Chamber Music Maryland (formerly known as Candlelight Concert Society) will kick off its 52nd concert season Oct. 5 with the world-renowned Academy of the St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
ASMF Chamber Ensemble, direct from London, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Horowitz Smith Theater at Howard Community College. The ensemble draws upon principal players from the acclaimed Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Orchestra, founded by Sir Neville Marriner in 1958. Its current artistic director is violinist and conductor Joshua Bell.
The ensemble has released over 30 CDs through recording contracts with multiple labels. They’ve toured throughout Europe and North America extensively under the direction of violinist Tomo Keller.
This will be the debut performance at Chamber Music Maryland for the ASMF Chamber Ensemble. Their concert will showcase “contrasting string works written by two composers whose lives were profoundly shaped by the wars and terror of the 20th century, Dmitri Shostakovich and Erwin Schulhoff,” according to the press release. The ensemble will also perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet for Strings, composed when Mendelssohn was just 16 years old.
Adding to the evening’s music performance, WBJC-FM’s popular radio host Jonathan Palevsky will provide spoken notes throughout the concert.
Tickets for this event are $45 per adult. With the purchase of each adult ticket, an accompanying child up to the age of 17 will receive a ticket free of charge. Student tickets are $10, and for groups of 10 or more, tickets are $35 per person.
The concert takes place on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. at the Smith Theater at Howard County Community College, located at 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD.
To purchase tickets and learn more about the concert, click this link.
