The Saint Michael Trio makes an insane dash through multiple centuries. Classical! Romantic! Jazz! Show tunes and more! Can it all hang together? Absolutely, but you won’t believe it till you witness it. Admission free but reservations required by emailing the Saint Mike box office.
In another of their patented informances, Saint Mike explores the music of Robert Schumann, pianist and composer who ushered in the early Romantic period. Using his epoch-making E-flat major Piano Quartet, Saint Mike will unpack Schumann’s musical DNA and place the composer in the context of his time and circumstances. Tickets ($47 general, $30 students) available at the Montalvo website.
The Saint Michael Trio makes an insane dash through multiple centuries. Classical! Romantic! Jazz! Show tunes and more! Can it all hang together? Absolutely, but you won’t believe it till you witness it. Tickets ($47 general, $30 students) available at the Montalvo website.
Heavy-handed, cantankerous, his personal life a wreck, he nevertheless wrote music of unsurpassed delicacy and refinement. Though he chafed at the label, he became music’s supreme impressionist in a twilight moment of European culture. The Saint Michael Trio shows you how he did it in one of their patented "informances" featuring slides, commentary and demonstrations of Debussy's compositional devices. Tickets ($47 general, $30 students) available at the Montalvo website.
He is considered Czechoslovakia’s supreme nationalist but Dvorak wound up in Spillville, Iowa, writing an American classic. His life was sanguine and uncomplicated, but his music is at turns tragic and complex. In another of their patented “informances” the Saint Michael Trio will reconcile Dvorak's contradictions as they perform his Piano Quintet in A Major. Admission free but reservations required by emailing the Saint Mike box office.
In another of their patented informances, Saint Mike explores the music of Robert Schumann, pianist and composer who ushered in the early Romantic period. Using his epoch-making E-flat major Piano Quartet, Saint Mike will unpack Schumann’s musical DNA and place the composer in the context of his time and circumstances.
In another of their patented informances, Saint Mike takes up the great existential questions: Where did chamber music come from? How did it evolve into its current format? The program will zero in on a key period at the turn of the 19th century when the central figures in the drama -- Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven -- changed the form from tinkling to majestic, carrying it out of the salon and onto the concert stage.
In one of their patented informances, Saint Mike explores the refinement and ingenuity of Gabriel Faure. Using slides, commentary, and demonstrations of his compositional devices, the artists will show how the French genius spanned the romantic and modern periods, carving out a singular style that still merits scrutiny. Tickets ($50) on sale beginning January 1.
The Saint Michael Trio makes an insane dash through 300 years of music. Baroque! Classical! Romanticism! Impressionism! Jazz! Blues! Show tunes! Three centuries in 75 minutes—you won’t believe it until you see it. Tickets ($50) on sale beginning January 1.
In one of their patented informances, Saint Mike explores the refinement and ingenuity of Gabriel Faure. Using slides, commentary, and demonstrations of his compositional devices, the artists will show how the French genius spanned the romantic and modern periods, carving out a singular style that still merits scrutiny. Admission free, but seat reservations required.
In their first appearance since the pandemic, Saint Mike performs their trademark mix of classical and contemporary. Admission free, but seat reservations required.
