Founded in 1990, the Long Island Masterworks has
a history of bringing the finest old and new
music to Long Island audiences.
Below are some of the highlights of our 20+ year
history:
| 1991 |
Premiere of Long Island Masterworks
under Frances C. Roberts on the Andy
Williams Christmas Show, Madison Square
Garden. |
| 1993 |
Performance of Bach's Mass
in b minor under Richard
Westenberg and Verdi's
Four Sacred Pieces
under Semyon Veckshtein with
the Nassau Symphony Orchestra. |
| 1994 |
Concert for a
Cure under Frances C. Roberts
raised money for breast cancer research
and received extensive press coverage,
including a review in the
New York
Times.
|
| 1995 |
Performance of Haydn's
Mass in Time of War
under John Rutter and Verdi's
Requiem under
Donald Kendrick at Carnegie Hall.
|
| 1996 |
Performance of Mozart's
Coronation Mass
under Simon Carrington at Carnegie Hall. |
| 1997 |
Performance of opera choruses under
John Rutter at Carnegie Hall. |
| 1998 |
Premiere of Roger Ames'
In Memoriam Warsaw
1943 under Frances C. Roberts which
received extensive press
coverage including full-page stories in
Newsday and
The New York Times.
|
|
Performance of Verdi, Requiem under
Peter Tiboris at Carnegie Hall.
|
| 1999 |
Performance of Beethoven's
Symphony #9 under
Edo DeWaart
|
| 2000 |
Performance of Bach's
Magnificat under
Frances C. Roberts.
|
| 2002 |
Rolling Requiem in
memory of the victims of 9/11.
|
| Performance of Fauré's
Requiem, Poulenc's
Gloria and Verdi's
Te Deum under Robert Page. |
| 2003 |
Performance of Beethoven's
Mass in C, Brahms'
Nanie and the
"Prologue" from Boito's
Mefistofele under
Frances C. Roberts. |
| Rodgers and Hammerstein in Concert |
| 2004 |
Performance of Mozart's
Coronation Mass and
Bernstein's
Chichester Psalms under
Peter Bagley. |
| Celebracion de Musica - Folk music from the Americas |
|
Songs of Love, War & Peace
— A Salute to Veterans under
Frances C. Roberts, press coverage of
which included a full page in the inside
cover of
Newsday.
|
| 2005 |
Lord Nelson Mass |
| Pinkham Christmas Cantata |
| 2011 |
National Requiem of Remembrance
, commemorating the 10th
anniversary of the tragic events of
9/11.
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