Hamptons Modernism
“The Legacy of Hamptons Modernism Today,” a panel discussion at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons on the work of its architect, Norman Jaffe, and to introduce its new Olshan Pavilion, will take place at the center on Sunday at 11 a.m.
Presented with Hamptons 20th Century Modern, the panel, to be moderated by Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, will explore the legacy of Jaffe and mark the opening of the new pavilion, which was designed by the architect Richard Dattner for outdoor worship.
In addition to Mr. Goldberger and Mr. Dattner, the panel will include Randall Rosenthal, an artist, Max Worrell, an architect, Jaine Mehring, founder of Build.In.Kind/East Hampton, and Timothy Godbold, an interior designer.
Tickets are $25, free for members.
Opera Alfresco
The garden at the Leiber Collection in Springs will be the site of “Viva Verdi,” a concert of music from some of Giuseppe Verdi’s most famous operas, including “Il Trovatore,” “La Traviata,” and “Rigoletto,” on Saturday at 5 p.m. The program will be performed by two notable opera singers, Daniel Sutin, a baritone, and Ashley Galvani Bell, a soprano, with piano accompaniment by Christine Sutin.
Throughout his career in the United States and internationally, Mr. Sutin has sung the roles of Iago in “Othello,” Paris in “Romeo et Juliette,” Don Fernando in “Fidelio,” and Ford in “Falstaff,” among others. Ms. Bell’s recent roles include Violetta in “Traviata,” and she has performed her signature role of Cio-Cio San in “Madama Butterfly” multiple times in five different states.
Tickets are $50 from eventbrite.com.
Classical Recital
Carol Smith, a soprano, and Jonathan Howe, a pianist, will perform an afternoon of classical music on Sunday at 2 at the Southampton Cultural Center. The program will include pieces from Mozart’s “Queen of the Night” as well as works by such Russian composers as Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, and Bortkiewicz.
A native of Freetown, East Hampton, Ms. Smith has a B.A. in Integrative Biology and a Ph.D. in Bioenvironmental Science. She minored in music at the university level and trained privately with two coloraturas, Marianne Weltmann and Mady Mesple.
Mr. Howe earned a B.A. in music from Princeton and an M.A. in music education from Queens College. He teaches music in the East Hampton School District and plays saxophone with the Sag Harbor Community Band.
Tickets are $12. Proceeds will help preserve the history of Freetown, a neighborhood settled in the 19th century by formerly enslaved, Native, and Black Americans.
Chamber Concert
Coming up in the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival on Sunday at 6 p.m. is “Sublime Laments,” a concert that traces a path from Classical brilliance to Romantic turmoil, according to the festival.
The program, to be presented at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, includes Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Septet No. 1 in D minor for Flute, Oboe, Horn, Viola, Cello, Bass, and Piano, Op. 74; Huw Watkins’s “Lament” for Horn and Piano, and Johannes Brahms’s Piano Quartet no. 3 in C minor, Op. 60, “Werther.”
The performers are Marya Martin, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; David Byrd-Marrow, horn; David McCarroll, violin; Cong Wu, viola; Brannon Cho, cello; Nina Bernat, bass; David Fung, piano, and Shai Wosner, piano.
Tickets are $50 to $75, $10 for students.
