W.A. Mozart Quartet in D minor, Op. 10, No. 2, K. 421
Joan Tower Wild Summer
Grażyna Bacewicz String Quartet No. 3
Felix Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80

The Belvedere Series presents the world premiere of a horn trio by renowned composer Kati Agócs. Agócs, a Guggenheim Fellow and winner of the Arts and Letters Award, has been praised by the New York Times for her "elemental strength and generous lyricism." The premiere will feature James Sommerville, former principal horn of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, alongside pianist Ingrid Keller and violinist Domenic Salerni.

Paired with Dohnányi’s second piano quintet, a work that envelops the listener in its brooding depths. This extraordinary piece masterfully balances lyrical melodies with rich, emotional complexity, showcasing the intimate dialogue between piano and strings. 

Lastly, prepare for a thrilling conclusion to our fourth season with Olli Mustonen’s Nonet No. 2, a vibrant showcase for a nine-person chamber ensemble. Bursting with passion and fiery intensity, this dynamic piece weaves intricate harmonies and bold rhythms into a captivating tapestry of sound. As the music builds to a raucous finale, you’ll find yourself swept away by the infectious energy and inventive interplay among the musicians. Join us for a breathtaking performance that promises to leave you exhilarated and inspired!

Museum of Arts & Design

Concert 11am-12pm: Doors at 10:30am, with complimentary coffee/pastries

Tickets: $30 (kids under 12 free)

The acclaimed Aeolus Quartet presents a touching and thoughtful program for their first performance at GatherNYC. From a Bach chorale composed to unite the voices of church congregations to the expansive Overture and Chorale by Andrea Casarrubios inspired by it; from the textural celebration of Montgomery's Strum to the bubbling virtuosity of Bacewicz’s Quartet No 3 composed in the new world that arose from the ashes of WWII. In this program, storytelling and silence give way to the tender slow movement of Price’s G Major Quartet rooted in the tradition of Black spirituals.

Program of Mozart String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes and Mozart Clarinet Quintet with clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson and pianist Mika Sasaki.

Pallavi Mahidhara, piano

Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin

Nathan Vickery, cello

First Course

Reena Esmail | Saans

Veronique Vaka | Boreas

Amy Beach | Romance

Lili Boulanger | Nocturne and Cortège

Second Course

Felix Mendelssohn | Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49

Dessert

Invitation only event

This year, Steve Mackey, William Shubael Conant Professor of Music, marks 41 years of distinguished service on the faculty of the Music Department at Princeton University. As he steps into retirement from Princeton, we reflect on his extraordinary artistic and scholarly contributions while highlighting his upcoming performances on campus.

Physical Property

The Ancestors, A ballet in eight tableaux

One Red Rose 

Pianist Minyoung Kang, violinist Isabelle Durrenberger and cellist Ani Kalayjian join together for a searing trio by Rachmaninoff.

Kang joins rising star violinist Isabelle Ai Durrenberger and cellist/co-artistic director Ani Kalayjian for a program of Mozart, Florence Price, Lili Boulanger, and Arno Babajanian.

Lili Boulanger D’un Matin de Printemps

Dora Pejačević Violin Sonata Op. 26 “Spring”

Claude Debussy Il pleure dans mon coeur

Lili Boulanger Nocturne

Katie Balch Iaspis

Cesar Franck Violin Sonata in A Major

Florence Price Elfentanz

Step into an evening of haunting expressionism and immersive sound with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari—the iconic silent film brought vividly to life through live music.

Join us for a spellbinding screening of this cinematic masterpiece, featuring a dynamic live score written by Stephen Prutsman. Performed by Marisa, Ignacio and violinists Isabelle Ai Durrenberger and Aimee Lopez, the music heightens every shadow, twist, and psychological turn of the film’s surreal world.

FREE tickets available one week prior.

Step into an evening of haunting expressionism and immersive sound with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari—the iconic silent film brought vividly to life through live music.

Join us for a spellbinding screening of this cinematic masterpiece, featuring a dynamic live score written by Stephen Prutsman. Performed by Marisa, Ignacio and violinists Isabelle Ai Durrenberger and Aimee Lopez, the music heightens every shadow, twist, and psychological turn of the film’s surreal world.

FREE tickets available one week prior.

W.A. Mozart Quartet in D minor, Op. 10, No. 2, K. 421

Grażyna Bacewicz String Quartet No. 3

Antonin Dvořák String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97

The Aeolus Quartet returns to Reading with a special guest violinist. The first half of their program will feature quartets of Mozart and Grażyna Bacewicz, a Polish composer whose 3rd Quartet was awarded the Polish Ministry of Culture Award. The Quartet will be joined for Dvorak’s Viola Quintet by the venerable violinist and pedagogue Donald Weilerstein, performing for us on viola — an evening not-to-be-missed!

Memoir is a theatrical musical work by GRAMMY Award-winning composer Steven Mackey and director Mark DeChiazza, exploring the tumultuous 20th century through the eyes of a first-generation American woman in pursuit of the American Dream.

Inspired by the unpublished memoir of Mackey’s mother, Elaine Mackey, Memoir is a visually and sonically captivating reflection on resilience, identity, and the power of storytelling. Scored for the unique combination of string quartet, percussion duo, and narrator, the piece traverses a diverse musical landscape—by turns witty, playful, rich, and profound.

arx duo 
Aeolus Quartet
Natalie Christa Rakes, narrator 

Memoir is a theatrical musical work by GRAMMY Award-winning composer Steven Mackey and director Mark DeChiazza, exploring the tumultuous 20th century through the eyes of a first-generation American woman in pursuit of the American Dream.

Inspired by the unpublished memoir of Mackey’s mother, Elaine Mackey, Memoir is a visually and sonically captivating reflection on resilience, identity, and the power of storytelling. Scored for the unique combination of string quartet, percussion duo, and narrator, the piece traverses a diverse musical landscape—by turns witty, playful, rich, and profound.

arx duo 
Aeolus Quartet
Natalie Christa Rakes, narrator 

Anton WEBERN  Langsamer Satz for String Quartet (1905)
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin; Daniel Dastoor, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello

Felix MENDELSSOHN  Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66 (1845)
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Max Levinson, piano

Ernest CHAUSSON  Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 30 (1897–1898)
Daniel Dastoor, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Max Levinson, piano

Imagine a Romantic masterpiece lost to time, unpublished, unrecorded, and unheard since 1897. Incredibly, after two premiere performances that one reviewer said “took nearly everyone by storm,” Boston-based composer Charles Martin Loeffler’s stunning Octet vanished into the archives of the Library of Congress until it was rediscovered in 2020 by CMNW Protégé Project Alumnus Graeme Steele Johnson. After a year reconstructing the score, an all-star ensemble including clarinetists Johnson and CMNW Artistic Director Emeritus David Shifrin, CMNW Protégé Project Alumni violinists Isabelle Ai Durrenberger and Anna Lee, Oregon Symphony bassist Braizahn Jones, and others will bring it back to life, alongside two masterpieces by Claude Debussy. You can be among one of the first audiences to experience Loeffler’s gorgeous Octet in more than 125 years!

Admission free

Lili Boulanger D’un Matin de Printemps

Dora Pejačević Violin Sonata Op. 26 “Spring”

Katie Balch Iaspis

Cesar Franck Violin Sonata in A Major

Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist praised for his “commanding technique” along with his “warmth and affection” (NY Times), makes his long-awaited debut with Orpheus. He navigates the emotionally and physically draining Wanderer Fantasy in a newly commissioned orchestration that updates Liszt's concerto version. Hamelin is himself a formidable pianist-composer, as heard in the rich counterpoint of his Passacaglia, and the unflinchingly honest final sonata from Schubert allows the orchestra to flesh out sounds and emotions buried within these piano masterpieces.

Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist praised for his “commanding technique” along with his “warmth and affection” (NY Times), makes his long-awaited debut with Orpheus to perform Mozart’s sparkling Piano Concerto No. 12. A new orchestration from Beethoven's "Tempest" sonata and the unflinchingly honest final sonata from Schubert allow the orchestra to flesh out sounds and emotions buried within these piano masterpieces.

Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist praised for his “commanding technique” along with his “warmth and affection” (NY Times), makes his long-awaited debut with Orpheus. He navigates the emotionally and physically draining Wanderer Fantasy in a newly commissioned orchestration that updates Liszt's concerto version. Hamelin is himself a formidable pianist-composer, as heard in the rich counterpoint of his Passacaglia, and the unflinchingly honest final sonata from Schubert allows the orchestra to flesh out sounds and emotions buried within these piano masterpieces.

Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist praised for his “commanding technique” along with his “warmth and affection” (NY Times), makes his long-awaited debut with Orpheus. He navigates the emotionally and physically draining Wanderer Fantasy in a newly commissioned orchestration that updates Liszt's concerto version. Hamelin is himself a formidable pianist-composer, as heard in the rich counterpoint of his Passacaglia, and the unflinchingly honest final sonata from Schubert allows the orchestra to flesh out sounds and emotions buried within these piano masterpieces.

Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist praised for his “commanding technique” along with his “warmth and affection” (NY Times), makes his long-awaited debut with Orpheus to perform Mozart’s sparkling Piano Concerto No. 12. A new orchestration from Beethoven's "Tempest" sonata and the unflinchingly honest final sonata from Schubert allow the orchestra to flesh out sounds and emotions buried within these piano masterpieces.

Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist praised for his “commanding technique” along with his “warmth and affection” (NY Times), shares the stage with Orpheus in his first appearance at the Hop. He navigates the emotionally and physically draining Wanderer Fantasy in a newly commissioned orchestration that updates Liszt's concerto version. Hamelin is himself a formidable pianist-composer, as heard in the rich counterpoint of his Passacaglia, and the unflinchingly honest final sonata from Schubert allows the orchestra to flesh out sounds and emotions buried within these piano masterpieces.

Pianist Vassily Primakov, violinist Isabelle Durrenberger and cellist Ani Kalayjian join together for a searing trio by Rachmaninoff.

A pianist in the grand romantic tradition, Vassily Primakov has established himself as one of the world’s most individual and yet authoratative interpreters of Chopin and Rachmaninoff. He joins rising star violinist Isabelle Ai Durrenberger and cellist/co-artistic director Ani Kalayjian for a program centered on Rachmaninoff’s searing and mystical Piano Trio in G minor.

Wolfgang A. MOZART  Duo for Violin and Viola in G major, K. 423 (1783)
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola

Alexander von ZEMLINSKY  Trio in D minor for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 3 (1896)
Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Max Levinson, piano

Antonín DVOŘÁK  Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87 (1889)
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Max Levinson, piano

Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist praised for his “commanding technique” along with his “warmth and affection” (NY Times), shares the stage with Orpheus in his first appearance at the Hop. He navigates the emotionally and physically draining Wanderer Fantasy in a newly commissioned orchestration that updates Liszt's concerto version. Hamelin is himself a formidable pianist-composer, as heard in the rich counterpoint of his Passacaglia, and the unflinchingly honest final sonata from Schubert allows the orchestra to flesh out sounds and emotions buried within these piano masterpieces.

Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist praised for his “commanding technique” along with his “warmth and affection” (NY Times), shares the stage with Orpheus in his first appearance at the Hop. He navigates the emotionally and physically draining Wanderer Fantasy in a newly commissioned orchestration that updates Liszt's concerto version. Hamelin is himself a formidable pianist-composer, as heard in the rich counterpoint of his Passacaglia, and the unflinchingly honest final sonata from Schubert allows the orchestra to flesh out sounds and emotions buried within these piano masterpieces.

Violinist and Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Stella Chen ventures into the sultry, scintillating tango atmosphere of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Tune into hidden nuances in the wondrous counterpoint of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and let the richness of the Orpheus strings carry you on a timeless reverie through Villa-Lobos’ Aria from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5.

Violinist and Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Stella Chen ventures into the sultry, scintillating tango atmosphere of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Tune into hidden nuances in the wondrous counterpoint of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and let the richness of the Orpheus strings carry you on a timeless reverie through Villa-Lobos’ Aria from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5.

Violinist and Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Stella Chen ventures into the sultry, scintillating tango atmosphere of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Tune into hidden nuances in the wondrous counterpoint of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and let the richness of the Orpheus strings carry you on a timeless reverie through Villa-Lobos’ Aria from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5.

Violinist and Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Stella Chen ventures into the sultry, scintillating tango atmosphere of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Tune into hidden nuances in the wondrous counterpoint of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and let the richness of the Orpheus strings carry you on a timeless reverie through Villa-Lobos’ Aria from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5.