THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED As the seasons shift, celebrate the winding down of winter with music inspired by spring. Steven Snowden’s Bird Catching from Above and Haydn’s “Lark” Quartet spotlight avian songs and sounds, while Puccini’s only string quartet, I Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums), provides a pensive counterweight. Thursday, March 12, […]
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Music about the seasons – in this case The Four Seasons, Vivaldi’s beloved and enduring set of violin concertos based on poems about the quarters of the year – anchor the WCMS’s holiday program. J. S. Bach’s A Musical Offering, considered to be one of his greatest works, is a […]
The WCMS season opens with a multi-disciplinary celebration of music from the Americas: North, South, and Central. Valerie Coleman’s meditative Fanmi Imèn (after Maya Angelou’s poem, “Human Family”) and Dvorak’s popular “American” Quartet frame the program. In between comes Jessie Montgomery’s exuberant Strum, plus music by Gabriella Lena Frank (featuring […]
Tickets available May 10 Thursday, June 4, 2019 7:00 PM The Willows at Worcester 101 Barry Road, Worcester Program: Program: MOZART Flute Quartet in D Major BRAHMS Sextet No. 2 in G Major This concert is free for senior residents of Worcester County, Adults $25 (free admission for caregivers). Seating […]
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) Sonata for Flute and Piano (1945) Martinů’s Sonata for Flute and Piano was written in South Orleans on Cape Cod in 1945. It is dedicated to the Boston Symphony’s then-principal flautist, George Laurent, though the work’s 1949 premiere featured Lois Schaefer as the soloist. Its three movements follow the […]