Jeffrey Blair hosts free “Concert Conversations” at 7:10 in the concert hall for Masterworks Series performances only. These can be entertaining and enlightening, offering information about the composers and works for the evening. He will often have guest soloists, conductors or composers of a featured work for that concert.

Schedule

“Dancing Around the World”
September 13 & 14, 2024
Music of Roberto Sierra, Tchaikovsky, and Ravel
7:10 pm

“The Notorious L.V.B.”
October 18 & 19, 2024
All five of Beethoven’s piano concerti
7:10 pm

“Harmony in the Highlands”
November 15 & 16, 2024
Music of Peter Maxwell Davies, Prokofiev, and Mendelssohn
7:10 pm

“New World”
January 10 & 11, 2025
Music of Revueltas, Barber, and Dvorák
7:10 pm

“American Splendor”
February 21 & 22, 2025
Music of Duke Ellington, Sam Lipman, Leonard Bernstein, and George Gershwin
7:10 pm’

“Carmina Burana”
March 21 & 22, 2025
Music of Kevin Putts and Carl Orff
7:10 pm

“Germanic Gems”
April 11 & 12, 2025
Music of Johann Strauss, Jr., W.A. Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Johannes Brahms
7:10 pm

“Summertime”
May 16 & 17, 2025
Music of Carlos Simon and George Gershwin
7:10 pm