Southborough Sounds
Welcome to your new source for great live music in Metro-West Boston!
Southborough Sounds is a six-concert series in the near-perfect acoustical environment of the Class of '45 Hall, Putnam Family Arts Center, St. Mark's School in Southborough, MA.
This year we welcome the Hermitage Piano Trio, Symphony Pro Musica and pianist Ilya Kazantsev.
There are also a few free concerts, some by St. Mark's students, to which the public is also invited.
Concert 5: Rule Britannia!
Sunday, May 5, 2019, 3:30 p.m.
Symphony Pro Musica, Mark Churchill, Conductor
Inmo Yang, violin
Program:
William Walton–Crown Imperial
Thea Musgrave–Turbulent Landscapes
Sir Edward Elgar–Violin Concerto
Enter in regal style with Walton’s iconic British Crown Imperial march, written for the coronation of King George VI. Then join SPM in honoring Scottish-American composer Thea Musgrave on the occasion of her 90th birthday with Turbulent Landscapes, inspired by the paintings of English pre-impressionist JMW Turner and commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. And, finally, prepare to be wowed by 23-year-old violinist Inmo Yang, 1st prize winner of the Paganini international violin competition and frequent soloist with orchestras throughout the world, in a performance of Elgar’s virtuostic and intensely lyrical Violin Concerto.
Concert 6: The Hermitage Piano Trio
Sunday, May 19, 2019, 3:30 p.m.
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven–Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Mikhail Glinka–D Minor Trio “Pathetique”
Franz Schubert–Trio No. 1 in B Flat Major, D. 898
Free Concerts
A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols–Sunday
December 9, 2018, 4:00 p.m.
St. Mark’s School Choir, in Belmont Chapel (located at the main entrance to the school)
Wick Choral Festival
Friday, February 1, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 2, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
College Groups Friday: Harvard University Opportunes Saturday: Boston University Dear Abbeys
Cutler Jazz Festival
Sunday, April 7, 2019, 6:30 p.m.
The Brian Thomas/Alex Lee–Clark Big Band