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From Hartford Symphony Orchestra: Hartford Symphony Orchestra Sunday Serenades Chamber Music Series

AMISTAD @30: SONGS AND SPIRITUALS

Sunday, May 7, 2017│1 pm gallery talk, 2 pm concert

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street, Hartford

Ticket Information: Tickets are $30 ($25 for HSO subscribers and Atheneum members). Ticket price includes general admission to the Wadsworth Atheneum on the day of the concerts. To purchase tickets or for more information, please call 860-987-5900 or visit www.hartfordsymphony.org.

The concert is programmed around the celebration of the Amistad Center for Art & Culture’s 30th Anniversary exhibition. The program includes Walker’s captivating Lyric for Strings, Volans’ White Man Sleeps, Burleigh’s Songs and Spirituals and Dvorák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81. Sunday Serenades Artistic Director and HSO Concertmaster Leonid Sigal will be joined by Carrie Wilson on vocals, Lisa Rautenberg on violin, Michael Wheeler on viola, Eric Dahlin on cello, and Margreet Francis on piano.

Photo: Carrie Wilson

Sunday Serenades Series Sponsor:

Farmington Valley Dermatology & Surgery

The Sunday Serenades Chamber Music Series is made possible, in part, by the Helen M. Saunders Charitable Foundation Music Endowment at the Wadsworth Atheneum.

HSO programs are funded part by the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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Photo courtesy of Hartford Symphony Orchestra