"Sunday Afternoons Live" Concerts Return in February

The winter season of the First Congregational Church of Greenwich’s First Music and Arts Series kicks off with the ever popular Sunday Afternoons Live at 4 p.m. each Sunday afternoon in February.

Held in the acoustical splendor and intimate setting of the First Congregational Auditorium, admission is $20 per person and light refreshments will be served. Tickets are available at the door and all school-aged youth are free.

This year’s lineup is a real treat! We kick off on February 1 at 4:00 pm with pianist, Andrew Armstrong as he rededicates the church’s famous Victor Borge Steinway piano which was recently refurbished. Andrew returns to Greenwich to bring his passionate expression and dazzling technique to this special piano. His performance will include works by Haydn, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, and Chopin.

Our season then continues in February with:

February 8: The Chamber Players of the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
The Chamber Players are the principal musicians of the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra who present intriguing and wide-ranging concerts of chamber music that span the centuries. Violinist Krystof Witek, violist David Cresswell, cellist Daniel Miller, and pianist Andrew Gordon will perform Intermezzo for String Trio by Zoltan Kodaly, Piano Trio in D Major by Franz Joseph Haydn, and Piano Quartet in G Minor by Johannes Brahms.

February 15: Songs of the Heart
This program will showcase favorite love songs, including Broadway tunes, standards, contemporary songs, opera arias, and more. These songs are filled with beauty, humor, passion, and joy. The concert will feature harpist, Wendy Kerner, with vocalists Steve Magnuson and Marjorie Donalds, along with pianist Joe Mennonna.

February 22: Asylum Quartet
The four classically-trained saxophonists met as graduate students at The Hartt School in West Hartford, Connecticut in 2011. Shortly after forming, the quartet received the Grand Prize in the 2014 International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition in Boston, becoming the first saxophone quartet to receive this honor. Asylum Quartet is comprised of Joseph Abad, Tony Speranza, Max Schwimmer, and Andrew Barnhart. They will perform works by Gershwin, Barber, Bernstein, and a number of new compositions to delight your senses.

For more information about any of these programs, call the church office at 203-637-1791 or visit the church website at www.fccog.org.