Clarion Concerts, an essential part of the cultural life of the Hudson Valley and the Berkshires, celebrates its 66th year of providing a diverse array of musical experiences to its loyal and ever-widening audience on Saturday, 01 April 2023 at 7pm. In partnership with the The Stissing Center in Pine Plains, Clarion will present the Brentano Quartet (“Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding” -London Independent) in a program of string quartets ranging from the 18th to the 21st century. "We couldn't be more pleased to be inaugurating our 66th year with these extraordinary artists", says Clarion Concerts board president Dave Hall. Notes Artistic Director Emerita Eugenia Zukerman, "We chose them because they share our enthusiasm for combining the greatest music from the standard repertoire with the most exciting and well-crafted works of today and tomorrow. The program they are bringing does exactly that":

Franz Josef Haydn
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No.3 (the “Bird”) (1781)

James MacMillan
“Memento” for String Quartet (1994)
“Sonny” for String Quartet (2011)

— Intermission —

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 (1827)

WHAT: Clarion Concerts at The Stissing Center

WHO: Brentano Quartet

WHEN: Saturday 01 April 2023 at 7pm

WHERE: The Stissing Center / 2950 Church St. / Pine Plains NY 12567

TICKETS: $35 / Students pre-K to grads: Free / 518-771-3339

Photo by Christian Steiner