Atlantic Classical Orchestra Sunday Concert Series

Be enlightened by the gift of ever-changing melody found in Piano, Brass, and Strings by a series of three chamber music performances.

TIME: Sunday 3PM – 5PM
DATES: Jan 26, Feb 23, and Mar 23
TICKETS: $40

CHAMBER SERIES I

Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 3pm

Café Music

The ACO Piano Trio explores ways in which popular and folk traditions inform classical music. Paul Schoenfield’s sparkling ‘Café Music’ anchors the program with its pan-stylistic embrace of a kaleidoscope of influences from classical masters and Viennese waltzes to Jewish folk song, jazz, and Broadway. Debussy’s beloved piano trio opens this lovely and entertaining program.

Claude Debussy Piano Trio in G Major, L.5 (22’)
Paul Schoenfield Café Music (18’)

CHAMBER SERIES II

Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 3pm

Follow the Lieder

The ACO String Quartet focuses on Schubert’s masterful “Death and Maiden” quartet, written after Schubert fell ill. Confronted by death, he mined his own song (Death and the Maiden) written years earlier for material. The quartet is filled with pathos, startling beauty, and bristling energy.

Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor (“Death and the Maiden”) (41’)

CHAMBER SERIES III

Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 3pm

Top Brass

The ACO Brass Quintet returns with a range of music both written, and arranged for brass. A suite from Leonard Bernstein’s indelible West Side Story showcases the full range of expression, lyricism, and power of this virtuoso ensemble. Original works from the brass quintet literature round out the program.

Morley Calvert Suite from the Monteregian Hills (10’)
Bernhard Heiden Four Dances for Brass Quintet (12’)
Leonard Bernstein arr. Gale Suite from West Side Story (20’)

Thanks to our sponsors, Kathy Atherton & Bud Sterling

Before the concert, enjoy lunch and your favorite beverage at our Tiki Bar and Restaurant, hosted by Philly Down South at the Elliott, open Sundays 11 AM to 4 PM.