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From our Fraser Performance Studio, Drive Time Live brings you performances by musicians and ensembles that enrich the cultural life of New England, as well as guest artists from around the world.


This week's video: Pianist Sean Chen (April 26, 2013)


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Friday afternoon brings both the most anticipated and the most dreaded commute of the week. Whether it's in a car, on a bus, or along the sidewalk, the release of the burdens of the work week is only tempered by ... well, everyone else doing the same thing.

Enter Drive Time Live, when musicians come to you directly from Classical New England's Fraser Performance Studio. The spontaneity of live performance and conversation with host Cathy Fuller brings uncommon vitality to classical music, tailor-made for a time that needs it most!


Coming up on Drive Time Live:


May 17: Cellist Sergey Antonov and pianist Ilya Kazantsev, performing June 29 at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival in Massachusetts and July 1 at the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island.
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May 24: A Far Cry, performing May 24 at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in Boston.
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June 14: Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and Pianist Anton Nel, performing June 15 at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport.
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For performances before October 2011, visit the Live from Fraser page.


The Fraser Performance Studio is a "room within a room," with a floating floor resiliently mounted on a concrete slab, isolating the studio from the building. Instruments include two Hamburg Steinway Concert Grand PIanos (Model D and Model B) and a 1973 William Dowd harpsichord modeled after an 18th century double manual instrument by Pascal Taskin.

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Cellist Sergey Antonov and Pianist Ilya Kazantsev

Cellist Sergey Antonov and Pianist Ilya Kazantsev

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Pianist George Li

Pianist George Li

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Veridis Quartet

Veridis Quartet

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The Veridis Quartet represents the New England Conservatory as part of the NEC Honors Ensemble Program. Coached by violist Roger Tapping, this quartet makes its radio debut in the Fraser Performance Studio, hosted by WCRB's Brian McCreath.

On the program:

Franz Josef Haydn: String Quartet Op. 76, No. 3, "Emperor"
  Allegro
  Poco adagio; cantabile
  Menuetto. Allegro
  Finale. Presto


Veridis Quartet: Yoonhee Lee and Laura Liu, violins; Steven Larala, viola; Daniel Mitnitsky, cello

(photo by Jesse Weiner, courtesy of NEC)

Duo Sonidos

Duo Sonidos

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Duo Sonidos (guitarist Adam Levin and violinist William Knuth) perform in CNE's Fraser Performance Studio in a special co-production with 98.7 WFMT Chicago, hosted by WCRB's Brian McCreath and WFMT's Dave Schwann.

On the program:

Georg Friedrich Handel - Sonata No. 4 in D Major, Op. 1, No. 13

Ricardo Llorca - Handeliana (Variations on a theme by Handel)

Jorge Muñiz - Funk

Eduardo Morales-Caso - Homanajes    

  • a Joaquín Rodrigo
  • a Federico Mompou
  • a Manuel de Falla

Astor Piazzolla - L'Histoire du Tango:  III. Nightclub 1960


Pianist Sara Davis Buechner

Pianist Sara Davis Buechner

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Pianist Sean Chen

Pianist Sean Chen

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Fresh off of his win at the American Pianists Association Classical Fellowship competition, pianist Sean Chen visits Fraser.

On the program:

Fryderyk Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 59, No. 1
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5
J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 5

Sean Chen, piano

(photo of Sean Chen in Classical New England's Fraser Performance Studio by Greg Shea)

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