The featured artist in this weekend’s concerts is Gilles Vonsattel.
Musical Masterworks will continue its series of chamber music at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme with concerts on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 5 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 15, at 3 p.m. Featured artists will include pianist Gilles Vonsattel, clarinetist Todd Palmer and violinist Bella Hristova. Musical Masterworks Artistic Director Edward Arron will perform on cello and serve as host for the concerts.
The program will feature Beethoven’s Trio in c minor for Piano, Violin and Cello; two works by Claude Debussy, and the Suite from L’histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) by Igor Stravinsky. The finale of the program will be an performance of the Grand Trio Concertant for Piano, Clarinet and Cello by C.M. von Weber, arranged by Todd Palmer.
Featured pianist Gilles Vonsattel has won numerous prestigious awards including the 2002 Naumburg International Piano Competition and an Avery Fisher Career award.
He is an artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Clarinetist Todd Palmer has performed as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician with ensembles including the Houston, Atlanta, St. Paul, Cincinnati and Montreal Symphonies and has shared the stage with performers including sopranos Renee Fleming, Dawn Upshaw and Kathleen Battle; and with the St. Lawrence, Brentano, Borromeo and Lark String Quartets. He has held principal clarinet positions in the Minnesota Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and other renowned ensembles.
Bella Hristova
Photo by LisaMarie Mazzucco
Violinist Bella Hristova won a 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant and first place in the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. They will be joined by Musical Masterworks Artistic Director and cellist Edward Arron, who is known as one of the world’s finest cellists performing today.
Tickets to the concerts on Feb. 14 and 15 are $35 with $5 student tickets available. For tickets and information, please call 860-434-2252 or visit www.musicalmasterworks.org.
The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme is located at 2 Ferry Road in Old Lyme, CT 06371.