BACH, BEETHOVEN, & BRAHMS SOCIETY

MUSIC DIRECTOR, STEVEN LIPSITT

Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society

presents its

2025-2026 Anniversary Season

German Glow: Mendelssohn's Psalm 42 & Brahms' Second Symphony

September 28, 2025, 4 PM at United Parish in Brookline

Emilie Mayer: Overture in D minor

Mendelssohn: Psalm 42

(Sonja Tengblad, soprano; New World Chorale, Holly MacEwen Krafka, director)

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major

Bach's Air, Barber's Adagio, & Frazin's Peace Cantata

November 16, 2025, 4 PM at United Parish in Brookline

J.S. Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3

Arthur Foote: Air & Gavotte

John Corigliano: Fantasia on a Bach Air

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings

Howard Frazin: Peace Cantata [Boston premiere]

(Carley DeFranco, soprano; Krista River, mezzo-soprano; Keith Phares, baritone)

Midwinter Mozart & Wintertime Waltzes

December 14, 2025, 4 PM at All Saints Parish in Brookline, Beacon Street

Minuets, scherzos, & waltzes by Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms

Choral music of the season from the Apollo Club, Heritage Chorale, & VOICES Boston Children's Choir

Changing Times: Mozart, Haydn, & Garfein

March 1, 2026, 4 PM at United Parish in Brookline

Haydn: Symphony No. 64 ('Tempora mutantur')

Herschel Garfein: New work for saxophone & string orchestra

(Kenneth Radnofsky) [BB&B commission]

Schoenberg: Overture in Old Style

Mozart: Sinfonia concertante (Adrian Anantawan, violin; Sergio I. Munoz Leiva, viola)

Bracingly Beethoven

May 3, 2026, 4 PM at United Parish at Brookline

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Pastorella

Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Hina Khuong-Huu)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4