New music and old mixed together in a concert that showed how a balanced playlist can refresh the ears.
The vibrant program showcased brilliant new compositions and outstanding musicianship.
In a concert ostensibly about expressionism, the surprise was Kreisler’s 1919 string quartet.
The San Francisco String Trio celebrates Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Louis Spohr hits a double but Mendelssohn crushes a surprise home run with an early piano quartet.
The “Classical Style” concert focuses on chamber masterworks from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Special concerts and impromptu performances ring out on a dozen pianos festooning the garden.
A musical tribute to the great jazz saxophonist by way of J.S. Bach and poet A.B. Spellman
Lou Harrison’s Varied Trio was only on the program in commemoration of the composer’s anniversary. But the audience loved it.
Catherine Cook and the Music of Remembrance Ensemble deliver powerful music inspired by Holocaust horrors.
