by admin | Oct 11, 2024
It’s the opening of a new season with Le Salon de Musiques! The program features two perennial favorites—piano quartets by Mozart and Brahms—and the Duo for violin and viola by the unfairly neglected Louis Spohr. Artists: Agatha Blevin (violin), Jonah Sirota... 
by admin | May 29, 2024
The finale of the 2023-24 Salon de Musiques season, featuring an extraordinary trio of artists: Vijay Gupta (Street Symphony Founder, MacArthur Fellow, and first-class violinist!), pianist Dominic Cheli, and cellist Yoshika Mosuda. Program: Chopin’s Polonaise... 
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 | 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...