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The Four Cups: A Celebration of Passover

The Four Cups: A Celebration of Passover

Classical Concerts

The Keyboard Journeys of J.S. Bach

The Keyboard Journeys of J.S. Bach

Classical Concerts

Classical New England celebrates the musical legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), in a concert with no fewer than four keyboard instruments.

On the program:

Aria, fr. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Sergey Schepkin, piano

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
Luca Guglielmi, harpsichord

Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat, BWV 998
Dylan Sauterwald, lautenwerk

Allemande, fr. Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828
Praeludium in C major, BWV 933
Andrus Madsen, fortepiano

Capriccio On the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother, BWV 992
Sergey Schepkin, piano

Partita No. 1 in B-flat, BWV 825
  Praeludium
  Sarabande
  Menuet I
  Menuet II
  Giga
Ina Zdorovetchi, harp

(photo of Luca Guglielmi at Bach Keyboard Journeys by Cheryl Willoughby)

From the Gardner: A Far Cry and Paavali Jumppanen Play Beethoven

From the Gardner: A Far Cry and Paavali Jumppanen Play Beethoven

Classical Concerts

In two recent concerts from the Calderwood Hall at the Gardner Museum, A Far Cry plays music from the 12th and 21st centuries, and pianist Paavali Jumppanen and violinist Corey Cerovsek play Beethoven.

On the program:

Hildegard von Bingen: O ignis spiritus paracliti (The Origin of Fire)

Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
     Prelude: Calmo, Sospeso
     I. Agigato
     II. Teneramente
     III. Calmo, Sospeso
     Postlude: Lento
David Krakauer, clarinet

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
    Heiliger Dankgesang

A Far Cry, Chamber Orchestra-In-Residence at the Gardner Museum


Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3
   Allegro con spirit
   Adagio con molta espressione
   Rondo: Allegro molto

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in A Minor, Op. 23
   Presto
   Andante scherzoso, piu Allegretto
   Allegro molto

Corey Cerovsek, violin; Paavali Jumppanen, piano
More about Jumppanen's role in the museum's acquisition of a new piano

(image courtesy of the Gardner Museum)

From the Gardner: Gabriel Chodos Plays Beethoven

From the Gardner: Gabriel Chodos Plays Beethoven

Classical Concerts

In a 1974 concert from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Tapestry Room, pianist Gabriel Chodos plays sonatas by Beethoven and Schubert.

On the program:

Franz Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D. 664, Op. 120
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"

Gabriel Chodos, piano

(photo of the Tapestry Room at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by Sean Dungan, courtesy of ISGM)

An Evening Inspired by Downton Abbey

An Evening Inspired by Downton Abbey

Classical Concerts

CNE's Cathy Fuller and Brian McCreath host musical tributes to the hit PBS Masterpiece program Downton Abbey, with the Ocean State Serenaders and the New England Brass Band.

On the program:

with the Ocean State Serenaders:
Edward Elgar - Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1

Johann Strauss Jr. - Tales from the Vienna Woods

Arthur J. Mills, Fred Godfrey & Bennett Scott - Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty
with mezzo-soprano Julia Partyka

Trad., arr. Frank Bridge - Sir Roger De Coverly

Scott Joplin - Bethena, A Concert Waltz

Hans Christian Lumbye - Britta Polka

Fritz Kreisler - Liebesfreud

Nat D. Ayer & Clifford Grey - If You Were The Only Girl In The World
with mezzo-soprano Julia Partyka

John Walter Bratton - Teddy Bear's Picnic

with the New England Brass Band, Stephen Bulla, conductor:
Kenneth Alford - Colonel Bogey March

Gustav Holst - March, from A Moorside Suite

(photo of Highclere Castle by Mike Searle, via Wikimedia Commons)

From the Gardner: Narciso Yepes and Carol Rosenberger

From the Gardner: Narciso Yepes and Carol Rosenberger

Classical Concerts

In two concerts from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Tapestry Room, guitarist Narciso Yepes plays music by Spanish composer Gaspar Sanz, and pianist Carol Rosenberger plays Schubert.

On the program:

Gaspar Sanz: Spanish Suite
    Narciso Yepes, guitar

Padre Antonio Soler: Three Sonatas
  D-flat Major
  F Minor
  D Major
    Carol Rosenberger, piano

Franz Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, Op. 42, D. 845
    Carol Rosenberger, piano


(photo of the Tapestry Room at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by Sean Dungan, courtesy of ISGM)


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