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

 

Tessa Lark, Jig and Pop

Paul Wiancko, American Haiku

Gershwin, Prelude #2

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  

Edgar Meyer, Trio 1 (1986)

Gioachino Rossini, Duet for Cello and Bass in D Major (1824) 

Edgar Meyer, Trio 3 (1988)

 

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

Blackbird

Rodin’s Hands

Little Birdie

La Vie en Rose

 

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.