Christ Trinity Church presents the first concert of the 2023 Lich Gate Concerts Series, on Sunday, January 29 at 2pm, celebrating the 226th birthday of Franz Schubert, and YOU ARE INVITED!
Lich Gate Concerts presents A Sheffield Schubertiade, an afternoon of fine music-making in the acoustically superb First Congregational Church of Sheffield. Experience first-hand what an afternoon Hausmusik Konzert, or House music concert, was like in Schubert's Vienna. You, too, can be a “Schubertian!”
DATE: Sunday, January 29, 2023
TIME: 2:00pm
VENUE: First Congregational Church of Sheffield, “Old Parish Church” 125 Main St., Sheffield, MA
TICKETS: $40 per person, children under 18 $20
Artistic Director and Violinist Jorge Ávila, also a Sheffield resident, has planned a delightful concert of works by Schubert for violin & piano, for Piano Trio (violin, cello and piano), and Lieder (songs). He has invited our dear New York-based musician friends Sarah Hewitt-Roth, cello & Adrienne Kim, piano; and our new friends Jean Schneider, piano, & Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone, to join him.
ALL-SCHUBERT PROGRAM:
Sonata for Violin & Piano, No. 1 in D major, D384, Movement III. Allegro vivace
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat major, D929 (Trio Wanderer), Movement II. Andante con moto
Lieder: Wohin?, Wandrers Nachtlied I, Wandrers Nachtlied II, Ständchen, & Der Atlas
Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D898 (complete)
Lich Gate Concerts strives to bring live chamber music in interesting formats to Sheffield and the Southern Berkshires. As experienced concert-goers, you are aware that ticket sales cover only a small part of the expense of presenting concerts. We need your help to support this endeavor and invite you to become a Sponsor of the concert series, by adding a tax-deductible donation to your purchase. As a Sponsor, you will receive advance information, priority seating, an introduction to our artists, and our everlasting gratitude.
TICKETS: click HERE
Your ticket reservation serves as your digital ticket. There can be, unfortunately, no refunds for any reason.
Lich Gate Concerts reserves the right to follow whatever COVID precautions are put in place by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and/or the CDC.
QUESTIONS: Concerts@ChristTrinityChurch.org
Lich Gate Concerts are a production of Christ Trinity Church, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.