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Chamber Music: Haydn + Borodin

New World Center

This is a program of fun, enjoyable music from an Italian master whose music will take you from the concert hall to the streets of the 18th century.

Boccherini’s Night in Madrid

Wortham Theater Center

Seared Tuna with Crunchy Sprout and Daikon Salad and Cilantro, and a Sweet and Sour Sauce Miso Vinaigrette

Orange, Beet and Kale Salad with Pears, Walnuts and Pickled Rainbow Radish, Caromont Goat Cheese and Honey Ginger Dressing

String Extravaganza I

Garth Newel Music Center

Join us for an exquisite Chamber Music Workshop titled "Music in the Vineyards" on Saturday, August 17th, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. This unique event, "An Echo in the Vineyards," will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, located at 1333 3rd St, Napa, CA 94559. 

Designed for accomplished adult enthusiasts, including advanced high school and college students, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to meet like-minded musicians and play in small ensembles. Participants will receive ensemble music in advance to prepare for a collaborative and enriching experience. 

The workshop will feature guidance and insights from Michael Adams and the 2024 Fellowship String Quartet, the Cabaletta Quartet. Attendees who also purchase tickets for the Community Concert at 5 pm will enjoy reserved front-row seating and the chance to participate in the Pachelbel play-along.

The repertoire includes timeless pieces such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Luigi Boccherini's Night Music of the Streets of Madrid, Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins and Strings, Giovanni Bottesini's Grand Duo Concertante, and Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D Major.

Participation is priced at $10 per student, with free admission for students. This workshop not only promises a day filled with beautiful chamber music but also offers a platform for musicians to connect and create lasting memories. 

Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of chamber music amidst the scenic backdrop of Napa. Book your spot now and be part of a community that celebrates music education and participatory experiences for all ages and walks of life.

Chamber Music Workshop

Presbyterian Day School

This enchanting evening opens PCMF’s 2024 summer season with pure joy in musical form. The Boccherini Cello Quintet is a Classical-era delight: fun and fresh, balancing gentle tunes (including a famous minuet) with the luxurious heft of lower string sounds. Dvořák’s Romantic quintet for piano and strings radiates grace and warmth, before blossoming into bursts of spontaneous celebration.

Program I: Perfect Fifths

University of Southern Maine

It's a quintessential American ballet—Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring conjures the majesty of rugged landscapes, and a spirit of hope and possibility. Carlos Kalmar leads the Grant Park Orchestra in the suite from Appalachian Spring alongside Mozart's soaring Jupiter Symphony, a piece imbued with such splendrous grandeur, someone named it after the king of the gods.

Mozart Jupiter Symphony

Millennium Park

Boccherini, Sibelius & Brahms

Palazzo Pfanner

The centerpiece of this program is the Quartetto Concertante, op 55, by Pedro Ximenez Abrill Tirado (1784-1856), the most prolific South American composer of the first half of the 19th century. Ximenez, born in Peru during the independence movement that led to the country’s founding, hosted a famous salon at his home that was celebrated by artists and revolutionaries alike. At the invitation of the Bolivian president in 1833, Ximenez became Maestro de Capilla in Sucre, the Bolivian capital, a post he held until his death. The first half of the program includes favorites from Ximenez’s European contemporaries, Boccherini, Haydn, and Mozart.

La Música Clásica

Hanna Boys Center

Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival 6

Boca Raton Museum of Art

Ives, like the other composers on this program, used the folk music of his local region in his compositions. You’ll hear Ives’ use of the hymn in his fourth violin sonata, Boccherini’s use of Spanish folk songs, Bartók’s use of Hungarian folk tunes, and Brahms’s use of Romani music.

Charles Ives & the American Tradition: Folk Inspirations

Yale School of Music

Composed between 1804 and 1808, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 stands as one of his most renowned works. Its’ iconic opening motif, with its memorable rhythm 'duh-duh-duh-duuuh', is instantly recognisable. Often referred to as ‘the Fate Symphony’ (German: Schicksalssinfonie), the famous opening four-note gesture is believed to symbolise fate knocking at the door. It reflects Beethoven's lifelong personal struggles including his increasing deafness.

AHE’s presents the world premiere of William Watts's version of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, arranged around 1820. This unique arrangement is quite unlike any large-scale symphonic recording you may have heard or may be expecting! 

Beethoven's Fifth

Berry Uniting Church

Bowral Memorial Hall

Wesley Music Centre

Australian Digital Concert Hall

Port Macquarie

City Recital Hall

Summer Chamber Music

Trinity Heights United Methodist Church

Plucked. Not bowed. Guitar and harp are in the spotlight for this truly unique program!

Strings Attached

Western Michigan University

2024 Season Finale

Saratoga High School

The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the quartet has performed at the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall and is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. In its home town of New York, the ensemble serves as season artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

The 2021-2022 season finds the Escher Quartet touring the U.S. extensively, performing in numerous cities and venues including New York’s Alice Tully Hall and Rockefeller University, Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, La Jolla Music Society, Savannah Music Festival, and Chamber Music Society of Detroit. Internationally, the quartet returns to Wigmore Hall in London and the Sociedad Filarmonica de Bilbao.

Escher Quartet w/ Jason Vieaux

Central United Methodist Church

Spanish Guitar features two women performers and a forgotten gem from the early-twentieth century. Mabel Millán performs Manuel Ponce’s Concierto Del Sur, and flamenco dancer Tania Tandias accompanies the two opening works. Ernesto Halffter’s Sinfonietta of 1925 is a forgotten gem for chamber orchestra.

Spanish Guitar

Overture Center for the Arts

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. Emma Cary is a student of Desmond Hoebig. 

Emma Cary, Cello

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Fall in love with this romantic soundtrack.

Date Night

Ford Community & Performing Arts Center

Oliver Mar, Cello

The Juilliard School

Larissa Lakner, Cello

Young artists from Caramoor’s Evnin Rising Stars program perform in a pair of concerts for which the program’s Guest Artistic Director, cellist Marcy Rosen, is joined by distinguished artists Shmuel Ashkenasi, viola, and Edgar Meyer, double bass. In these concerts, you will be treated to works by Boccherini, Dohnányi, Mozart, Schubert, and the masterful Edgar Meyer himself. One of three mentoring programs at Caramoor, Evnin Rising Stars serves as an incubator for the next generation of classical musicians. 

Evnin Rising Stars II

The Rosen House at Caramoor

Join us for an enchanting evening of classical music at the Evnin Rising Stars I concert on Saturday, October 28, 2023, at 8:00pm in the Chamber Music Room at Caramoor, Katonah, NY. This special event showcases the immense talent of young artists from Caramoor’s Evnin Rising Stars program, a prestigious incubator for the next generation of classical musicians.

Under the guidance of Guest Artistic Director, cellist Marcy Rosen, and accompanied by distinguished artists Shmuel Ashkenasi on viola and Edgar Meyer on double bass, the evening promises a repertoire that spans the works of Boccherini, Dohnányi, Mozart, Schubert, and Edgar Meyer himself. This concert is a unique opportunity to experience the vibrancy and skill of rising stars Maria Ioudenitch, Lun Li, Amarins Wierdsma, Njord Fossnes, Cara Pogossian, Gabriel Martins, Chase Park, and Janice Carissa as they perform pieces that challenge and showcase their growing artistry.

The program includes Luigi Boccherini's Quintet in A Major, Op. 29 No. 4, G. 316, Edgar Meyer's Quintet, and Ernő Dohnányi's Piano Quintet in C Minor, offering a rich evening of musical exploration and enjoyment.

Don't miss this opportunity to support and witness the future of classical music. Tickets are also available for Sunday’s performance at 3:00pm. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Caramoor website.

Evnin Rising Stars I

Faythe Vollrath, harpsichordist, is actively heard as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States. Hailed by the Wall Street Journal for her “subtly varied tempo and rhythm that sounds like breathing,” her solo performances include venues such as MusicSources in Berkeley, California, Gotham Early Music in New York City, and Bruton Parish Church in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Other unique experiences include a solo performance pairing Japanese harpsichord works with Japanese art at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, and performing in a columbarium as part of the Garden of Memory in Oakland. Enamored with the contrast of new music written for historic instruments, Faythe combines these new vs. old elements in many of her performances. Concerts dedicated specifically to this pursuit include the Festival of New American Music in Sacramento, and the Center for New Music in San Francisco. She has performed concerts of new music in both Serbia and France, introducing new American composers to the audience.

Concert: “a Cello’s Birthday: Music For A Very Old Friend”

Ann E. Pitzer Center

Schubert’s final chamber music work has been described as “sublime,” “extraordinary” and as possessing “bottomless pathos,” and is generally regarded as his finest chamber work. The format of a string quintet with two cellos instead of two violas was very much Boccherini’s special genre. A cellist himself, Boccherini freed at least one of the cellos from providing the bass line, so as to soar lyrically.

Schubert’s Farewell

St Paul's On the Green

“A force of liberation, out to help you escape any boxes into which you may have placed the classical concert experience,” (Star Tribune) Artistic Partner Abel Selaocoe returns to the Ordway to lead a program of Baroque and Classical works that showcase the cello. A world-class collaborator on and off stage, Selaocoe will perform both as soloist and as chamber musician with the SPCO. From Luigi Boccherini’s evocation of night music in Madrid and Franz Joseph Haydn’s Evening Symphony to Selaocoe’s own beautiful contemporary compositions, this program explores themes of night and day — sunrise and sunset — spanning centuries and cultures.

Express Concert: Haydn’s Evening Symphony with Abel Selaocoe

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Hailed as "Superb" and "imaginative, skillful creators" by the New York Times, the Calder Quartet captivates audiences exploring a broad spectrum of repertoire, always striving to fulfill the composer’s vision in their performances. The group's distinctive artistry is exemplified by a musical curiosity brought to everything they perform and has led them to be called "one of America’s most satisfying - and most enterprising - quartets". (Los Angeles Times) 



Alaska Airlines’ Autumn Classics Week 2

Fine Arts Building

You can enjoy not only the whistling of birds in the restful greenery of the woods of Waterloo just outside Brussels; for decades music can also be heard here among nature. Indeed, the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel is where the crème de la crème of young international soloists study. After graduating from the world’s most prestigious conservatories, musicians come from all over the world to delve further into the repertoire. With intensive study, practical lessons from a sublime teaching staff and master classes by the world’s most famous performers – here the next generation is prepared for a glittering career in classical music. Consequently, many of them soon end up as laureates of the famous Queen Elisabeth Competition.

Music Chapel Festival

Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

This exclusive pre-season salon concert is limited to Patrons of the American Classical Orchestra and those who purchase individual tickets in advance.  It offers the intimate private-setting experience typical of classical music performed during the 1700s.

The program opens with one of Antonio Vivaldi’s best-known works, Concerto in G Major, RV 151, popularly known as Concerto alla Rustica.  Concertos typically feature soloists, but this one avoids them, showcasing the entire chamber group.  Frequently performed during Vivaldi’s lifetime, its popularity remains strong.  It has been featured in many films and TV series including Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, and Freaky Tuesday, Liz Flahive’s and Carly Mensch’s Season 3 Episode of GLOW for Netflix.

La musica notturna di Madrid

Salmagundi Club

When the Pacifica Quartet and guitarist Sharon Isbin join forces, magic happens. They’ll begin with Sharon Isbin’s own arrangement of Vivaldi’s delightful Guitar Concerto in D. Joseph Schwantner's Song of a Dreaming Sparrow was commissioned by the 92nd Street Y in New York and received its world premiere last November. It’s the second work Schwantner composed for the multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist. The title is a line from Thoreau’s, “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack River” a narrative of a boat trip Thoreau took with his brother John in 1839: “At intervals we were serenaded by the song of a dreaming sparrow.” The collaboration resumes with the catchy Fandango from Boccherini’s Guitar Quintet No. 4. Beethoven’s astonishing and profound late string quartet in A minor concludes the program. Its famous third movement entitled “Song of Thanksgiving to the Deity from a convalescent in the Lydian mode” is a prayer of gratitude following illness and an expression of joy for the gift of life. Don’t miss this evening of extraordinary artistry as Sharon Isbin and the Pacifica Quartet take the stage in Harris Concert Hall!

Recital: Pacifica Quartet and Sharon Isbin

Aspen Meadows Resort

In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.

Koret Young Performers Concert II

Menlo School Campus

Guitar virtuoso and Syracuse native Eliot Fisk joins Festival Artistic Directors Aaron Wunsch and Julia Bruskin for a discussion of Fisk’s life in music, the magic of the guitar, and a preview of the new season.

Opening Night: Eliot Fisk & Friends

First Presbyterian Church

Real Collegio – 2023 Concert 2

Real Collegio

Immerse yourself in the timeless melodies of Luigi Boccherini's captivating String Quintets in both C minor and C major. The talented Andrej Bielow, Luc-Marie Aguera, Paul Cortese, Sandro Meo, and Alain Meunier will mesmerize you with their sublime musicality. Additionally, prepare to be awed by Ludwig van Beethoven's Trio in C major op. 87, skillfully performed by the esteemed Bruno Giuranna, Wenting Kang, and Paul Cortese on violas. Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with exquisite harmonies and virtuoso performances!

 Real Collegio – Concert

2023 Summer Festival 5

Benaroya Hall

The Galvin Cello Quartet performs an eclectic program featuring “Winter” from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and works by Gardel, Penderecki, Fitzhagen, Boccherini, and Paganini.

Community Concert III

Vail Interfaith Chapel

Strings Division Recital

560 Music Center

Graduation recitals display the skill and passion of Curtis Institute of Music students on the cusp of professional musicianship. Members of the current class will share the breadth of their talent through a culminating graduation recital. Admission requires advance registration and is complimentary.

SaiSai Ding, cello

Curtis Institute of Music

Powdered Wigs

Christ Church

The Van Kuijk Quartet’s international accolades boast First, Best Beethoven, and Best Haydn Prizes at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet competition; First Prize, and an Audience Award at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition; as well as becoming laureates of the Aix-en-Provence Festival Academy. They join one of the most versatile guitarists performing today, Sean Shibe, to present a Spanish-inspired program, including two masterworks in the guitar quintet repertoire.

Quatuor Van Kuijk and Sean Shibe

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Shining at the top of a new wave of guitarists, Sean Shibe creates imaginative programs aglow with innovation, new music, and passionate insights into classics. The Guardian enthused, “What’s really striking is the way in which Shibe sustains a world of intensity and introspection through playing that buzzes with vitality.” Named BBC New Generation Artists, the Van Kuijk Quartet’s “unanimity, tonal blend and intonation are close to flawless” (Gramophone).

Sean Shibe | Guitar & Van Kuijk Quartet

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

A one-of-a-kind musical journey with the sounds of guitar, guiding you from the pristine churches of Venice, Italy, to the colorful streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spanish-born performer and composer, Virginia Luque will lead us through sensual compositions of the Baroque period, to the contemporary Flamenco musical traditions of southern Spain, with her superlative guitar performance.

Virginia Luque

Acadiana Center for the Arts

We appreciate registration through Eventbrite to give us an idea of how many to prepare for, but plenty of room for walk-ins too!

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Come early with chairs, blankets and an appetite! The program will include a selection of gorgeous string orchestra tunes, a symphony based on the Don Juan stories, and an exciting horn concerto by Mozart! Join the KCCO musicians and guest conductor Carolyn Watson as they bring you the

adventure of live music in the open air!

Music in the Garden

The John Wornall House Museum

This eclectic program celebrates both a beloved instrument and classical music’s most rigorous contrapuntal form. Arguably the king of musical innovators, Joseph Haydn took from the past and created the future, as in his Opus 20 Quartet which begins with a cello solo (a historical first) and concludes with a lively fugue that could have come straight from the pen of J.S. Bach. From cellist-composers Luigi Boccherini and Michael Finckel (David Finckel’s cousin) to the Frenchman Alexandre Tansman and the Russian Aleksandr Glazunov, we will hear cellos throughout this concert in delightful combinations, even cello quartets, with exhilarating fugues popping up unexpectedly.

CONCERT PROGRAM IV Cellos And Fugues

G. Puccini: Crisantemi, L. Boccherini: Quartetto Op.8 no.1, L. Janacek Quartetto n°1 “Sonata a Kreutzer”

Concert - Cong Quartet - at the Museo di Celle dei Puccini

Concert - Museo di Celle dei Puccini

Museo Pucciniano di Celle "Associazione Lucchesi nel Mondo"

Celin, Pepe, Celino and Lito Romero—members of the “Royal Family of the Guitar”—celebrate an astonishing 60th anniversary milestone. If you love classical guitar, chances are you have the prolific and peripatetic Romeros to thank for its popularity.

SFP The Romeros

The New York Times reported that, “the words ‘superstar’ and ‘mandolinist’ still look odd next to each other. Yet in the classical music world they are starting to be joined with some frequency. Avi Avital was nothing short of electric.” The first mandolist nominated for a classical Grammy Award joins the adventurous Brooklyn Rider for an evening of virtuoso music for mandolin and strings.

Brooklyn Rider

Brooklyn Rider and Avi Avital Mandolin

Spanish Guitar, Italian Guitar

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

January’s Baroque concert heralds the return of 18th Century performance expert Nicholas McGegan, hailed as “the sunniest conductor in classical music” by <em>The Los Angeles Times.

Brandenburg 5

Ambassador Auditorium

In a much-anticipated return to the concert hall, Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings presents an exciting and varied program of favorites, old and new!

PSSS: Get Up and Move!

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

### Event Description: Doña Clementina

**Event:** Doña Clementina  
**Dates:** April 6-13, 2025  
**Location:** National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque Journal Theatre  

**Overview:**
Opera Southwest proudly presents "Doña Clementina," a captivating opera set to the enchanting music of Luigi Boccherini with a libretto by Ramón de la Cruz. This production promises to be a highlight of the 2024-2025 season, offering audiences a rich blend of dramatic storytelling and exquisite musical composition.

**Creative Team:**
- **Costumer:** Kaylee Silcocks
- **Wigs & Makeup:** Jacqueline Chavez
- **Lighting:** Daniel Chapman
- **Chorus Master:** Aaron Howe

**Additional Information:**
- English translations will be projected above the stage for all performances.
- Piano tuning and preparation are provided by Albuquerque Piano Services.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of opera at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, where the timeless tale of "Doña Clementina" will come to life on stage.

Luigi Boccherini

Composer

Events

Upcoming events

6 - 13 Apr, 2025

Doña Clementina · Opera Southwest

10 - 11 Apr, 2025

Boccherini, Koechlin, and Suk · Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

24 - 25 May, 2025

Chamber Concert · Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Oct 13, 2024

Chamber Music: Haydn + Borodin · New World Symphony

Oct 12, 2024

Boccherini’s Night in Madrid · Mercury Chamber Orchestra

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