ARIS QUARTETT
Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 3:00 pm
Grace United Methodist Church
36 Central Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
Please note the different venue for this concert.
One of Europe’s top-ranked ensembles, the Aris comes to us from Germany for an exciting start to the season. We’ll enjoy quartets of both Mendelssohns—Felix and Fanny—along with a gripping Shostakovich work to round out the program.
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Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
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Dmitri Shostakovich — String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
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Fannie Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major, H.277

Photo by Oliver Borchert

young concert artists
on tour
Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello, Cello
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 3:00 pm
South Church Hall
1052 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
To raise our spirits in the dark days of winter, we offer something new for the Series: a string quintet of vibrant, consummate musicians, performing diverse works.
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José Elizondo — Danzas Latinoamericanas
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Ernst von Dohnányi — Serenade in C major, Op. 10
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Franz Schubert — String Quintet in C major, Op. 163, D. 956
boarte piano Trio
Piano, Violin, Cello
Sunday, March 1, 2026, 3:00 pm
South Church Hall
1052 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
We welcome from Poland an outstanding ensemble who will highlight a work by their compatriot Grzegorz Fitelberg, a little-known composer whose deeply moving music needs to be heard.
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Joseph Haydn — Piano Trio No. 43 in C major, Op. 86, No. 1, Hob. XV:27
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Claude Debussy — Piano Trio in G major
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Grzegorz Fitelberg — Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 10


​chad r. bowles
Piano
Sunday, April 26, 2026, 3:00 pm
South Church Hall
1052 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
Applauded for his mastery of all styles of playing, Bowles, a Steinway Hall of Fame Artist, will treat us to a wide-ranging program.
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Domenico Scarlatti — Three Sonatas
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Franz Schubert — Impromptus, Op. posth. 142, D.935
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Max Reger — Five Humoreskes for Piano, Op. 20
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Franz Liszt — Venezia e Napoli, S.159