Event

Classical Crossroads

Online ticket sales will close at 4:30 pm on the day of the concert. Tickets will be available at the door.

Classical Crossroads will include works that explore the frontiers of early 21st-century classical composition, highlighting the diverse historical and cultural influences that are taking contemporary composers in multiple directions. The featured works draw inspiration from a wide variety of sources including popular culture, cartoons, nature, terrorism and the classical music tradition itself. A newly-commissioned work by Salem-based composer, Tristan Bliss, entitled "Requiem for a Tradition," is both the centerpiece and catalyst for this program.

Performing artists for this concert will include Artistic Director Greg Ewer, violin; Ron Blessinger, violin; Charles Noble, viola; Marilyn De Oliviera, cello; Joseph Berger, horn; Paul Safar, piano/composer; Thomas DeNicola, piano/composer; and Sergio Carreno, percussion. The program will include Cat O Nine Tails for string quartet, by John Zorn; Geese in the Moonlight for solo piano, by Paul Safar; And the Surface Breaks for solo cello, by Nicholas Yandell; Burning for string quartet, by Chen Yi; Sweet Child o Mine arranged for solo violin, by Adam DeGraff; Halloween for piano quintet, by Charles Ives; Notturno: Nighttime Suite for solo keyboard, by Thomas Denicola.