Chameleon Arts Ensemble – How it ends?: Fauré, Ravel, Schwendinger, Bennett, Messiaen

Fauré’s second piano quintet is a graceful summation of his life’s work, with equal parts youthful enchantment and autumnal wisdom. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett reanimates Debussy’s nymph, and Ravel’s early violin sonata hangs in the air like perfume hinting at his ravishing colors to come. Laura Schwendinger muses on themes of birth, death, and transfiguration in a brand-new work for our technicolor visions of the never-ending cycle of life. PROGRAM: Maurice Ravel, Sonata No. 1 for violin &amp; piano “Posthume” Richard Rodney Bennett, After Syrinx I for oboe &amp; piano Laura Schwendinger, World Premiere for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano &amp; percussion Olivier Messiaen, Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes Gabriel Fauré, Piano Quintet No. 2 in c minor, Op. 115 For more information or to order tickets, please call 617-427-8200 or visit http://www.chameleonarts.org.

First Church in Boston

Chameleon Arts Ensemble – Origin Stories: Beethoven, Bernstein, Ung, Enescu

Every superhero has an origin story, a beginning that illustrates their character and sets them on the path ahead. Bernstein’s first published work offers glimpses of the giant he would become. Chinary Ung unleashes his creativity, drawing on traditional Cambodian music to push his art form forward. Beethoven takes his first steps to break free from Classical constraints, and Enescu displays feats of strength with an epic, wildly ambitious work of voluptuous romanticism, Romanian flavor, and near-impossible virtuosity. PROGRAM Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Major, WoO 36 Leonard Bernstein, Sonata for clarinet &amp; piano Chinary Ung, Child Song for flute, violin, cello &amp; piano George Enescu, Octet in C Major, Op. 7 (1900) Tickets are $52, $41 or $30 with $5 off for students and seniors. For more information or to order tickets, please call 617-427-8200 or visit http://www.chameleonarts.org.

Chameleon Arts Ensemble – Exercises en Route: Schubert, Bloch, Kim, Schoenberg

Interior passion meets exterior beauty in a program of poetic resonance, legacy, and memory. Earl Kim examines the passage of time and the nature of our existence through the arresting poetry of Samuel Beckett, and Kim’s teachers, Bloch and Schoenberg, share miniature twilight journeys of color and character. Composed in the final weeks of his life, Schubert’s Cello Quintet closes the circle on our exercises in living, remembering, and feeling. PROGRAM Ernest Bloch, Three Nocturnes for violin, cello &amp; piano (1924) Arnold Schoenberg, Ein Stelldichein (A Rendezvous) for oboe, clarinet, violin, cello &amp; piano Earl Kim, Exercises en Route for soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello &amp; percussion Franz Schubert, String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956 Tickets: Tickets are $52, $41 or $30 with $5 off for students and seniors. For more information or to order tickets, please call 617-427-8200 or visit http://www.chameleonarts.org.

Interior passion meets exterior beauty in a program of poetic resonance, legacy, and memory. Earl Kim examines the passage of time and the nature of our existence through the arresting poetry of Samuel Beckett, and Kim’s teachers, Bloch and Schoenberg, share miniature twilight journeys of color and character. Composed in the final weeks of his life, Schubert’s Cello Quintet closes the circle on our exercises in living, remembering, and feeling. PROGRAM Ernest Bloch, Three Nocturnes for violin, cello &amp; piano (1924) Arnold Schoenberg, Ein Stelldichein (A Rendezvous) for oboe, clarinet, violin, cello &amp; piano Earl Kim, Exercises en Route for soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello &amp; percussion Franz Schubert, String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956 Tickets are $52, $41 or $30 with $5 off for students and seniors. For more information or to order tickets, please call 617-427-8200 or visit http://www.chameleonarts.org.

Chameleon Arts Ensemble – Tunes, Tales & Tricksters

Chameleon Arts Ensemble – free family concert &amp; instrument “petting zoo” &nbsp; Can music tell a tale? A crafty trickster comes to life, a clarinet woos an uninterested maiden, drums share memories from the Australian outback, and a violin sings a lullaby. Join us for a colorful morning of classical music – especially for kids – that transports us into the narrative, bringing the world of our imaginations to life with works by Strauss, Piazzolla, Florence Price, Mark O’Connor, and more. Afterward, kids can drum with the Chameleons and try violin, viola, cello, and double bass. Tickets admission info: &nbsp; The event is free, appropriate for all ages, and no tickets are necessary. For more information: 617-427-8200 or <a href="https://chameleonarts.org/" target="_blank">https://chameleonarts.org/</a> &nbsp; Directions The Hyde Park Branch Library is located at 35 Harvard Avenue at the corner of Winthrop Street and Harvard Avenue one block east of Hyde Park Avenue. There is free parking. The Library is a wheelchair accessible venue.

Hyde Park Branch Library

Chameleon Arts Ensemble – Water, water, every where: Ropart, Eisler, Bruce, Schubert

There are few works as spirited and carefree as Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet, with its beguiling brook, darting fish, and sparkling waters. Guy Ropartz also brings a charming, colorful touch to his 1928 Prélude, marine et chansons for flute, strings, and harp. David Bruce muses on water’s life-affirming power with The Consolation of Rain and Hanns Eisler captures the moods and textures of a storm in his cinematic Fourteen Ways to Describe the Rain. Rippling, rumbling, streaming, showering… Chameleon Arts Ensemble closes its 26th season with a splish, a splash, and a buoyant encounter with nature. Tickets are $52, $41 or $30 with $5 off for students and seniors. For more information or to order tickets, please call 617-427-8200 or visit http://www.chameleonarts.org.

Chameleon Arts Ensemble – Shadows, Canons, Veils: Beethoven, Clarke, Arcuri, Adès, Shostakovich

Chameleon Arts Ensemble presents an electrifying chamber music program at intersection of past and present. Beethoven breaks free from his Classical roots with his Quintet for piano and winds, while Serge Arcuri animates fantastical scenes from Medieval manuscripts in Les Furieuses enluminures. Rebecca Clarke plays hide and seek with quixotic clouds in her Midsummer Moon for violin and piano, and Thomas Adès unveils Couperin’s Les baricades mistérieuses for the 21st century with a shimmering, kaleidoscopic trompe l’oeil. Shostakovich, too, looks to the past, bringing Baroque grandeur to his striking Piano Quintet, as shadows of history give way to the future. Tickets are $52, $41 or $30 with $5 off for students and seniors. For more information or to order tickets, please call 617-427-8200 or visit http://www.chameleonarts.org.

Chameleon Arts Ensemble – Pioneers and Pathmakers: Beethoven, Saariaho, Bartók

Gutsy, gripping, wild, and glorious…join Chameleons Elizabeth Fayette and Mika Sasaki for a Up Close recital featuring three composers who left an indelible mark on our musical consciousness. Bartók’s first violin sonata is one of his most personal and original creations, filled with innovations inspired by the rustic folk music he collected in Eastern Europe. Kaija Saariaho forged a singular path as well, wrestling an ultra-modern language into some of the most vivid, dream-like music of the 21st century. Beethoven’s 10th – and final – Sonata for violin and piano is a perfect marriage of elation and intimacy, showing us a kinder, gentler side and ushering in the new age of Romanticism Tickets are $52 with $5 off for students and seniors. For more information or to order tickets, please call 617-427-8200 or visit <a href="http://www.chameleonarts.org">http://www.chameleonarts.org</a>.

Goethe-Institut, Boston

Chameleon Arts Ensemble – Big Sky: Clara Schumann, Joan Tower, Schubert

At its best, chamber music is a conversation between friends, and nowhere is that more apparent than within the piano trio genre. Chameleons Eunae Koh, Sarah Rommel, and Jessica Xylina Osborne share an Up Close recital of grand canvases painted with intimate expression. Clara Schumann’s g minor Piano Trio embodies the drama of the Romantic era with transparency and grace. Joan Tower’s Big Sky contemplates the expansive beauty of the Andes, and Schubert, at the end of his life, stretches to the horizon with a monument of the repertoire, the Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929 Tickets are $52 with $5 off for students and seniors. For more information or to order tickets, please call 617-427-8200 or visit http://www.chameleonarts.org.

Chameleon Arts Ensemble – Seeking Syllables: Mendelssohn, Currier, Brahms

Chameleon Arts Ensemble resumes its 2023-2024 chamber music season with a tour de force of expressive possibility. A notorious perfectionist and restless spirit, Brahms was his own harshest critic, writing and rewriting his scores with the precision of a poet. His Piano Quintet underwent three major transformations on the way to becoming the sublime essay we know today. Mendelssohn’s Song without Words for cello and piano bridges the gap between art song and instrumental splendor, and Sebastian Currier’s Vocalissimus is a masterpiece of imagination, as he interprets – and reinterprets – a single poem through a prism of 18 different characters. Tickets are $52, $41 or $30 with $5 off for students and seniors. For more information or to order tickets, please call 617-427-8200 or visit http://www.chameleonarts.org.

S22: conversations

Wondering what to do in Boston? Places to eat? Free activities? Good for a group? Date night spot? Girls night out? The best things to do? Ask Joyraft!

Best places to go in Boston? Things to do? Places to eat?

Questions & answers about things to do in Boston

Recs 💬

Community recs 💬

S4: top picks

The most fun, cool and unique things to do in Boston. Can’t miss events, shows and experiences. Concerts, restaurants, bars, free things in Boston and beyond.

The most fun and cool events happening around Boston

Hot and new things to do in Boston

Hot & new

Hot & new 🔥

S11: happening this weekend

What to do in Boston this weekend? From festivals, concerts, performances, free events, screenings and more, Joyraft has the best things to do in Boston.

25+ things to do in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville this weekend

Things to do in Boston this weekend

This wknd

This weekend for you

S21: roundups

Our top picks: outdoor dining, free events, spring festivals, best bars, upcoming concerts, museum parties - the latest in and around Boston.  Slug: joyraft-top-picks-best-things-to-do-boston-ma

Top picks of the best things to do in and around Boston

Joyraft picks: Boston’s best things to do

Roundups ⭐️

Curated by Joyraft ⭐️

S28: calendar experiences

This week in Boston

This week in Boston 📆

This week 📆

S20: c+d experiences

Discover new, unique events and experiences happening in and around Boston. Perfect for date night, good for a group or with a friend. Be the first to know.

The newest events happening in and around Boston

The newest events on Joyraft

Just added

Just added to Joyraft

S16: editor picks

The most unique and can’t miss things coming up in Boston / Cambridge / Somerville and beyond. Festivals, food, drinks, fairs, concerts, art and free activities.

Unique and Can’t Miss Things to Do in Boston

Can’t-miss things to do in Boston 🚨

Can't-miss things to do 🚨

S2 (A): top experiences

The most popular things to do on Joyraft. Concerts, restaurants, bars, events, parties, openings, kid friendly, date ideas, free things in Boston and beyond.

Top 20 things to do in Boston

Top 20: Joyraft’s most popular

Top 20

Top 20 on Joyraft

S3 (A): trending experiences

Discover can’t miss events and things to do in Boston. The most fun, unique and cool events coming to the Boston area this spring and summer.

The hottest events happening in Boston

Trending events on Joyraft

Trending 📈

S17: interest based

Your guide to everything free in and around Boston. From events, to fairs, to festivals, to outdoors. Joyraft has all the free events happening near you.

100+ free things to do in Boston and beyond

Free things to do in Boston

Free things to do

S19: interest based

Discover kid-friendly fun in Boston, Massachusetts, and surrounding areas! Enjoy hands-on exhibits at the Boston Children’s Museum, explore the New England Aquarium, and visit the Franklin Park Zoo. Find parks, playgrounds, and seasonal events perfect for families across Massachusetts.

Top 20 kid-friendly things to do in Boston, MA

Kid-friendly things to do in Boston

Kid-friendly events

S18: interest based

Where to eat and drink in Boston? Joyraft has Boston’s newest bars, restaurants and specials. Drinks and pre fixe dinner menus. Cambridge & Somerville too.