In a small space without a stage, marked by a low-hanging metal scaffold, Daska, a small theater company from the nearby town of Sisak, begins a performance of "Waiting for Bread".
Once, when Liszt was beginning a performance of the "Kreutzer" Sonata with the violinist Lambert Massart, listeners began calling out "Robert le Diable!" — meaning that they wished to hear instead Liszt's fantasy on themes from the Meyerbeer opera.
And there is surely no crazier place to begin a performance than in the midst of Act II, during the most tumultuous love scene in opera.
The concert will begin with a performance of Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise," a piece Serebrier has conducted twice before — once for the first Rostropovich International Festival in 2007 and once as a recording for Warner Classics.
(The formal dance festivities begin with a performance of Program A on Wednesday at 7 30 p.m., but the Month of Mark gets started tonight with a 9 o'clock performance of the Western Caravan swing band. Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Avenue, at Ashland Place, Fort Greene, (718) 636-4100; bam.org or mmdg.org for details on various events).
As the closing credits begin, a live performance of "Yahweh" is heard as animations from the stage's LED display are shown.
The 45-minute interfaith service began with a performance of "Amazing Grace" and ended with "Taps".
Tuesday's program began with a performance of the Brahms that felt like a concert in itself.
The musical program began with a performance of the majestic "Andante Festivo," a single-movement hymnic work by Jean Sibelius.
