Ensemble Connect shares classical music with Skidmore, Saratoga Springs
New Class of Ensemble Connect Fellows Debuts First Virtual Performance
Ensemble Connect October 2026 Program
Friday, October 23, 2026
7:30 PM Performance
Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall
Arthur Zankel Music Center
CONCERT PROGRAM
GYÖRGY LIGETI | Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano
CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER | Two Rhapsodies
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY | Serenade, Op. 12
BÉLA BARTÓK | Adagio for Strings
Known for “fresh, exciting performances charged with creativity, energy, and daring”
(New York Classical Review), Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect presents a characteristically adventurous program
featuring works by some of the chamber repertoire’s most distinctive composers. In
addition to notable but underperformed works by Ligeti, Loeffler, and Kodály, the
ensemble performs a favorite: Bartók’s Contrasts, a piece created in response to requests by jazz great Benny Goodman and Hungarian
violinist Joseph Szigeti.
This event is free and open to the public; tickets required
Presented by the Department of Music and the Office of Special Programs
The biannual residency is made possible by the generous support of Skidmore alumna Beverly Sanders Payne, Class of 1959, and her late husband David B. Payne (October residency) and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation (February residency).
Ensemble Connect February 2027 Program
Friday, February 19, 2027
7:30 PM Performance
Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall
Arthur Zankel Music Center
CONCERT PROGRAM
AARON COPLAND | Sextet
HANNAH ISHIZAKI | World premiere
REENA ESMAIL | Khirkhiyaan
JOHANNES BRAHMS | Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B Minor, Op. 115
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