Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival presents “Tours de Force”

A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall East 10th Street and College Walk, Greenville, NC, United States

Exceptional achievement, stroke of genius, “it” factor – define it how you will, this concert features two breathtaking works that exemplify the tour de force. Ernest Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet is chamber music at its most soaring and virtuosic, with a bravura piano part and astounding expressivity in the violin from start to finish. The A Major Sonata for Violin and Piano of Chausson’s teacher and close friend, César Franck, is equally astounding. This intensely dramatic and majestic work requires virtuoso fireworks from both violinist and pianist; Ara Gregorian and Adam Neiman are sure to wow audiences in these roles. These two formidable artists are joined by the equally captivating Terra String Quartet in the Chausson. Admission: $40 adult; $10 student/youth; Limited number of $10 Community Rush Tickets available the Monday before the concert.

Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival presents “Two Beginnings”

A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall East 10th Street and College Walk, Greenville, NC, United States

Our 25th  Anniversary Signature Series season concludes with beginnings. Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor and Johannes Brahms’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor are both works that not only marked their composers’ first forays into the world of the piano quartet, but also date from early in their compositional careers. Fauré’s extraordinary quartet is vast, with a soundworld encompassing everything from melancholy to virtuosic exuberance. Brahms’s quartet, particularly its famous final movement, is dazzling from start to finish. Pianist Gilles Vonsattel, violinists/violists Ara Gregorian and Daniel Phillips, and cellist Colin Carr join forces as these Two Beginnings bring our Signature Series season to its thrilling conclusion. Admission: $40 adult; $10 student/youth; Limited number of $10 Community Rush Tickets available the Monday before the concert.