Classical Premieres
Reflections in Music, which stages interdisciplinary performances of solo and chamber music held in both traditional and non-traditional spaces, will present the world premieres of two cello sonatas written by Bruce Wolosoff on Oct. 9 at The Church in Sag Harbor.
Mr. Wolosoff, a composer, pianist, and the new artistic director of Reflections, composed both pieces during the height of the pandemic. “Requiem for the Planet,” commissioned by Robert M. Stein, is a four-movement work that considers the prospect of irrevocable loss. “Paradise Found” was written as an affirmation of the preciousness of life.
Sara Sant’Ambrogio, a cellist and frequent collaborator with Mr. Wolosoff, will join the composer. Tickets are $20, payable at the door or in advance from the Reflections in Music website. The doors will open at 6 p.m.; the concert will begin at 7.
An Un-Gala
The Church and the Sag Harbor Cinema will hold what they are calling “Un-Gala” starting Saturday evening at 6:30. The joint benefit will begin at The Church with cocktails, dinner, activities, and dancing, with the HooDoo Loungers. An after-party with D.J. Chile will follow at the cinema at 10.
Tickets, which are available on the cinema’s website, are $2,500 for the entire evening, $500 for the after-party only. Proof of vaccination will be required.
PechaKucha Returns
The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will present the 34th iteration of “PechaKucha Night Hamptons,” its popular series of rapid-fire presentations by creative East End residents, live in its theater and streamed online, Friday at 6 p.m.
The participants, who will present 20 slides for 20 seconds each, are Tom Kochie, a photographer; Cynthia Daniels, a record producer; and the artists Lorena Salcedo-Watson, Scott McIntire, Adam Lowenbein, Meghan Boody, Melora Griffis, and David Rankin.
Tickets are only available online, in advance. Tickets for the onsite presentation are $12, free for members; the stream is free.
Opera at Bay Street
Divaria Productions, whose mission is to make quality opera accessible, will return to Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor with its production of “La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice)” on Saturday at 8 p.m. Francis Poulenc’s 1958 one-act opera is based on the play of the same name by Jean Cocteau, who worked closely with Poulenc in preparation for the opera’s premiere.
The opera, which will be sung in French and spoken in English, is the story of Elle, who experiences the deterioration of a relationship with her lover and, during her ex-lover’s phone call, struggles with grief, denial, and anger. Ashley Bell plays the distraught Elle, while Ron Menzel plays what one critic called the “logic-based left side" of Elle’s brain.
Tickets are $35 at the box office or on the theater’s website.
The Music Scene
The Hamptons Jazz Festival closes Thursday night with a performance by the Alex Sipiagin Sixtet, with Jaleel Shaw, Dave Kikowski, Boris Kazlov, and Donald Edwards, at The Church at 48 Madison Street in Sag Harbor from 6 to 8.
King Yellowman featuring K'reema and the Sagittarius Band play at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett on Saturday night at 8 for $40, followed by Conga Cartel at 10 for $15.
The Lynn Blue Band is at the Clubhouse in East Hampton on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. On Sunday, it's the reggae of Winston Irie and Friends at 6.
Feldshuh and Yulin
A staged reading of Jeff Cohen's play "The Soap Myth" starring Tovah Feldshuh and Harris Yulin will be presented by the Jewish Center of the Hamptons and Bay Street Theater on Sunday at the center at 5 p.m.
The play is the story of an elderly Holocaust survivor who believes the Nazis turned the fat of murdered Jewish people into soap, and who battles with Holocaust historians to have that atrocity included in Holocaust memorials and museums.
The cast also includes Lou Liberatore and Blair Baker, and John Gould Rubin directs. Sanctuary seating is $72, patio seating and Zoom access are $36. Tickets are available on the center's website.
This article has been modified from its print version to include the reading of "The Soap Myth," which was announced after it went to press.
