Bridgehampton Chamber Music for Autumn

BCM Autumn, Bridgehampton Chamber Music’s fall mini-series launched in 2021, and this year, expands from two concerts to three, with Saturday evening programs October 29, November 12, and December 10, BCM’s first-ever holiday program. With BCM Autumn and BCM Spring mini-series joining the summer festival, Bridgehampton Chamber Music offers concerts virtually year-round.

On October 29, the celebrated young Calidore String Quartet makes its BCM debut performing selections from Wynton Marsalis’s first string quartet, “At the Octoroon Balls” and quartets by Shostakovich and Smetana. On November 12, an all-star trio of pianist/composer Michael Stephen Brown, violinist Benjamin Beilman, and cellist Carter Brey performs a program highlighted by piano trios by Schubert. And “Baroque Holiday” on December 10 brings BCM artistic director and flutist Marya Martin together with some of BCM’s finest artists — violinists Kristin Lee and Arnaud Sussmann, violist Matthew Lipman, cellist Brook Speltz, and harpsichordist Kenneth Weiss — for a program of festive Baroque music to celebrate the holidays.

All concerts are presented at Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, 2429 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton. Tickets for each concert are $65/$45 ($10 students). For details, visit bcmf.org.

Saturday, October 29, at 5 p.m.

Calidore String Quartet: Jeffrey Myers, violin; Ryan Meehan, violin; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi, cello

The celebrated Calidore String Quartet makes its Bridgehampton Chamber Music debut in a wide-ranging program that features the music of Wynton Marsalis, Shostakovich, and Smetana.

Wynton Marsalis — “Selections from At the Octoroon Balls:

Dmitri Shostakovich — String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110

Bedřich Smetana — String Quartet No. 1, “From My Life”

Saturday, November 12, 5 p.m.

Schubert Trios: Michael Stephen Brown, piano; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Carter Brey, cello

Few can come close to matching Schubert’s writing for piano trio. This program features the gorgeous “Notturno” as well as Schubert’s beloved and touching B-flat Major Trio, completed as Schubert was in his final years.

Franz Schubert — “Notturno” for Piano Trio in E-flat Major, D.897

G.F. Handel/Johan Halvorsen — “Passacaglia” for Violin and Cello

Franz Schubert — Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D.898

Saturday, December 10, 5 p.m.

Baroque Holiday: Marya Martin, flute; Kristin Lee, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; Brook Speltz, cello; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord

BCM artistic director Marya Martin is joined by world-renowned artists to perform a festive program of Baroque works, including Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and selections from Bach cantatas, to celebrate the holiday season.