The Kosciuszko Foundation

Three composers channel their homelands' folk traditions into the violin-and-piano repertoire. Sounds of Home Three composers, three homelands: this program traces how folk idiom becomes concert music. Manuel de Falla's Suite populaire espagnole recasts Spanish folk song for violin and piano; Edvard Grieg's Sonata No. 3 in C minor carries the harmonic colors of Norway;...

On the 200th anniversary of his death, three chamber works reveal Beethoven's full emotional sweep, from playful to profound. A Beethoven Portrait Marking 200 years since Beethoven's death, this all-Beethoven evening spans three chamber configurations — cello and piano, violin and piano, and piano trio. Across variations, a sonata, and a trio, the program traces...