Past Events

  • Recital Series

    Igor Levit

    March 12, 2014 - March 13, 2014

    With a recent five-star performance at Queen Elizabeth Hall that “shows he is set to be one of this century’s big names” (The Telegraph, UK), pianist Igor Levit makes his North American recital debut with a program of Beethoven’s most cherished sonatas performed in the most intimate of settings.

  • Recital Series

    FLUX Quartet

    April 26, 2014

    The FLUX Quartet has “established its credentials as one of the most fearless and important new-music ensembles around,” playing with “precision and tenderness” (San Francisco Chronicle). Hailed by Alex Ross as “legendary for its furiously committed, untiring performances,” the intrepid ensemble brings their remarkable skill and passion to Morton Feldman’s String Quartet No. 2, a six-hour feat of endurance and transcendence for both performers and audience alike.

    q2  This performance was live streamed by Q2 Music at q2music.org.

  • Recital Series

    István Várdai

    May 21, 2014 - May 22, 2014

    Thought to be some of the most beautiful and important compositions ever written for cello, Bach’s suites for unaccompanied cello are a collection of dances, each prefaced by a searching prelude. Cellist István Várdai makes his North American recital debut in a survey of these lauded works, from the open serenity of the G major to the powerful radiance of the D major, known as a “symphony for solo cello.”

  • Recital Series

    International Contemporary Ensemble

    August 17, 2014 - August 21, 2014

    The cutting-edge ensemble performs an intimate chamber music series crafted with the Board of Officers Room in mind. Two of ICE’s three performances will be portrait concerts of leading female composers, Sofia Gubaidulina and Anna Thorvaldsdottir, with the final concert featuring three New York premieres among works by John Zorn, Dai Fujikura, Alvin Lucier, and a new arrangement of a chamber work by Messiaen.

    Co-Presented with the Mostly Mozart Festival

  • Recital Series

    Anna Lucia Richter & Gerold Huber

    October 2, 2014 - October 6, 2014

    The songs of Hugo Wolf offer some of the greatest challenges in the entire lieder repertory for rising singers and vocal veterans alike, both for their nuanced musical subtlety and their complex interaction between prose and music. German soprano Anna Lucia Richter comes to the Board of Officers Room to interpret these glittering vocal works in her U.S. recital debut.