Organization: Hartt Music Division
Submitter Name: Katie Lansdale
Submitter Email: lansdale@hartford.edu

Ode To Joy Festival: NIGHTS IN VIENNA

(September 17-19, 2026 7 p.m. and/ Sept. 20, 2026 5 p.m. — The Hartt School University of Hartford) 

Lions Gate Trio (The Hartt School Trio in Residence)

Katie Lansdale, violin

Darrett Adkins, cello

Florence Millet, piano

      and

The Hartt School Students, Faculty, and Alumni and Guest Artists

Has any city ever been more a fount of music than Vienna? Over the past 300 years, Vienna has emerged as the wellspring for sparkling Classicism, swirling Romantic waltzes, and even daring new currents of pitch systems. From September 17-20, Lions Gate Trio will be joined in four concerts by 100 Hartt School students, faculty, and alumni and guest artists in a celebration of Viennese chamber and vocal music. Works by Beethoven, Berg, Brahms, Eisler, Haydn, Mahler, Mozart, Schoenberg, Strauss, Webern, Wolf and even a leading voice of today, York Höller, whose music was inspired by Schubert.  Mark your calendars now for these extraordinary musical events! Free admission. Lincoln Theater. More information about this year's Ode to Joy can be found at this link. 

Sunday, September 20, 5 p.m., Lincoln Theater

Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 ("The Trout") (Emlyn Ngai, Jaroslaw Lis, Mihai Tetel, Andrew Trombley, José Ramos Santana)

Beethoven Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 (Lions Gate Trio)

Mozart Missa brevis in C major, K. 220 ("Sparrow Mass") (Dr. Gabriel Löfvall, Schola Cantorum of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Emlyn Ngai, Haim Avitsur, Jacob Wilson, Andrew Morgan, and Hartt School students)