Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

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...
Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

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...
Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

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...
Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

The holiday-season program for this special Salon features music by Beethoven, Brahms and 19th-century Jewish composer, Salomon Jadassohn, an accomplished theorist and teacher whose students included Busoni and Grieg. Artists: violinist Elizabeth Hedman, violist...
Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

The second offering in the 2023-24 season of this unique chamber-music series features works by Mozart, Schubert, and American composer Rubin Goldmark. The first-rate trio of performers comprises two Salon favorites, Ambroise Aubrun (violin) and Allan Hon (cello) as...