Mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams returns to Guarneri Hall as the heartbroken wanderer of Franz Schubert’s poignant song cycle Winterreise. With pianist Natalia Kazaryan and host Zev Kane, classical program director at WRTI Philadelphia.
An evening of conversation between voices, In Dialogue brings together five works that explore how music speaks across difference, distance, and tradition. Composer Clarice Assad joins Nois Quartet on stage.
Grammy-nominated pianist John Novacek brings his deep inside knowledge of ragtime to Guarneri Hall for a solo performance that celebrates this uniquely American style. Syncopated America features wonderfully informed performances of classic rags by Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, James Scott and others alongside some of Mr. Novacek’s own compositions.
Grammy-nominated pianist John Novacek brings his deep inside knowledge of ragtime to Guarneri Hall for a solo performance that celebrates this uniquely American style. Syncopated America features wonderfully informed performances of classic rags by Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, James Scott and others alongside some of Mr. Novacek’s own compositions.
Seven-time GRAMMY-nominated violinist and composer Curtis Stewart brings his singular vision to an evening that dissolves boundaries between classical, jazz, and American vernacular traditions,
What the Piano Holds invites audiences into an intimate evening of solo piano with internationally acclaimed pianist Claire Huangci, whose technical brilliance and stylistic certainty illuminate works by John Corigliano, Minako Tokuyama, and George Rochberg alongside two pieces by Grammy-nominated composer Zhou Tian, including the world premiere of an NLM commission.
For the Birds explores two of composer Olivier Messiaen’s works most deeply influenced by birdsong: Quartet for the End of Time, where birds symbolize nature free and unfettered, and selections from the Catalogue d'oiseaux, where they evoke rich non-human ecologies within their natural habitats.
For the Birds explores two of composer Olivier Messiaen’s works most deeply influenced by birdsong: Quartet for the End of Time, where birds symbolize nature free and unfettered, and selections from the Catalogue d'oiseaux, where they evoke rich non-human ecologies within their natural habitats.
The NLM Piano Trio presents an evening anchored by the world premiere of a new piano trio by NLM Composer-in-Residence Stacy Garrop, written during her residency in the Rocky Mountains. Violinist/NLM Artist-in-Residence Rabia Brooke and her trio partners present an intimate evening of chamber music conversation and discovery.
Threshold Acoustics Partner Carl Giegold and Senior Consultant Marcus Mayell will explain the principles of acoustic design that went into the making of Guarneri Hall. Members of NEXUS Chamber Music and their guests will complement the discussion with musical selections that will demonstrate how these forces work to perfection in our space.
