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Bedford Chamber Concerts has for the past 20 years presented great music of the baroque, classical and romantic eras, spiced occasionally with music of the twentieth century or new music composed by our Music Director, Anthony Newman.

As in the past, our concert series offers a wide range of musical experiences under the brilliant leadership of our Director, Anthony Newman.  We will present six concerts on Wednesday evenings in October, November, December, March, April and May. 

October 26th - Mozart works for clarinet and strings, Haydn's Mass in Time of War arranged for viola and cello solos, piano and strings.

November 9th - World-renowned violinist Cho-Liang Lin performing three J.S. Bach violin sonatas and Anthony Newman playing Bach's Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue.

December 14th - Holiday concert includes J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerti 3, 4, 5 and 6.

March 22nd - Stravinsky & Beethoven including Stravinsky's "Suite Italienne" for Violin and Piano, and Beethoven's Piano Quartet in E-Flat for Piano and Strings, Op. 16 and the Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69

April 19th - Four Baroque Masters includes works by Handel, Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi.  Handel's Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 1 in G, J.S. Bach's Prelude in B-flat minor,Telemann's "Watermusic" Suite in C, and Vivaldi's Concerto for two Violins, Strings and Continuo in A minor

May 10th - Schubert & Bach includes Bach's Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 6 in G, and Schubert's Octete for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F

Mr. Newman, one of America’s leading classical musicians, is internationally recognized for his contributions as organist, harpsichordist, composer, conductor, musicologist and Bach specialist. Among more than 170 recordings, his performance of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto was named Stereo Review’s “Record of the Year” in 1989 and his collaboration with Wynton Marsalis, In Gabriel’s Garden, in which Mr. Newman conducted the English Chamber Orchestra, was the best-selling classical CD of 1997. He has been lauded as the “high priest of the harpsichord” by Time Magazine and “high priest of Bach” by Mr. Marsalis.