Since its debut in 2003, the Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert have garnered rave reviews for their vibrant performances and imaginative programs. "What makes this group's concerts the most consistently satisfying chamber-music series in New York is the zeal with which the musicians go about their work," said Steve Smith in the New York Times in 2008.
For the group's tenth-anniversary season, the ensemble's artistic coordinator, cellist Edward Arron, has assembled three programs of the lively repertoire that has elicited critical praise over the last decade, including a world premiere of the Metropolitan Museum's first commissioned work for the ensemble, a work for string trio by Dmitry Yanov-Yanovsky.
Friday, January 11, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.
Reiko Aizawa, piano
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Boccherini—String Trio
Kurtag—Jelék for Solo Viola, Opus 5
Dvořák—Piano Quartet in D Major, Opus 23
Friday, March 29, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.
Hyunah Yu, soprano
Jeewon Park, piano
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Schnittke—Musica Nostalgica for Cello and Piano (1992)
Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky— Work for String Trio (World Premiere, commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert)
Shostakovich— Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok for Soprano and Piano
Trio, Opus 127
Beethoven— Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Opus 16
Friday, June 7, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Biber—Passacaglia in G Minor for Solo Violin
Bach—Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, arranged for String Trio by Dmitri Sitkovetsky
Listen to a sample of Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert.
3 Fridays at 7:00: $90
These concerts are generously supported by the Brodsky Family Foundation.
Above: Photo of Metropolitan Museum Artists © Rahav Segev for the New York Times
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