Pianist Constantine Finehouse to Perform 19th Century Romantic Piano Repertoire at NECC
Internationally acclaimed pianist Constantine Finehouse will present a concert of music by the “Foremost Composers of the 19th Century Piano Repertoire,” Sunday, May 19, at the David Hartleb Technology Center on Northern Essex Community College’s Haverhill campus, 100 Elliott St.
The performance begins at 2 p.m.
The program features the music of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1822) with 32 Variations in C minor, and Sonata in C Major. Op. 2 No. 3, Frederic Chopin (1810- 1849) with Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 55/1, Ballade in A-flat Major. Op. 47, and Ballade in F Minor, Op. 52, and Robert Schumann (1810-1856) with Novelette in F# Minor, Op. 28, No. 8.
Finehouse has performed extensively throughout the United States and internationally, and has been praised for his “interpretations of depth and maturity.”
In addition to this performance, Finehouse appears regularly with the Essex Chamber Music Players, who are in residence at NECC.
“We are thrilled to have Constantine Finehouse performing solo piano in concert on our yearly series. Last year our audience was thrilled by his solo piano concert.” ECMP Artistic Director and NECC Music Professor Emeritus Michael G. Finegold said.
General admission tickets are $15. NECC students with college IDs and kids 8 to16 years old are free.
For additional information on this concert or ECMP, email Michael Finegold, ecmp314@comcast.net, or visit www.ecmp.org.
With campuses in Haverhill and Lawrence, Northern Essex Community College offers over 70 associate degree and certificate programs as well as hundreds of noncredit courses designed for personal enrichment and career growth. Each year, 8,500 students are enrolled in credit associate degree and certificate programs on the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses; and another 2,600 take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley. Northern Essex is the only state college located in the lower Merrimack Valley Region of Massachusetts. For more information, visit the website at www.necc.mass.edu.
