By Register Staff

NEW HAVEN — The flute takes center stage for both classical and klezmer music and a world premiere work when Orchestra New England performs Magical Flute, Saturday at 8 p.m. at United Church on the Green, corner of Elm and Temple streets.

The guest soloist will be ONE’s principal flutist emeritus and New Haven Symphony Orchestra principal flutist Adrianne Greenbaum, who is as noted for her classical as well as klezmer interpretations. ONE founder James Sinclair is on the podium.

Greenbaum, who lives in Fairfield, is a graduate of the Yale School of Music, and is the founder of two klezmer groups, FleytMuzik, an ensemble of flute, violin, cimbalom (concert hammered dulcimer) and bass and The Klezical Tradition. She is an ardent proponent of the music, performing to acclaim at festivals around the world and teaching master classes in the art.

The ensemble FleytMuzik was twice nominated for Best Album by the Just Plain Folks indy awards.

One of Greenbaum’s passions, according to her bio, is to teach flutists “how to bridge the gap between folk and classical.” It is one of the reasons why she is a sought-after guest, educating both students and audiences about the history of classical and klezmer of the 19th century.

She has performed with such orchestras as New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, the Berlin Ballet at the Met, the Period Orchestra of the Fairfield Academy, and for many years with the New York City Ballet Orchestra.

She is also a soloist with the Wall Street Chamber Players and has taught at Yale, Wesleyan and Smith College. Greenbaum is currently professor of music (flute and klezmer ensemble) at Mount Holyoke College.

She records on the Koch International, CBS Masterworks, Nonesuch and EMC labels and has recorded her own independent albums “Sounds of America” and Klezical Tradition’s “Family Portrait.”

Saturday’s program includes Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, Puccini’s “Crisantemi,” the premiere of Russian composer Andrey Rubtsov’s Concertino for Flute, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 10 in B Minor and Doppler’s Andante and Rondo for 2 flutes.

Tickets are $35 and $20, $5 students at the door. Reserve at 800-595-4849 or www.orchestranewengland.org. Continued...

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ONE’s next concert is in April, when it will debut a new work by Southern Connecticut State University professor and composer Mark Kuss.

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