11/10/14

Pro Musica of Detroit presents The Boston Trio at The Max M. Fisher Music Center - 11/14/14

Pro Musica of Detroit presents The Boston Trio

 

Detroit Concert Premiere for Virtuoso Ensemble is November 14 at The Max M. Fisher Music Center

 

Pro Musica of Detroit presents the Boston Trio in a concert program of chamber music on Friday, Nov. 14 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center. The performance by violinist Irina Muresanu, cellist Astrid Schween, and pianist Heng-Jin Park represents the Detroit premiere of the virtuoso artists. Members of the Boston Trio also will conduct a Master Class for students at Western International High School of Detroit during their visit to Michigan.

 

The Boston Trio performance is the second concert in the 88th Pro Musica of Detroit concert season. The extraordinary program includes chamber works by John Musto, Gabriel Fauré and Anton Arensky.

 

The program begins at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14 in the Music Box at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit.

 

Acclaimed for their superb sense of ensemble and wondrous balance, these virtuosic and profound musicians are committed to creating exceptional and daring performances of standard and contemporary repertoire around the country and abroad. The Boston Trio is the Ensemble-in-Residence at the Killington Music Festival in Killington, Vermont and at the New England Conservatory's Preparatory School. Their Pro Musica performance represents the ensemble's Detroit concert premiere. 

 

Individual tickets are $45 for cabaret seating and $25 for theatre seating. Tickets are $10 for students and are theatre seating. Tickets are available by calling the Max M. Fisher Box Office, telephone (313) 576-5111. Student tickets can be reserved by calling (313) 882-7775. All tickets include an Afterglow reception with the artists in the Orchestra Hall Atrium at The Max M. Fisher Music Center.

 

Members of Boston Trio will assist Pro Musica and its Education-Outreach work during their visit to Detroit. The artists will help build awareness of the benefits of classical music when they conduct a Master Class program at Western International High School in Detroit on Friday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

 

The members of Boston Trio are noted educators, serving on the faculties of the New England Conservatory, the Boston Conservatory, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ticketholders are welcome to observe the Master Class. Western International High School is located at 1500 Scotten Street, Detroit MI, 48209-2139.

 

 

November 14, 2014 Program

 

Pro Musica of Detroit presents Boston Trio

 

Piano Trio in D Minor, Opus 120……………………………………………… Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Allegro, ma non troppo                                                                                           

Andantino

Allegro vivo

 

Piano Trio (1998)………………………………………………………….…… John Musto (Born 1954)

Moderato                                                                                                               

Slowly/Allegro molto

 

Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Opus 32………………………………...………. Anton Arensky (1861-1906)

Allegro Moderato                                                                                       

Scherzo – Allegro molto

Elegia–Adagio

Finale–Allegro non troppo

 

About Pro Music of Detroit

 

Since 1928, ProMusica of Detroit has introduced many of the world's most eminent names in music, including composers Béla Bartók, Maurice Ravel, and Aaron Copland and performers Joshua Bell, Jessye Norman and the Guarneri String Quartet to the Detroit community. In the 2013-2014 concert season, Pro Musica of Detroit presented Cuarteto Latinoamericano, cellist Amit Peled, and pianist Gilles Vonsattel.

                                                                                                                      

Pro Musica seeks to build bridges of fine music to bring together hearts and minds of music lovers, music students and artists across time and space, so all can gain new friends, new insights, and a deeper appreciation of the wonder that is the art of music and the artists who make it possible.

 

Now in its 88th season, the mission of Pro Musica of Detroit is to present artists and works at the forefront of classical music.

For more information, please visit www.promusicadetroit.com