Sunday Serenades – Sculpture and the Symphony: From Prometheus to Piazzolla

Monday, April 12, 2021 - Thursday, June 10, 2021

Tune in for an exciting virtual Sunday Serenades presentation from two vibrant Hartford institutions! The Hartford Symphony Orchestra and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art have teamed up to set the Wadsworth exhibition Ancient Made Modern: Paul Manship to a thrilling program of chamber music curated by HSO Concertmaster, Leonid Sigal. Watch HSO musicians perform music by Astor Piazzolla, Samuel Barber, Richard Strauss, and Ludwig van Beethoven surrounded by the shimmering sculpture of Paul Manship.

Buy Tickets

This concert will be available for viewing from April 12-June 10, 2021.  $10/$15 HSO Subscriber/Non-Subscriber tickets. HSO subscribers, please use the promo code you were provided in order to access subscriber pricing. Please email tickets@hartfordsymphony.org if you need the promo code.

To visit the exhibition Ancient Made Modern, check thewadsworth.org for current museum hours and covid precautions.

Featuring

Leonid Sigal, violin
Lisa Rautenberg, violin
Michael Wheeler, viola
Jia Cao, cello
Edward R. Rozie, Jr., bass
Curt Blood, clarinet
Pinghua Felix Ren, bassoon
Barbara Hill, horn

Program

Astor Piazzolla – Milonga sin Palabras
Samuel Barber – Serenade, Op. 1
Richard Strauss (arr. Franz Hasenöhrl) – Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders!
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Leonid Sigal) – Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme, Op. 35bis, “Eroica Variations”

Presenting sponsors are The Saunders Foundation Music Endowment at the Wadsworth Atheneum; Nancy D. Grover, in honor of Leonid Sigal, Concertmaster, Hartford Symphony Orchestra; and Shelbourne. Producing partners are Miceli Productions; Audio Engineering by Justin Kurtz at Laurel Hill Recording; and the Wadsworth Atheneum.