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Hugo Wolf Quartett
Songs without Words
Our season opens with one of the most striking and sought-after string quartets of its generation - the Vienna-based Hugo Wolf Quartett. They make their Dumbarton debut with the music of Schumann, Schubert and their namesake - Viennese composer Hugo Wolf. The thread that binds these three Romantic composers is an astonishing mastery of Leider; among them they wrotemore than 1,000 art songs. However tonight we will turn to some of their most sublime “songs without words” – Schubert’s Quartettsatz in C Minor, Schumann’s String Quartet No. 2, and Wolf’s String Quartet in D Minor. Purchase Tickets
Berta Rojas and Friends
Intimate Journey
Our warm, resonant hall is the perfect point of departure for guitarist Berta Rojas’ intimate journey into the colorful, melodic landscapes of Spain and South America. Praised by the Washington Post as “guitarist extraordinaire,” Berta’s soulful journey begins with Fernando Sor’s Variations on a Theme by Mozart and ends with Villa Lobos’ ethereal Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5, arranged by the composer himself for guitar and voice. Soprano Rebecca Lister adds a touch of warmth and spice to select pieces for this evocative evening. Purchase Tickets
The Barnes and Hampton Celtic Consort
Saturday December 3 at 4pm
Sunday December 4 at 4pm
Saturday December 10 at 4pm and 8pm
Sunday December 11 at 4pm
Settle in with the Barnes & Hampton Celtic Consort for an evening of celebration to mark the beginning of the holiday season! Our candlelit hall bedecked with greens is a fitting festive setting for this annual merrymaking, complete with Celtic harp, flutes, pipes, lute, and bodhran, and interwoven with seasonal readings including A Child’s Christmas in Wales. Purchase Tickets
Saturday January 21 at 8pm
Long loved for its soulful sound and passionate expression, the cello receives a well-deserved moment in the spotlight tonight. Virtuoso cellist Steven Honigberg and friends will warm your hearts on this wintry evening with his favorite works from the short and sweet to the iconic - Dvorak’s Songs my Mother Taught Me, Song to the Moon from his opera Rusalka, Funf Stucke im Volkston, five lovely musical moments by Schumann, and Brahms’ autumnal Piano Trio, Op. 8 in B Major. Purchase Tickets
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Saturday February 11 at 8pm
Step into our candlelit sanctuary and prepare to be “carried away” by the other-worldly beauty of this six-voice a capella ensemble in a program of luminous settings of lamentations from Palestrina and Victoria to Robert White - Elizabeth I’s Master of Choristers. The sheer emotional intensity of this music sung by Norway’s leading vocal ensemble will melt away your everyday cares by the time the candles are extinguished and the last notes of Gesualdo’s glorious Misesere are sung in enveloping darkness. Purchase Tickets
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Saturday February 25 at 8pm
Written near the end of his life, the epic C Sharp Minor quartet was Beethoven’s favorite, and to thisday many musicians and music lovers consider it the greatest string quartet ever written. Tonight the brilliant, boundary-defying Brooklyn Rider will play this masterpiece, Philip Glass’s String Quartet No.3, “Mishima,” and a Romanian gypsy music inspired piece by composer-violist Ljova. “Forgive the hyperbole,” wrote Strings magazine, “but I've seen the future of chamber music and it is Brooklyn Rider.” Purchase Tickets
Saturday March 17 at 8pm
Tonight, Amerigo, the most recent major string trio to emerge in the world of chamber music, makes its Dumbarton debut. Formed by New York Philharmonic Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow with cellist Inbal Segev and violist Karen Dreyfus, this dazzling new trio performs two of the best-loved pieces written for string trio - the Beethoven and Dohnanyi Serenades.Purchase Tickets
Saturday April 14 at 8pm
The elegant, Boston-based Walden Chamber Players bring our season to a beautiful close with a program of gems – Brahms’ Horn Trio in E Flat Major, Op.40, Haydn’s Piano Trio in G Major, “Gypsy,” a truly gorgeous string trio by Austrian composer Gerhard Schedl, and the incomparable Romantic masterpiece, the Schumann Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.47.
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