CCCMF's 11th Season Opening Night Concert

Crescent City Chamber Music Festival
11th Season, Opening Night Concert
FREE admission, no tickets required
Trinity Episcopal Church
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Doors: 6 PM
Pre-Concert Talk and Q&A: 6:30 PM
Music: 7 PM
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For CCCMF’s 11th Season Opening Night Concert, set in the gorgeous sanctuary of Trinity Episcopal Church, Ensemble-in-Residence the Manhattan Chamber Players will join forces with members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to bring you to bring you a performance of Benjamin Britten’s delightful and infectious Simple Symphony and his poignant and powerful Lacrhymae (in a rare presentation of its full version for viola and strings), concluding with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s towering Serenade for Strings, led by frequent guest conductor of the LPO Joshua Gersen!
CCCMF Founding Artistic Director Luke Fleming leads an informal Pre-Concert Talk and Q&A at 6:30 PM.
More info on this event at: https://crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com/2026-free-public-concert-1/
And more on CCCMF 2026’s six other Free Public Concerts here:
https://crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com/free-public-concerts/
Program:
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Simple Symphony, Op. 4 (1934)
Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of Dowland, Op. 48 (1950)
Luke Fleming, Solo Viola
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 (1880)
Joshua Gersen, Conductor
Manhattan Chamber Players
Katie Hyun, Violin
Keiko Tokunaga, Violin
Luke Fleming, Viola
Steven Tenenbom, Viola
Andrew Janss, Cello
Abigail Monroe, Cello
Members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Hart, Violin
Benjamin Thacher, Violin
Kate Walter, Violin
Hannah Yim, Violin
Amelia Clingman, Viola
Paul Macres, Double Bass
with
Daniella Greene, Violin
Learn more at:
crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com