by admin | Apr 10, 2024
The first Salon de Musiques of the spring season offers two of my favorites works: Mozart’s String Quartet in C Major (“Dissonance”) and Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto (in an arrangement for string quintet and piano. Rounding out the offerings is... 
by admin | Mar 4, 2024
The March concert of the Salon de Musiques concert series features two celebrated works by Edvard Grieg: the impassioned String Quartet in G Minor and the Concerto in A Minor (in a transcription for piano and string quartet). Also on the program: a beautiful piece,... 
by admin | Mar 4, 2024
What’s better than ONE fabulous pianist? Why, TWO fabulous pianists, of course! Mason Home Concerts welcomes the exuberant Vieness Piano Duo—wife and husband, Eva Schaumkell and Vijay Venkatesh—in a “beast” of a program, featuring the Bach-Busoni... 
by admin | Jan 26, 2024
Vive la France! The February Salon spotlights two French composers of the later Romantic era: Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré. My preconcert introduction will explore the importance of chamber music for these composers and the activities of the Societé Nationale... 
by admin | Jan 13, 2024
The music of Robert Schumann, one of the most literary of canonic composers, headlines this Salon program: the gorgeous song cycle “Dichterliebe” (Poet Love) and the dramatic Piano Quintet. Also featured is a Piano Quintet by little known composer Carl...