Pianist Geri Allen will lead Timeline in a jazz show July 31 in MoMA’s sculpture garden
Museum of Modern Art
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden
West 54th St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves.
Sunday, July 24 & 31, free, gates open at 7:00, concert begins at 8:00
www.moma.org
sculpture garden slideshow
The final two concerts in MoMA’s free annual Summergarden series take place July 24 & 31 in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, where you can hear classical music and jazz amid some of the finest sculptures from the Museum of Modern Art’s collection. On July 24, “Juilliard Concert II: New Music for String Quartet” will feature violinists David Fulmer and Rebekah Durham, violist Jennifer Chang, and cellist Avery Waite from the New Juilliard Ensemble performing the Western Hemisphere premiere of Jiří Kadeřábek’s “Barefoot Boy!” and the New York premieres of Judith Lang Zaimont’s “The Fugue” for string quartet, Carson Cooman’s “Four Aphoristic Inventions,” “Tombeau-Aria,” and “Estampie” for two violins, and Louis Andriessen’s “Facing Death.” On July 31, “Jazz Concert II: Geri Allen and Timeline” will combine music and movement with pianist Geri Allen, saxophonist JD Allen, bassist Kenny Davis, drummer Kassa Overall, and tap-dancer Maurice Chestnut in the premiere of Allen’s “Flower of May,” which honors Bill Cosby and his wife, Camille. Free admission is first come, first served, with gates opening at 7:00 and the concert starting at 8:00. Although the MoMA galleries are closed, you can enjoy the wonderful sculptures in the garden, including Auguste Rodin’s “St. John the Baptist Preaching,” Elie Nadelman’s “Man in the Open Air,” Gaston Lachaise’s “Floating Figure,” Tom Otterness’s “Head,” Henry Moore’s “Family Group,” Renee Sintenis’s “Daphne,” Henri Matisse’s “Back” series, and one of the most colorful works to ever grace the sculpture garden, Katharina Fritsch’s “Figurengruppe (Group of Figures).”