Classical music turns vividly alive as Chamber Encounters utilizes innovative mediums and narrative to magnify the power of music. Be a part of these intimate concert experiences, giving you a glimpse into the deeper meanings of the musical selections.

Redefining the concert experience, Chamber Encounters truly engages audiences and helps them understand and identify the creative process of musical composition, its performance styles and techniques.

Audiences may then relate to events influencing past and present composers, making every concert performance a unique and memorable event which nurtures, educates, and entertains.

The string quartet is the most popular of chamber ensembles in classical music, but it hasn't always been the case. Join Chamber Encounters for a journey from the earliest quartets of Haydn, the "Father" of the string quartet, through Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, and culminating with the glory and richness of Brahms's quartet.

Kevin Smith - violin (BSO)
Yonatan Grinberg - violin
Eric D'Allesandro- viola
Jacques-Pierre Malan - cello

Haydn - Quartet Op. 1 no. 5
Mozart - Adagio and Fugue in c minor
Beethoven - Prelude and Fugue Hess 30
Schubert - Quartetsatz in c minor D103
Brahms - Quartet no. 1 in c minor