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Click here to hear what Michael Kannen of the Apollo Trio said.

Other video links to a recent interview between MIGH Artistic Director Lura Johnson and Michael Kannen, cellist of the Apollo Trio:

On Beethoven: Finding God

On Leon Kirchner’s Romantic Piano Trio #1

On Dvorak’s Trio in F Minor: is it Brahmsian? Nope.  It’s as good as it gets.

Don’t miss the concert! Sunday, April 22, 2012
3 pm: Pre Concert Conversation with the Artists and Peabody composition professor Judah Adashi

3:30 Concert

5:15 Wine and Cheese Reception

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE!

In our 39^th season, Music in the Great Hall explores the sensuality, color, nuance, and imagery
evoked by the music of French composers.

Brand New Time – Sundays at 2 pm!

After the concert, mingle with the artists and enjoy
our fabulous reception featuring French wines!

Tickets available HERE.

Sunday September 9, 2012
“Bonjour, Baltimore!”
The Bryant Park Quartet

Anna Elashvili – Ben Russell – Nathan Schram – Tomoko Fujita
with BSO Concertmaster, Jonathan Carney, violin
and Artistic Director, Lura Johnson, piano

We open the season avec un splash! In their first performance for Baltimore audiences, this award-winning New York-based quartet presents an interesting twist on our French theme, including works by Stravinsky and Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez. Jonathan Carney and Lura Johnson join them for Chausson’s passionate, rarely heard Concerto for Piano, Violin, and String Quartet. This program will be magnifique!

Sunday October 7, 2012
“Voilà! The BSO’s New Principal Cellist!”
Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello
with pianist Lura Johnson

The Baltimore Symphony ended its search for a new principal cellist with the selection of Warsaw-born Peabody alumnus Dariusz Skoraczewski. Don’t miss a chance to hear him in recital, performing Schumann, Chopin, George Crumb, and the rhapsodic Sonata in A Major by César Franck, in whose honor our reception will feature Belgian beers.

Sunday, February 10, 2013
A Trip Around the World”
Trio Cloissonné:
Marcia Kämper, flute    Karin Brown, viola    Sarah Fuller, harp

Bienvenue to the shimmering, atmospheric sound scape of flute, harp, and viola.  Debussy was the first to discover the color possibilities offered by this unusual, evocative ensemble; his trio inspired others to explore the combination as well.  These dynamic musicians from the BSO will perform the famous Debussy Trio and an eclectic sampling of the works it inspired, including Bax, Genzmer, Takemitsu, and a world première by composer Dolf Kämper.

Sunday, March 17, 2013
“The Yale Gordon Competition Winner”
Dmitry Volkov, Cello

Spend Saint Patty’s Day with the prodigious talents of Russian-born cellist Dmitry Volkov as Music in the Great Hall, in an ongoing partnership with the Peggy & Yale Gordon Charitable Trust, continues its support of young artists. This year’s winner is an Artist Diploma student of MIGH’s own Amit Peled, and has already won prizes all across the globe. Performing Debussy Cello Sonata and other works, this cellist is sure to delight!

Sunday, April 28, 2013
“Grande Dame of the Keyboard”
The Virginia Reinecke Trio:
Rebecca Nichols, violin – Pei Lu, cello – Virginia Reinecke, piano 

The formidable Virginia Reinecke has been captivating Baltimore audiences for decades. As Artistic Director Emerita of the MIGH since 2004 and its original founder, Miss Reinecke returns to the stage with colleagues Rebecca Nichols and Pei Lu to present beloved selections from the piano trio repertoire.  Come help us to celebrate a figure who has given so generously and tirelessly to this community her energy, talents, and heart.

Visit us on youtube to listen to interviews with our artists,
and one day soon, clips of performances!

Right now, you can listen to Baltimore Symphony violist Peter Minkler and MIGH Artistic Director Lura Johnson
discussing Jonathan Leshnoff’s work, Theme and Variations on a Beloved Tune
in advance of their performance, “Tragedies & Gypsies,” on
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 3 pm.

Of course you can also find us online at Facebook.

On January 16, 2011, Music in the Great Hall proudly presented young clarinetist Gleb Kanasevich, the 2010 winner of the Yale and Peggy Gordon Trust Concerto Competition held annually at the Peabody Institute of Music. Gleb and several colleagues from Peabody, pianist Hui-Chuan Chen and cellist Dorotea Racz, played a recital to include Brahms Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120, No. 1, Zanelle (a solo clarinet piece written by another young rising star at Peabody, composer Viet Cuong), and the epic work Lerchenmusik by Polish composer Henryk Gorecki.

Tim Smith reviewed the concert for his blog in the Baltimore Sun and had these glowing remarks:

“Each year, the long-running concert series Music in the Great Hall shines a spotlight on a recent winner of the Peabody Conservatory’s Yale Gordon Concerto Competition. It’s a good way to keep up with some of the talent being honed at that school.

Last season, cellist Hans Kristian Goldstein’s MIGH recital easily revealed what had caught the favor of the competition judges. And last Sunday, clarinetist Gleb Kanasevich likewise made it very clear why he received a Yale Gordon award.

Not surprisingly, Kanasevich demonstrated considerable technical strengths in the concert, which he shared with some Peabody colleagues. He offered plenty of expressive nuance as well, especially in the one standard repertoire item on his program, the F minor Sonata by Brahms.

The most impressive aspect to the program, though, was the program itself. Daring to close with a ruminative, often glacial 40-minute score by the late Henryk Gorecki was a particularly daring touch (I hope the concert series doesn’t get complaints from audience members). The first half, which included the Brahms piece, also had its contemporary side, thanks to a work by Peabody undergrad Viet Cuong.”

Click here to read the article in full.