Check out the Danbury Concert Association’s 2023-2024 season! |
Cecile Licad, piano Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 3 p.m.
A pianist extraordinaire, back by popular demand! Her keyboard artistry, breathtaking range, and passionate depth dazzled our audience in 2019. Her 2023 program, which will feature works by Scarlatti, Robert Schumann, and Chopin, is sure to do the same.
“…the pianist’s pianist”
—The New Yorker
The Great Necks guitar trio with Jacob Reuven, mandolin
DCA debut
Sunday, October 15, 2023, at 3 p.m.
The trio enchants audiences everywhere with its daring performances and wide-ranging repertoire, from classical to contemporary. “Effortlessly brilliant” mandolin virtuoso Jacob Reuven will join the Great Necks in the world’s premiere of Beethoven’s violin concerto, arranged for mandolin and guitar trio.
“A+. Guaranteed you’ll hear things you’ve never heard before.”
—Classical Music Sentinel
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The Essex Octet Sunday, March 10, 2024, at 3 p.m.
Renowned clarinetist David Shifrin returns to our series with seven other acclaimed virtuosos. The highlight of their program will be the monumental Shubert Octet, “a rarely heard masterpiece.”
The Essex Octet: Ani & Ida Kavafian, violins; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Timothy Cobb, bass; David Shifrin, clarinet; Frank Morelli, bassoon; William Purvis, horn.
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Neave Trio: violin, cello, piano Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 3 p.m.
Young masters of both the classic and the modern, the Neave players have earned critical praise (and a Grammy nomination) for their beautiful tone, precise synchronization, and remarkable balance.
“Neave (Gaelic for ’bright’ and ’radiant’) certainly applies to the trio’s musicmaking.”
—WQXR