“The upside? Free chamber music … played for sheer joy by members of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, their friends and peers,” writes Lawrence Toppman in Tuesday’s (2/25) Charlotte Observer (N.C.). “The downside? Pews at Providence United Methodist Church can be hard. These Sunday nights concerts are always BYOC: Bring your own cushion. The PUMC Chamber Music Series has gathered a steady following in the hundreds [for] the biggest classical music bargain in town. They’ll get their next chance March 1…. The night starts with the small-scale ‘Cricket Symphony’ by Georg Philipp Telemann [and includes] Glinka’s Trio Pathetique and a new piece by CSO cellist Jeremy Lamb: ‘A Ride on Oumuamua,’ which he’ll play with cellist Sarah Markle and bassist Taddes Korris. That’s a program only musicians would’ve assembled. In fact, they do everything for this series themselves: pick programs, locate music if it’s obscure, get permission from living composers…. CSO bassoonist Lori Tiberio manages the series…. Tiberio gives application forms to all her symphony colleagues to help her assemble the programs, and she’s not in the habit of turning people down…. ‘It’s just us playing music we love,’ ” Tiberio said.
Read Symphony magazine’s article about orchestral musicians performing chamber music.
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