MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
AT THE GARDNER
In winter, the Gardner Museum is a place of much needed respite from the cold outside. The Courtyard and galleries take on a new warmth, and it’s the perfect season for finding joy and rejuvenation through music in Calderwood Hall.
This season’s programming is both electrifying and deeply introspective. In support of our exhibition, Boston’s Apollo: Thomas McKeller & John Singer Sargent, Visiting Curator of Performing Arts Helga Davis has created a special evening reflecting on McKeller’s life and his work with Sargent through historical record and creative embodiment.
We’ll also see Christopher Taylor begin a cycle of the complete set of Liszt’s solo piano transcriptions of Beethoven symphonies—a technical Everest that Vladimir Horowitz called simply “the greatest works for the piano.”
And finally, we’re honored to host for the second year the beloved, nationally syndicated radio program From the Top, taping here in February.
We hope to see you as we close out the Fall 2019 season, and again in the new year!
— George Steel, Abrams Curator of Music
WINTER/SPRING 2020 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT
The full Winter/Spring 2020 season is available for viewing on our website. Take a look, plan your concerts, and prepare for Wednesday, November 27, when tickets go on sale to the public!
MEMBERS GET MORE
Missed out on a concert this past fall? Members get exclusive access to the Concert Ticket Presale, beginning Wednesday, November 13 for the Winter/Spring 2020 season, and running through November 25.
Not yet a member? Join today and save on your concert tickets!
Image at top by Matt Teuten. Event Highlight image by Liza Voll Photography.
The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; Marie Louise and David Scudder Concert; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. The Museum is also supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which receives support from the State of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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