise awareness and funds for the fight against HIV and AIDS sporting brightly colored t-shirts and signs The atmosphere is both celebratory and somber with music and cheers punctuated by moments of reflection and remembrance Register Here Starting Point: The WALK begins at the Naumburg Bandshell (south of Bethesda Terrace Due to the 2025 Celebrate Israel Parade on May 18 please avoid entering Central Park from Fifth Avenue between 59th and 85th Streets Walk Route: You'll walk north along the East side cross over the North Meadow and back south along the West side Terrance McKnight: Live from the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park New York City's number one classical music station We're here at this historic bandshell that was given to the city in 1923 Elkan Naumburg gave this to the city for free music concerts And that tradition lives on through his family member a tradition that we appreciate here in New York City the Naumburg Bandshell invites the renowned Handel and Haydn Society We're going to start tonight with a Concerto Grosso So tonight we're going to hear several soloists This one has two violins and a cello in conversation with the rest of the ensemble to tell us what that conversation is all about is the cellist Guy Fishman but he didn't write one for your instrument The cello was considered an accompanimental instrument when most of this music was written Corelli gives it a couple of measures here and there So Corelli did write for your instrument in this concerto grosso form Terrance McKnight: Now I understand that your instrument was made in the same city where Corelli worked Guy Fishman: It was made in the same city at the same time that he was composing So he might have heard this cello in his own music So tell us about this Concerto Grosso that we're gonna have this is the form that Corelli really elevated and standardized Everyone basically copied Corelli after him It's got multiple movements that sort of stream into one another Corelli was said to have his eyes roll into the back of his head when he played the violin Terrance McKnight: Any particular reason why we're starting with this piece of music This is the Handel and Haydn Society with Arcangelo Corelli's Concerto Grosso in D for two violins and cello.\ Terrance McKnight: Concerto Grosso for two violins performed by the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston Making this music live at the Naumburg Bandshell in New York City's Central Park I'm Terrance McKnight here with you in this concert of concertos usually a solo instrument in front of an orchestra But this idea of a concerto really began with music for a singer And we're going to hear an example of that kind of concerto later in this concert here's a more typical way of hearing a singer and an orchestra together And she started her opera training in New York State at Glimmerglass Now she's sung with a lot of major orchestras around the world including the Philharmonic here in the city But she's also worked a lot with the Handel and Haydn Society and tonight she's going to join them for music by George Frederic Handel one from Julius Caesar and the other from Semele Joelle Harvey is Cleopatra in love with Caesar but she's been taken prisoner and told that Caesar is dead She's contemplating her fate and threatening to haunt her enemies after she's dead Here is Joelle Harvey with Handel and Haydn Society at Central Park From Guilio Cesare - Piangerό la sorte mia George Frideric Handel She's out here with the Handel and Haydn Society in a concert happening at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park We're going to hear more from Joelle Harvey in the second half of this program I'm Terrance McKnight here with you on Classical New York and it's a beautiful night in the park Lots of folks seated in chairs and benches Wonderful time to be out here at the park and on the radio here for our listeners there's an organ right in the middle of Central Park Handel was a famous organist and he often played organ concertos between acts He would conduct them from the keyboard just improvising at that instrument You're going to hear lots of great concerto stuff in this work it's got a lot of bird song imitations in it That's why this concerto is known as the Cuckoo and the Nightingale The organ part is written for a small chamber organ a small portable instrument without pedals but it's actually a pipe organ that's been brought to the Naumburg Bandshell for this concert and playing it is the Handel and Haydn Society's Associate Conductor And he's going to join us for conversation We were out here just a couple of weeks ago And now we're here with the Handel and Haydn Society on WQXR Terrance McKnight: That applause for Ian Watson the concerto he just played here in Central Park A concerto for organ composed by George Frederic Handel played by Ian Watson and the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston I'm Terrance McKnight and we are halfway through the fourth of this season's Naumburg Orchestral Concerts we're going to hear a concerto that Johann Sebastian Bach composed for violin and oboe and a very special work that Handel composed for soprano and orchestra featuring the soprano we heard earlier Now this program is coming to you tonight from the historic Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park And it's being broadcast live to you on Classical New York enjoying this live music and this intermission feature I spoke to him earlier about playing organ about the difference between playing Bach and Handel He had to stand up and take a bow during the first movement of that piece I'd imagine Handel had a similar response to his music because he was such a great organist talking to the WQXR audience here in New York and around the world Terrance McKnight: I think this audience was very appreciative I was just telling my radio listeners how you had to take a bow after the first movement there I think that in Handel's time that would have been much more common because actually there was a cadenza or something in there that you played there would have been a big applause after that section Ian Watson: So it's the Baroque equivalent of the Two great organists living in two different places you said to me that Bach worked in the church for most of his career and Handel never worked in church So how did they forge these two different paths although they were born in the same year in a very the furthest job he had was about a hundred miles from where he was born So they both had very different paths from that point of view Bach worked as a church musician except for a period of about six years when he was the kapellmeister in Köthen the orchestral suites and the great orchestral music like that and other keyboard music and was purported to love his food and drink And was a great kind of bon viveur generally apart from the fact they were both born in the same year Bach was acknowledged to be the greatest organist of his time And Handel similarly he had a very He had a very big reputation as a keyboard player his fame was mostly based on his organ playing how he would have achieved that sort of prowess Terrance McKnight: I'm curious about the improvisational [Yeah] skills of both of these is it secular versus Bach's improvisations sacred whereas Bach wrote these great preludes and fugues So it's difficult to compare their music from that point of view but also I think that the Handelian rhetorical style with its.. has a different kind of structural feel than Bach and you feel that you can't remove one note from that but it's just a different style altogether because a lot of this music is about tradition and you all play their Baroque instruments out here at this at this performance Now some traditions I noticed that we haven't kept up with For example we heard Joelle Harvey out here singing earlier now Handel would have written those parts for a male castrato And not for a woman to sing those parts back in the 17th century well I'd say that the height of coloratura singing was actually during Handel's time that Handel was writing for women back in 1700 I want to know about the harpsichord out here well actually that one I think is holding up reasonably well They're not designed to be outdoor instruments They're designed to be chamber instruments So certainly the modern instruments I think I mean I owned one by a guy called Peter Fisk who lives in although they were historically correct in a way he also kind of tempered them to withstand the vagaries of the New England climate So I'd imagine these modern instruments are perhaps more sturdy than certainly the older ones would have been I think they made bonfires of them at the end of the 18th century maybe you can tell us a little bit about the current scene for organists are organists still coming into colleges and universities studying this repertoire I know that there are some very strong organ programs in colleges across America and I think there's an appetite for organ recitalists if you have anything you want to say to Ian It was beautiful hearing you up there and seeing you Terrance McKnight: We are live here at Central Park at the Naumburg Bandshell Now this organization is over 200 years old and we're going to continue with a concert that will feature a concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach We're going to hear more from Joelle Harvey I'm going to interview another musician on the stage Go back to a Naumburg Orchestral Concert in years past Orpheus Chamber Orchestra was out here at the park and they played some music by Edvard Grieg and welcome back to the second half of this live WQXR broadcast from the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts Tonight we're featuring the Handel and Haydn Society and in just a moment we'll continue with the music Terrance McKnight: If you like what she's going to say here you're going to love what she said on our podcast You can read about that and check it out at WQXR so you all are going to play a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach Talk about the conversation that you have to have with the oboist about the music do you all have to agree on certain things about what the music is about or what I have a co I have a fellow soloist in my good friend Debra Nagy who's one of the best oboists in the world So we tend to have wonderfully stimulating musical conversations when we're playing our violin and oboe at each other Terrance McKnight: You all have a very historic past Terrance McKnight: This is how the podcast went too tell us just a bit about what you guys have coming up [Yeah.] A little bit about that and just about playing these instruments out here in this weather Is this the kind of perfect weather to be playing outdoors Aisslinn Nosky: This is the perfect place to play really old instruments of course I would rather play here than anywhere else in the world for my fellow New Yorkers This is the best concert series I've ever come across they're very attuned to the beautiful weather we're having all of that moisture is going into my violin So this is not maybe what Bach had in mind when he was thinking of this concerto he did have in mind the fact that we would be playing for each other and for wonderful neighbors this way to be here just sharing this incredible music with the city Is this music that he wrote for the church most of Bach's music was written for sacred services but I like to imagine that he was having a party like this with his buddies at the coffeehouse We all know he loved coffee and and the oboe and the violin This is Aisslinn Nosky and oboe is Debra Nagy Joined by the Handel and Haydn Society for JS Bach's Concerto in C Minor performed at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park MUSIC: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor Terrance McKnight: Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto in C minor for violin and the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston This is number four of this season's five Naumburg Orchestral Concerts and the next one is going to happen two weeks from tonight we're going to feature the group called Acronym They'll play a program of music by early Baroque composers who spent time in Vienna in the early 17th century and WQXR's Paul Cavalcante is going to host that concert So be sure to join us either out here in the park or right there on the radio where you are Now the final work on tonight's program is is a piece by that we're going to hear Joelle Harvey singing we usually talk about a piece for solo instruments but the history of the concerto goes back to the late Renaissance when composers began writing for solo human voices accompanied by several instruments Now the biggest branch of that idea became opera And we're about to hear music by Handel now but we can also call it a concerto for voice and the last movement is the great Alleluja Terrance McKnight: Lead soprano Joelle Harvey singing music by George Frederic Handel with the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston Folks are standing up for Joelle Harvey and the Handel and Haydn Society out here in Central Park Performing this music out at the Naumburg Bandshell This concert also featured concertos by Handel Joelle Harvey coming back out to take another bow And you did hear a harpsichord plucking along the harpsichordist with the Handel and Haydn Society He also played an organ concerto by Bach a little bit earlier We're going to be back out here at the park with Acronym August 6th so be sure to join us out here at the park for more Baroque music I'm going to turn things over to my colleague Miyan Levinson but I'd like to say thanks to Christopher London who's president of the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts Also thanks to Wilson's Showtime Services and all of our friends at SummerStage The WQXR team includes engineers Edward Haber 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The audience sits and watches this outdoor classical music performance Returning this summer is the Grammy-nominated and self-conducted orchestra A Far Cry The orchestra will perform pieces by Kareem Roustom (b Boston’s Grammy-winning Handel and Haydn Society will return to the bandshell on July 23 with a program of works by Corelli Closing out the season on August 6 will be the Baroque band with a program titled “Vienna: City of Music City of Dreams,” featuring music of Valentini All concerts are broadcast live from the bandshell the New York classical music radio station Called a “world-wide phenomenon” by Boston’s WBUR A Far Cry has nurtured a distinct approach to music-making since its founding in 2007 The self-conducted orchestra is a democracy in which decisions are made collectively and leadership rotates among the players Boston’s Grammy-winning Handel and Haydn Society has been captivating audiences for 209 consecutive seasons the most of any performing arts organization in the United States H+H performed the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah in its first concert in 1815 performed at the Grand Jubilee Concert celebrating the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation H+H member Julia Ward Howe wrote “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” during the Civil War H+H performed at the memorial service for Abraham Lincoln to giving modern premieres “of the wild instrumental music of the 17th century.” The Naumburg Orchestral Concerts has continuously presented free outdoor classical music concerts to New Yorkers since 1905 They are named after founder and philanthropist Elkan Naumburg who donated the Naumburg Bandshell to New York City in 1923 (applause) and it's wonderful to see and hear this live audience out here in Central Park Tonight we're going to broadcast a concert by the Boston-based ensemble A Far Cry A Far Cry is a self-conducted chamber orchestra with a mission to ignite a love of music and utilize its power to bring people together locally and across the globe Now tonight they're going to bring us a program with themes of home and migration A program featuring music that depicts a multiplicity of time and place There's a postlude about a 12th century Muslim mystic and philosopher And a concerto about a clarinetist's immigration from Syria to the U We're going to learn more about this program I'm glad the gods just decided to whiff that moisture away Terrance McKnight: I think they wanted to be sure they heard this program that you put together Jae Cosmos Lee: I think they really wanted to hear it What was the inspiration for the theme of migration Jae Cosmos Lee: Yeah I am an immigrant myself who also just got naturalized not too long ago One of the things about being an immigrant makes you think about the home country that you left behind when we actually first concocted this program a few years back Is it somewhere that you actually find the most solace and comfort in especially with a lot of migration that's happening now because of expunged borders and the kind of chaos that we have going on in the war So it was something that we wanted to bring together to really reflect and think about and it was originally conceived as a Terrance McKnight: So how do you get a group of musicians it's music but it's about something else other than music How do you get everybody on one page to say that this is important for that buy in to happen is the music is great And when we actually heard the piece for the first time and we played it through especially Dinuk's clarinet concerto that was written for Kinan when we were we just realized this is something electric that not only is it about a story and the clarinet is so dynamic that we just could not stop humming or playing it So that really makes the buy in so much more easier for it to happen we will begin with is an Arabic dance of festivities Kareem came to the concert and taught the audience how to dance a dabke what other concerts do you actually get to do that we're going to get this concert started with this first piece It comes from the Arabic for "stamping of feet" or "to make noise." Jae Cosmos Terrance McKnight: So it seems fitting to ask you to make a little noise for A Far Cry I'm Terrance McKnight and we're broadcasting live from the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park Now the next piece on the program is by Kinan Azmeh The work is based on the life journey of 12th century philosopher Jae Cosmos Lee: We've been having such a great time actually working again with Kinan and Dinuk I just wanted to say that how much of a privilege and honor it's been to work together with him again after two years and I just want to bring to the stage Kinan Azmeh and Dinuk Wijeratne It's wonderful to be playing in this wonderful space I think it's wonderful to be playing at a place where you can get in touch with the soil New Yorkers sometimes tend to forget that we also have soil in the city I think when you get in touch with the soil of a place and its soul And the other one is by my dear friend Dinuk Wijeratne He traveled east and he was buried in Damascus And this piece we're going to play tries to really summarize his journey and maybe some of you are familiar with his writings you might be familiar with the writings of one of his students And you see the word love all over the place And also one of the things that actually I love the most about his writings is that sacred well freedom of thought for him was as sacred as religious beliefs were something that resonates with me very much Kinan Azmeh: The piece tries to depict his journey I'm going to give the microphone to my dear friend Dinuk who's going to tell you about his clarinet concerto I lived in the city as a student for many years The theme of home is very much apropos for this concert Beautifully curated by this wonderful orchestra it touches on themes of home and migration I believe you already have a program note about this piece this is a piece told through the lens of this clarinet protagonist he experiences all kinds of questions to do with where his place is is its ability to create in the listener's mind So you and I could be listening to the same piece of music and somehow be transported to two different imaginary places So like I said the bird's eye view of this concerto is actually the question how do we human beings define the word home Is it is home defined purely by geography and location Is it defined by the whereabouts of the ones we love Is it a place to to which you feel compelled to contribute it is also suggested that home is also bound and perhaps when the window of time closes maybe that is why we feel this bittersweet melancholy that is home we believe it is all of these things and more And perhaps if you get a chance to speak to us after the show we'd love to hear your definitions of home So please enjoy next Ibn Arabi's Postlude and the Clarinet Concerto Terrance McKnight: We're live at Central Park with A Far Cry at the Naumburg Bandshell The Boston-based ensemble A Far Cry performing performing that music right here in Central Park Coming up next on this program is a clarinet concerto by composer Dinuk Wijeratne And the soloist on that piece is gonna be the composer of the last piece I'm Terrance McKnight here with you in Central Park This is the third WQXR broadcast from the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts this summer They're going to play a Baroque program with pieces by Handel We're going to be right here in Central Park where the weather is gorgeous We're about to hear some more music here on WQXR Boston-based ensemble A Far Cry here at the Naumburg Bandshell The concert will include music by Janáček a little bit later but right now this composition by Dinuk Wijeratne MUSIC - Dinuk Wijeratne: Clarinet Concerto The work is Dinuk Wijeratne's Clarinet Concerto who you just heard playing it right here on WQXR I'm Terrance McKnight and we're broadcasting live with the Naumburg Bandshell here in Central Park people are standing and it's just intermission out here in Central Park Some of the movements from that work describing immigration from Syria to the U that was part one; then we heard The Dance of Ancestral Ties; Flux; The salt and bread of rhythm; The cadenza was called Solitary Traveler; and then the final movement epilogue was Home in Motion 3 FM WQXW Ossining and WNYC FM HD2 New York It's intermission here at the Bandshell in Central Park for this broadcast by A Far Cry Now this is the third of our broadcasts from the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts this summer While these concerts are free and open to the public in Central Park It's going to be the Handel and Haydn Society with a program featuring music by Corelli complete with an organ in the middle of the bandshell Either come down here where there are hundreds of seats set up in front I'm going to speak to the composer and the clarinetist to get their take on this work They present so much work that's new to our listeners So we're going to meet some of these performers here with A Far Cry They were out here with us last summer at Central Park It's nice to be back out here with them for this program We began tonight listening to a piece that describes a sort of Palestinian folk dance And then we heard Kinan Azmeh's composition a composer who's greeting folks as he's coming over making his way over here to the table to have a conversation with us about the piece that he composed for his good friend Dinuk Wijeratne sitting here at our table here at the WQXR table a piece like that you wrote a lengthy piece for Kinan We actually started by improvising on the music of our heroes And then we started writing original music And what we realized was that every time we would meet in a new city and tour and everything but we always came back to this topic of home Terrance McKnight: You're not out of breath You've been playing for a while and then you just ran down the stairs to come over here to our table We're so delighted to have you on air and speak to our listeners about the music you just played There was some vocalizing happening up there What does it mean for you guys to be back out here at Central Park for this audience I moved here in 2001 and New York sucked me in like it does to many people But actually to play here at the heart of the heart of the city to be in touch with the soil and the soul of the place is very important to me these are not necessarily just concertgoers So it feels totally natural to be playing this here Terrance McKnight: You guys have taken me to a place where I've never visited before Terrance McKnight: Only in the imagination journey that we went on through your music but how do you set those conversations to music and we're also trying to find some kind of intersection of cultures Also a home between improvisation and composition could I sort of loosely tell this thing in about six movements through the lens of this clarinet protagonist And we call this person the traveler and and he's asking at the end he feels at home nowhere and everywhere So discussing home and what that means has been always in the back of our minds And I think we both have this notion that home should continue to expand In terms of discovering different vocabularies But then when you find something that you like And I think that happens when you plant a tree The moment I planted a tree in this backyard my connection with the city changed forever And these kind of inspirations do find their way into the music we were writing because we actively So when he was writing for me the concerto It comes from endless late-night discussions and talks And also this notion of becoming comfortable with fluidity Which is almost this sort of counterintuitive thing But I think music by definition is always in motion music could be the best vessel for this kind of story Terrance McKnight: So when you guys are in an airport and you're looking at all of the signs at the gates what do you get excited about when you see those three letters And I think the definition of home changes you feel a pull towards them and when you're on tour I mentioned in the concerto that it's all of these things and more and I think you're wrestling with all of these things what does this programming mean for you guys in this moment in time of what's happening in the world Is it important for you all to bring this music out in this moment Kinan Azmeh: I think it's important to bring music in the world anyway I have this fundamental belief that making music is an act of freedom And by practicing it you're hoping that it's contagious that it also invites people to practice their freedoms as well I think of what's happening in the country I think what's happening in Gaza right now And you realize that what you're doing is very limited However it's an act of freedom that we should embrace and practice somebody needed that little bit of maybe hope but all musicians around the world do the same Terrance McKnight: And it was a reminder of another place that The sounds actually took us somewhere else and reminded us that there are actual people I'm thinking about another great New York musician named Ellington would say that Ellington would hear his friends practicing and he would just write a line and know what they were able to do with that was actually composed and how much did you just let him do his thing there is a fair amount of freedom in this piece And we like to think that if you can't tell If we've somehow blurred the lines between the composed and the improvised it was a sincere pleasure to be able to write for my And I went as far as sort of leaving him little notes in the score just knowing that that would be the only score that went to him Terrance McKnight: It's so nice to see you all again we're out here at Central Park at the Naumburg Bandshell he's the composer of that clarinet concerto We also heard his composition a little bit earlier here on Classical New York let you get back and do whatever you're gonna do next We're going to continue listening to music here on the radio Terrance McKnight: We're still at intermission here at the Naumburg Bandshell we're going to be back on stage talking to another member of A Far Cry and you can do that through our website at wqxr Our newsletter gives you great information on our programming and events around the city The last piece on our program tonight is a work by Leoš Janáček Now Janáček was great friends with Dvořák the year before Janáček composed this piece Dvořák and Janáček embarked on a grand walking tour in Bohemia Janáček was inspired by Dvořák's use of large ensemble But he was also specifically inspired by Dvořák's Serenade for Strings which Janáček used as a model for his own Idyll And we just happen to have a recording of that We're going to hear A Far Cry perform that piece by Leoš Janáček let's take a listen to a bit of the piece that inspired Janáček to write his Idyll for String Orchestra This was performed right here at the Naumburg Bandshell a few years ago It was performed by the East Coast Chamber Orchestra We're back for the second half of this concert with the Boston based ensemble A Far Cry being broadcast live on WQXR Perfect night for all the music we've heard but the last piece is a piece by Leoš Janáček It's perfect for this picturesque scene here in Central Park We're going to learn more about this piece talking to another one of the Criers you're one of the founding members from back in 2007 back in 2007 we were all little grad students coming out of schools mostly around Boston and everybody just had this vision of It was a vision of musicians taking the lead of musicians steering the ship of not necessarily no conductor but all of us being able to be conductors and leading and following and being active and creating Terrance McKnight: Now all the music that we've heard tonight so far has been by living composers Tell us just quickly about the range of what you all do I think the earliest piece we've played is maybe the 11th century chant music that we've arranged for strings the way it works is the different musicians in the orchestra we all have the opportunity to come up with programs based on our own experience you're going to have about 500 amazing ideas So we are not in any danger of running short I don't know if it's the last piece he played or the one we're about to hear But tell us about the piece we're about to hear and the connection between what Janáček composed and perhaps what we heard on the first half of the show the music on the second half is quite different from the music of the first half And he was so excited because he'd had the opportunity to meet one of his idols who was another Czech composer and organist just about half a generation older than him a man by the name of Antonin Dvořák They hit it off to the extent that they decided to spend the summer walking around Bohemia together It's a little bit like if you met your mentor and then immediately decided to go walk the Appalachian Trail and I just love the image of these two gentlemen just strolling arm in arm around the Bohemian countryside all summer long and I think that this trip had a profound impact on both of their music We've been talking about home and homeland and Kinan and Dinuk spoke so beautifully about what that can mean to different people depicts Janáček's love for his homeland the folk tunes that he and Dvořák heard in the little villages in my conception the connection between these two halves is we're gonna be back here July 23rd for another concert here in Central Park but now we're gonna hear the final work on this program Idyll for String Orchestra by Leoš Janáček performed by the Boston-based ensemble of A Far Cry on WQXR Still applauding this group has played two halves of this concert We're going to be back out here at Central Park for another concert of the Naumburg Orchestral Concert Series on Tuesday That's a concert featuring the Handel and Haydn Society There's going to be an organ on stage in the bandshell Christopher is President of the Naumburg Orchestral Society including stage manager extraordinaire Pati Dynes Also thanks to Wilson's Showtime Services and our friends at SummerStage The WQXR team includes engineers George Wellington Our production team includes Lauren Purcell-Joiner I'm going to send it back over to the WQXR studios where Miyan Levenson will keep you company It’s hosted hundreds of performances since it opened in the 1920s the Bandshell is notable as the only Neoclassical building in the Park a striking contrast to the Park’s predominantly Victorian or Victorian-inspired architecture and design For more than a century, the Bandshell has been home to the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts and maintains historic structures like the Naumburg Bandshell Funding for these crucial projects comes from donors like you Discover what Park features and destinations the Central Park Conservancy is improving this fall Central Park has a storied history as a concert venue welcoming musicians of all genres to its iconic lawns music-making has been an essential part of the Park from the beginning Join Dance Is Life for one last summer dance on Monday when they return to Naumburg Bandshell for the Season Finale Latin Hustle + Rollerskating have joined hands and shared this space for decades - come join in to help continue the tradition The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community’s efforts to protect and preserve World Heritage partnerships for conservation Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development Our Partners Donate Take advantage of the search to browse through the World Heritage Centre information Located in the eastern part of the Thuringian Basin is an outstanding testimony to medieval art and architecture demonstrates the stylistic transition from late Romanesque to early Gothic dating to the first half of the 13th century reflects changes in religious practice and the appearance of science and nature in the figurative arts The choir and life-size sculptures of the founders of the Cathedral are masterpieces of the workshop known as the ‘Naumburg Master’ Située dans la partie orientale du bassin de Thuringe dont la construction a commencé à partir de 1028 est un témoignage exceptionnel de l'art et de l'architecture du Moyen Âge Sa structure romane flanquée de deux chœurs gothiques témoigne d'un style de transition entre la fin du style roman et le début du gothique qui date de la première moitié du xiiie siècle reflète des changements dans la pratique religieuse et l'inclusion de la science et de la nature dans les arts figuratifs Ce jubé ainsi que les sculptures grandeur nature des fondateurs de la cathédrale sont des chefs-d'œuvre de l'atelier connu sous le nom de « l’atelier du Maître de Naumburg » تعدّ كاتدرائية ناومبورغ ، الواقعة في الجزء الشرقي من حوض تورنغن والتي بدأ إنشاؤها في عام 1028، شاهداً فريداً على فنون العصور الوسطى وعمارتها فإنّ بنيتها الرومانية المحاطة بجوقتين قوطيتين تشهد على طراز انتقالي من بين أواخر الطراز الروماني وبدايات الطراز القوطي وإن الجوقة الغربية التي تعود إلى النصف الأول من القرن الثالث عشر، تجسّد تغييرات في الممارسات الدينية وإدماج العلوم والطبيعة في الفنون التصويرية إذ تعد هذه الجوقة والتماثيل المنحوتة بالحجم الطبيعي لبناة الكاتدرائية، قطعاً فنية رائعة للمعرض المعروف باسم "سيّد ناومبورغ" 位于图林根盆地东部的瑙姆堡大教堂始建于1028年，是中世纪艺术和建筑的杰出代表。它的罗马式结构和两侧的哥特式唱经楼展示了从罗马式晚期到哥特式早期的风格转变。可追溯至13世纪上半叶的西侧唱经楼反映了宗教实践的变化，以及科学和自然在具象艺术中的显现。唱经楼和真人大小的大教堂创建者雕像是该遗产地的代表，被称作“瑙姆堡大师”作品 строительство которого началось в 1028 году является уникальным свидетельством средневекового искусства и архитектуры к которому по обе стороны пристроены два готических хора является ярким примером стилистического перехода от позднероманского периода к ранней готике отражает изменения в религиозной практике и включение компонентов науки и природы в изобразительное искусство а также скульптуры основателей собора в натуральную величину являются шедеврами художественной школы Situada en la parte oriental de la cuenca de Turinga cuya construcción comenzó a partir de 1028 es un testimonio excepcional del arte y la arquitectura de la Edad Media es muestra de un estilo de transición entre el final del estilo románico y el principio del gótico que data de la primera mitad del siglo XIII refleja cambios en la práctica religiosa y la inclusión de la ciencia y la naturaleza en las artes figurativas así como las esculturas de talla real de los fundadores de la catedral son obras de arte debida al taller conocido con el nombre de “Maestro de Naumburgo” located in the south of the State of Saxony-Anhalt is a unique testimony to medieval art and architecture Most of the church building dates back to the 13th century It is composed of a basilical Romanesque nave flanked by two Gothic choirs in the east and in the west The west choir with the famous portrait statues of the twelve cathedral founders and the west rood screen are the masterpieces of pan-European workshop accordingly named the “Naumburg Master” who conceptualized all parts of the western choir as a whole and carried out the western choir from the bottom to the roof within six years only The polychrome reliefs and sculptures of the choir and the rood screen count among the most significant sculptures of the Middle Ages The overall iconographic concept and the harmonious combination of architecture sculpture and glass paintings reflect in a unique way the profound changes in the religious practice and the visual arts of the 13th century These changes resulted in a hitherto unknown realism and observation of nature as well as in the recourse to ancient sources Criterion (i): The episcopal church of Naumburg is unique among the medieval cathedrals due to the west choir conceptualized and designed by a brilliant sculptor – the “Naumburg Master” – and his workshop sculpture and glass paintings created an extraordinary synthesis of the arts the passion reliefs of the west rood screen the crucifixion group on its portal and the numerous capitals are outstanding examples of the architectural sculpture of the Middle Ages One of the founder figures – Uta of Ballenstedt – is considered as one of the icons of Gothic sculpture They are sculpted from the same blocks of stone as the pillar strips and the various media are integrated in the fabric of the architecture and its manner of construction A single intelligence stood behind the integrated conception of the architecture and stained glass and merged them into one integral piece of work Criterion (ii): The workshop organization of sculptors and stonemasons was established in the early 13th century and is known under the name Naumburg Master It constitutes one of the decisive conveyors and pioneers of the ground-breaking innovations in architecture and sculpture in the second half of the 13th century The migration of the workshop of the Naumburg Master from northeastern France through the Middle Rhine areas to the eastern boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire and further to southwestern Europe gives testimony to the extensive European cultural exchange during the High Middle Ages The inscribed property contains all the attributes necessary to convey its Outstanding Universal Value the Cathedral and associated architectural elements The structural elements of the 13th century are intact and do not suffer from adverse effects of development or neglect The visual qualities and functional relations to the surrounding urban and cultural landscape are undisturbed The buffer zone reflects the urban morphology of the old town of Naumburg The authenticity of Naumburg Cathedral is demonstrated by the intact materials and form of the Cathedral and associated buildings All repairs have utilized stone from the original quarries used to build the Cathedral and restoration works have occurred since the 19th century The building has maintained its original functions The location and setting of the cathedral within the centre of the old town of Naumburg is unchanged the property demonstrates a good state of conservation Naumburg Cathedral is protected by the Act for the Protection of Historic Monuments and Buildings of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (DenkmSchG LSA) which is the highest possible level of legal protection available The Federal Building Code and Regional Planning Act support the protection of the property through the regulation of new development All cultural monuments and sites within the buffer zone are listed in the register of monuments by the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt Building activities in the buffer zone are subject to land development plans building development plans and municipal statutes The town development plans of the city of Naumburg are basic instruments for sustainable tourism The cathedral and adjacent buildings are owned by the Combined Cathedral Chapters (Combined Chapters of the Cathedrals of Merseburg and Naumburg and the Collegiate Church of Zeitz) This public foundation is responsible for the protection and conservation of the cultural monuments entrusted to its care The conservation and maintenance works on the building and the general management of the property are carried out by the owner in close cooperation with the State Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt and the City of Naumburg There are few pressures identified that impact on the Outstanding Universal Value of Naumburg Cathedral although a range of factors require ongoing management Current and expected visitation to the property is well-managed and within the estimated carrying capacity There is no Management Plan for the inscribed property a Management Plan was prepared in 2014 for a larger cultural landscape in which the cathedral is located and provides some general orientations An adequate system for monitoring the state of conservation is in place The Saale-Unstrut World Heritage Association was founded in 2008 to guide the processes of World Heritage nomination and provides an avenue of participation for community interests including both private and public stakeholders An international visitor centre is planned within the inscribed property although the specific proposal is yet to be forwarded to the World Heritage Centre for review in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines Flip Naumburg passed away over the weekend and while he leaves behind an amazing legacy in the game of lacrosse the most important things he did in life happened off the field I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Flip a number of times because that’s what Flip was all about this was not the warm and fuzzy type of family you see portrayed on TV but neither was it all rules and regulations It was always somewhere in between – a mixture of structure and warmth and an exchange of hugs and hard realities but it was never hard – it was just the basis on which Flip Naumburg approached life you knew him as a coach and student of the game His love for lacrosse was inescapable… And what a coach/student he was winning 4 national titles at Colorado State and prodding that MCLA program into eternal relevance He wanted kids to get the most out of the game then they could probably do it off the field too He loved the beautiful game that lacrosse could be and he knew that being a great lacrosse player was so much more than just being a great athlete but you probably also knew him as a father you may have also known him as a brother or a sister he likely filled the role of uncle or aunt You’ll notice the words I used above to describe Flip’s possible roles span both genders and this is because that’s just how family-oriented a man Flip was – he could even be a kid’s mother if the kid needed it When Flip saw a great player out on the field and fully appreciate the greatness he was seeing he would take everything he’d learned and apply it to his game Flip was always striving for something more something better – the perfect family – on or off the field He spoke from the heart, would shed an honest tear when he felt like it, and only wanted the best for the people around him. This was true within the CSU lacrosse program as well as Flip’s blood family, but it also extended to the business he started, Rock-it Pocket, and to the Vail Lacrosse Shootout It extended to his work within the lacrosse community on a larger scale as well and carved the first prototype out of wood and then came up with another revolutionary idea when he dreamed up the idea for Epoch’s Hawk head This all combined to make Flip Naumburg a true original in our sport and a man I count myself as very fortunate to have known personally I never played in Vail (hoping that changes this year!) I met him for the first time when I was working on a documentary about him in 2013 but during the week or so I spent with Flip we developed a bond that went way beyond the movie and it turns out there were a lot more of those and that the regrets had pushed him forward He talked about contracting Lyme Disease in the early 2000s He talked about realizing that his life had changed but that there was still so much to be done and every time I saw him after that he gave me a hug I can only imagine the bond he must have shared with all the former players of his Flip was certainly appreciative of the film I helped produce with James Miceli of Epoch Lacrosse but he also loved arguing with me about pockets We must have gone over the benefits and drawbacks of a pita track vs a wide traditional center track for two hours… the first time we talked about it but that was not the point – the point was to speak honestly all in the hope that each of us could learn something new and I was blown away by the tournament even though I was injured and unable to play but the reality is that you can FEEL Flip out in Vail during that week His essence is intrinsically tied to that event even if a lot of people don’t know he founded it decades ago you’ll see what I mean about Vail and Flip and it embodies what Flip wanted most out of our game Now, was Flip some angel walking around with a halo over his head? Heck no. Flip was stubborn, opinionated and he pursued the things he cared about with an almost singular determination Sometimes one part of his family suffered so another part could thrive when it needed to and pursued them over decades if that’s what it required and it infused every single thing he did with a distinct feeling of passion but it was how he owned up to them that mattered most He created a lacrosse tournament in the Vail Shootout that has taken on a life of its own He started a great business in Rock-it-Pocket and the accomplishments of his teams and players are legendary and he gave the gift of life and lacrosse to so many Use Flip as an example – a model of how to live life – and push his message forward through time and use that knowledge to create your own family It’s the best way to honor Flip’s life and it would bring a big smile to his face knowing that he played some part in it all Copyright at Laxallstars.com Grow the Game® Experience the magic of summer evenings at the iconic Naumburg Bandshell Whether you’re a devoted classical fan or new to the genre this is your chance to enjoy world-class performances in the heart of Central Park Enjoy every performance live on WQXR's broadcast and streaming platforms Tuesday, June 10th - The Knights Tuesday, June 24th:  A Far Cry Tuesday, July 8th: Orchestra of St. Luke's Tuesday, July 22nd: Nosky's Baroque Band Tuesday, August 5th: ECCO: East Coast Chamber Orchestra Since 1905, the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts have brought free, high-quality classical music to Central Park visitors. Founded by Elkan Naumburg, who donated the Naumburg Bandshell to New York City in 1923 this series is the oldest of its kind in the U.S. committed to engaging new audiences and supporting emerging composers and conductors in a welcoming outdoor setting Seems like the Naumburg Bandshell (located south of Bethesda Terrace around 72nd Street) has been in Central Park forever is celebrating its 118th year of providing five free orchestral concerts in Central Park It is the oldest continuous concert series in the world The first concert will  take place on June 13th at 7:30 p.m. Check here for details and a complete schedule philanthropist and music lover Elkan Naumburg (right) established the free classical music concert series for all New Yorkers he commissioned the Bandshell and donated it to Central Park the Naumburg Bandshell opened with an audience of 10,000 by Edwin Franko Goldman premiered at the inaugural concert but it was written for Elkan Naumburg.) The Bandshell’s neo-classical design became the template for outdoor music venues across the United States The Bandshell has entertained generations of New Yorkers with an incredible variety of music and festivals Famous past performers include John Philip Sousa Martin Luther King spoke there and it’s where John Lennon’s memorial service was held NOC’s focus on diverse talent was also groundbreaking The New York premiere of Ella Belle Davis in her 1940 performance launched her career as a solo vocalist and Decca recording artist the series produced the first offering of a complete opera NOC has commissioned “fanfares” for each concert in homage to On the Mall The concerts are free but seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit naumburgconcerts.org for more information Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. © 2025 West Side Rag | All rights reserved © 2025 West Side Rag | All rights reserved Paul Cavalconte: And live from the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park And kicking off the Naumburg Orchestral concert here at this historic 100 year old Bandshell The music you just heard is a world premiere by the composer Brian Raphael Nabors called Fanfare for a New Era written as part of this centennial celebration because this beautiful bandshell was built in 1923 and donated by Elkan Naumburg he placed a dedication on the front that says “Presented To the City of New York and its Music Lovers” and tonight we are broadcasting live from Central Park and with a concert from a group formed by the Baroque violinist Aisslinn Nosky for those of you who are regulars to the Naumburg orchestral concerts you may remember Aisslinn performed here last summer as part of her role as Concert Master for the Handel and Haydn Society this is a professional endeavor and it's also Friends Night Out This is uh my version of a dream come true This is a collection of some of my best friends and most inspiring colleagues from New York City and Boston and uh Paul Cavalconte: So where do they come from and and what's your connections some of these people I know from working at the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston A few of them I know from here in New York City because I live here on the Upper West Side and we've come together over the years playing different gigs in different places Paul Cavalconte: So Baroque music has had a funny history because for a period of time it was kind of like this unknown thing And then it went through a period of great vogue Paul Cavalconte: But what was the hook for you personally I've missed the "you know" phase because I've always found it to be incredibly exciting Baroque orchestra called Tafelmusik in Toronto and Canada and I couldn't believe the fun that I saw occurring on stage They looked like they were dancing and I wanted to know more about what that was about So I started to befriend them and started to study Baroque performance practice Paul Cavalconte: That is a very good point And you know there are people like John Eliot Gardiner they really made it fun again because it was the people's music So let's put a party wig and hat on and have a ball We're gonna start with a piece by Francesco Geminiani So with everybody in their proper positions please let's give a proper welcome and a partying welcome at that to Aisslinn Nosky Baroque Band to the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts that was Concerto Grosso number 10 in F by Francesco Geminiani and performed by Aisslinn Nosky's Baroque Band live in Central Park We are broadcasting from the Naumburg Bandshell here in Central Park There will be a substantial amount of tuning tonight not just because it's kind of baked into the music and the vintage instruments You know it's gonna be an even worse viola evening I'll tell you that we are going old school tonight with music from the Baroque era We kicked off this concert with a work by Geminiani who was a student of Scarlatti’s and also Francesco Corelli he made his way to London earning his living primarily as a violinist it'll be a concerto for two violins by another Italian Now Vivaldi is one of the most famous composers of the Baroque era and we're gonna hear a few of his works tonight It is widely known that Vivaldi spent much of his life as a teacher conductor and composer for an orphanage called Ospedale della Pieta And here is the Vivaldi music on WQXR Live from the Naumburg Bandshell old friends who play together with great passion have just performed a concerto by Antonio Vivaldi for two violins The featured violins were Aisslinn Nosky and Maureen Murchie I'm Paul Cavalconte and we are at the Naumburg Bandshell here in Central Park for the fourth concert in this summer series And tonight we're celebrating music of the Baroque era it was another time we talked about how Antonio Vivaldi was a teacher at a particular home for girls and young women in Venice And people had attitudes in those days about that sort of thing And here are the actual words of a critic of Vivaldi's time writing about women's instrument choices lute and base violin," writes this person of Vivaldi's time "are instruments most agreeable to the ladies But there are some others that are really unbecoming to the fair sex; the flute The last of which is too manlike and would look indecent in a woman’s mouth; and the flute is very improper which are otherwise more necessarily employed to promote the appetite Would that guy be canceled in today's world It's all part of his history pressed beneath glass But this music is alive and vibrant in this humid summer night at the Naumburg Bandshell and in its hundredth anniversary year It certainly is a beautiful framing for the music we're about to hear by one of the granddaddies of the Baroque Paul Cavalconte: Live from the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park on WQXR Classical 105.9 FM and HD dating from 1739 and it was performed by our kindred spirits and they specialize in music of the Baroque one of the highlights now of the fourth concert in the summer series of Naumburg orchestral  concerts Aisslinn Nosky's Baroque Band is tuning up and for our last piece of this first half of the concert we're expecting another work by an Antonio Vivaldi This one will be a concerto for cello in D Now the featured cellist in this work is Guy Fishman the principal cellist of the Handel and Haydn Society And he's also toured with pop star Natalie Merchant We'll have a chance to talk with Fishman later in the broadcast here's Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for cello in D Performed by Aisslinn Nosky’s Baroque Band with featured cellist Guy Fishman Paul Cavalconte: A concerto for cello by Antonio Vivaldi performed by Aisslinn Nosky's Baroque Band live at the Naumburg Bandshell And we are broadcasting live on WQXR from this benchmark summer event and it's always a roll of the dice in terms of weather And today we lucked out in a huge way with some powerful storms having rolled through the area And the only thing resounding is the music and the applause We do have a heat wave coming in the next bunch of days each other's company and to enjoy this live concert broadcast So intermission time is rolled around at the Naumburg Bandshell and coming up in the second half of the concert we're looking forward to music by Arcangelo Corelli And there's one more concert in this series at the Naumburg Bandshell here in Central Park Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga and William Grant Still that's going to be the very last show in the series summer after summer here at the Naumburg Bandshell opportunities to meet new friends as well as to welcome old friends And the theme that has been running through this evening is old and new friends enjoying each other's company and re-acquaintance through music to Aisslinn about that aspect and how you put this program together I was lucky enough to perform here last summer with the Handel and Haydn Society I've had a wonderful experience and I thought of trying to bring music that would suit the wonderful positive atmosphere that the audience brings So I tried to think of some of my favorite cheerful convey itself well over the beautiful sounds of nature that we have here Paul Cavalconte: Now are you gonna be doing other concerts with this Baroque band this summer Everybody's quite busy with a lot of other engagements Paul Cavalconte: So we heard a couple of things by Vivaldi no really the theme was sort of what would I wanted to pick some of my favorite composers So I asked him if he would consider sharing it tonight Paul Cavalconte: Now you are originally from Canada I understand you were inspired to play the violin after watching an episode of Sesame Street we think it might have been Big Bird with the great Itzhak Perlman and apparently I pointed at the screen and I said "I wanna do that when I grow up." And I think she was just happy that I wasn't pointing at Big Bird but I would've had the same parental apprehension she marched me out the next day and she asked would you like to try it just to make sure you like playing the violin I got a tiny little violin and some lessons and I'm still working on it to this day tableau on stage for music and instrument geeks because we are looking at a lot of period instruments I don't right now because I simply don't have enough hours in the day for many years in my career I was doing about 50% modern violin in 50% Baroque in our commentary between your performances there is more than the usual amount of tuning Paul Cavalconte: It's the nature of the instruments themselves It's also this catastrophic hair day that we're all having So tell me about how atmosphere and the season… Paul Cavalconte: …and being outdoors and the age of the instrument Paul Cavalconte: And how do all these things come into play we've been blessed because we had some very stormy weather earlier in the day but everything magically cleared up and gave us the chance to play this concert But there is a lingering extreme amount of humidity and our instruments And so they are busy absorbing the moisture in the air and changing shape slowly but surely And those are very porous materials that also just absorb any kind of water Paul Cavalconte: But that's where the tone comes from the instrument equivalent of a Labradoodle It's a cross between a banjo and a ukulele Aisslinn Nosky: I wish I had the skill set to play anything ever written by the great Dolly Parton Paul Cavalconte: Do you ever surprise folks with this instrument My roommates don't usually like it very much They can tell if I'm trying to play it all the way from the elevator I'd imagine that that this music for the precision of its tuning and execution and so on really is great in a controlled and focused environment It's like a cocktail party right now at intermission when you're performing any number of mechanical or avian or other creature noises could and if anything it enhances our experience because it reminds us that our audience is here and not only part of our audience is nature and all the animals in it it makes it a little more difficult to keep our instruments in tune the trade-off is definitely worth it because the the sort of festive party vibe of these wonderful audience members who love music so much And also the reality that when this music was created it was a time when the world was a little more rough around the edges the players were not as rehearsed as they are today Paul Cavalconte: And maybe the scores were not as exactly copied Paul Cavalconte: So what are we looking forward to in the second half well the big finisher is gonna be one of my favorite violin concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach It's thought that he maybe wrote that for one of his or both of his sons who were learning to play violin I've been trying to master that work my whole life and it never ceases to amaze me English music to take a break from the Italianate style will have some Henry Purcell We're gonna hear something from last year's performance by They were recorded right here last summer by WQXR at the Naumburg Bandshell So let's listen to a concerto grosso by the English composer Charles Avison concerto played by the Handel and Haydn Society and more Naumburg Bandshell live broadcast music we're hearing excerpts from previous presentations here on WQXR Classical 105.9 FM They performed at the last Naumburg Bandshell event What we're gonna do is dial it back to a few years ago and Paul Cavalconte: Welcome back to the second half of this concert by Aisslinn Nosky's Baroque Band And we are here in Central Park at the Naumburg Bandshell broadcasting live on WQXR I'm Paul Cavalconte and I would like to introduce you to the cellist from this ensemble Now the folks listening on air just heard an excerpt of a recording that was done here It was with the Handel and Haydn Society with Aisslinn Nosky Paul Cavalconte: So what floats your boat about Baroque music the most you'd be struck by how little information is on the page And so we're constantly listening to each other your cello and your bow should be able to do the modern playing and the Baroque playing Paul Cavalconte: Will you introduce us to your instruments and it was made by the person we believe is the Corelli himself was the greatest composer to be living in Rome but it's possible that Corelli heard this instrument in the piece you're about to hear including this extremely gorgeous spot you have here and this beautiful there's a lot of beauty coming on the stage They're troopers because there was no guarantee that the sky was gonna be the lovely indigo shade that it is Paul Cavalconte: Anything especially fun for the cello of what is essentially 18th century rock and roll Guy Fishman: We're the drummers in the back I'll give you a chance to walk back and set up and prepare to bring some music by Arcangelo Corelli So the Corelli piece is going to be a Concerto Grosso performed by the Aisslinn Nosky's Baroque Band live at the Naumburg Bandshell Paul Cavalconte: Music by Arcangelo Corelli a Concerto Grosso performed by the Aisslinn Nosky Baroque Band Live at the Naumburg Bandshell here in Central Park on Classical New York The next work on this program is by Henry Purcell It is a suite from the Fairy Queen that is loosely based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream We're having just that with this beautiful A lovely evening to take in the music of long ago and Henry Purcell had a short but very prolific career He's considered one of the most original composers of his time His compositions include more than a hundred songs The Fairy Queen was written only a few years before Purcell died but then rediscovered in the early part of the 20th century in a pile of manuscripts of the Royal Academy of Music in London Purcell is considered one of the most original composers of his time And so here is the suite from The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell performed by the Aisslinn Nosky Baroque Band live at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park We've been broadcasting all of these Naumburg orchestral concerts live from the Bandshell here in Central Park this season and there is one more piece on this concert tonight It is a concerto for violin by the granddaddy of them all but he was also a proficient violinist and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach said this about his father's relationship with the instrument from his youth up to fairly old age "he played the violin purely and with a penetrating tone much better than he could have from the harpsichord He completely understood the possibilities of all stringed instruments." Thanks to music writer James M Keller for unearthing that quote from CPE Bach about JS He wrote eight sonatas for violin and harpsichord The Brandenburg Concertos feature the violin quite prominently as well and we are live from the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park on Classical New York Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto for Violin A work from 1730 performed on this July evening in 2023 from the Naumburg Bandshell with the Aisslinn Nosky Baroque Band This was the debut of this ensemble as part of the Naumburg Orchestral Concert series we just heard a concerto for violin by JS Bach one that followed a stormy day and precedes a heat wave that will grip this city in still at their instruments and applauding each other the party vibe of Baroque music with all of its rollicking energy It communicates and certainly to this very appreciative Naumburg Bandshell crowd tonight Central Park for our final concert of the Naumburg Orchestral series on Tuesday it'll be a concert featuring the East Coast Chamber Orchestra a world premiere by the Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga and Joseph Suk Now you can learn more about these events and more by signing up for our WQXR newsletter by texting WQXR to 70101 president of the Naumburg Orchestral Society thanks to L and M sound and light and our friends at SummerStage We're gonna send it back to our downtown studio Miyan Levenson is standing by holding the fort Copyright © 2023 New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use at www.wnyc.org for further information New York Public Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future The authoritative record of New York Public Radio’s programming is the audio record an engineering marvel that predates modern amphitheaters Built before the advent of our modern sound systems Naumburg Bandshell was developed to rely on the shape and material of its bandshell to bring classical music to the masses it stands as an exemplary example of engineering prowess Let’s find out how it works as well as the general principles behind bandshell design Central Park was developed as a retreat for New York City’s urban elite the land was converted into a park in 1858 by writer-farmer Frederick Law Olmsted and architect Calvert Vaux who won the design competition for Central Park As the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts website puts it: “Though Central Park is largely composed of a series of informal landscape effects and Bethesda Fountain precinct was originally conceived as a series of highly developed architectural many of which have since been lost and not reinstated.” it is not surprising that not long after the park was developed a dedicated space for the performing arts was established within it The architect Jacob Wrey Mould, who had designed some of Central Park’s original structures, was a bit of an amateur musician himself. He convinced some of his friends to fund free concerts at a makeshift bandstand in the Ramble. The first concert took place on July 13, 1859. The following year, when the concerts moved to the Mall, about 5,000 people showed up for the concert In the early twentieth century, concerts took place in a “pagoda-like bandshell” that sprung up in the Mall this early incarnation may not have been acoustically conducive to concerts but it set in motion a tradition that continues to this day these events in the Mall were free concerts for national holidays underwritten by Elkan Naumburg Naumburg had been brought up to be knowledgeable about music When he arrived in the United States via clipper ship when he was 15 years old He used to save his hard-earned money to listen to concerts Naumburg founded a manufacturing business that went on to become one of the largest ready-to-wear suit companies in the country He became friends with New York’s upper crust and rival conductors Theodore Thomas and Leopold Damrosch who understood the pain of not being able to afford to attend concerts and now had the money to democratize music began hosting free concerts in Central Park in 1905 The New York Times began dubbing them the Naumburg Concerts in 1916 the People’s Music Foundation was established to run the concerts The name was changed to Naumburg Orchestral Concerts in 1958 out of concern that the former sounded Communist Today, the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts are heralded as the world’s oldest continuously running free outdoor classical music concert series to design a bandshell for him in Central Park is steeped in the traditions of European parks he had studied at Paris’ École des Beaux-Arts The Naumburg Bandshell’s classical shape is reminiscent of Rome’s Pantheon. Like the nearby Angel of the Waters atop Bethesda Fountain, the bandshell is a beautiful example of Neoclassical design in Central Park that stands in contrast to the park’s predominantly Victorian aesthetic The Naumburg Bandshell officially opened with a concert on September 29 About 10,000 people showed up to hear the 60-piece orchestra Designed several years before the advent of sound amplifiers — invented by Fritz Lowenstein in 1912 — Naumburg Bandshell stands as a testament to Tachau’s architectural knowledge The bandshell mimics the way seashells echo sound. Shruti Deshpande, an assistant professor at St. John’s University and the Long Island Doctor of Audiology Consortium, explains: “When ambient noise ― or the noise around us ― hits the internal surface of this hard seashell multiple reflections occur and some frequencies within the ambient noise get amplified.” StageRight, a provider of furnishing systems for public assembly, explains how bandshells work: “The sound shells work by reflecting the sound back towards the audience so that it doesn’t get lost in the large room or open air.” It’s not just the Neoclassical design, though, that’s allowing for great acoustics. It’s also the materials Tachau used. The bandshell’s limestone is the same material used for the Ancient Greek amphitheater at Epidaurus “The bandshell form has since become a frequently used archetypal design for music pavilions, supplanting the earlier bandstand form,” states the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts website and preservation professionals work year-round to restore and maintain Central Park’s landscapes This work is done in partnership with the public—preserving the Park’s original ideals while enhancing the experience for today’s visitors Discover what Park features and destinations we’re improving this fall The Dairy, which today houses a visitor center and gift shop, belongs to the Park’s Children’s District—also home to Playmates Arch Children and their caregivers could buy fresh milk and snacks and borrow games from the Dairy designed by Park co-designer Calvert Vaux and built between 1869 and 1871 The Park’s designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, created the Children’s District to support kids and their caregivers. They added the Dairy a charming Victorian cottage designed by Vaux and built between 1869 and 1871 Families could enjoy refreshments under the Dairy’s loggia (open-air porch) and take in cool breezes from the nearby pond By the 1950s, the building had fallen into disrepair. NYC Parks tore down the loggia and turned the building into a maintenance shed. The Dairy then became Central Park's first visitor center in 1979 and was one of the Conservancy’s first restoration projects we restored the building’s colorful loggia The Dairy Visitor Center & Gift Shop became the Park’s first visitor center in 1979 Our latest restoration of the Dairy includes repairing and repointing the exterior masonry; replacing and waterproofing the roof; repairing and restoring the loggia; and adding new windows and doors New mechanical systems and upgrades will provide for climate-control of the renovated interior and staff and support space will be reconfigured to provide an accessible staff restroom Robert Bendheim Playground is a play space near the East Meadow for pre-school and school-age kids Designed to be accessible for children with and without disabilities Robert Bendheim Playground features a spiral water spray Playground accessibility standards have become more specific since we last reconstructed Bendheim Playground in 1997 With our latest renovation of this playground we'll ensure this beloved play space is accessible under current guidelines and fix overall wear and tear from decades of use Our work will include regrading and repaving the playground; replacing the play structure and drinking fountain to meet current accessibility and safety standards; refurbishing the sandbox and water spray feature; adding new landscape plantings; and more Naumburg Bandshell has called the north end of the Mall home since 1923 (although an earlier ornamental cast-iron bandstand originally existed in the vicinity) has always been a popular place for music performances the Naumburg Bandshell has been a favorite venue for concerts and events has been a beloved venue for concerts and events for nearly 100 years While the Bandshell has had some limited repairs over the years our latest restoration is far more comprehensive than any past Conservancy efforts Our work will restore lost architectural features and help preserve the integrity of the structure for years to come The Conservatory Garden is one of Central Park’s most celebrated destinations Originally conceived by Olmsted and Vaux as part of an informal arboretum that would have stretched from the current site of the East Meadow up to 106th Street the Garden began as a nursery to grow plants for the Park The site was home to several greenhouses and eventually replaced by an ornate glass conservatory (the origin of the Garden’s name) the six-acre formal outdoor garden that we know today was created was not a part of the Park’s original design The Conservatory Garden’s last significant restoration in 1983 was primarily focused on horticulture Our current restoration will largely focus on improving the Garden’s hardscapes—such as its pavements and stairs—that are almost all original to its 1937 construction and have not been comprehensively addressed since then taking place in phases over the next couple years restoring the Garden’s unique architectural and decorative features like its Wisteria Pergola creating universal accessibility into the sunken North Garden by converting stairs to ramps and ensuring all aspects of the Garden meet current code requirements Learn about the historical research of this community of predominantly African-Americans Central Park and the Central Park Conservancy have lost an ardent supporter: Richard “Dick” Gilder Dick was dedicated to not just supporting the Park monetarily The Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument is the first monument in Central Park to depict actual women A deep connection to seasonal patterns in nature is imperative to the work of the Central Park Conservancy But what happens when these cycles become less dependable a key figure in the growth of lacrosse in Colorado died at his Fort Collins home Sunday of a heart attack “It is with great sadness that today the Creator has summoned a great warrior to his field in Heaven,” the Vail Lacrosse Shootout posted on its Facebook page referring to Naumburg as “a loving husband The CSU men's club lacrosse program that Naumburg led to four national championships in his 14 seasons as coach then shared the post on its Facebook and Twitter accounts Naumburg led the CSU men’s team to four Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association national championships and six Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference titles in his 14 seasons as coach before stepping aside in 2009 to play bigger than our individual talents,” said Alex Smith a former player and assistant coach who replaced Naumburg at CSU and now is the lacrosse coach at St Vermont. “I know as a club coach he doesn’t always get the love he deserves but man he was an innovator and the best coach I ever had.” He remained a part of the CSU program long after stepping away from it through his tutelage of Smith and MacDonald another former player who just completed his first season as the Rams' coach "His message was about doing it together as a family," MacDonald said "No matter who you were or what role you had on the team He made that very apparent and made sure everybody knew that "He's touched a lot of people and a lot of hearts but it was all about eh CSU lacrosse family to him." Naumburg was the co-founder of the popular Vail Lacrosse Shootout that began in 1973 and has grown into one of the largest and longest-running lacrosse tournaments in the world He created the offset stick head that revolutionized the game as well as the Rock-It-Pocket that helped improve ball control Naumburg was inducted into the Colorado Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2006 Naumburg continued to run the custom-strung pocket company that he started in 1987 based in Fort Collins Follow reporter Kelly Lyell at twitter.com/KellyLyell and facebook.com/KellyLyell.news and listen to him talk CSU sports at 11:35 a.m Thursdays on KFKA radio (AM 1310) and 10:45 a.m Saturdays on Denver’s ESPN radio (AM 1600) The lacrosse world was rocked when Flip Naumburg passed away this past Spring. Flip was an innovator, fierce competitor, top level coach, and game grower of the highest caliber, but beyond all of that, Flip was about people, connections, friendship, and family. He created Rock-it Pocket, he coached CSU to a bunch of MCLA titles, and he also founded the Vail Lacrosse Shootout all those decades ago. I saw Flip at Vail last year, and he was back in his element. He was surrounded by people who loved the game, and loved the tournament he had helped create. It was great to see him then, right there, enjoying his own little slice of lacrosse heaven on Earth. While Flip has passed, and will no longer be in Vail in person, his spirit will live on there forever, and this year, Flip actually was back at Vail, just in a different form. He was the story. He was remembered fondly by generations of players and friends. He was honored by every game played. This happened (and is still happening now) throughout the tournament, but one moment really stood out as a final goodbye, and a lacrosse send off the likes of which I’ve never seen before. A post shared by Vail Lacrosse Shootout (@vaillacrosse) Flip Naumburg’s ashes were then placed inside the ball The ball was put into play during the 4th quarter of the SuperMasters Final this year and as Flip’s little last bit of luck would have it and when a second goal was scored the ball broke apart and the Vail Lacrosse Shootout honored its founder in the best way possible – through the game of lacrosse Casey Powell, playing for the Magic Wands (partnered with Casey’s World Lacrosse Foundation) was standing behind the goal when the ball was scored and both he and his defender got a face full and was a little beside himself to be involved in a moment like this and given his history in the game and all the things he’s done “I met Flip for the first time back when I was in college I was able to attend his memorial this year at Ford Field – it was filled with family and former players from Flip’s teams I couldn’t help but reflect on the positive impact one individual can have on so many people and so many areas of life To play a championship game in which we played with a ball that included his ashes was surreal To then feel the asshes blowing in the wind after the goal made me feel even close to both the Vail tourney and Flip It was an incredible moment to be a small part of.” If you want to learn more about why Flip Naumburg was such a legend check out the video we produced with Epoch Lacrosse Opera Italiana in the Air revolutionizes the opera scene enabling people of all backgrounds to embrace and relish the magnificence of this art form By transporting performances from the grandest concert halls to the open air they make opera accessible and enjoyable to everyone Opera Italiana in the Air unites accomplished industry experts with budding musicians and composers crafting exceptional outdoor concerts that are contemporary Don't miss out on witnessing the brilliance of these remarkable young talents your guide to New York’s classical music scene The walk begins with a rolling start between 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM The length of the course is 4 miles and takes approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes This is not a race - participants can stop whenever they want to or need to Begin the walk at any time from the Start Line located at Naumburg Bandshell It's best to pick a meeting spot for your team and enter the park together Meeting 30 minutes prior to when you want to start walking can be beneficial The main festival area is at the Naumburg Bandshell All event participants (excluding children) need to register for the walk In person: Please scan the QR codes which will be displayed throughout the festival upon arrival to register and sign the waiver Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell stands aside from the human presence a visitor from a Neo-Classical planet that somehow landed in the middle of F.L in a broad plaza still known as the Concert Ground in-line wizards twirl their skates and breakdance virtuosi spin on select sheets of No classical musicians rise from the haze like Brigadoon and an ancient tradition of concerts in the park—variously describable as 99 Naumberg Orchestral Concerts—founded by philanthropist Elkan Naumburg in 1905–presented the Brooklyn-based ensemble The Knights with violin soloist Lara St which will celebrate its centennial next year And following the example of the first classical concert in Central Park in 1859 which offered music by a couple of promising youngsters named Wagner and Verdi Tuesday’s program included a brilliant concerto by the fast-rising Israeli-born composer Avner Dorman 3 (“Scottish”) by the 20-year-old Felix Mendelssohn a collaborative work by The Knights themselves In a city abuzz with communication, transportation, sanitation, and tourism both on the ground and in the air outdoor classical performances face a hive of potential distractions and the hundreds of listeners—mostly in rows of chairs but also on the occasional picnic blanket—could savor the nuances of highly professional music-making Few pieces would benefit more from that kind of close attention than Keeping On a delightful musical gadget that originated as the score to a pandemic-shutdown video featuring members of the group playing at home Inspired by the forging-ahead-despite-obstacles example of Ludwig van Beethoven and by a rehearsal at which the group loop-repeated a section of his Fifth Symphony to achieve better flow co-artistic director and conductor Eric Jacobsen conceived a sort of musical adventure propelled by that work’s famous four-note motive Jacobsen ran the idea by his fellow Knights eight of whom came back with additional melodic suggestions Atkinson wove the contributions into a colorful piece that sent a message of cool confidence into a pandemic-rattled world no video editing was needed as the aural spotlight moved from player to player until finally violinist Christina Courtin and flutist Alex Sopp stepped to the microphones to coo the healing words “Keep on…keeping on…” in euphonious thirds No world catastrophe loomed over Avner Dorman’s Nigunim (Melodies) when he transformed it from a violin sonata to his Violin Concerto No 2 in 2017 but the piece expressed enough of the joys and sorrows of the composer’s heritage to earn it the Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music the following year As the piece received its New York City premiere Tuesday in the bandshell John intoned the opening Adagio Religioso in mournful double stops over an ominous orchestral rumble then matched the clarinet’s klezmer wails with a bursting fury of fast string-crossing before floating free of the deep orchestra with uncanny high harmonics the Scherzo poked the ear with sassy dissonances cross-rhythms and sneering glissandos—a whimsical tour de force that brought delighted applause at the end throbbed with weird acoustic “beats” in both the winds and the soloist’s microtonal double stops before the violin took flight and the orchestra followed it into the pitch stratosphere The Presto finale galumphed to a fast 2+2+3 beat with orchestral syncopations on top of that driving soloist and ensemble together in a long As if one movement of blazing fiddling weren’t enough her own arrangement of the traditional dance tune “Ultania Hora.”  While two players from the orchestra laid down a drum-like accompaniment on cello and double bass John wowed he audience with a Sarasate-style flurry of pizzicato tricks For deeply expressive playing with a virtuoso cherry on top John deserved some kind of award herself Tuesday night conductor Jacobsen engaged in a bit of chat with WQXR radio personality Paul Cavalconte the concert’s host onstage and in the live radio simulcast As a glorious sunset painted the limestone bandshell orange the talk turned to natural scenery in Israel and Scotland but in both the Dorman and the Mendelssohn performances it was the nigunim it was Mendelssohn’s Romantic symphony that seemed at a disadvantage while subtle enough to preserve the illusion of live seemed to favor the group’s two double basses over everybody else while the sound of the higher strings seemed to dissipate in the open air Woodwinds—the favored outdoor medium of Haydn and Mozart—fared better but overall blending and sound chemistry proved elusive there was no mistaking the energy and commitment of conductor and players in the eventful first movement One missed only that feeling of lift and momentum that could string those events together so that climaxes came in waves and there was tension even in the pauses not Mendelssohnian fairy music—was crisply in time More of that crispness would have benefited the middle section of the Adagio to heighten contrast with the lovely handoffs of melody between strings and winds in the outer sections The Allegro vivacissimo finale again faced the problem of how to make repeated quarter-notes seem to lift off the page but Jacobsen was making progress on that front when he arrived at those haunting bars of epilogue for the clarinet and bassoon followed by a parting chorale as splendid as that fondly remembered sunset ECCO: East Coast Chamber Orchestra performs works of Hailstork, Schubert, and Renaissance music from Peru 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Naumburg Bandshell. naumburgconcerts.org XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>  Subscribe via RSS Sports | Jul 5 VAIL — One of the biggest showcases of one of the oldest competitive sports in North America wrapped up its 11-day event on Wednesday The fact that the Vail Lacrosse Shootout concludes on Independence Day is not coincidence which has been taking place in Vail for 46 years honors the traditions of family — bringing 1,300 competitors and their loved ones to town — and competition with divisions of all ages squaring off in friendly rivalries Wednesday’s event wrapped up with the top-tier competitors vying for the elite division championships in Vail The women’s elite saw their final two games take place at the Vail Athletic Fields with newcomers LAXaDAZEicalz taking down defending champions the Texarados Rokk3r/Lacrossewear earned its fifth consecutive championship becoming the first team to hoist the new Flip Naumburg Memorial Cup after its win over the Rocky Mountain Oysters a veteran lacrosse player and co-founder of the tournament suffered a heart attack on May 6 and died in his home in Fort Collins In an interview with the Vail Daily in 2017 Naumburg said he was always surprised by the success of the Vail Lacrosse Shootout some people weren’t quite ready for the heathens that our group represented,” Naumburg said “So we had to come and justify ourselves each year But that didn’t last long because the vendors came and said it’s our biggest week of the year Naumburg was a student of lacrosse history drawing parallels to the sport’s origins and where it is today Native Americans called the game Little Brother of War and used it to train young warriors practicing their combat moves and using a rag wrapped around a rock for a ball,” Naumburg said “Then you had these very civilized European missionaries who would come and see these games Naumburg said what you see now has a little bit of both worlds and I think that is what attracts some young men to the sport,” Naumburg said “But it’s a complicated game … the equipment alone I’ve always maintained that other than hockey there’s no sport that requires equipment to the degree that lacrosse does.” In the men’s elite championship on Wednesday Rokk3r/Lacrossewear enjoyed a another decisive victory in its fifth consecutive championship win but they were no match for the all-star stacked Rokk3r team,” Vail Lacrosse Shootout organizers wrote in a press release A special moment occurred in the third quarter when the teams began the quarter with a faceoff and later goal with a ball filled with the ashes of late Vail Lacrosse Shootout co-founder while ‘Let it Be’ played in the background.” The final standings in the men’s elite division saw Rokk3r/Lacrossewear in first NYAC in fifth and Team Mike Shaw Subaru in sixth a fierce battle took place between defending champs Texarados and newcomers LAXaDAZEicalz “The score went back and forth in the first half with a score of 3-2,” organizers wrote LAXaDAZEicalz began to pull ahead to protect the team’s perfect record (who was also part of the all-tournament team) the lead had increased and LAXaDAZEicalz took home the championship trophy.” The women’s elite final standings saw LAXaDAZEicalz in first the Jammin’ Salmonettes in third and Team Wild in fourth *This event now takes place at the Naumburg Bandshell which is a short walk from Bethesda Fountain Now is your chance to join the Hustle party with Abdiel and DJ Natasha Diggs you can learn to lead and follow with your choice of partner and shoes Events take place every second and fourth Monday Date: Every other Monday: July 11th and 25th