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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 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Temple Ohev Sholom
Music by Wolfgang A. Mozart,
Ludwig van Beethoven and Erich Korngold
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet in E-flat Major, KV. 428
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1
Concert Sponsors: Martin & Lucy Murray
Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 7:30 PM
St. Michael Lutheran Church
118 State Street, Harrisburg
Cruel Amaryllis: Italian Madrigals featuring tenors James Reese and Jacob Perry,
plus three theorbos.
Concert Sponsor: Debra Yates
Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 4 PM
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Music by Olivier Messiaen and Antonín Dvořák
Stuart Malina, Piano; Richie Hawley, Clarinet
Alexander Kerr & Peter Sirotin, Violin; Michael Isaac Strauss, Viola; Julian Schwarz, Cello
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 81
Concert Sponsors: Michael & Shelly Page
Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Market Square Presbyterian Church
The Roaring Twenties, The Genius of Youth
Music by Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók, Zev Malina, and Maurice Ravel
Béla Bartók: Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 6, Sz 38, BB 50 Nos. 1-7
Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5
Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l’océan from Miroirs
Zev Malina (b. 2002): Schemin’
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
David Shapiro (b. 1969): Through a child’s eyes
Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso from Miroirs
Concert Sponsor: Linda Pheasant
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Derry Presbyterian Church - Hershey
Music by Gabriela Lena Frank, Claude Debussy, Reena Esmail, and Robert Schumann
Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972): Four Folk Songs
Claude Debussy: Piano Trio in G Major
Reena Esmail (b. 1983): “Saans”
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor
Concert Sponsor: Randolf H. Aires
Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 4 PM
Temple Ohev Sholom
Folk
Music by Joseph Haydn, Gabriella Smith, Jungyoon Wie, and Sergei Prokofiev
JJoseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob. III:34, “Sun” (1772)
Gabriella Smith (b. 1991): Carrot Revolution (2015)
Jungyoon Wie (b. 1990): Saeya, Saeya Parang Saeya (Birds, Birds, Blue Birds) from Han (2019)
Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92 (1941)
Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 4 PM
Temple Ohev Sholom
Folk
Music by Joseph Haydn, Gabriella Smith, Jungyoon Wie, and Sergei Prokofiev
JJoseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob. III:34, “Sun” (1772)
Gabriella Smith (b. 1991): Carrot Revolution (2015)
Jungyoon Wie (b. 1990): Saeya, Saeya Parang Saeya (Birds, Birds, Blue Birds) from Han (2019)
Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92 (1941)
Concert Sponsor: Estelle Hartranft