Free Public Concert No. 7 - Tenth Anniversary Season Finale Concert, “Looking Back, Moving Forward”

Name: Free Public Concert No. 7 - Tenth Anniversary Season Finale Concert, “Looking Back, Moving Forward”
Start: 2025-10-19T16:00:00-05:00
Location: Rayne Memorial United Methodist

Schedule

Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Rayne Memorial United Methodist | New Orleans, LA

Crescent City Chamber Music Festival
Free Public Concert No. 7
FREE admission, no tickets required
Sanctuary, Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church
Escher Quartet and Friends
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Doors: 3 PM
Pre-Concert Talk: 3:30 PM
Concert: 4 PM
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In CCCMF’s Tenth Anniversary Season Finale Concert, the Escher Quartet is joined by CCCMF Founding Artistic Director Luke Fleming and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Shaquille Southwell for newly composed works by American composers Chris Rogerson and Seth Grosshandler, concluding with Johannes Brahms’ brawny and brilliant String Quintet No. 2 in G major (originally intended to be his final composition).
Join us in the historic sanctuary of Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, and meet the Artists at the reception that follows!
CCCMF Founding Artistic Director Luke Fleming leads an informal Pre-Concert Talk and Q&A at 3:30 PM.
More info on this event at: https://crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com/2025-free-public-concert-7/
And more on CCCMF 2025’s six other Free Public Concerts here: https://crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com/free-public-concerts/
Program:
“Looking Back, Moving Forward”
Seth Grosshandler (b. 1958)
Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano (2025)
Chris Rogerson (b. 1988)
String Quintet (2025)
Pause
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
String Quintet in G major, Op. 111 (1891)
Escher Quartet
Adam Barnett-Hart, Violin I
Bryan Lee, Violin II
Pierre Lapointe, Viola
Brook Speltz, Cello
with
Luke Fleming, Viola
Shaquille Southwell, Clarinet
Seth Grosshandler, Piano
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