Weekend Concert Series

Paul Galbraith, guitar

Sunday
April 5, 2026

1:30 - 3:30 pm
Calderwood Hall

Superstar Paul Galbraith is a dazzling guitarist and a superb interpreter. With music of Bach and Albéniz at the heart of his program, he will perform on his remarkable eight-string “Brahms Guitar,” which he holds like a cello. His instrument and his artistry are sui generis. There is no better place to hear his miraculous playing than Calderwood Hall. Don’t miss this chance to see one of the great guitarists of our time.      
 

Photo credit: Paul Galbraith

Works

John Dowland Sir John Souch his Galliard (1605)
                             Unquiet thoughts (1610)
                             Sir Henry Guildford his Almaine (1610)
                             Tarleton’s Resurrection (before 1626)

J.S. Bach French Suite No. 2, BWV 813: Menuets I & II (1722–25)    
                   French Suite No. 4, BWV 815: Allemande (1722–25)
                   French Suite 5, BWV 816: Sarabande (1722–25)
                   French Suite No. 6, BWV 817: Menuet (1722–25)
                   Partita No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: Gigue (1726)
                   Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829: Tempo di Menuet (1729)

Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata, Hob.XVI:33 (1777)

Isaac Albéniz Suite española, Op.47 (1886): III. Sevilla
                            España, Op.165 (1890): I. Prelude
                                                                       II. Tango
                                                                      III. Malagueña

Maurice Ravel Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn (1909)

Lennox Berkeley Quatre pièces (1927–28)



 

 

Program subject to change. 

Artist

Paul Galbraith, guitar

Seating Sections and Rates

Performance Level and First Balcony:
Members $65, Adults $85, Seniors $75, Students & Children ages 5–17 $20

Second Balcony:
Members $50, Adults $65, Seniors $55, Students & Children 5-17 $20

Third Balcony:
Members $40, Adults $50, Seniors $45, Students & Children ages 5–17 $20
 

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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.