Belmont Abbey College presents concerts at the beautiful Abbey Basilica, 100 Belmont-Mt. Holly Rd. Belmont. Each of these concerts is free for all, but donations are accepted. The college is off exit 26 from I-85, and very close to Charlotte in nearby Gaston County.
All concerts are at 8 p.m. unless otherwise indicated.
The concerts will be held live in the Basilica. Masks are required. If you have any questions, please call 704-461-6012 or email abbeyarts@bac.edu.
Or, you can watch the live stream at belmontabbeycollege.edu/artslive/
It’s free to watch either way.
2021/2022 season
October 25
Carolina Pro Musica: Oh, Boy! The Oboe!
Sung Lee, baroque oboe, offers new sounds to our musical palate. Hear the enticing use of the double reed in works by Handel, Telemann, and Bach along with voice. Baroque music at its finest.
November 22
Anima Vox
Anima Vox is an innovative flute and soprano duo specializing in seamless concert experiences and free improvisation. Flutist Tadeu Coelho and soprano Carole Ott blend their voices in ways that are simultaneously striking and ethereal.
January 24, 2022
The Lopez-Tabor Duo returns to the Abbey
The Lopez Tabor Duo, Alfonso Lopez, violin, and Michelle Tabor, piano, from Venezuela, have performed for us several times. The concert features Corelli, Prokofiev, Copland, Bernstein, de Falla, Albeniz and South America.
February 21, 2022
Ensemble Aubade
Peter H. Bloom, flute; Francis Grimes, viola; and Steven Sussman, piano perform exuberant chamber music spanning many styles and centuries: Quartet for Keyboard, Flute and Viola Wq 94 (1788) by C.P.E Bach; Trio Opus 45 (1857) by Louise Farrenc; and Seven Postcards to Old Friends (1966) by Robert Russell Bennett. Ensemble Aubade is based in Boston and performs across the United States.
March 28, 2022
Carolina Pro Musica: Italian Influences
Italian musical concepts can be heard in works of Catalonian Francesc Valls and Antonio Soler. Italian Domenico Scarlatti spent years in Spain. Iberian folk idioms can be heard in many of his sonatas written for Maria Barbara, Princess of Portugal, later Queen of Spain.
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