Weekend Concert Series
Rachel Barton Pine
violin & viola d'amore
Sunday
October 26, 2025
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Calderwood Hall
Last year, Rachel Barton Pine took a thrilling “test-drive” on the Gardner Museum’s extraordinary 1770s viola d’amore (on display in the Yellow Room). Delighted with the instrument, she is returning to play a recital on violin and viola d’amore, including our extraordinary and rare instrument. Our viola d’amore has seven bowed strings and additional sympathetic strings that add a silvery glow to the sound. Championed by composers as varied as Vivaldi, Haydn, and Bernstein, the instrument developed from roots in Middle Eastern music.
Works
Selections by Vivaldi, Telemann, and Haydn for viola d’amore
Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata (1886)
Pablo de Sarasate Introduction and Tarantella for Violin (1900)
Charles Martin Loeffler Mescolanza “Olla Podrida” for Viola D’Amore and Piano (after 1900)
Norske Land for Viola D’Amore and Piano (by 1929)
Program subject to change.
Artists
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
Beginning on Wednesday, August 6 at 10 am, members and patrons enjoy exclusive, early access and member savings on ticket purchases to 2025 Fall Weekend Concert Series.
Member Concert Ticket Presale runs through Tuesday, August 12 before they become available to the public on Wednesday, August 13 at 10 AM. Once presale begins, log in to your online account, call the Box Office at 617 278 5156, the membership office at 617 566 5643 or visit the Admissions Desk to purchase concert tickets. Please note: The Box Office is open Wednesday through Monday from 10 am to 5 pm. The Admissions desk will open early, at 10 am, on Wednesday, August 6.
Tickets
Quick Tips for Presale:
- If you are already a member, log in first, and then add concert tickets to your basket.
- Not yet a member? Add a membership to gain access to tickets and member savings.
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.
