The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Snow, Moon and Flowers concert set in Hartford
Sunday Serenades series will be held at Wadsworth Atheneum
HARTFORD >> The Hartford Symphony Orchestra will present Snow, Moon and Flowers as a part of its 2016-2017 Sunday Serenades Chamber Music Series on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford.
A pre-concert gallery talk will take place at 1 p.m.
Sunday Serenades Artistic Director and HSO Concertmaster Leonid Sigal will be joined by Eric Dahlin on cello, Margreet Francis on piano and Robert McEwan on marimba for this performance.
Schubert’s Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118, Takemitsu’s haunting Between Tides, and Debussy’s light and elegant Piano Trio in G Major offer a musical reflection of Utamaro’s Snow, Moon and Flowers series from the Edo period, on view together for the first time since the early 20th century.
The performance will also feature two solo works by Keiko Abe for marimba, Wind Sketch and Dream of the Cherry Blossom.
Sunday Serenades chamber music concerts are presented in collaboration with the Wadsworth Atheneum as a musical counterpart to special exhibitions and the permanent collections. Concerts take place in the museum galleries and feature Sunday Serenades Artistic Director and HSO Concertmaster Leonid Sigal and select HSO musicians.
The Sunday Serenades chamber music series is made possible, in part, by the Helen M. Saunders Charitable Foundation Music Endowment at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Series sponsor is Farmington Valley Dermatology & Surgery.
Sunday Serenades single tickets are $30 each; $25 for HSO subscribers and Atheneum members.
For tickets and information, visit www.hartfordsymphony.org or call 860-987-5900.
Marking its 73rd Season in 2016-2017, the HSO is Connecticut’s premier musical organization, the second largest orchestra in New England, and widely recognized as one of America’s leading regional orchestras.
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra named Carolyn Kuan as its 10th music director in January 2011; she is the first woman and youngest person to hold this title.
The HSO captivates and inspires audiences of all ages by presenting more than 100 concerts annually, including the Masterworks Series, POPS! Series, Sunday Serenades, Discovery Concerts, Symphony in Schools, Musical Dialogues, the Talcott Mountain Music Festival, and more.
The HSO aims to deliver uniquely powerful and emotional experiences that lift and transform the spirit, and to give back and help create vibrant communities in the Greater Hartford area.