Musicians from Marlboro II

Wednesday, December 06, 2023 - 7:30 PM
American Philosophical Society

American Philosophical Society

Benjamin Franklin Hall,
427 Chestnut Street
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$30.00 per ticket

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About This Performance

Bringing the “classical world’s most coveted retreat” (New Yorker) to national audiences, Musicians from Marlboro has been lauded as “a virtual guarantee of musical excellence” (Washington Post). The second of three Marlboro touring ensembles this season pairs Ralph Vaughan Williams’s powerful Blake Songs for tenor and oboe with Scottish composer Helen Grime’s exhilarating Oboe Quartet and the expansive majesty of Brahms’s Piano Quartet in A Major.

Patrick Bessenbacher, tenor; Mary Lynch VanderKolk, oboe; Itamar Zorman, violin; Haesue Lee, viola; Brannon Cho, cello; Filippo Gorini, piano

Vaughan Williams: Blake Songs
Grime: Oboe Quartet
Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26

Running time: 1 hour and 35 minutes (including intermission) 

Watch the livestreamed concert via the video player below.

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The Artist(s)

Musicians from Marlboro
Musicians from Marlboro, the touring extension of the renowned Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, features exceptional young musicians from the summer festival together with seasoned artists in chamber music programs of rarely-heard works and masterpieces of varied instrumentation. Each year, more than 25 outstanding artists take time from their regular activities to bring Musicians from Marlboro concerts to cities around the country.… Read More

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Musicians from Marlboro | Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
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