CONCERT TIMES AND LOCATIONS

Saturdays, 3 PM
St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church
124 Front Street
Marion, MA

Sundays, 3 PM
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
351 Elm Street
South Dartmouth, MA

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“We welcome our indefatigable audience to a new season replete with beloved chestnuts, coruscating contemporary works, and unexpected delights from celebrated creators. Programs feature piano quintets by Louise Farrenc and Franz Schubert; Rachmaninoff’s huge cello sonata and the “Dissonance” quartet of Mozart; Christopor Najarian’s searing Tale for Two Violins; seldom heard quartets of Stravinsky and Prokofiev; and much more to intrigue and delight our growing circle of ardent music lovers. Thank you for joining us on a new adventure!”

—Janice Weber, Artistic Director

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RACH N' SOUL

Oct 4 & 5, 3 PM

Many thanks to Patty Plum Wylde, whose generous Gift of Music has made this concert possible. She dedicates her gift to all teachers of music for their devotion to the art of making music eternal.

Begin in breath, end in brilliance—music that rocksyour soul

Reena Esmail: Saans (Breath) (2017)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Piano and Cello in G Minor, Op. 19
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 "Dissonance"

Emma Lee Holmes-Hicks, violin
Theo Ramsey, violin
Anna Griffis, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello
Janice Weber, piano

Indian-American composer Reena Esmail’s soulful piano trio Saans (Breath) opens the program with her charismatic fusion of eastern and western traditions. In brilliant contrast, Rachmaninoff’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, written over a century earlier, is testament to the untrammeled passion and virtuosity for which he is celebrated. What better musical capstone than the elegant “Dissonance” quartet of Mozart, showing a master at the height of his creative powers.