Composer

Iconoclastic pianist and cultural visionary Lara Downes returns to Newport after a sold-out performance in 2021 to present THIS LAND, a probing, nuanced reflection on the kaleidoscopic diversity of stories and journeys that have converged and collided throughout American history, from an artist renowned for her musical explorations off the beaten path. Downes celebrates the beauty of the American experiment while offering an unflinching acknowledgment of its flaws and failings, ultimately embracing the power of hope and humanity as a pathway to common ground and a brighter future.

Closing Night with Pianist Lara Downes

The Breakers Newport

One of America’s most eminent black composers of the early twentieth century, H. T. Burleigh wrote hundreds of art songs and introduced Antonin Dvořák to the spiritual. Southland Sketches, his suite for violin and piano, illustrates the American style that Burleigh did much to promulgate. By contrast, Dohnányi’s C minor Piano Quintet radiates high drama from first note to last. Britten’s second String Quartet, commissioned in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Henry Purcell’s death, was coincidentally composed following Britten’s recital tour of the newly-liberated concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. Britten’s admiration for Purcell’s “clarity, brilliance, tenderness, and strangeness” as well as his horror of war’s depravity find voice in this deeply emotional work.

Trifecta

St Peter's Episcopal Church

St Gabriel's Church

“Melodic precision, harmonic erudition, and elegant restraint” (New York Times) are hallmarks of Aaron Diehl’s playing. Praised for his “freedom and playfulness” (Philadelphia Inquirer), this celebrated musical polymath makes his PCMS debut with Hidden Visionaries, a new recital program spotlighting works by Black American composers of sacred and secular music.

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Aaron Diehl, piano

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

The splendor of piano and strings explores Gershwin’s jazzy brilliance to Schumann’s lush romanticism, with miniature musical delights in between. This special and diverse concert promises to enthrall you on CMSPB’s celebratory gala evening.

Celebrating Gershwin to Schumann

Norton Museum of Art

Winner of the 2022 prestigious Richard Tucker Award, Angel Blue has garnered international praise for her radiant, velvety voice and her portrayals of many of opera’s greatest heroines including Mimi in La Boheme, Violetta in La Traviata, and Tosca. She opened the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019/20 season as Bess in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and also starred in the Grammy-winning recording from that production. Future engagements include headlining a new Metropolitan Opera production of Aida. She also enjoys an active concert and recital career. In this varied program, she’ll be joined by Grammy-nominated pianist Myra Huang, Head of Music at the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and Director of musical administration and head coach for the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS program. Be thrilled by one of opera’s most exciting voices in the intimate setting of Harris Concert Hall!

Recital: Angel Blue soprano and Myra Huang piano

Aspen Meadows Resort

This eclectic program will take concertgoers on quite a ride, traveling from stately Handel violin/viola duos to earthy jazz and Americana pieces to a six hand piano piece before ending in delightfully esoteric compositions using wristwatches and …metaphysics? Come on, admit it. You’re intrigued.

Cabaret: Violins, Pianos & Watches, Oh My!

Shalin Liu Performance Center

Vis-À-Vis

Libbey Bowl

Bach, Brahms & Burleigh

St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

Nicholas Canellakis takes center stage for a perennial audience favorite, Antonín Dvořák's Cello Concerto. Then Ransom Wilson leads the Redlands Symphony in two musical portraits of America: Dvořák’s New World Symphony and Harry Thacker Burleigh's From the Southland.

Harry Thacker Burleigh

Composer

Events

Past events

Jul 21, 2024

Closing Night with Pianist Lara Downes · Newport Classical

9 - 10 Mar, 2024

Trifecta · New Bedford Symphony Orchestra

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