Concerts At Holy Trinity: 2 Free Chamber Music Concerts Announced

Chamber Music Concert with Healey Family 

Saturday, August 29 |  7:30 PM,  St. Ignatius Chapel

After a very successful chamber concert last year featuring the Healey family, they return to offer another free chamber music concert in the St. Ignatius Chapel at Holy Trinity on Saturday, August 29th. Dr. John Healey is piano professor at George Mason University and is a staff accompanist at Holy Trinity. His two sons, Patrick Ostermann-Healey and Paul Ostermann-Healey, are both very accomplished young violinists.

This concert will feature two sonatas for violin and piano, the Sonata in G Major KV 379 by Mozart, and the Sonata No. 3 in D minor by Brahms, as well as Clara Schumann’s 3 Romances for Violin & Piano, and selections from Béla Bartók’s Duos for Two Violins. Also included will be three art songs by Franz Schubert’s song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin (also sung by Patrick Ostermann-Healey). An informal reception will be held following the concert.

Chamber Music Concert with Jane Vourlekis: “Woven Melodies”

Saturday, September 12 |  7:30 PM,  St. Ignatius Chapel

Continuing our chamber music series, please join us for a free concert being co-hosted by Holy Trinity’s Young Adult Community in the St. Ignatius Chapel at Holy Trinity on Saturday, September 12th. This concert will feature violist Jane Vourlekis, graduate of Oberlin Conservatory and Eastman School of Music, who is active in the music ministry at Holy Trinity. Joining her will be fellow musicians Eleanor Shen and Evelyn Song on violin, and oboist Briana Lim.

This concert titled “Woven Melodies” will showcase works by Hans Gál and Bohuslav Martinu, both composers who were forced to flee N*zi persecution during the Second World War. The concert will include Martinu’s Madrigals for Violin and Viola as well as Hans Gál’s Trio for Oboe, Violin, and Viola. Also included in the program will be Jean-Marie Leclair’s Violin Duo in E minor, Reinhold Gliére’s Duos for Two Violins, and selections from Benjamin Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe. An informal reception will be held following the concert.

Questions? Please contact [email protected].