April 30, 2025 Submitted by Second Parish, Hingham
The community is invited to attend a complimentary evening of piano sonatas featuring CPE Bach and Joseph Haydn music in the Second Parish sanctuary, 685 Main St., Hingham, on Saturday, May 3, at 7 p.m., followed by a reception in Cushing Hall. The concert is open to both adults and children.
Ira Braus is a gifted pianist and Emeritus Professor of Music History at The Hartt School in West Hartford, Connecticut.
In 2007, Centaur Records released his CD of Brahms’s late piano works played on a period instrument of the E.M. Frederick Collection of Historic Pianos (Ashburnham, MA) in whose concert series he has often performed.
Braus has also appeared as a guest artist on Harvard’s Fromm Concerts for Contemporary Music, as pianist for the Boston Repertory Ballet Orchestra, and as chamber music partner on the Gardner Museum concert series.
A respected vocal accompanist, Braus was rehearsal pianist for the Glimmerglass Opera Company during its premiere season and went on to collaborate with such singers as D’Anna Fortunato (New England Conservatory) and Jeanine Hawley (New York City Opera) in Lieder recitals.
A delightful evening is guaranteed!