“IN THE SPIRIT OF RHYTHM” Legendary Boston jazz drummer, composer, singer, and three-time Grammy winner Terri Lyne Carrington borrows from jazz, indie rock, contemporary classical, and R&B to syncopate your perception and tune your heartbeat. PROGRAM Terri Lyne Carrington | Jas Kayser Headliner: Terri Lyne Carrington Opening Act: Jas Kayser Pre-Show Act: L’Duke, formerly known as DJ Leah V Tickets are required and include Museum admission. Adults $27, seniors $24, members $17, students & children 7–17 $15 (children under 7 […]
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Weekend Concert Series: New York Festival of Song
Songs from Leonard Bernstein’s hit Broadway shows anchor this program, which opens with Bernstein’s brilliant late song cycle, performed by the pianists of New York Festival of Song, who gave the world premiere in 1988 and won a Grammy® Award for their premiere recording. PROGRAM “Songs of Leonard Bernstein” Leonard Bernstein, Arias and Barcarolles (1988) Songs from On the Town (1944), Wonderful Town (1953), Candide (1956), West Side Story (1957), and more. New York Festival of Song is comprised of Rebecca Jo Loeb, mezzo soprano; Joshua Jeremiah, baritone; and Steven […]
Weekend Concert Series: Borromeo String Quartet
This first concert in a two-year cycle of Mendelssohn’s six quartets features an eloquent mid-century quartet by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, based on African American spirituals. PROGRAM Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827) Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 (1847) Leonard Bernstein (arr. N. Kitchen), Ilana, the Dreamer (c. 1950) Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, String Quartet No. 1, Calvary (1956) Tickets are required and include Museum admission. SECTION A: FLOOR LEVEL AND FIRST […]
Weekend Concert Series: A Far Cry with Tai Murray, violin
PROGRAM “Portraits” Leonard Bernstein, “Agathon,” from Serenade after Plato’s Symposium (1954) Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Ottorino Respighi, Botticelli Triptych (1927) William Grant Still, “Mother and Child” from Suite for Violin and Piano (1943) Jessica Meyer, world-premiere Gardner Museum commission (2018)
Third Thursdays: Dog Days of Summer
Chase away the hottest days of summer at the Museum and share in Isabella’s love of dogs with canine-inspired gallery activities and art-making in our studio. PROGRAM FOR THE EVENING Music in the Courtyard // Neo Groove Tim Hall takes you on a soulful journey of vibrant sounds and warm chords. His poetry and music will keep your soul fed throughout the night. In the Jordan Garden // Therapy Dogs Chill on the grass with local therapy dogs Lily, Diego, Buster, […]
Neighborhood Nights Block Party
Everyone’s invited to the Gardner for Neighborhood Nights, a series of fun and free interactive evenings for you and your family. Enjoy music, performance, food trucks, cash bar, gallery games, and hands-on creative experimentation inside the Museum and out. PROGRAM FOR THE EVENING Evans Way Park // 5-9 pm Fun flows from the Museum into Evans Way Park for an interactive evening featuring Intervention: Ocean Blues by Laura Anderson Barbata with the Brooklyn Jumbies stilt dancers in oceanic, bioluminescent, sculptural wearables. Afro-Caribbean percussion by Tempo International Rhythm […]