Friction Quartet are joined by pianist Sarah Cahill for the World Premiere of Max Stoffregen’s The Gila: Mesa, River, and Mountain, plus Geoffrey Gordon’s ABACISCUS and the World Premiere of Family Group with Aliens by Piers Hellawell.
Continue readingStringQuake – Sunday, July 14 at 4 pm
With an emphasis on exciting and unexpected grooves, adventurous improvisations and rich soundscapes, StringQuake is impossible to genre-fy, with stylistic influences including traditional classical chamber music, jazz, Latin, classical Indian, West African folk and Balkan music.
Continue readingAudrey Vardanega & Friends – Friday, April 12 at 8 pm
Pianist Audrey Vardanega returns to Old First Concerts with special guests Hannah Tarley and Monica Scott in a program of beloved chamber music by Beethoven, Schumann, and Janáček.
Continue readingScary Concert! – Sunday, October 28 at 4 pm
Inara Morgenstern & Victoria Neve, piano with special guest vocalist Ariela Morgenstern present a special Hallowe’en extravaganza, featuring George Crumb’s Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik along with a seasonal mix of scary pieces for four hands by Gounod, Reineke, Dukas, Schumann, Alfredo Casella, and Toby Twining—with a little extra eeriness from a toy piano!
Continue readingIves Collective – Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 4 pm
Receiving Mozart’s Spirit, featuring masterworks from the Classical period by Beethoven alongside Mozart’s E-flat major Piano Quartet.
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