Violinist Colin Jacobsen plays in this weekend’s Musical Masterworks’ concerts.
Photo by Sarah Small.

Musical Masterworks will continue its series of chamber music at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme with concerts on Saturday, December 6 at 5 pm and Sunday, December 7 at 3 pm.  Featured performers will include violinist Colin Jacobsen and violist Nicholas Cords.

Edward Arron will host this weekend’s musical masterworks program

Musical Masterworks Artistic Director Edward Arron will perform on cello and serve as host for the concerts.

The program will include an arrangement for string trio of J.S. Bach’s famousGoldberg Variations, originally written for keyboard; and 17th century composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s Passacaglia for solo violin.

Violinist Colin Jacobsen has won numerous awards including a recent Avery Fisher Career Grant.  He tours often with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and is equally acclaimed as a composer.  He and violist Nicholas Cords founded the ground breaking string quartet, Brooklyn Rider, an ensemble that is credited with recreating the 300 year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st century ensemble.   They will be joined by Edward Arron, an artist known as one of the finest cellists performing today.

Tickets are $35 with $5 student tickets available.  Visit www.musicalmasterworks.org or call 860-434-2252

The First Congregational Church is located at 2 Ferry Rd. in Old Lyme, CT 06371.