Great chamber music for your mind and heart
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Market Square Concerts enters its fifth decade with a season of inspiring and revelatory programs. Each concert is an invitation to explore a unique musical landscape, discover tomorrow’s classics and reconnect to masterpieces from chamber music’s glorious history. We look forward to enriching your life with beguiling musical adventures!
Season Sponsor: The Carole DeSoto Foundation
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Temple Ohev Sholom
Winner of the CMA Cleveland Quartet Award
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:
String Quartet in E-flat Major
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy:
Capriccio for String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 81 No. 3
Clara Schumann:
Ich Stand in Dunkeln Träumen (arr. Karen Ouzounian)
Robert Schumann: String Quartet Op. 41, No. 1
Concert Sponsor: Miles & Carole Gibbons Fund
This concert is also supported by
Cleveland Quartet Award Endowment Fund
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Temple Ohev Sholom
85th Anniversary of Kristallnacht
Viktor Kohn: “Praeludium” for String Quartet
Erwin Schulhoff: String Quartet No.1
Viktor Ullmann: String Quartet No. 3
Pavel Haas: String Quartet Op. 7, No. 2,
“from the Monkey Mountains”
Concert Sponsors: John & Annie Standley
Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 4 PM
Whitaker Center Sunoco Performance Theater
Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Manuel de Falla, Max Reger, and Maurice Ravel
Franz Schubert : Rondo in A Major, D. 951
Igor Stravinsky: Ballet "Petrouchka" 1911, arrangement by S. Varshavski and D. Shapiro
Manuel de Falla: Two Spanish Dances from Opera “La Vida Breve”
Max Reger: "Six Burlesque", Op. 58
Maurice Ravel: "Spanish Rhapsody"
Concert Sponsors: Dr. & Mrs. William Murray
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Sonorities
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K. 136
Luigi Forino: Preghiere for Cello Quartet, Op. 27, No. 3
Carlos Gardel: Por Una Cabeza
Claude Debussy: La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin
George Gershwin: Three Preludes
Astor Piazzolla: La Muerte del Angel
David Popper: Polonaise de Concert
Zev Malina: Time and Timelessness
Gioachino A. Rossini: Une Larme
Antonio Vivaldi: Winter and Summer from Four Seasons
Concert Sponsor: Estelle Hartranft
Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 4 PM
Derry Presbyterian Church - Hershey
Poulenc Trio Favorites:
George Frideric Handel: Trio Sonata in F
Mikhail Glinka: Trio Pathétique
Dmitri Shostakovich: Romance and A Spin Around Moscow
Viet Cuong: Explain Yourself! (2019)
Francis Poulenc: Trio, FP 43
Gioachino Rossini: Fantasie on L’Italienne en Algeri
Concert Sponsors:
William & Marion Alexander and Greg & Lois Harris
Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 4 PM
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Stuart Malina, Piano
Sophia Hunt, Soprano; Jonathan Hays, Baritone
Robert Schumann: Dicterliebe Op. 48
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Six Duets, Op. 63
Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d’Été, Op. 7
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein:
“People Will Say We’re in Love” (Oklahoma)
Stephen Sondheim: “Too Many Mornings” (Follies)
Cole Porter: “Wunderbar” (Kiss Me, Kate)
Concert Sponsor: Hilary M. Simpson