Open the season with an exuberant journey through Czech and Central European chamber music, where youthful lyricism, rhythmic vitality, and full-blooded Romantic sweep meet in the richly colored world of the piano quartet. Program Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1 Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Quartet No. 1, H. 287 Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quartet […]
A program of elegiac beauty and luminous color, tracing the piano trio from Rachmaninoff’s youthful lament through Gade’s graceful Romantic miniatures to Ravel’s dazzling fusion of poetry, rhythm, and instrumental brilliance. Program Sergei Rachmaninoff: Trio elegiaque No. 1 in G minor Niels W. Gade: Novelettes for Piano Trio, Op. 29 Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in […]
Violin and piano become equal partners in a compelling musical conversation, from Tchaikovsky’s nostalgic lyricism and Beethoven’s taut classical drama to the uncompromising intensity of Shostakovich’s late style. Program Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 Dmitri Shostakovich: […]
A lyrical Mother’s Day weekend program celebrating the singing voice of the violin, with music that ranges from Mozartian intimacy and Schubertian grace to Kreisler’s showmanship and Grieg’s passionate Nordic […]