A perennial audience favorite, Sophie Shao returns to open the Middlebury Performing Arts Series' 105th season with an accomplished, all-female ensemble including Grammy-nominated violinist Jennifer Frautschi and acclaimed pianist Christina Dahl. They'll play a stunning program of sonatas and piano trios: Nadia Boulanger's Three Pieces for Cello and Piano, Peteris Vasks' Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle), Marguerite Canal's Sonata for Violin and Piano, and Franz Schubert's beloved Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, D.898. Live and streaming.
"Her tone is unfailingly gorgeous and deeply expressive. Has anybody ever made a cello sing more beautifully than this?"—Gregory Berg, The Journal of Singing
Tickets: $25 general public | $20 Middlebury ID holders | $10 youth (Under 21) | $5 Middlebury students. Streaming tickets $15/5. Get yours before they sell out: http://go.middlebury.edu/tickets
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