Weekend Concert Series
Claire Chase
with Aisslinn Nosky, Katinka Kleijn, & Alex Peh
Sunday
November 2, 2025
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Calderwood Hall
MacArthur Fellow (and Harvard Professor of the Practice) Claire Chase comes to the Museum with a program that alternates Baroque music with 20th- and 21st-century works. One of the world’s great recitalists and champions of flute music, she is joined by distinguished colleagues on period instruments in this fascinating program.
Works
Marin Marais Les Folies d’Espagne (1701)
J.B. Boismortier Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 51 (1734)
J.S. Bach Sonata sopr’il soggetto Reale from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747)
Olivier Messiaen Le Merle noir (1952)
Tania Léon Ritual (1987)
Kaija Saariaho Mirrors (1997)
Marcos Balter Alone (2013)
Michael Oesterle Stand Still, mvt. 3 (2013)
Tania Léon Singsong (2023, rev. 2025)
Program subject to change.
Artists
Claire Chase, flutes
Aisslinn Nosky, violin
Katinka Kleijn, cello
Alex Peh, piano & harpsichord
Seating Sections and Rates
Performance Level and First Balcony:
Members $65, Adults $85, Seniors $75, Students & Children ages 7–17 $20
Second Balcony:
Members $40, Adults $65, Seniors $55, Students & Children 7-17 $20
Third Balcony:
Members $30, Adults $50, Seniors $45, Students & Children ages 7–17 $20
Member Concert Ticket Presale
August 6–12, 2025
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Tickets
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This performance is made possible by the Anne Hawley Fund for Programs.
Music at the Gardner is supported by Nora McNeely Hurley / Manitou Fund. The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: The Coogan Concert in memory of Peter Weston Coogan; Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; David Scudder in memory of his wife, Marie Louise Scudder; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. Music at the Gardner is also supported in part by Barbara and Amos Hostetter, Nicie and Jay Panetta, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
