Women with Resolve – Concert in the Drawing Room

Purchase Tickets In conjunction with our Born in 1867: Theodate’s Generation exhibition, we bring to you Women with Resolve. This 50 minute concert in Hill-Stead’s stunning Drawing Room honors the lives and stories of women composers born around the same time as Hill-Stead’s founder, Theodate Pope Riddle (1867-1946). The repertoire includes the work of Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, who was born the same year as Theodate and is featured in our exhibition. Repertoire: Clara Schumann (1819-1896) – Piano Trio, 1846…

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March 21, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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In conjunction with our Born in 1867: Theodate’s Generation exhibition, we bring to you Women with Resolve. This 50 minute concert in Hill-Stead’s stunning Drawing Room honors the lives and stories of women composers born around the same time as Hill-Stead’s founder, Theodate Pope Riddle (1867-1946). The repertoire includes the work of Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, who was born the same year as Theodate and is featured in our exhibition.
Repertoire:
Clara Schumann (1819-1896) – Piano Trio, 1846
Amy Beach (1867 – 1944) – Romance for Violin and Piano, 1893
Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979) – Dumka: Duo Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Piano, c. 1940
Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 – 1952) – String Quartet, 1927
Performers:
Netta Hadari, violin and viola
Tina Hadari, violin and viola
Susan Robinson, cello
Pi-Hsun Shih, piano
Katalin Viszmeg, violin

 
Tickets
Adults (nonmembers) | $30
Adults (members) | $25Children (12 and Under) | $10
*current members will have the discount applied at check out
Hill-Stead Museum is grateful for support provided by The Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. 

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