Season 2025-26

Eight Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. at Sanders Theatre
Free parking available at the Broadway Garage / Map and directions

Welcome to our 43rd Season

We are offering icons of personal expression, masterworks that could not be contained within the walls of the few but needed to be shared with many. Because ‘the best things cannot be told,’ and musical discourse begins where words fail, our intimate music making is necessary now more than ever.

Artistic Director Thompson’s intro of the season

Highlights

Masterworks in our genre by Mozart, Fauré, Schumann, Dvořák, and Messiaen.
Audience favorites that haven’t been performed on our stage for more than a decade, such as Mendelssohn’s String Quintet in A major, Haydn’s Gypsy Trio, and Brahms’s String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major.
Important and impressive works by lesser-known composers: Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet, Chausson’s Piano Quartet, Korngold’s Suite for Two Violins, Cello, and Piano Left Hand, and Webern’s Langsamer Satz for String Quartet.
First performances on our series, including Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge, Op. 133, Farrenc’s Piano Quintet in A minor (1839), Penderecki’s Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass; and Zemlinsky’s Clarinet Trio (1896).
Our 2025 commission, a string octet, by composer and BCMS member musician Alyssa Wang.

Subscriber Benefits

Discounts on your subscription and on additional tickets / Subscribe to all 8 concerts and save up to 15% off single ticket prices, or pick four or more concerts and save 10%. Enjoy the same saving on additional tickets purchased for your friends and family.
Guaranteed/priority seating / Gain access to purchase tickets to all concerts before single tickets go on sale. Renewing subscribers may sign up by July 31 to keep the same seats or have early choice of new seats.
Free parking at the Broadway Garage / All ticket holders, including your guests, can park for free at the nearby Broadway Garage.
Flexibility to switch performances / Contact the BCMS office up to two days before a concert and we will be glad to exchange your tickets to a different performance (or to reprint your lost tickets).
Brahms Circle member benefits / Patrons who have subscribed for more than five consecutive years automatically become members of the Brahms Circle. Each member is entitled to receive a complimentary ticket during the season and is invited to special gatherings.