The Friends of Greenwich Library are pleased to announce that Musicians from Marlboro will return to the Berkley Theater for a performance on Sunday, November 12 from 3:00 – 5:00pm. Doors will open at 2:30 pm.
November’s concert features five outstanding musicians performing both classical and contemporary works. Performers include Claire Bourg, violin; Maria Ioudenitch, violin; Beth Guterman Chu, viola; Hayang Park, viola; and Christoph Richter, cello.
Musical works for this program include:
· String Quartet in G Major, Op 77, No. 1, Hob III:81 (1799), by Joseph Haydn
o Allegro moderato
o Adagio
o Menuet: Presto
o Finale: Presto
· Viola, Viola (1997), by George Benjamin
· String Quartet No. 1 (1946) excerpt by George Walker
o Slow Dance (original version of Lyric for Strings)
· String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3 (1837-’38) by Felix Mendelssohn
o Allegro vivace
o Scherzo: Assai leggiero e vivace
o Adagio non troppo
o Molto allegro con fuoco
Musicians from Marlboro will also present two other concerts this winter at Greenwich Library, each with wholly different programs.
· Musicians from Marlboro, Sunday, December 3, 3:00pm(More information here)
· Musicians from Marlboro, Sunday, February 25, 3:00pm (More information here)
Mark your calendar for these upcoming Friends Performing Arts Series events in the Berkley Theater:
· Selected Shorts, Tuesday, December 12, 7:00pm
· “How I Got to Broadway” a Cabaret, Monday, January 22, 7:00pm
· Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company, Thursday, April 11, 2024, 7:00pm
· Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus, Sunday, June 2, 2024, 3:00pm
Celebrating its 59th season during 2023-2024, the Musicians from Marlboro touring program was created as an extension of Vermont’s Marlboro Music Festival, founded in 1951.
Musicians from Marlboro tours are noted not only for their joyous performances but also for offering valuable touring experience to artists at the beginning of their careers and touring with unusual chamber repertoire.
Since their inception, the Musicians from Marlboro tours have introduced such great talents as Richard Goode, Yefim Bronfman, Jaime Laredo, Murray Perahia, Paula Robison, Sir András Schiff, Peter Serkin, Richard Stoltzman, and Benita Valente.
They have boasted other exceptional artists now heard in the Emerson, Juilliard, Takács, and Dover Quartets, and Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio.
In the words of The Washington Post, “Musicians from Marlboro is a virtual guarantee of musical excellence!”
The off-season Musicians from Marlboro national touring program can be heard on radio broadcasts, recordings, and streaming on marlboromusic.org.
The performance will run for 90 minutes; it will not be recorded or streamed. Registration through the Library’s online calendar is required. For more information, contact Peterson Music Librarian Dora Salm at [email protected].
The Friends Concert Series is made possible through the support of the Sylvia and Leonard Marx Foundation and the Friends of Greenwich Library.