Jeffrey Blair hosts free “Concert Conversations” 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

“Brahms & the Nordic Masterpiece”
September 11 & 13, 2026
Music of Theofanidis, Brahms, and Sibelius
Concert Conversations at 7:10 (09/11/2026) and 1:10 (09/13/2026)

“To Have and to Hold”
October 23 & 25, 2026
Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti accompanied by Strauss, Mendelssohn, and others.
Concert Conversations at 7:10 (10/23/2026) and 1:10 (10/25/2026)

“Pictures at an Exhibition”
January 15 & 17, 2027
Music of Brahms, Liszt, and Mussorgsky
Concert Conversations at 7:10 (01/15/2027) and 1:10 (01/17/2027)

“Joshua Bell Plays Beethoven”
February 19 & 20, 2027
Music of Verdi, Lutoslawski, and Beethoven
Concert Conversations at 7:10 (02/19-20/2027)

“Daphnis & Gloria”
March 5 & 6, 2027
Music of Mazzoli, Poulnec, and Ravel
Concert Conversations at 7:10 (03/5-6/2027)

“Mahler’s 9th”
April 9 & 10, 2027
Music of Mahler
Concert Conversations at 7:10 (04/9-10/2027)

“Ode to Joy”
May 14 & 15, 2027
Music of Mozart and Beethoven
Concert Conversations at 7:10 (05/14-15/2027)

“With Love and Gratitude”
June 11 & 12, 2027
Music of Puts, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff
Concert Conversations at 7:10 (06/11-12/2027)