Great chamber music for your mind and heart
Market Square Concerts
Season 2025-26
Season Sponsor: Carole DeSoto
In a world dominated by screens, absorbing glorious vibrations from 300-year-old instruments played by masterful musicians in acoustically splendid, intimate spaces is a magical experience, especially when shared with friends. Join us for a season of memorable programs featuring artists who will dazzle, move and inspire you with virtuosity and insight developed over a lifelong dedication to the art form.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 7:30 PM
Market Square Presbyterian Church
2024 CMA Cleveland Quartet Award Winner
“Fireside”
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Hob.III:63, Op. 64, No. 5 “The Lark”
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György Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2
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BedÅ™ich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor “From My Life”
Concert Sponsors:
Miles and Carole Gibbons Fund in memory of
Miles Gibbons, Jr. and
CMA Cleveland Quartet Award Grant
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Market Square Presbyterian Church
"Handel's Vibrant London"
Music by George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, William Boyce, Francesco Geminiani, and Johann Christoph Pepusch
George Frideric Handel’s London was alive with musical innovation, shaped by his own genius and a rich circle of Baroque composers, blending Italian brilliance with English tradition. This program explores the vibrant soundscape of 18th-century London—from Boyce’s stately elegance to Geminiani’s fiery virtuosity and Pepusch’s theatrical flair—before returning to Italy with the Sebastians’ signature rendition of Vivaldi’s wild Folia.
Concert Sponsors: Rolen and Patricia Ferris
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
St. Michael Lutheran Church
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Francisco Tárrega (arr. Ruggiero Ricci):
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 3 in D Minor “Ballade”
Agustín Barrios (arr. Kerson Leong): Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios
Fritz Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 4 in E Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Chaconne, from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004
Concert Sponsor: Randolf H. Aires
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 8:00PM
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Stuart Malina, Piano; Andreas Oeste, Oboe;
David DiGiacobbe, Flute; Eric Just, Clarinet
Joseph Grimmer, Bassoon; Jonathan Clark, Horn
Stephen Sondheim (arr. Richard Rodney Bennett): Three Waltzes for Oboe & Piano
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Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in D Major, Op. 94 for Flute and Piano
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Avner Dorman: Jerusalem Mix for Piano, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet and Horn
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet, FP 100
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Concert Sponsor: Debra and Seward Ryan
Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 7:30 PM
Temple Ohev Sholom
“The Art of the Fugue”
Johann Sebastian Bach: Four fugues from
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
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Joseph Haydn:
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob. III:35
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in C Major,
Op. 59, No. 3
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Concert Sponsor: Estelle Hartranft
Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Temple Ohev Sholom
“Tribute to the Americas”
Heitor Villa Lobos: String Quartet No. 17
Samuel Barber: Adagio from String Quartet, Op. 11
Astor Piazzolla: “Four, for tango” for String Quartet
George Gershwin: “Lullaby” for String Quartet
Antonín DvoÅ™ák: Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 “American"
Concert Sponsor: Debra Yates
