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By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Boston Symphony Orchestra brought their 2018–2019 Community Concerts series to a sold-out audience at the Camilla Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler Gallery in the Davis Museum, Wellesley College, on Sunday, November 11. The program, chosen to align with the Christiane Baumgartner: Another Country exhibit currently at the museum, consisted of Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, performed by Glen Cherry (1st violin), Tatiana Dimitriades (violin), Rebecca Gitter (viola), and Adam Esbensen (cello). The quartet was followed by Mozart’s Quintet in C Major, performed by Tatiana Dimitriades (1st violin), Glen Cherry (violin), Rebecca Gitter (1st viola), Rachel Fagerburg (viola), and Adam Esbensen (cello).

At the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, BSO Associate Director of Program Publications Robert Kirzinger leads a Community Conversation about the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Community Concert to follow. Photos by Audrey Anderson

Suzanne and Lloyd Kahan of Wayland view the Christiane Baumgarten exhibit 'Another Country,' after the conclusion of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Community Concert at the Davis Museum, Wellesley College. Behind the Kahans is 'Another Country,' a woodcut by Christiane Baumgartner with Juliette Kaiser. Photos by Audrey Anderson
The Mozart quintet’s adagios featured lyrical melodies traded back and forth between the first violin and the first viola, while the rest of the quintet provided a background for them. The energy of the allegretto con moto was intoxicating, and the final allegro was a classic Mozart summation of themes.
Christiane Baumgartner’s large woodcut prints conveyed a rhythmic energy with repeated horizontal lines in each piece. Her strong sense of line and shape underscored that energy.
Both the chamber concert and exhibit made for an invigorating Sunday afternoon’s entertainment, and the players and audience enjoyed a warm reception after the concert, featuring a dessert table designed with musical sculptures.
It was a truly delightful afternoon of skilled musicianship in the center of a gallery filled with thought-provoking art.