Old and New explores the intersection of tradition and innovation through the intimate sounds of flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord. Trio sonatas by J.S. Bach and J.J. Quantz provide the elegant backbone of the program—models of baroque balance and interplay. Czech composer Ilja Hurnik’s Sonata da camera draws from this same lineage, infusing the style with 20th-century wit and rhythmic charm.

Old and New

Auburn Arts & Culture Center

LLEF, a flute and cello duo by the Welsh-born composer Hilary Tann, is a drone-anchored meditation with breathy pentatonic lines that mingle in the shadows of Welsh hymns. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor weaves endlessly inventive, folk-inflected melodies that Shimmer in a nest of Brahmsian form and Dvořák-esque harmony for his robust quintet for clarinet and strings. Light keyboard filigree provides the titular sparkle for Jennifer Higdon’s glimmering, neo-tonal confection Summer Shimmers for winds and piano. A new work for oboe, viola, and piano by the winner of the Pappalardo Composition Award rounds out the program.

EPSG:4326

Radius Ensemble | Shimmer

Longy School of Music of Bard College

SPCO violinist Eunae Koh curates a program of composers from the Romantic era to the present day inspired by emotional and natural landscapes. Clara Schumann’s Three Romances and Louise Farrenc’s Sextet showcase the virtuosic talent of both composers who were celebrated pianists and influential advocates for their contemporaries. An evocative work for oboe, viola and cello by living composer Hilary Tann is inspired by a ruined castle in Wales. The program ends with a jubilant, but rarely performed, string quartet by Swedish composer Valborg Aulin.

Hilary Tann

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Apr 25, 2026

Old and New · Auburn Symphony Orchestra

Feb 29, 2024

Radius Ensemble | Shimmer · Longy School of Music of Bard College

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