Ensemble Connect Up Close
Jan
27

Ensemble Connect Up Close

Performers

Ensemble Connect
Gabriela Ortiz, Artistic Partner
Leonardo Pineda, Conductor

Martirene Alcántara, Visual Artist

Program

GABRIELA ORTIZ Pigmentum (NY Premiere)

CARLOS SÁNCHEZ-GUTIÉRREZ Luciérnagas

ILEANA PEREZ VELAZQUEZ Light echoes (NY Premiere)

RICARDO LORENZ La Hamaca (NY Premiere)

ALEJANDRO CARDONA Axolotl (US Premiere)

CAROLINA NOGUERA Gritos de Fuego, Patrias de Papel (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

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A Far Cry - Daybreak
Jan
31

A Far Cry - Daybreak

Quinn Mason | Svítání for String Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, arr. for String Sextet by Michael Gotthard Fischer; adapted for String Orchestra by AFC

Curated by Crier Michael Unterman
Featuring a performance of Project STEP’s Honors Trio, and Student winners from the New England Conservatory Fellows competition performing side-by-side with the Criers.

Last season A Far Cry “scaled up” Beethoven’s quartets. This season is our first time performing what curator Michael Unterman calls a “sporty” arrangement of a symphony! The iconic “Pastorale” symphony is boiled down to its essence and paired with Quinn Mason’s Svítáni for a refreshing exploration. Daybreak’s sunrise-inspired program offers an escape from the depths of Boston’s winter.

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Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Love Exposed
Feb
3

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Love Exposed

SCHUBERT  Fantasia in F minor D.940

Ludwig THUILLE  Sextet in Bb Major Op. 6

Antonín DVOŘÁK  “Songs My Mother Taught Me” from Gypsy Songs Op. 55

Bedřich SMETANA  Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15

Michael Brown, piano

Geneva Lewis, violin

Isabelle Durrenberger, violin

Natalie Loughran, viola

Sara Scanlon, cello

Sooyun Kim, flute

Roni Gal-Ed, oboe

Vadim Lando, clarinet

Karl Kramer, horn

Gina Cuffari, bassoon

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Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Love Exposed
Feb
3

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Love Exposed

SCHUBERT  Fantasia in F minor D.940

Ludwig THUILLE  Sextet in Bb Major Op. 6

Antonín DVOŘÁK  “Songs My Mother Taught Me” from Gypsy Songs Op. 55

Bedřich SMETANA  Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15

Michael Brown, piano

Geneva Lewis, violin

Isabelle Durrenberger, violin

Natalie Loughran, viola

Sara Scanlon, cello

Sooyun Kim, flute

Roni Gal-Ed, oboe

Vadim Lando, clarinet

Karl Kramer, horn

Gina Cuffari, bassoon

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Ensemble Connect at Skidmore College
Feb
7

Ensemble Connect at Skidmore College

SCHUBERT "Quartettsatz" in C Minor, D. 703

KATHERINE BALCH musica spolia (arr. for chamber ensemble; World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

KATHERINE BALCH musica nuvola (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

BERIO Ricorrenze per quintetto a fiato - a Pierre Boulez per il suo sessantesimo compleanno

BEETHOVEN Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

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Kallos Chamber Music Series
Mar
5

Kallos Chamber Music Series

Timeless Threads: Antique to Modern

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) "O Virtus Sapiente", arr. for string quartet by Marianne Pfau 

John Cage (1912-1992) Quodlibet from String Quartet in Four Parts

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Theme and Variation from Piano sonata, K.331, arr. for clarinet quintet by Graeme Steele Johnson

Marc Mellits (b. 1966) Discrete Structures for clarinet quintet (2024)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) Clarinet Quintet

Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet

Anna Lee, violin, violin

Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin

Tanner Menees, viola

Joshua Halpern, cello

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Boston Chamber Music Society
Jan
12

Boston Chamber Music Society

Sergei PROKOFIEV  Quintet in G minor for Winds and Strings, Op. 39 (1924)
Peggy Pearson, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Alyssa Wang, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; Thomas Van Dyck, double bass

Anton ARENSKY  Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 (1894)
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello, Max Levinson, piano

Alexander GLAZUNOV  String Quintet in A major, Op. 39
Alyssa Wang, violin; Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Annie Hyung, cello

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Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Romantic Melodists
Dec
16

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Romantic Melodists

Robert KAHN  Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor Op. 26

Max BRUCH  Septet in Eb Major ▪ 1849

BRAHMS  Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major Op. 8 ▪ 1854, revised 1889

William Wolfram piano
Vadim Gluzman
violin Isabelle Durrenberger violin
Mark Kosower cello Sara Scanlon cello
Nina Bernat double bass
Vadim Lando clarinet
Eric Reed
horn
Gina Cuffari
bassoon

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Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Romantic Melodists
Dec
16

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Romantic Melodists

Robert KAHN  Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor Op. 26

Max BRUCH  Septet in Eb Major ▪ 1849

BRAHMS  Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major Op. 8 ▪ 1854, revised 1889

William Wolfram piano
Vadim Gluzman
violin Isabelle Durrenberger violin
Mark Kosower cello Sara Scanlon cello
Nina Bernat double bass
Vadim Lando clarinet
Eric Reed
horn
Gina Cuffari
bassoon

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Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi
Dec
8

Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi

Isaac Mizrahi narrates and directs Sergei Prokofiev’s charming children’s classic, Peter & the Wolf, accompanied by Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, conducted by Michael P. Atkinson. The cast, wearing costumes by Mizrahi, performs choreography by John Heginbotham, bringing the thirty-minute story to life for the young and young at heart.

No matter how tall or small, everyone needs a ticket.

Shows at 1pm, 2:30pm, 4pm

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Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi
Dec
7

Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi

Isaac Mizrahi narrates and directs Sergei Prokofiev’s charming children’s classic, Peter & the Wolf, accompanied by Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, conducted by Michael P. Atkinson. The cast, wearing costumes by Mizrahi, performs choreography by John Heginbotham, bringing the thirty-minute story to life for the young and young at heart.

No matter how tall or small, everyone needs a ticket.

Shows at 11am, 1pm, 2:30pm

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Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi
Dec
6

Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi

Isaac Mizrahi narrates and directs Sergei Prokofiev’s charming children’s classic, Peter & the Wolf, accompanied by Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, conducted by Michael P. Atkinson. The cast, wearing costumes by Mizrahi, performs choreography by John Heginbotham, bringing the thirty-minute story to life for the young and young at heart.

No matter how tall or small, everyone needs a ticket.

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Recital: Sunday At Central
Nov
24

Recital: Sunday At Central

Weaving folk song and fairytale into a program for violin and piano:

Ottorino Resphigi 5 Pieces for Violin and Piano (1906)

Eugene Ysaÿe Sonata No. 6 for Solo Violin (1923)

Dora Pejačević “Slavic” Sonata for Violin and Piano in B minor, op. 43 (1917)

Rachmaninoff arr. Kreisler 6 Romances Op. 39-3, Daisies

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Ensemble Connect
Nov
4

Ensemble Connect

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INTI FIGGIS-VIZUETA seven sisters paint the earth (Spain Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

MISSY MAZZOLI Still Life with Avalanche (Spain Premiere)

CARLOS SIMON Giants (Spain Premiere)

STEVE REICH Different Trains

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Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: The Ricordi Legacy
Oct
21

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: The Ricordi Legacy

Giulio RICORDI  Piano Trio in A Major ▪ published 1903

Giovanni Battista VIOTTI  Duetto in D minor for Violin Solo W 5.23 ▪ 1821

Ottorino RESPIGHI  Il Tramonto “The Sunset” ▪ 1914

Antonino PASCULLI  Ricordo di Napoli: Scherzo brillante ▪ [1875]

Giuseppe VERDI  String Quartet in E minor ▪ 1873

Keyi Wang, piano

Hyunah Yu, soprano

Joshua Brown, violin

Isabelle Durrenberger, violin

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Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: The Ricordi Legacy
Oct
21

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: The Ricordi Legacy

Giulio RICORDI  Piano Trio in A Major ▪ published 1903

Giovanni Battista VIOTTI  Duetto in D minor for Violin Solo W 5.23 ▪ 1821

Ottorino RESPIGHI  Il Tramonto “The Sunset” ▪ 1914

Antonino PASCULLI  Ricordo di Napoli: Scherzo brillante ▪ [1875]

Giuseppe VERDI  String Quartet in E minor ▪ 1873

Keyi Wang, piano

Hyunah Yu, soprano

Joshua Brown, violin

Isabelle Durrenberger, violin

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Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Out of Judaism
Oct
7

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Out of Judaism

Aleksandr KREIN  Esquisses hébraïques Op. 13 ▪ 1910

Mieczysław WEINBERG  Aria Op. 9 ▪ 1942

Sergei PROKOFIEV  Overture on Hebrew Themes ▪ 1919

Leo ORNSTEIN  Piano Quintet Op. 92 ▪ 1927

Fei Fei, piano

Asi Matathias, violin

Isabelle Durrenberger, violin

Maurycy Banaszek, viola

Christine Lamprea, cello

Vadim Lando, clarinet

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Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Out of Judaism
Oct
7

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: Out of Judaism

Aleksandr KREIN  Esquisses hébraïques Op. 13 ▪ 1910

Mieczysław WEINBERG  Aria Op. 9 ▪ 1942

Sergei PROKOFIEV  Overture on Hebrew Themes ▪ 1919

Leo ORNSTEIN  Piano Quintet Op. 92 ▪ 1927

Fei Fei, piano

Asi Matathias, violin

Isabelle Durrenberger, violin

Maurycy Banaszek, viola

Christine Lamprea, cello

Vadim Lando, clarinet

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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Garrick Ohlsson
Sep
29

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Garrick Ohlsson

Orpheus & Garrick Ohlsson
Mozart, Brahms & Billy Childs

Orpheus proudly welcomes back Garrick Ohlsson, a trusted Mozart partner hailed for his “muscular technique and the sensitivity and restraint with which he deploys it” (The New York Times). Wise musicians understand that the future exists in the past. Just ask the young Brahms, who mined Handel (and Bach and Beethoven) to craft what he later called his “favorite work.” The even younger Mozart melded styles from near and far in his first truly brilliant piano concerto. Composer and six-time Grammy winner Billy Childs infuses classical traditions with his jazz roots in a new work.

Program:

Billy Childs | Each Moment Is a New Discovery
Commissioned by Orpheus & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major K. 271, Jeunehomme
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Brahms | Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
orchestrated by Michael Stephen Brown

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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Garrick Ohlsson
Sep
28

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Garrick Ohlsson

Orpheus & Garrick Ohlsson
Mozart, Brahms & Billy Childs

Orpheus proudly welcomes back Garrick Ohlsson, a trusted Mozart partner hailed for his “muscular technique and the sensitivity and restraint with which he deploys it” (The New York Times). Wise musicians understand that the future exists in the past. Just ask the young Brahms, who mined Handel (and Bach and Beethoven) to craft what he later called his “favorite work.” The even younger Mozart melded styles from near and far in his first truly brilliant piano concerto. Composer and six-time Grammy winner Billy Childs infuses classical traditions with his jazz roots in a new work.

Program:

Billy Childs | Each Moment Is a New Discovery
Commissioned by Orpheus & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major K. 271, Jeunehomme
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Brahms | Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
orchestrated by Michael Stephen Brown

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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Garrick Ohlsson
Sep
27

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Garrick Ohlsson

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Orpheus & Garrick Ohlsson
Mozart, Brahms & Billy Childs

Orpheus proudly welcomes back Garrick Ohlsson, a trusted Mozart partner hailed for his “muscular technique and the sensitivity and restraint with which he deploys it” (The New York Times). Wise musicians understand that the future exists in the past. Just ask the young Brahms, who mined Handel (and Bach and Beethoven) to craft what he later called his “favorite work.” The even younger Mozart melded styles from near and far in his first truly brilliant piano concerto. Composer and six-time Grammy winner Billy Childs infuses classical traditions with his jazz roots in a new work.

Program:

Billy Childs | Each Moment Is a New Discovery
Commissioned by Orpheus & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major K. 271, Jeunehomme
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Brahms | Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
orchestrated by Michael Stephen Brown

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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Garrick Ohlsson
Sep
26

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Garrick Ohlsson

Orpheus & Garrick Ohlsson
Mozart, Brahms & Billy Childs

Orpheus proudly welcomes back Garrick Ohlsson, a trusted Mozart partner hailed for his “muscular technique and the sensitivity and restraint with which he deploys it” (The New York Times). Wise musicians understand that the future exists in the past. Just ask the young Brahms, who mined Handel (and Bach and Beethoven) to craft what he later called his “favorite work.” The even younger Mozart melded styles from near and far in his first truly brilliant piano concerto. Composer and six-time Grammy winner Billy Childs infuses classical traditions with his jazz roots in a new work.

Program:

Billy Childs | Each Moment Is a New Discovery
Commissioned by Orpheus & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major K. 271, Jeunehomme
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Brahms | Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
orchestrated by Michael Stephen Brown

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VIVO Music Festival: Fairytales
Sep
1

VIVO Music Festival: Fairytales

VIVO Music Festival Season 10 culminates in a wondrous musical web woven over the course of four spellbinding works. VIVO Fairy Tales brings together the fantastical musical world of Robert Schumann with the noble joy of Mozart, the heroic exultation of Johannes Brahms with the stunning originality of Marcos Balter. Each piece highlights the virtuosity and gripping storytelling capacities of our internationally-renowned VIVO Festival Artists utilizing unconventional ensemble formations.

VIVO Fairy Tales is presented in collaboration with Chamber Music Columbus and features the Ohio Premier of Marcos Baltor's Horn Trio commissioned by VIVO Music Festival, the Ensemble Intercontemporain and the Library of Congress

W.A. Mozart Horn Quintet K. 407

David Byrd-Marrow, french horn; Siwoo Kim, violin; John Stulz and Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; and Brannon Cho, cello

Marcos Baltor New Work for horn trio (VIVO Commission)

Anna Polonsky, piano; David Byrd-Marrow, french horn; and Alicia Hui, violin

Robert Schumann Fairy Tales, Op. 132

Anna Polonsky, piano; Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet; and Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola

Johannes Brahms String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111

Isabelle Ai Durrenberger and Siwoo Kim, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt and John Stulz, viola; and Brannon Cho, cello.

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VIVO Music Festival: BEER & BEETHOVEN
Aug
30

VIVO Music Festival: BEER & BEETHOVEN

VIVO is thrilled to team up with Natalie’s Grandview to present the wildly popular “Beer and Beethoven.” After the success of our sold-out show in 2023, VIVO will be presenting two shows at Natalie’s, 6PM and 9PM

Join our world-class VIVO guest artists for a joyful evening of casual conversations, interactive music making, and, of course, beer! All presented in an informal, convivial atmosphere.

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VIVO Music Festival: Memories
Aug
29

VIVO Music Festival: Memories

VIVO Season 10 launches with an evening of music inspired by memory and transformation at Ohio State's beautiful new Timashev Recital Hall. Ravel's limpid Sonata for violin and cello is paired with the complex and enigmatic String Quartet #1 of Donald Harris, former Dean of the OSU School of music, and Olivier Messaien's mystical Quartet for the end of time, written while the composer was imprisoned at a German concentration camp during the Second World War. From touching homage to radical revision to the illimitable sublime, VIVO Memories will take it's listeners on a journey impossible to forget.

Maurice Ravel Duo for violin and cello

Siwoo Kim, violin; and Brannon Cho, cello

Donald Harris String Quartet

Isabelle Ai Durrenberger and Alicia Hui, violin; John Stulz, viola; and Brannon Cho, cello

Olivier Messaien Quartet for the end of time

Anna Polonsky, piano; Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet; Isabelle Ai Durrenberger , violin; and Brannon Cho, cello

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Mozart Concerto No. 3 with Lakeside Symphony Orchestra
Aug
6

Mozart Concerto No. 3 with Lakeside Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Meyer, conducting
Isabelle Durrenberger, violin

Under the direction of Music Director & Conductor Daniel Meyer, the Lakeside Symphony Orchestra (LSO) will perform a stirring concert with violinist Isabelle Durrenberger and organist Jonathan Moyer at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 in Hoover Auditorium. Durrenberger will perform Concerto, Violin, No. 3, K. 216, G major – Mozart, and Moyer will perform Symphony No. 3, op. 78 – Saint-Saëns.

WALKER Lyric for Strings

MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 K.216 G major
Isabelle Durrenberger, violin

SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, op. 78, C minor
 Jonathan Moyer, organ

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North Country Chamber Players: Mozart and Mendelssohn
Jul
21

North Country Chamber Players: Mozart and Mendelssohn

Ferdinand Ries: Flute Quintet in B minor, Op 107

W. A. Mozart: Horn Concerto No.4 in Eb Major, K. 495

Felix Mendelssohn: Sextet in D Major, Op. 110

The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.
The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.

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North Country Chamber Players: Mozart and Mendelssohn
Jul
20

North Country Chamber Players: Mozart and Mendelssohn

Ferdinand Ries: Flute Quintet in B minor, Op 107

W. A. Mozart: Horn Concerto No.4 in Eb Major, K. 495

Felix Mendelssohn: Sextet in D Major, Op. 110

The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.
The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.

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The Knights at Caramoor with Aaron Diehl
Jun
30

The Knights at Caramoor with Aaron Diehl

The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director and Conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano

The Knights joins forces with pianist-composer Aaron Diehl to present a program featuring the GRAMMY-nominated album Zodiac Suite in its entirety, and Beethoven's Sixth Symphony.

Program:

Mary Lou Williams Zodiac Suite featuring Aaron Diehl, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”

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The Knights at Ravinia with Aaron Diehl
Jun
29

The Knights at Ravinia with Aaron Diehl

The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director & violin
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director & conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano

The Knights joins forces with pianist-composer Aaron Diehl to present a program featuring an excerpt from Louise Farrenc's Symphony No. 3, excerpts from the GRAMMY-nominated album Zodiac Suite, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral." Join us for an afternoon of diverse and compelling musical expressions at Ravinia Festival.

Program:

Louise Farrenc excerpt from Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36 (Finale–Allegro)
Mary Lou Williams excerpts from Zodiac Suite featuring Aaron Diehl, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral"

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The Knights at Naumburg
Jun
25

The Knights at Naumburg

The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director & violin
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director & conductor

The Knights are excited to return to the iconic Naumburg Bandshell on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. No tickets are required to attend this celebratory outdoor performance with Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, and seating will be offered on a first come first serve basis. The concert will also be broadcast live on WQXR.

Program:

W.A. Mozart Overture to Le Nozze de Figaro
Louise Farrenc Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral"

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