Tuesday, November 21, 2023
7:30 PM

A string trio with four instruments? A harpsichord hiding behind the cello? The Valencia Baryton Project has dedicated itself to the performance of music written for an ancient and little-known instrument, the baryton. A cross between the viol da gamba and lirone (or lira da gamba), with 10 resonating and plucked strings down the back of the instrument, the baryton gives the traditional string trio an entirely new dimension. This unique group was originally scheduled to visit our series in 2022 and will bring a fresh program of old and new works sure to delight.

October 29, 2023–April 30, 2024
7:30 PM

The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is pleased to present the 2023–2024 season of the Barbara and William Karatz Chamber Concert Series, beginning October 29, 2023, at 6 p.m. The series, which continues until April 30, 2024, is set in the intimate Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room inside the Athenaeum. Enjoy chamber music as it was intended—in a warm, personal setting, where you are treated as a guest in our historic library. At each concert you’ll hear a mix of music rarely presented locally and cherished masterpieces, guaranteed to uplift and move you, performed by the finest chamber musicians we know. We welcome back a few favorite artists from past seasons along with some exciting new faces that are sure to inspire.

January 18, February 2, 14, March 15, April 25 & May 23, 2022

7:30 PM

We are pleased to announce six in-person chamber concerts featuring Maxwell String Quartet playing Haydn and Dvorak, on January 18, Max Opferkuch, clarinet, and the Zelter Quartet playing Brahms and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Clarinet Quintets, on February 2, the Poulenc Trio, on February 14, the Neave Trio playing trios by Louise Farrenc, Germaine Tailleferre, and Ravel, on March 15, the Valencia Baryton Project, on April 25, and Cecil Lytle playing Liszt (late works) and Fats Waller, on May 23. The concerts will start in person at the Athenaeum’s Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Room at 7:30 PM.