On Thursday, October 12, 2023, starting at 10 a.m.,&nbsp;the Musical Club of Hartford presents a program of live classical&nbsp;music in the spacious sanctuary of Westminster Presbyterian Church,&nbsp;2080 Boulevard, West Hartford. Free to club members and students,&nbsp;the concert is open to the public ($5 admission) and will include the&nbsp;following performances by Musical Club members:<ul> <li>Sonata in G&nbsp;minor, Op. 3, No. 4 by Luigi Merci for bassoon (Fred Fenn) and piano (Stacy Cahoon)</li><li>La vallée&nbsp;des cloches (“The Valley of Bells”) by Maurice Ravel and&nbsp;</li><li>L’isle joyeuse (“The Joyful Island”)&nbsp;by Claude Debussy, for solo piano (Soohyung Yoo)</li><li>Trio 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 by Felix Mendelssohn for violin&nbsp;(Lisa Kugelman), cello (Fran Bard) and piano (Stacy&nbsp;Cahoon)</li></ul>Masks are optional. Ample free off-street parking and&nbsp;wheelchair access are available.​ ​<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">​<a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/2023-10-12_program.pdf" alt="Program details" class="on">Program details</a> ​

Fran Bard, Stacy Cahoon, Fred Fenn, Soohyung Yoo

10/12/2023: Music by Members

For this concert, we welcome back three-time Musical Club of Hartford Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship recipient <a target="_blank" href="https://www.henrykramerpiano.com/" alt="Henry Kramer">Henry Kramer</a> for his first full-length concert for the Club. While receiving a scholarship award each year between 2015-2017 and performing in the Club’s annual EBS Scholars Awards concert, and while studying for his doctorate under the guidance of Boris Berman at the Yale School of Music, in 2016, Henry garnered international recognition with a Second Prize win&nbsp;in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and more recently he&nbsp;was awarded a coveted 2019 Avery Fisher Career Grant by Lincoln&nbsp;Center. Henry has soloed with orchestras internationally and maintains&nbsp;an active schedule as a chamber music collaborator. His recordings&nbsp;have received critical acclaim in BBC Music Magazine and&nbsp;Gramophone. In 2022, he joined the music faculty of Université de&nbsp;Montréal. &nbsp; His program will include the following works:&nbsp; • Schubert: Sonata in A major,&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">D. 664&nbsp; • Mendelssohn (both Fanny and Felix):&nbsp;Songs Without&nbsp;Words • Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin

10/19/2023: Henry Kramer, piano

The Musical Club of Hartford's 133rd season began on&nbsp;​<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">September 28, 2023, with events scheduled through May 23, 2024. All are welcome.View the <a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/2023-24_season_schedule.pdf" alt="Tentative Schedule for 2023-2024">Schedule for 2023-2024</a>. or check the <a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/calendar/927" alt="Calendar">Calendar</a> for upcoming event details.View the current&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/2023-24_member_brochure.pdf" alt="Membership Brochure">Membership Brochure</a>. If you are a current member and wish to renew your membership for the 2023-24 season, please download and complete the&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/2023_dues_notice_1st_fillable.pdf" alt="Existing Member Renewal" target="_blank">Existing Member Renewal</a>&nbsp;form.If you would like to join the Musical Club of Hartford,&nbsp;​<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">please download and complete the&nbsp;<a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/2023-24_membership_application_fillable.pdf" alt="New Member Application" target="_blank" class="on">New Member Application</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">&nbsp;form<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">. ​

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