Program Notes

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...

The Borromeo Quartet’s exciting Bartók project offers Guarneri Hall audiences an opportunity to “glimpse into the composer’s mind as it moves through its mysterious creative process.” By juxtaposing discovered sketches...

Buster Keaton (1895-1966) was a child of storm. Kansas tornadoes, he claimed, blew him into the world, christened him, and flung him onto the stage and screen. The story goes...

“Reflections” is a program of song highlighting under-acknowledged creative spirits and celebrating artistic collaborations between women and men. Each of the featured composers fought against the rules and prejudices of...