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
