Name: Piano Recital
Start: 2026-08-08T19:00:00
Location: St. Paul’s Church

Kenny Broberg

Newburyport Chamber Music Festival

Keen-eyed observers will notice a common thread running through this summer’s program. Four composers feature throughout: Haydn, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, and Jon Deak. Together, they paint a broad, if not comprehensive, history of classical music. Josef Haydn (1732 – 1809), widely acknowledged as the inventor of both the symphony and the string quartet, codified much of the classical era. Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) was a true romantic and wore his heart on his sleeve. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) typified the complexities and contradictions of the 20th Century, his music touching upon emotions like irony or despair. Finally, Jon Deak (b. 1943), our Composer-in-Residence, has, in his unique and very 21st Century manner, blurred the line between music and theater.

EPSG:4326

Piano Recital

St. Paul’s Church

Fantasy in D minor, K. 397

Prelude and Fugue in E minor

Mephisto Waltz No 1. S. 514

6 Preludes and Fugues

Sonata in B minor HOB XVI 32