The Hammond Performing Arts Series Presents the Boston Cello Quartet

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (March 14, 2016) – Saul Cohen, President of Hammond Residential Real Estate in Chestnut Hill, is pleased to announce that the Boston Cello Quartet will perform at the next Hammond Performing Arts Series concert in Boston. This concert, which is sponsored by the Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen Foundation and promoted by Hammond Residential Real Estate, will take place on Sunday, April 3 at 3 p.m. in the Old South Church’s Gordon Chapel, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA.

The first of its kind in the history of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Cello Quartet was founded in 2010 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra cellists Blaise De´jardin, Adam Esbensen, Mihail Jojatu and Alexandre Lecarme. Since its acclaimed debut concert, the Boston Cello Quartet has quickly won the hearts of music lovers through their own arrangements of staples of the classical music repertoire, as well as jazz, contemporary works, and even comic medleys, all which showcase the limitless possibilities of the instrument they love. Favorites of the Tanglewood audience, the quartet opened for the Grammy Award-winning rock band Train at the Koussevitzky Music Shed in 2011 and two years later was featured as a solo group for Tanglewood on Parade, performing the “James Bond Concertino” with the Boston Pops and Keith Lockhart. Arranged by Grammy-nominated composer Chris Walden, this unique concerto for cello quartet and orchestra was specifically commissioned for the Boston Cello Quartet by the Boston Pops. In September 2013, the Boston Cello Quartet became the first chamber music group to be featured on ESPN and MLB.com, performing the national anthem and Metallica’s song “Enter Sandman” at Fenway Park, in honor of baseball legend Mariano Rivera. Their first album, “Pictures,” was released in February 2013 and quickly rose to the Top 50 Classical Music Albums on iTunes. The Boston Cello Quartet also recorded Olivier Deriviere’s soundtrack for the videogame “Of Orcs and Men,” released in 2012 on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

The Hammond Performing Arts Series began in Chestnut Hill twenty two years ago as a way to provide young professional musicians with performance opportunities and to enrich the cultural life of the communities that Hammond’s network of offices serve. The series proved so successful in Chestnut Hill that it has been expanded to Boston, Concord, Hingham, Lexington, and Weston.

Reservations for the April 3 concert are currently being accepted. If you are interested in attending, please email jwhite@hammondre.com or call 617-587-4622 to reserve your complimentary seats. Admission is free, but reservations are required.

To learn more, please visit http://www.hammondre.com/community-outreach/performing-arts-series.html.