Ives 150: William Harvey & Frederic Chiu

Danbury Museum & Historical Society and the Danbury Music Centre present a free concert in celebration of Danbury's own Pulitzer Priz- winning composer

On Friday, October 18, 7 pm at Ives Concert Hall, join us for a special performance of Ives's Complete Violin Sonatas! 

Tickets are FREE and can be booked HERE.

Sonata #1 (1903-1908)

Andante

Largo cantabile

Allegro

Sonata #2 (1909-1910)

Autumn

In the Barn

The Revival

Intermission

Sonata #3 (1902-1914)

Adagio

Allegro

Adagio (cantabile)

Sonata #4, “Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting” (1916)

Allegro (in a rather fast march time - most of the time)

Largo

At the River

Concertmaster of Mexico’s premier orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, and violin faculty at the Universidad Panamericana, violinist, conductor, and composer William Harvey has appeared as violin soloist at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony and has performed concerti with orchestras in Argentina, the Philippines, Mexico, and USA. His recording of the violin concerto by Hector Infanzón received two nominations to the Latin Grammys in 2021.

Frederic Chiu plays major venues on five continents: Lincoln Center in New York, Le Châtelet in Paris, the Mozarteum in Buenos Aires, and extensive tours in smaller and unusual venues. He collaborates with Classical music friends Joshua Bell, Pierre Amoyal and the St Lawrence String Quartet, as well as non-Classical friends like jazz pianist Bob James or storyteller David Gonzalez, to bring vivid live piano experiences to all audiences. Frederic Chiu recorded the most extensive complete piano works of Prokofiev, and his personal relationship with the Prokofiev family makes him a world-recognized advocate of the composer.