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HVG Lounge: ThEMA Ensemble performs clarinet trios by Beethoven and Brahms

Returning to The Lounge at HVG by popular demand, Hudson View Gardens Performing Arts Group presents the ThEMA Ensemble on Sunday, June 22 at 5 pm. ThEMA features HVG’s own Evelyne Luest on piano, cellist Angela Lee, and clarinetist Nikki Pet as guest performer. The program includes trios by Beethoven and Brahms.

HVG Lounge – High Noon and Blue Notes: Jazz Meets the American Western

High Noon and Blue Notes: Jazz Meets the American Western

Hilary Gardner and the Lonesome Pines album “On the Trail” explores a rarely heard segment of the American Songbook – the Hollywood Western. Hailed as “something new and wondrous” by The Wall Street Journal, the album was named a top 10 jazz album of 2024 by the London Times and received a 2025 Western Heritage Award. New York City musicians Gardner, guitarist Justin Poindexter, and accordionist Sasha Papernik will lead a concert of these songs and share stories about the immigrant voices that shaped this unique subgenre. With Aaron Thurnston (percussion), and Jesse Brenehey (bass).

Hudson View Gardens Lounge: Cellist Peter Stumpf

The Performing Arts Group at Hudson View Gardens is thrilled to present a member of the Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Trio, after that group’s wildly popular performance here in January. On Sunday, May 18 at 5 pm, cellist Peter Stumpf returns to The Lounge at HVG for a recital that features Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5 and sonatas by Mendelssohn and Prokofiev with pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera.

Peter Stumpf is a member of the Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Trio. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Boston Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and was the former principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for over a decade. He’s performed on chamber series and festivals around the world, and is Professor of Cello at Indiana University.

The pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera is the winner of the Accompanying Prize at the VIII International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She maintains a career that has taken her to every major American music center and abroad to Europe, Russia, and Asia, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center and Jordan Hall. She has recorded for Sony, EMI, Audiophon, and Centaur Records.

The Performing Arts Group’s Spring 2025 concert season at The Lounge wraps up on Sunday, June 22 with HVG’s own pianist Evelyne Luest and the ThEMA Ensemble with cellist Angela Lee and guest clarinetist Nikki Pet. Details are below; more information and updates are at Facebook.com/HVGPAG.

Just the Facts

Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 5 pm

HVG Performing Arts Group presents:

Peter Stumpf, cello

Noreen Cassidy-Polera, piano

The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens
128 Pinehurst Ave at W. 183rd Street (Manhattan)

Admission: $15 suggested donation
($12 seniors/children, children under 8 are free)

PROGRAM

J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor

Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata #1 in B Flat Major Op. 45

Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C Major Op. 119

Details and updates at Facebook.com/HVGPAG