May 18, 2022

Free Chamber Music Concerts At Richardson Auditorium

BACK ON TRACK: The Diderot String Quartet is among the ensembles returning to Richardson Auditorium this summer for Princeton University Chamber Concerts.

After two years of streaming concerts due to the pandemic, Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts’ 55th Season of free chamber music concerts will be in Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus again summer.

The season begins Thursday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. with the Argus Quartet, playing music by Joseph Boulogne, known as the “Black Mozart,” and new music by Donald Crockett and Jessica Meyer. On Sunday, June 26 at 2 p.m., the Diderot String Quartet plays works by Bach and Mendelssohn on historic instruments for a program, “Legacy of the Fugue.”

The Manhattan Chamber Players perform piano quartets by Mozart and Schumann and a string trio by Dohnányi on Friday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m. And on Thursday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m., the Zodiac Trio plays music for clarinet, violin, and piano by Bartok, Stravinsky, Still, Piazzolla, Gershwin, and others.

Tickets are free, available online one week before each concert at tickets.princeton.edu.