Sunday, March 29, 2019, 3 p.m.
Carter Memorial United Methodist Church
800 Highland Avenue, Needham [note new season venue]
Sonata a Tre
Andrew Price, oboe
Thomas Siders, trumpet
Ronald Lowry, cello
Lois Shapiro, piano
Johann Wilhelm Hertel, Concerto for Trumpet, Oboe, and Continuo in E-flat Major
Francis Poulenc, Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 185
Paul Hindemith, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Francis Poulenc, Trio for Oboe, Cello, and Piano, FP 43
Johannes Brahms, Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99, Op. 61
Carter Memorial United Methodist Church
800 Highland Avenue, Needham [note new season venue]
Sonata a Tre
Andrew Price, oboe
Thomas Siders, trumpet
Ronald Lowry, cello
Lois Shapiro, piano
Johann Wilhelm Hertel, Concerto for Trumpet, Oboe, and Continuo in E-flat Major
Francis Poulenc, Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 185
Paul Hindemith, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Francis Poulenc, Trio for Oboe, Cello, and Piano, FP 43
Johannes Brahms, Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99, Op. 61
Andrew Price, oboe, Thomas Siders, trumpet, Ronald Lowry, cello, and Lois Shapiro, piano, perform poetic and powerful works by Hertel, Poulenc, Hindemith, and Brahms.
Andrew Price is principal oboist for the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. He is a graduate of Boston University School of Music and is now a faculty member of that institution. His teaching activity includes oboe instruction in the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra program. Mr. Price has been a featured soloist with the Boston Civic Symphony, performing a newly reconstructed Largo from a lost Beethoven oboe concerto, in addition to a concerto, Persephone, by Thomas Oboe Lee.
Courtesy of Marco Borggreve
Thomas Siders, Associate Principal Trumpet at the Boston Symphony Orchester, also serves on the trumpet faculties at The Boston Conservatory, Boston University, and New England Conservatory. An active clinician, Mr. Siders has presented masterclasses at The Boston Conservatory, Louisiana State University, Miami University (OH), New England Conservatory, Northwestern University, and Rice University. Prior to his appointment to the BSO, Mr. Siders was a New World Symphony Fellow. He was also a Tanglewood Music Center Fellow in 2008 and 2009.
Ronald Lowry, artistic director of Needham Concert Society, has served as principal cellist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra since 1993 and of the Boston Ballet Orchestra since 1992. He performs regularly with the Boston Symphony, including tours of Europe and Asia. He teaches at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and the Rivers School Conservatory.
Lois Shapiro is a founding member of the piano trio Triple Helix, and she has appeared throughout the U.S. and abroad as a soloist and collaborative pianist. Formerly an instructor of piano at Smith College, Brandeis University, New England Conservatory, and the Longy School of Music, Ms. Shapiro is currently on the faculty of Wellesley College and the Rivers School Conservatory, where she serves as Artist-in-Residence.