Sam McClung

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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1.27.24 Marcello Cormio and KHFM’s Brent

Marcello Cormio conducts the Santa Fe Pro Musica orchestra this weekend. He and Brent talk about Carl Nielsen, Jesse Montgomery, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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1.26.24 Pasatiempo Pro Musica Celebrates Mozart’s Birthday

“The ‘Jupiter’ Symphony combines two of conductor Marcello Cormio’s greatest passions. He is best known in the music world as an opera conductor, and, he says, “The composer that I’ve performed the most is Mozart. I value his operas above anything else, basically.””—Mark Tiarks, Santa Fe New Mexican

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1.18.24 Los Alamos Daily Post—Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents the Elias Quartet

In the fourth installment of Santa Fe Pro Musica’s popular String Quartet Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, the Elias Quartet performs groundbreaking compositions by Haydn, Stravinsky, and Beethoven that altered the trajectory of the string quartet.

Known for performing, recording, and documenting all sixteen Beethoven string quartets in their ambitious “Beethoven Project,” the 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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