Chamber Music Series
Each year, the Brattleboro Music Center’s Chamber Music Series features artists and ensembles with international reputations, as well as gifted emerging young artists, performing chamber music of the highest quality.
2027/28 BMC Chamber Series:
Con Moto: Clara Newbauer and Masha Lakisova, violins; Zoë Martin-Doike, viola; Judith Serkin, cello perform Mendelssohn’s Andante sostenuto, Haydn’s String Quartet in A Major (Opus 20 #6), Puccini’s Crisatemi, selections from Dvořák’s Cypresses, and Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Opus 71 #2. Saturday, September 12 at 7:30 pm.
Musicians from Marlboro Group 1: This program spotlights music by two former Marlboro composers in residence, Brett Dean and Kaija Saariaho, and Mozart’s beloved Clarinet Quintet, performed by senior violinist Alex Redington, clarinetist Jonathan Leibovitz, and three outstanding emerging string players: Leo Appel, violin; Samuel Rosenthal, viola; Elena Ariza, cello. The program includes: Joseph Haydn String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 1; Brett Dean String Quartet No. 3 “Hidden Agendas” (2019); Kaija Saariaho Aure (2011); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581. Thursday, October 22 at 7:00 pm.
Musicians from Marlboro Group 2: Led by senior violinist Joseph Lin, with Kristina Bachrach, soprano; Masha Lakisova, violin; Emad Zolfaghari, viola; Elena Ariza, cello – this program features a first half of music for strings and voice by former Marlboro resident composers Earl Kim and Kaija Saariaho and concludes with Brahms’s rich and symphonically textured String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2.sic. Sunday March 14 at 3:00 pm.
Paula Robison and Steven Beck: “American Treasure” and former student of Marcel Moyse, flutist Paula Robison returns to the area with Steinway artist Steven Beck. Sunday April 4 at 4:00 pm.
Castle of Our Skins: BMC’s creative partner, this Boston based concert and education organization celebrates Black artistry through music. They will present a program called “Sound Ritual.” Saturday April 10 at 7:00 pm.
Espressivo! Featuring violinist Jaime Laredo, cellist Sharon Robinson, violist Milena Pájaro-van de
Stadt and pianist Anna Polonsky. A critically acclaimed quartet and perennial favorite. Friday June 4 at 7:00 pm.
