Mozart to Matisse
Presented by Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Columbus Museum of Art
As part of select Masterworks Series performances, the Columbus Symphony and Columbus Museum of Art will collaborate in a series of afternoon lectures that pair chamber music performances by Symphony musicians with works from the CMA art collection. The presentations will focus on specific periods being presented in the upcoming CSO Masterworks concerts and explore the common themes and aesthetic influences between music and visual art.
Mozart to Matisse
Peasant Populism: Mussorgsky and Hartmann
October 26, 2:00–3:00 PM
Join CMA curator Daniel Marcus and members of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for the first Mozart to Matisse program of the 2024–2025 season, featuring Anton Arensky’s String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35 (1894). Marcus will explore the relationship between art and music in the Russian Empire at the end of the 19th century, focusing on Arensky’s predecessor Modest Mussorgsky and artist Viktor Hartmann.
The program includes a brief lecture on Mussorgsky, Hartmann, and their shared commitment to Russian folk culture, followed by a live performance by Columbus Symphony musicians.
Tickets are $5 for members, $15 for nonmembers.
