Genzinger String Quartet
Friday, September 25, 7:30 pm, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, VT
The Genzinger String Quartet, which includes three former New England Bach Festival musicians, begins the Blanche Moyse Centennial Year celebrations with a concert featuring the quartets of Haydn and Mozart. Evan Johnson and Mark Rike, violins; Peggy Spencer, viola; and Loretta O'Sullivan, cello, perform on period instruments and play with exquisite shading and detail.

Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble
Saturday, January 23, 7:30 pm, St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Brattleboro, VT
Directed by cellist Timothy Merton, Sarasa performs the ever-popular Four Seasons of Antonio Vivaldi, featuring the scintillating violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock.  The performance will include recitations of the poetry that inspired Vivaldi’s image-rich music.  Sarasa “radiates eloquence and elegance” (Boston Globe, 2008), and is comprised of some of the most significant players of early music performing today.”

New England Bach Festival Musicians Reunion
Sunday, March 7, 3 pm, Latchis Theatre, Brattleboro, VT
The orchestra of the New England Bach Festival was carefully chosen by Blanche Moyse for their dedication to joyful excellence and contained some of the most brilliant players from across the country. Sixteen members of that orchestra reunite to celebrate the 100th birthday of Mme. Moyse in a concert that features oboist Stephen Taylor and flutist Susan Rotholtz in works of Handel, C.P.E. Bach, and of course, J.S. Bach.

Parnas/Serkin Trio: Pianist Peter Serkin with Violinist Madalyn Parnas and Cellist Cicely Parnas
Sunday, April 25, 4 pm, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, VT
Blanche Moyse was one of world-renowned pianist Peter Serkin’s early teachers. Mr. Serkin continues the tradition of mentoring exceptional young talent with his tutelage of the granddaughters of legendary cellist Leslie Parnas. Violinist Madalyn Parnas, 18, and cellist Cicely Parnas, 16, join with Peter Serkin for a concert of piano trio masterworks.

Schumann Trio
Friday, May 7, 7:30 pm, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, VT
The Schumann Trio was conceived in 2008 by violin/violist Michael Tree, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and pianist Anna Polonsky. These three acclaimed musicians, audience favorites of the BMC and Marlboro Music Festival, come together to explore the rich, under-performed repertoire for clarinet, piano, and viola or violin.

TICKETS:
Individual Concerts $30, $20, $10;  5-Concert-Series Subscriptions $120,  $80, $40
Brattleboro Music Center: 802.257.4523
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