BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Music Center Chamber Series welcomes Con Moto Friday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m.
The program will include Mozart's Adagio and Fugue in C minor, KV546; Haydn's Op. 33 No. 5 in G major; Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's "Romanze"; and Dvořák's "American Quartet," Op. 96 in F major.
The Con Moto ensemble, last heard in the BMC 2016 concert season, brings together four extraordinary musicians, all of whom have local musical connections. Joining cellist and Con Moto founding member Judith Serkin will be Claire Bourg and Clara Neubauer, violins; and Zoë Martin-Doike, viola.
Praised for being in "total command of music and instrument with an excellent sense of style and character," promoters say, violinist Bourg "is quickly captivating audiences with her sincere artistry, virtuosity, and passion." She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in many of the world's leading venues and was a resident at the Marlboro Music Festival in 2023.
Audience members may recognize violinist Neubauer as a Marlboro Music Festival performer this past summer. Praised for her "seductive artistry" and "rare grace" (Classical Voice North America), Neubauer has appeared at other major music festivals including the Ravinia Festival, Taos School of Music, and Music@Menlo.
Violinist/violist Martin-Doike is a versatile artist who engages in a variety of musical activities. She has won accolades for her performances on both violin and viola, and has appeared on the Marlboro Music Festival stage a number of times, most recently in 2021.
A founding member of the Brattleboro Music School, Serkin has toured extensively across the United States, Japan, France, and Canada., She is a graduate of Curtis Institute and has been a frequent performer at the Marlboro Music Festival, including this summer. She was a founding member of the Guilford Quartet and the Hebrew Arts Quartet (later known as the Mendelssohn Quartet). She currently teaches at the Brattleboro Music School (BMC).
General admission is $30; tickets are available at bmcvt.org, 802-257-4523, and [email protected].
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