Sam McClung

2.19.24 ALBUQERQUE JOURNAL—Santa Fe Pro Musica announces four free organ concerts

“Santa Fe Pro Musica has announced four free organ concert recitals at St. Francis Auditorium in Santa Fe’s New Mexico Museum of Art. The organists will perform on the recently renovated Reuter pipe organ in the auditorium at 107 W. Palace Ave. The series opens at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 21, with local organist David Solem playing music by Louis Vierne, J.S. Bach and César Franck.”—Kathaleen Roberts, Albuqerque Journal

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2.14.24 BNN Breaking—A Spotlight on Women Composers from Louis XIV’s French Court

“This March, the reverberations of Baroque music will once again fill the hallowed halls of the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe, as the esteemed Santa Fe Pro Musica continues its annual Holy Week concert series. However, this year’s performance carries an exciting twist, as it seeks to shine a light on the often overlooked contributions of women composers from the French court of Louis XIV.”—Mahnoor Jehangir, BNN Breaking

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2.14.24 Los Alamos Daily Post—Santa Fe Pro Musica To Present ‘Baroque Holy Week’

“Santa Fe Pro Musica continues their beloved tradition of “Baroque Holy Week” concerts on historical instruments beginning at 7:30 p.m., March 23.

In these inspiring and unique concerts, featuring Santa Fe favorite soprano Clara Rottsolk and violinist Stephen Redfield, the Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble presents music by women composers from the French court of the Sun King, Louis XIV (1638–1715).”—Carol A. Clark, Los Alamos Daily Post

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2.14.24 OPERA WIRE—Clara Rottsolk Performs for Baroque Holy Week

“Rottsolk is joined by violinist Stephen Redfield, harpsichordist David Solem, and the Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble. Composers featured on the concert include Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Antonia Bembo, Julie Pinel, and Mademoiselle Duval. The program highlights the voices of women from the French court of the Sun King, Louis XIV (1638–1715).”—Afton Wooten, OperaWire

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2.13.24 Join us of Feb 25 for the Elias Quartet

Known for performing, recording, and documenting all sixteen Beethoven string quartets in their ambitious “Beethoven Project,” the British Elias Quartet is praised by The Scotsman for their “intense, free-thinking approach [that sets] free the wildest excesses of Beethoven’s inventiveness.”

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2.8.24 This Sunday—The Brentano Quartet

This Sunday, February 11 at 3 PM sat St. Francis Auditorium the Brentano Quartet presents Shostakovich’s intensely personal String Quartet No. 8, dedicated to the victims of fascism and war, and  two of the most uplifting, ebullient quartets by Mozart and Mendelssohn.

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2.6.24 ABQ Journal’s Kathaleen Roberts interviews the Brentno Quartet

Click below to read about our String Quartet Series concert this Sunday, February 11 at 3 PM, with the acclaimed Brentano Quartet.

“The program’s title ‘Chiaroscuro’ is an artistic term referring to the play of light and dark. ‘It really applies because two of the pieces are joyful and the Shostakovich is so dark and despairing,’ Canin said.”—Kathaleen Roberts, Albuquerque Journal

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2.4.24 ABQ JOURNAL—Light & Dark

 

Read about Pro Musica’s upcoming String Quartet Series concert with the Brentano Quartet this Sunday, February 11, at 3 PM at St. Francis Auditorium.

“The program’s title “Chiaroscuro” is an artistic term referring to the play of light and dark. ‘It really applies because two of the pieces are joyful and the Shostakovich is so dark and despairing,’ Canin said.”—Kathaleen Roberts, Albuqerque Journal

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