Concert

Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartetto
Pianist Roberto Plano and violinist Irina Muresanu join violist Jason Fisher and cellist Ronald Lowry to present selected pieces, including solo piano works by Schubert and contemporary Turkish composer Fazıl Say, Ravel's dazzling duo for violin and cello, Rachmaninoff's soulful Trio élégiaque No. 1, and Schumann's ebullient and touching Piano Quartet, Op. 47. Read More

Rhapsody, Dances, and Fantasy

Note: This concert has been rescheduled for April 23.

Prize-winning harpist Ina Zdorovetchi performs solo and chamber works for strings and winds, including Grandjany's Rhapsody, Françaix's Quintet for harp, flute, and string trio, Debussy's Danses sacrée et profane, Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, Hindemith's Sonata for Harp, Sir Arnold Bax's romantic Quintet for harp and strings, and a magical new trio by Gilad Cohen for “Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello, and Ruminating Harp.” Read More

Songs of Hope and Dreams
Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Renée Tatum returns to delight and inspire the Needham Concert Society audience with a program of art songs. Read More

Piano Quartet Grandeur
Two piano quartet masterpieces form the cornerstones of this program featuring the addition of guest violist Noriko Futagami. Read More

B-Flat Magic
What’s in a key? The two featured works–Brahms' Op. 18 string sextet in B-flat major, grand in scope, arranged beautifully for piano trio by Theodor Kirchner, and Franz Schubert‘s magnificent Op. 99 Piano Trio in B-flat major–provide different answers. Read More

Rising Stars
Prize-winning cellist Leland Ko is joined by Juilliard-trained pianist Adria Ye for a program of folk music bridging the spaces and the sounds between Germany (Robert Schumann), China (Bright Sheng), Hungary (Béla Bartók), and Georgia (Sulkhan Tsintsadze). Read More

The Power of Three
Three accomplished musicians perform three string trio masterpieces, including the powerful and energetic Beethoven C-minor trio, the playful and lighthearted Françaix C-major trio, and the sublimely elegant Mozart E-flat divertimento--a program that showcases the brilliance and versatility of the string trio. Read More

Piano Quartet Grandeur
The Orion Ensemble, with guest violist Noriko Futagami, presents two contrasting piano quartets in G minor. The second quartet of Gabriel Fauré is alternately brooding, optimistic, wistful, and passionate. Brahms’ hauntingly beautiful first piano quartet is majestically symphonic and concludes with a wild Hungarian rondo. Read More

New Year’s Showcase
In response to popular demand, Needham Concert Society is delighted to revive their beloved First Night concert, combining talented students with the society’s favorite professional guests performing highlights from the chamber music and chamber orchestra repertoire. Read More

The Magic of Five
Clarinetist Robert Patterson joins a stellar set of string players to present two enthralling masterpieces for clarinet quintet—the sublime Mozart K. 581 and the Brahms Op. 115, an autumnal work of profound emotion and reflection. Read More

From Paris to St. Petersburg
In her Needham Concert Society debut, pianist Asiya Korepanova joins violinist Irina Muresanu and cellist Ronald Lowry to perform two piano trios—Fauré’s late trio in D minor, Op. 120, nostalgic and reflective, and the Tchaikovsky A minor trio, Op. 50, a grand virtuosic tour de force. Read More

Strings, Piano, Winds … Action!
Boston Symphony members Christopher Elchico, clarinet, and Rachel Childers, French horn, are showcased in Mozart’s charming quintet for horn and strings, K. 407, and in the poetic and powerful Brahms trio Op. 114 for piano, clarinet, and cello. All ensemble members join in a rarely heard cauldron of passionate romanticism, the Dohnányi Sextet, Op. 37, in C major. Read More