Archives: Listening Club

June Listening Club: Spring with the Schumanns June Listening Club: Spring with Beethoven & the Schumanns This program features pieces by both Clara and Robert Schumann, a renowned 19th-century musical couple whose lives and works deeply influenced Romantic-era music. Clara, a virtuosic pianist and composer, balanced a wildly successful concert career with raising their 8…

2024 May Listening club May 2024 Listening Club: Piano Trios by Smetana & Mendelssohn Ahead of Francisco Vila’s visit on May 17 & 19 we invite you to explore the music of Smetana & Mendelssohn Apple Music Spotify YouTube Smetana Piano Trio Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.1 in D minor

May 2025 Listening Club May Listening Club: Piano Trios by Beethoven & Schubert This month’s program features two phenomenal piano trios by Beethoven & Schubert. Apple Music Spotify YouTube Beethoven Piano Trio in D, Op. 70 No.1 “Ghost” Schubert Piano Trio No.1 in B-flat, D.898

2025 April Listening Club: Beethoven & Shostakovich Piano Trios April Listening Club: Piano Trios by Beethoven & Shostakovich This month’s program features two of the greatest piano trios ever written by Beethoven & Shostakovich. Apple Music Spotify YouTube Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat “archduke” Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2 in E minor

2025 March Listening Club March Listening Club: Piano Quartets by Mozart, Beethoven & Strauss This month’s program features three youthful works by master composers Mozart, Beethoven & Strauss. Apple Music Spotify YouTube Beethoven Piano Quartet No.3 in C, Mozart Piano Quartet No.2 in E-flat K.493 Strauss Piano Quartet in C minor, Op.13

April Listening Club April 2024 Listening Club: String Quartets by Bach, Haydn, Bosmans, Korngold Ahead of the Heath Quartet’s performance on April 26 we invite you to explore the music of Bach, Haydn, Bosmans, Korngold Apple Music Spotify YouTube Bach – “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross” BWV 622 Haydn – String Quartet Op.50 No.1 in B-flat…

2024 March Listening Club March 2024 Listening Club: Piano Trios by Schubert, Brahms & Chopin Superstar cellist Guy Johnston returns in March for a wondrous program of Piano Trios by Schubert, Brahms & Chopin. Below you will find playlists on Apple music, Spotify and YouTube so you can get to know the music before the…

October 2024 Listening Club: When Tchaikovsky met Brahms & Grieg October 2024 Listening Club: When Tchaikovsky met Brahms & Grieg For our October concerts we celebrate an incredible meeting of minds that took place on New Year’s Day 1888 when Brahms, Tchaikovsky & Grieg sat down for dinner at the home of Adolf and Anna…

2025 February Listening Club February Listening Club: String Quartets by Mozart, Prokofiev & Janacek Ahead of the Schumann Quartet’s visit on February 14, enjoy the music you will hear at the concert played by some wonderful quartets Apple Music Spotify YouTube Mozart String Quartet in D major, K.499 Prokofiev String Quartet No.1 Smetana String Quartet…

2024 December Listening Club 3: An English Rose December 2024 Listening Club: An English Rose – works for violin & Piano Louisa Stonehill & Nicholas Burns will perform three, stunning works for violin and piano by English composers Vaughan Williams, John Ireland and Elgar on December 8. Enjoy getting to know the pieces below. Apple…