Classical
CCMS - Wendy Putnam, violin, and Vytas Baksys, piano
Wendy Putnam, violin, and Vytas Baksys, piano
Program:
The Short-Tempered Clavier (S. 3.14159, easy as) by P.D.Q. Bach
Sonata for Violin and Piano by Aaron Copland
Andante con Espressione by Florence Price
Souvenirs d'Amérique, Op.17, by Henri Vieuxtemps
Brookline Symphony - with Metropolitan Chorale (2)
Collaboration with the Metropolitan Chorale
Johannes Brahms, German Requiem
conducted by Andrew Altenbach
Mechanics Hall - Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields & Bruce Liu,
The Academy
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras, renowned for fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world’s greatest orchestral music.
Founded in 1958 by Sir Neville Marriner, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields has evolved into a musical powerhouse, an orchestra renowned across the world for its commitment to the musical freedom of its players and the sharing of joyful, inspiring performances.
Bruce Liu, piano
First prize winner of the 18th Chopin Piano Competition 2021 in Warsaw, Bruce Liu’s “playing of breathtaking beauty” (BBC Music Magazine) has secured his reputation as one of the most exciting talents of his generation and contributed to a “rock-star status in the classical music world” (The Globe and Mail).
Lexington Symphony Orchestra
Still | In Memoriam
Lidström | World Premiere
-Mats Lidström, cello
Beethoven | Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Cellist Mats Lidström performs a world premiere based on a Robert F. Kennedy speech during his bid for the American Presidency. William Grant Still’s In Memoriam memorializes the forgotten Black soldiers who fought for our country in the Civil War. The “heroic” Third Symphony expresses Beethoven’s belief in the indomitable spirit of mankind.
Brookline Symphony - with Metropolitan Chorale (3)
Collaboration with the Metropolitan Chorale
Johannes Brahms, German Requiem
conducted by Andrew Altenbach