Sunrise Meditations 2023

SOLD OUT! We recommend Strings in Nature on Sunday, July 9th at the Norman Bird Sanctuary.
To join the waitlist, please email your name, phone number to info@newportclassical.org.

Experience an unforgettable sunrise over Newport’s iconic Cliff Walk through this whimsical and inspiring morning concert with our Festival Artists. These works, introspective in nature and written for different string configurations, together make for a meditative and uplifting start to your day. 

PROGRAM:
VIEUXTEMPS Capriccio for solo viola                            
MOZART String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575                   
BOLOGNE Sonata for two violins in B-Flat Major              
ROLLA Duet in F Major for Viola and Cello                    
SCHUBERT String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703
*Program subject to change. Full program notes available the week before the concert.  



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Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner
“Mesmerizing artistry and extraordinary ability to communicate” (The Post-Standard), “Poetic, electrifying” (Michigan Live), “a gifted virtuoso” (San Francisco Chronicle), “masterful technique and a veritable deluge of sonorities” (La Presse Montreal), describe 25-year-old Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner for performances that have stirred the intellect and humanity of his audiences on five continents.
Ariel Horowitz
Winner of won the Concert Artists Guild Ambassador Prize and joined the Concert Artists Guild roster. A recent graduate of the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Ani Kavafian, Ariel previously studied with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho at The Juilliard School. Ariel is a prizewinner of the Grumiaux, Stulberg, and Klein International Competitions as well as the Salon De Virtuosi Career Grant. In the Fall of 2019, Ariel joined the faculty of Mount Holyoke College, teaching violin and chamber music.

PARKING
Free parking available on the Marble House lawn. Enter via the main entrance to Marble House and staff will direct you to parking.

ACCESSIBILITY
Not wheelchair accessible. The entry to the Chinese Tea House is surrounded by stairs. Restrooms are located on the basement level down a somewhat steep set of stairs.

Click here for our full guide to the Chinese Tea House.

Doors will open 30 minutes prior to the start of the concert.

This concert will be performed without an intermission.

All tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. All tickets may be donated back to Newport Classical as a tax-deductible contribution. In consideration of your fellow patrons and performers, if you have come in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, or are experiencing symptoms consistent with exposure, please contact the box office to exchange or donate your tickets.

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