Category: chamber music
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New Commissions from Kronos Quartet
The Kronos Quartet has announced an exciting new project titled Fifty for the Future. From the Kronos Quartet website: Kronos’ Fifty for the Future is commissioning a collection of 50 new works – 10 per year for five years – devoted to the most contemporary approaches to the string quartet, designed expressly for the training of students and…
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Solar Winds at Brandeis University
This Saturday (February 28) Solar Winds will present a not-to-be missed concert at Brandeis University. This poster says it all: From their website: On February 28 at Brandeis University, Solar Winds will perform a concert of wind quintets composed entirely by women. The compositions are varied, entertaining, and musically significant. The concert opens with a brief and graceful…
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Grime and Hensel at the Library of Congress
The next free concert hosted in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress is this Friday, February 20. The Claremont Trio will perform Helen Grime’s Three Whistler Miniatures, which the ensemble commissioned in 2012, as well as Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Piano Trio in D minor. There will be a pre-concert lecture by the artists, which I…
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Amy Beach at the Library of Congress
I had the opportunity to explore a bit of the archives at the Library of Congress when completing my Master’s thesis. It was a thrilling experience – and one I hope to repeat when time allows, and research requires. The LOC is such a treasure to any scholar or armchair historian who can request to see…