How long does it take to run a marathon? Four or five hours? Imagine playing a string instrument for double that time. The Toledo Museum of Art presents a Music Marathon: The Complete String Quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich. Aeolus Festival Players, featuring Toledo Symphony Orchestra principal second violinist Merwin Siu (above right) and fourteen other TSO musicians, will test their endurance as they perform all eight of Shostakovich’s quartets. Listen to Shostakovich’s deep regret for joining the Communist Party and his compassion for victims of World War II in the eighth quartet, his most famous. TSO and TMA combine for this marvelous marathon.
Noon-9:30pm (presentations at 2:30pm, 5pm & 7:30pm) Saturday, August 15. $15. Toledo Museum of Art’s GlasSalon.
Can’t get enough music at the Art Museum? Return a week later as members of The Toledo Chapter of the American Guild of Organists perform on the Skinner Organ, TMA’s historic gem. Donated by Libbey Glass in 1926, the organ began as a celebrated art piece. In the late 70s, however, damage led to it sitting unused for fifteen years. Donations in 2001 allowed for a full restoration, preceding a revival in 2013.
2pm Saturday, August 22. Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle. Free
Toledo Museum of Art, 2455 Monroe St.
419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org
How long does it take to run a marathon? Four or five hours? Imagine playing a string instrument for double that time. The Toledo Museum of Art presents a Music Marathon: The Complete String Quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich. Aeolus Festival Players, featuring Toledo Symphony Orchestra principal second violinist Merwin Siu (above right) and fourteen other TSO musicians, will test their endurance as they perform all eight of Shostakovich’s quartets. Listen to Shostakovich’s deep regret for joining the Communist Party and his compassion for victims of World War II in the eighth quartet, his most famous. TSO and TMA combine for this marvelous marathon.
Noon-9:30pm (presentations at 2:30pm, 5pm & 7:30pm) Saturday, August 15. $15. Toledo Museum of Art’s GlasSalon.
Can’t get enough music at the Art Museum? Return a week later as members of The Toledo Chapter of the American Guild of Organists perform on the Skinner Organ, TMA’s historic gem. Donated by Libbey Glass in 1926, the organ began as a celebrated art piece. In the late 70s, however, damage led to it sitting unused for fifteen years. Donations in 2001 allowed for a full restoration, preceding a revival in 2013.
2pm Saturday, August 22. Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle. Free
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Toledo Museum of Art, 2455 Monroe St.
419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org
