Needham Concert Society — Upcoming Concerts & Performances

Carter Memorial United Methodist Church, 800 Highland Ave · Needham · needhamconcertsociety.org

4 upcoming concerts and performances from Needham Concert Society, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All classical in Greater Boston →

Sun Nov 22 · 3:00pm

String Quintet Masterpieces: The Magic of Viola Quintets

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Mozart’s String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515, and Brahms’s String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111, each with two violas. Violinists Peter Zazofsky, first violin of the Muir String Quartet, and Lucia Lin of the Boston Symphony join violists Wenting Kang, principal of Madrid’s Teatro Real orchestra, and Cara Pogossian, principal of the Portland Symphony, with the society’s artistic director Ronald Lowry on cello.

Individual concert $25 (season subscription $75); students admitted free

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Thu Dec 31 · 7pm

First Night

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The Needham Concert Society's New Year's Eve showcase reprises its First Night concert, in which students share the stage with the society's professional guests in highlights from the chamber music and chamber orchestra repertoire. Founded in 1976 by former Boston Symphony principal trombone William Gibson, the society marks its fiftieth anniversary under artistic director Ronald Lowry, principal cellist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra.

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Sun Jan 31 · 3:00pm

Essential Piano Trios

· · 800 Highland Avenue · ·

Beethoven’s Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70, No. 2, paired with Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65. Pianist Randall Hodgkinson, an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society who teaches at NEC, Wellesley and Longy, joins Romanian violinist Irina Muresanu of the University of Maryland faculty and cellist Ronald Lowry, the society’s artistic director and principal cellist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra.

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Sun Apr 4 · 3:00pm

Unexpected Trios

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Three clarinet trios spanning 125 years: Beethoven’s Op. 11, the “Gassenhauer”, Fauré’s Trio in D minor, Op. 120, and Brahms’s Trio in A minor, Op. 114. Clarinettist Robert Patterson, acting principal of the Modesto Symphony and a Boston University faculty member, plays with pianist Max Levinson, first-prize winner at the Dublin International Piano Competition, and the society’s artistic director, cellist Ronald Lowry.

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