Hear the talented artists who performed during our 32nd Season.
Enjoy listening to performances from last season.
Enjoy a reboot of our 32nd Season and Tessa Lark’s first as our Artistic Director.
Our first three concert weekends featured artists that were brand new to Musical Masterworks, though they are already legends in their own right: pianist Inon Barnatan, violist Ayane Kozasa, and cellist Gabriel Cabezas joined Tessa Lark for our opening concerts; and in December cellist Joshua Roman made his MM debut.
Polymath Edgar Meyer’s astounding bass playing and composing were the inspiration behind our December shows; in February Charles Overton, Alex Sopp and Michael Thurber shared their instrumental talents, genre-bending compositional feats and infectious collaborative genius, creating new music together on the spot.
Traditional gems from music’s golden era were ever-present amidst newer excursions; Bach, Brahms, Dvorak, and Debussy who made hefty appearances during Season 32, which finished off with two weekends filled with glorious music made by folks Musical Masterworks calls family: Jeewon Park, who joined Tessa for a recital in March, and our dear Ed Arron who made his triumphant return with the extraordinary Ehnes Quartet for our closing concerts.
Enjoy!
Season 32
Inon Barnatan, Piano
Ayane Kozasa, Viola
Gabriel Cabezas, Cello
Tessa Lark, Violin
Strauss, Four Pieces for Piano Quartet
Brahms, Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Recorded in October 2022 for Musical Masterworks at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme.
Edgar Meyer, Double Bass
Joshua Roman, Cello
Tessa Lark, Violin
JS Bach, Gamba Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027
Gioachino Rossini, Duet for Cello and Bass in D Major (1824)
Recorded in December 2022 for Musical Masterworks at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme.
Charles Overton, Harp
Alex Sopp, Flute
Michael Thurber, Bass
Tessa Lark, Violin
Camille Saint-Saëns, Fantaisie for Violin and Harp (1907)
JS Bach, Two-Part Inventions (arr. for flute and bass)
Jacques Ibert, Entr’acte for Flute and Harp (1935)
Claude Debussy, Trio Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L. 137 (1915)
JS Bach, Solo selections
Largo from Sonata in a minor, BWV 1008
Allemande from Partita in a minor for Solo Flute, BWV
Selections of Original and Arranged Works
Recorded in February 2023 for Musical Masterworks at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme.
Jeewon Park, Piano
Tessa Lark, Violin
Antonín Dvořák, Sonatina in G Major for Violin and Piano, Opus 100 (1893)
Tessa Lark, World Premiere (2022)
John Corigliano, Violin Sonata (1963)
Richard Strauss, Sonata in E-flat Major, Opus 18 (1888)
Recorded in March 2023 for Musical Masterworks at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme.
EHNES QUARTET
James Ehnes, Violin
Amy Schwartz Moretti, Violin
Che-Yen Chen, Viola
Edward Arron, Cello
Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in f minor, Opus 20 No. 5 (1772)
Béla Bartók, String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114 (1939)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, String Quartet in e minor, Opus 44 No. 2 (1837)
Recorded in April 2023 for Musical Masterworks at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme.