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This musical series invites audiences to discover great works from the classical repertoire through listening, discussion, and emotion. An accessible, thoughtful approach to exploring the heart of musical creation and what it says about our humanity.
Conceived by violinist Paul Serri, this series continues its exploration of great works from the classical repertoire by combining education, performance, and listening. Each event offers an opportunity to discover a score through its historical context, the performers’ choices, and the emotions it conveys, before hearing it performed in full. This season, Beethoven will be one of the recurring themes throughout the series. Deeply influenced by the ideals of freedom and emancipation, the composer continually pushed the boundaries of musical creation. His works will enter into dialogue with those of César Franck, Brahms, and Chostakovitch, offering different perspectives on the major questions that shape our lives: trust, memory, commitment, doubt, and hope. Led by Paul Serri, the Katok Ensemble, and numerous guest artists, these educational concerts are intended both for seasoned classical music lovers and for anyone wishing to discover classical music from a different perspective: as a vibrant, shared, and profoundly contemporary experience. Program Saturday, September 26 • 5 p.m. Beethoven – String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, Rasoumovski Paul Serri & Katok Ensemble Throughout the season, Beethoven will be one of the recurring themes of our musical journey. Through several events devoted to his string quartets, we will trace the evolution of a composer whose work, more than two centuries after it was created, continues to speak to us with undiminished power. A profoundly humanistic figure inspired by the ideals of freedom, equality, and emancipation of his time, Beethoven continually pushed the boundaries of musical composition. True laboratories of creativity, his quartets will allow us to discover the richness of his musical thought and the extraordinary journey of an artist who profoundly transformed the history of music. Saturday, November 7 • 5 p.m. César Franck – Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major Paul Serri Trust may begin with finding a way forward together. In César Franck’s Sonata in A major, the violin and piano weave a dialogue of rare intensity, in which listening to the other becomes the very driving force of the musical discourse. Remaining true to his calling despite receiving recognition only late in life, Franck also embodies a form of trust in the long creative process. Like his own journey, this sonata denies neither doubt nor tension; instead, it gradually transforms them, leading the listener toward a radiant and profoundly peaceful conclusion.
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