SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2025 AT 4 PM QUARTETTO DI CREMONA ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE BUY TICKETS On April 13, the splendid Quartetto di Cremona will make their eagerly anticipated return to Parlance Chamber Concerts. The award-winning Italian ensemble is noted for its lustrous sound, refined musicianship, and stylistic versatility. 2024-2025 SEASON September 29, 2024 Cellobration! October 20, 2024 Modigliani Quartet November 17, 2024 Paul Lewis Plays Schubert December 15, 2024 The Virtuoso Flutist Denis Bouriakov January 19, 2025 The Virtuoso Organist Paul Jacobs February 9, 2025 The Virtuoso Cellist Steven Isserlis March 9, 2025 Ravel’s 150th Birthday Concert April 13, 2025 Quartetto Di Cremona May 18, 2025 Late Night With Leonard Bernstein Artist Roster Parlance Program Notes LOCATION At West Side Presbyterian Church 6 South Monroe Street Ridgewood, NJ 07450 For map and directions, click here . CONCERT AMENITIES Whee lchair Accessible Fr e e Parking for all concerts FEATURING BUY TICKETS QUARTETTO DI CREMONA Cristiano Gualco, violin; Paolo Andreoli, violin; Simone Gramaglia, viola; Giovanni Scaglione, cello “It’s a rare blend: breadth of sound and capriciousness combined with perfect tuning and ensemble has the players sounding absolutely of one voice… Nothing less than life-affirming.” – Gramophone Their program will include two of the most beloved works in the string quartet literature: Debussy’s luminous String Quartet and Beethoven’s towering Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 , his musical chronicle of suffering and recovery from a life-threatening illness. Its radiant central movement, entitled A Convalescent’s Holy Song of Thanksgiving in the Lydian Mode, is one of the most spiritually transcendent pieces ever written. PROGRAM Claude Debussy Program Notes String Quartet Osvaldo Golijov Program Notes Tenebrae Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 Program Notes Watch the Quartetto di Cremona performance of Boccherini’s joyful Quartet in C, Op. 2, No. 6 on Parlance Chamber Concerts:

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2024 AT 5 PM CANDLELIT MUSIC OF THE SPIRIT ANTHONY McGILL, CLARINET STEFAN JACKIW, VIOLIN NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS, CELLO MICHAEL STEPHE N BROWN, PIANO Anthony McGill , clarinet “Exquisite refinement and expressive radiance” — The Baltimore Sun Stefan Jackiw , violin “Talent that’s off the scale” — The Washington Post Nicholas Canellakis , cello “Seduced by his rich, alluring tone” — The New YorkTimes Michael Stephen Brown , piano “One of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer -composers.” — The New YorkTimes ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE BUY TICKETS “Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.” — Ludwig van Beethoven 2023-2024 SEASON October 15, 202 3 Lysander Piano Trio November 12, 2023 Angel Blue, soprano Bryan Wagorn, piano December 3, 2023 Brentano String Quartet Antioch Chamber Choir January 14, 2024 Goldmund String Quartet February 18, 2024 Candlelit Music of The Spirit March 10, 2024 Richard Goode, Piano Late Beethoven April 7, 2024 Jordi Savall, Conductor Hespèrion XXI May 12, 2024 Mothers Day Concert June 2, 2024 Mozart’s Double Concertos Artist Roster Parlance Program Notes LOCATION At West Side Presbyterian Church 6 South Monroe Street Ridgewood, NJ 07450 For map and directions, click here . CONCERT AMENITIES Whee lchair Accessible Fr e e Parking for all concerts FEATURING BUY TICKETS Music has always been considered a direct pathway to the spirit. In this special candlelit event, four of today’s leading virtuosos will perform spiritually resonant works by Arvo Pärt, Max Bruch, Maurice Ravel, Jesse Montgomery, and Olivier Messiaen’s 1941 masterpiece, Quartet for the End of Time. ABOUT MESSIAEN’S QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME Composed and premiered in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp, Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time was written for the musicians on hand among his fellow inmates. The premiere took place on the bitter cold evening of January 15, 1941. For many in attendance it was the first time they heard chamber music of any kind, yet Messiaen later wrote, “Never was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension.” With music of overwhelming originality and power, he rose above his captivity to create a musical experience of soaring spiritual transcendence. PROGRAM Maurice Ravel: The Valley of the Bells for piano Program Notes Jesse Montgomery: Peace for clarinet and piano Program Notes Arvo Pärt: Fratres for violin and piano Program Notes Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for cello and piano Program Notes Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time Program Notes Watch Anthony McGill perform an excerpt from Jesse Montgomery’s “Peace” with pianist Gloria Chein: Watch Stefan Jackiw play Charles Ives’s 2nd Violin Sonata (2nd movement) with pianist Jeremy Denk: Watch Nicholas Canellakis and Michael Brown perform Debussy’s Beau Soir:

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