May
2
11:00 AM11:00

Denver Friends of Chamber Music with the Miró Quartet

Hildegard von Bingen: O Virtus Sapientiae

Caroline Shaw: "Other Song," transcribed by Corey Dundee

Caroline Shaw: "And So," transcribed by Corey Dundee

Ludwig van Beethoven: Heiliger Dankgesang from Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

Steven Banks: Come What May

Osvaldo Golijov: Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, transcribed by Corey Dundee

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Feb
8
7:30 PM19:30

Durham, NC - Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle Recital with the Verona Quartet

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Dialogismós: A meditation in music

The Verona Quartet and saxophonist Steven Banks will present an immersive

program that will invite the listener to explore and reflect on the various forms of love

as understood through the lens of the ancient Greeks. These include Agape (selfless

love), Mania (obsessive love), Philautia (self love), Pragma (enduring love), Ludus

(playful love), Eros (erotic love), Philia (affectionate love), and Storge (familial love).


The centerpiece of the program will be a new 20-25 minute work for saxophone and

string quartet written by Christopher Theofanidis. The rest of the program will be built

around the types of love that he will explore in his piece.

To ground and guide the audience, the program will be bound together by a series of

guided meditations that will lead the listener to realize the vital importance of self-love.

Program:

Debussy: Syrinx (Eros), 3’ (offstage prelude)

Mendelssohn: “Ist es wahr” (Pragma), 2’

Debussy: Syrinx (Eros), 3’

Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”, mvt. I. Adagio (Mania), 4’

Mozart: Oboe Quartet (Erotoropia/Ludus), 15’

Steven Banks: “Meditation” from Reflections and Exaltations (Agape), 9’

Reena Esmail: Magan Rehna (spiritual/Agape & friendship/Philia), 6’

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Christopher Theofanidis: New Work, 25’

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Feb
5
to Feb 6

West Hartford, CT - Garmany Chamber Music Series with the Verona Quartet

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Dialogismós: A meditation in music

The Verona Quartet and saxophonist Steven Banks will present an immersive

program that will invite the listener to explore and reflect on the various forms of love

as understood through the lens of the ancient Greeks. These include Agape (selfless

love), Mania (obsessive love), Philautia (self love), Pragma (enduring love), Ludus

(playful love), Eros (erotic love), Philia (affectionate love), and Storge (familial love).


The centerpiece of the program will be a new 20-25 minute work for saxophone and

string quartet written by Christopher Theofanidis. The rest of the program will be built

around the types of love that he will explore in his piece.

To ground and guide the audience, the program will be bound together by a series of

guided meditations that will lead the listener to realize the vital importance of self-love.

Program:

Debussy: Syrinx (Eros), 3’ (offstage prelude)

Mendelssohn: “Ist es wahr” (Pragma), 2’

Debussy: Syrinx (Eros), 3’

Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”, mvt. I. Adagio (Mania), 4’

Mozart: Oboe Quartet (Erotoropia/Ludus), 15’

Steven Banks: “Meditation” from Reflections and Exaltations (Agape), 9’

Reena Esmail: Magan Rehna (spiritual/Agape & friendship/Philia), 6’

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Christopher Theofanidis: New Work, 25’

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Feb
3
8:00 PM20:00

New York City, NY - Music Monday's with the Verona Quartet - Dialogismós: A meditation in music

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Dialogismós: A meditation in music

The Verona Quartet and saxophonist Steven Banks will present an immersive

program that will invite the listener to explore and reflect on the various forms of love

as understood through the lens of the ancient Greeks. These include Agape (selfless

love), Mania (obsessive love), Philautia (self love), Pragma (enduring love), Ludus

(playful love), Eros (erotic love), Philia (affectionate love), and Storge (familial love).


The centerpiece of the program will be a new 20-25 minute work for saxophone and

string quartet written by Christopher Theofanidis. The rest of the program will be built

around the types of love that he will explore in his piece.

To ground and guide the audience, the program will be bound together by a series of

guided meditations that will lead the listener to realize the vital importance of self-love.

Program:

Debussy: Syrinx (Eros), 3’ (offstage prelude)

Mendelssohn: “Ist es wahr” (Pragma), 2’

Debussy: Syrinx (Eros), 3’

Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”, mvt. I. Adagio (Mania), 4’

Mozart: Oboe Quartet (Erotoropia/Ludus), 15’

Steven Banks: “Meditation” from Reflections and Exaltations (Agape), 9’

Reena Esmail: Magan Rehna (spiritual/Agape & friendship/Philia), 6’

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Christopher Theofanidis: New Work, 25’

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Jan
25
3:00 PM15:00

Berkeley, CA - Kenari Quartet Recital at Four Seasons Arts

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Gabriel Pierné – Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire
Jennifer Higdon – Short Stories
I. Splashing the Canvas
II. Lullaby
III. Chase
Béla Bartók – Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (arr. Lovro Merčep)
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
David Maslanka – Songs for the Coming Day
VIII. The soul is here for its own joy
Edward Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40 “Suite in olden style” (arr. Julian Velasco)
I. Praeludium
II. Sarabande
III. Gavotte
IV. Air
V. Rigaudon
John Makey – Unquiet Spirits
I.
II.
III.

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Jan
9
to Jan 12

Cleveland, OH - Connesson "A Kind of Trane" with The Cleveland Orchestra

MILHAUD La création du monde

GUILLAUME CONNESSON A Kind of Trane

POULENC Suite from Les Biches

GERSHWIN An American in Paris

A Frenchman in America, longtime Cleveland Orchestra guest conductor Stéphane Denève leads a spirited rendition of Gershwin’s An American in Paris, the iconic 1928 symphonic poem that inspired the Gene Kelly film. Denève also conducts two more works out of the Roaring Twenties by his countrymen Milhaud and Poulenc, as well as the Cleveland premiere of Guillaume Connesson’s saxophone concerto A Kind of Trane — inspired by the great John Coltrane and performed by the acclaimed Steven Banks.

January 9, 2024 - January 11, 2024 - January 12, 2024

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Dec
8
2:00 PM14:00

New York City, NY - Kenari Quartet Recital at Schneider Concerts (The New School)

Exceptional emerging artists perform beloved, familiar chamber pieces and introduce audiences to new works by outstanding living composers. All concerts will be held in The New School's Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) (the entrance is appropriate for Access-a-Ride).

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