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Save $10 off tickets $26+ with code FRIDAY Welcome to our next chamber season, where the enduring power of music lifts our spirits, teases our intellects, and elevates us to a better place on a quiet afternoon in New England. You, our intrepid audience, are half of that voyage. With immense gratitude and excitement, we look forward to continuing our journey together into this most rewarding, elusive, and precious dimension of human endeavor. Sincerely, Janice Saturdays, 3 PM St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church 124 Front Street Marion, MA Sundays, 3 PM St. Peter’s Episcopal Church 351 Elm Street South Dartmouth, MA Individual Concert Tickets $35 Save 20% by subscribing to all 5 concerts for just $140! Tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be available at the door. September 26 & 27, 3PM - POSTPONED ‍An all-American 250th celebration John Corigliano: STOMP (2011) ‍Peter Schickele: Quartet No. 1 "American Dreams" (1983) ‍Missy Mazzoli: Lies You Can Believe In (2006) ‍Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67 (1907) Emma Powell, violin EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin Anna Griffis, viola Leo Eguchi, cello Janice Weber, piano Four iconic composers open our season with festive works showcasing the diversity and depth of American music. The NBSO’s brilliant new concertmaster Emma Powell kicks off (literally!) the festivities with John Corigliano’s sassy STOMP for solo violin. Remember PDQ Bach? None other than Peter Schickele, whose quartet “American Dreams” invokes melodies that brought the nation together. Missy Mazzoli’s electric Lies You Can Believe In depicts the frenetic energy of a burgeoning metropolis while the super romantic piano quintet of Boston’s staid grande dame Amy Beach transports the listener to a realm of emotion remarkable – and still bold - in its sensual intensity. October 31 & November 1, 3 PM ‍Summoning dearly departed spirits Charles Ives: Hallowe'en (1906) ‍Dimitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 (1946) ‍Johanna Senfter: Piano Quartet in E minor, Op. 11 (1911) EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin Bryce Martin, violin Christopher Nunn, viola Leo Eguchi, cello Janice Weber, piano Charles Ives’s playfully frightful Hallowe’en sets the stage for a program of startling surprise. Composed in the aftermath of the second World War, Shostakovich’s wildly original third string quartet opens on a cheeky note. Ensuing movements describe a ghostly waltz before fierce “gunshots” introduce a musical battle; we hear an eloquent elegy for the war’s lost souls before a spooky cello solo recalls previous themes in a haunting finale. And who was Johanna Senfter, a cipher in the annals of musicology? Max Reger, the esteemed German pedagogue, considered her his finest pupil. Despite her prodigious output, Senfter’s self-imposed hermitry kept her name and works hidden from the world. Her spellbinding piano quartet reveals an imagination and intellect equal to those of her celebrated contemporaries. May she rise again! January 9 & 10, 3 PM ‍An all-Beethoven program commemorating the 200th anniversary of his death Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12 No. 2 (1798) ‍Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102 No. 1 (1815) ‍Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 (1826) Emma Powell, violin EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin Anna Griffis, viola Leo Eguchi, cello Janice Weber, piano This program spotlights three gems from the immense and precious treasury Beethoven left to posterity. An early, sparkling violin and piano sonata, dedicated to Antonio Salieri, twines lyricism and humor in delightful dialogue. A late cello and piano sonata breaks new ground in structure and virtuosity while maintaining a preternatural simplicity. Beethoven’s visionary Op. 130 quartet, a work that has mesmerized players, composers, poets, and listeners for two hundred years, closes the program on a note of transcendent awe and appreciation for this genius unique in history. April 10 & 11, 3 PM ‍Inhale the delights of a woodwind quintet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano & Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452 (1784) ‍George Gershwin: Selections from Porgy & Bess (arr. Bill Holcombe) (1935/1990) ‍Francis Poulenc: Sextet (1932) Vanessa Holroyd, flute Laura Shamu, oboe Nicholas Brown, clarinet Michael Bellofatto, horn Rachel Juszczak, bassoon Janice Weber, piano Five members of the NBSO woodwind section present a scintillating program ranging from Mozart’s urbane Quintet for Piano and Winds to a ravishing reimagining of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Quintet and piano join forces for Poulenc’s jazzy Sextet, a jewel of Parisian wit, elegance, virtuosity, and – inevitably - melancholy. The perfect prelude to long-awaited spring! May 1 & 2, 3 PM ‍Towering works of joy and despair Caroline Shaw: Limestone & Felt (2012) ‍Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op.80 (1847) ‍Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op.81 (