Program Notes

This first concert of NEXUS’ 2024 Chamber Music Festival, Dreamscapes: A Liederabend, will explore the surrealist nature of the poems and stories of the traditional lieder....

George Crumb believed that all composers draw on what they’ve lived and heard. He attended not only to natural echoes but also to a vast inventory of musical and human...

Guarneri Hall is proud to honor Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Bernard Rands with a two-day celebration of his 90th birthday. Tonight’s concert will feature four of Rands’ own compositions, as well...

Guarneri Hall is proud to honor Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Bernard Rands with a two-day celebration of his 90th birthday. Today’s concert will feature two of Rands’ own compositions, one by...

Bartók’s String Quartet No. 1 opens with a yearning lament, which Bartók calls his “funeral dirge.” Its three movements are played without pause while the tempo grows faster and faster,...

Bartók’s Second Quartet, like his first, has three movements, but they are not continuous, and the narrative arc is also different: a moderately-paced opening leads to a lively multi-sectioned dance...