Free Family Concerts: Big Ideas!
When & Where
- Saturday, June 3, 2023, 11 AM
Hyde Park Branch Library, 35 Harvard Avenue
Ticket Sales Closed
Tickets for this concert are no longer on sale.
Program
- J.S. Bach, Prelude from Suite No. 1 in G Major
- Frank Bridge, Cherry Ripe for string quintet
- Marta Ptaszynska, selection from Spiderwalk for solo percussion
- Michael Haydn, Presto from Divertimento in C Major for violin, cello, and bass
- Connor Chee, Coyotes for violin and vibraphone
- Astor Piazzolla, Milonga del Ángel for string quintet & vibraphone (arr. Hans Spencer)
- Jessie Montgomery, Strum for string quintet
Where does music come from? Composers are inspired by many sources: stories, songs, people, places, spiders, coyotes, and even other music. Join the Chameleons for a colorful morning of classical music exploring the creative muse and the place where imagination and ideas meet.
An “instrument petting zoo” will follow the concert. Kids will be able to handle and play percussion, violin, viola, cello, and double bass as guided by Chameleon’s musicians, and will be encouraged to touch, pluck, bow, and strike.
"Moreover, for sheer musical beauty, this elegant and expressive performance would be hard to surpass."
— The Boston Musical Musical Intelligencer
