Summer Romance, Part 1

Sugar Hill Meeting House 1411 Route 117, Sugar Hill, NH

Robert SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in Eb and Camille SAINT SAENS Septet for piano, trumpet and strings Few romances in music history, if any, have come close to producing as many important works as that of Robert and Clara Wieck Schumann.  Clara, one of the greatest pianists of her time, was the beneficiary of Robert’s wild […]

Summer Romance, Part 1

Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa 101 Mountain View Road, Whitefield, NH

Robert SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in Eb and Camille SAINT SAENS Septet for piano, trumpet and strings Few romances in music history, if any, have come close to producing as many important works as that of Robert and Clara Wieck Schumann.  Clara, one of the greatest pianists of her time, was the beneficiary of Robert’s wild […]

Better Than Beethoven

Dow Pavilion 150 Academy Street, Franconia, NH

Ludwig von BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 1 in Eb and Louis SPOHR Grand Nonet in F Though they were not close friends, Beethoven and Louis Spohr had a relationship marked by mutual respect and professional interaction. Spohr admired Beethoven's early works and championed pieces like the Op. 18 String Quartets.  During their lifetimes, many considered […]

Better Than Beethoven

Dow Pavilion 150 Academy Street, Franconia, NH

Ludwig von BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 1 in Eb and Louis SPOHR Grand Nonet in F Though they were not close friends, Beethoven and Louis Spohr had a relationship marked by mutual respect and professional interaction. Spohr admired Beethoven's early works and championed pieces like the Op. 18 String Quartets.  During their lifetimes, many considered […]

All That Jazz: featuring EJ Hwang, piano

Alumni Hall 75 Court Street, Haverhill, NH

Spirited Jazz takes on music by GERSHWIN, RAVEL, HWANG and more Back by popular demand, following her stellar performances last spring of ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ pianist and composer EJ Hwang will once again share her adventurous and eclectic musical style, a blend of Latin jazz, Korean traditional music, and straight-ahead jazz, that result in a […]

Summer Romance Part II

Dow Pavilion 150 Academy Street, Franconia, NH

Johannes BRAHMS String Sextet No. 2 in G and Richard STRAUSS Sextet from ‘Capriccio’  Brahms's G Major Sextet stands as a pinnacle of his chamber music output, universally admired for its emotional depth, haunting mysterious beauty and an unrivaled rich string sonority. The work is tinged with a bittersweet tone, partly inspired by Brahms' failed […]

Summer Romance Part II

Dow Pavilion 150 Academy Street, Franconia, NH

Johannes BRAHMS String Sextet No. 2 in G and Richard STRAUSS Sextet from ‘Capriccio’  Brahms's G Major Sextet stands as a pinnacle of his chamber music output, universally admired for its emotional depth, haunting mysterious beauty and an unrivaled rich string sonority. The work is tinged with a bittersweet tone, partly inspired by Brahms' failed […]