Concerts @ First: Bach's Lunch – Fantastic Flute
Free (RSVP required)
- Ransom Wilson, flute
- Christina Smith, flute
- James Zellers, flute
- Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
- Vega Quartet
Friedrich Kuhlau — Flute Trio in B minor, Op. 90
Nino Rota — Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
The distinguished American flutist Ransom Wilson makes his ECMSA debut with a varied program of music by Mozart, Kuhlau, and Rota, with the Vega Quartet, pianist Elizabeth Pridgen, and flutists Christina Smith and James Zellers.
Located at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta in the heart of Midtown right next to the Woodruff Arts Center, Concerts @ First presents between 15 to 20 concerts per season with local, national, and international world-class musicians.
Let yourself be transformed through outstanding performances by artists of all backgrounds and heritages!
About Concerts at First
Located at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta in the heart of Midtown right next to the Woodruff Arts Center, Concerts at First presents between 15 to 20 concerts per season with local, national, and international world-class musicians. Let yourself be transformed through outstanding performances by artists of all backgrounds and heritages!
https://concertsatfirst.org/About Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta
Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta is the Southeast’s largest and most active chamber music organization brings together some of the city's finest resident musicians with internationally-known performers who are dedicated to performing the most delightful, exciting, and interesting music from the chamber repertoire in some of the most acoustically and visually beautiful spaces in Atlanta.
https://chambermusicsociety.emory.edu/About Ransom Wilson, flute
About Christina Smith, flute
Principal Flute of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Christina Smith is one of the most sought-after flutists in the country as an orchestral player, soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. Smith's flute solos can be heard on 37 ASO recordings. She has also appeared with the orchestra numerous times as a concerto soloist.
https://www.aso.org/artists/detail/christina-smithAbout Vega Quartet
The Vega String Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University, is cultivating a new generation of chamber music lovers through dynamic performances and innovative community engagement. The New York Times raved that "[the Quartet’s] playing had a kind of clean intoxication to it, pulling the listener along…the musicians took real risks in their music making" and the L.A. Times praised their "triumphant L.A. debut". They concertize both nationally and internationally. The Quartet's major performing projects at Emory have included performing the complete cycle of Beethoven quartets, as well as pairing Bach’s complete works for solo violin, viola, and cello with the six Bartók quartets. They have also developed a series of "Jazz Meets Classics" programs, bringing the two genres together.
http://www.vegaquartet.com/