Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College
Valley Classical Concerts presents The Lysander Trio
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College 144 Green Street, Northampton, MA, United StatesThe Lysanders – Liza Stepanova, piano, Itamar Zorman, violin, and Michael Katz, cello – return to the VCC stage with Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio, op. 70, no 1 in D, followed by the warmly expressive Piano Trio of British composer Rebecca Clark and one of the great Romantic trios, Robert Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 1 in […]
Valley Classical Concerts presents The Lydian String Quartet with pianist Jiayan Sun
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College 144 Green Street, Northampton, MA, United StatesJiayan Sun, on the piano faculty at Smith College and a good friend to Valley Classical Concerts, joins the world-famous Lydian Quartet to play César Franck’s magnificent F minor Quintet, Haydn’s quirky “Bird” Quartet, op. 33/3 in C, and a new quartet composed for them and premiered just last April, Kurt Rohde’s “seeking all that’s […]
Valley Classical Concerts present the Espressivo! Piano Quartet
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College 144 Green Street, Northampton, MA, United StatesPiano quartets are rare enough; ensembles formed specifically to play them even rarer. Espressivo! – Jaime Laredo, violin, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola, Anna Polonsky, piano, and Sharon Robinson, cello – return to us after last season’s brilliant concert, this time to play Mozart’s 1st Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478, Brahms’ 3rd in […]
Valley Classical Concerts presents the Ulysses String Quartet
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College 144 Green Street, Northampton, MA, United StatesEach season VCC strives to introduce a young ensemble that exemplifies the very best the current generation has to offer. This year the Ulysses Quartet will close our series with Joseph Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, op. 76/3 in C; the String Quartet No. 3, “Cetera desunt,” by Lera Auerbach, a major voice in contemporary music; and […]
