On Sunday, September 15 at 3 PM, Friends of Music of Stamford, NY presents a chamber music concert by the Merz Trio, featuring Brigid Coleridge (violin), Julia Yang (cello), and Amy Yang (piano). Winners of the Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff, and Chesapeake Competitions, and recipients of a Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant, the Merz Trio is passionately committed to reshaping the narrative of classical music through vibrantly dynamic programming and wide-ranging interdisciplinary collaboration. The members’ programming style juxtaposes classical standards, new music, and their own arrangements of familiar and forgotten works, fluidly interwoven with guiding commentary from the stage.

In this “Night Songs” program, the Merz Trio explores melody sung into and for the night, creating a musical conversation that begins with the 12th-century chants spun by Hildegard von Bingen in her solitary monastic cell, then joins the compositions of Purcell, Schumann, Alma Mahler, Brahms, and Zemlinsky in works large and small. The 75-minute program concludes with Thelonious Monk’s poignantly lonely ode to a dark hour, ‘Round Midnight.

This event is generously hosted by the First Presbyterian Church at 96 Main Street, Stamford, NY. Admission is by donation at the door; the suggested donation is $15 per person, $10 for seniors & students. There is no charge for those under age 13. Cash or check only; no reservations or advance sales. Visit https://friendsmusic.org for more information about this concert and the rest of the Friends of Music 2024 season.