Events Calendar

TICKETS
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, July 29 at 10 a.m.
Adults $65 / $45
Students & Youth $10

Part of Hancher's 52nd Season

Top-flight musicians — each a Hancher favorite — perform a perfect program for piano and clarinet.

Emanuel Ax — one of the world’s most revered musicians — has been performing for Hancher audiences since he was a Young Concert Artist. How deep is the relationship? When Hancher needed a new piano for our new facility, we turned to Manny knowing he would select the ideal instrument. Meanwhile, Anthony McGill — principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic — first delighted Hancher audiences virtually during our pandemic programming. We have been eager to present him in person ever since.

Together Ax and McGill will present a perfect mix of music for the two instruments — including a work by Jessie Montgomery, Hancher’s 2024–2025 composer-in-residence.

“Understated and unarrogant, Ax can be taken for granted. But he has long been, and continues to be, one of the finest American pianists.” — The New York Times

“[McGill is] a captivating virtuoso on the stage, and a longtime advocate for social change extending beyond it…” — The New York Times

PROGRAM:
James LEE III: Joyous Advocate
Franz SCHUBERT: Sonata in A Major, Op. 120
Franz SCHUBERT: Sonata in A minor, D. 821, Arpeggione for B-flat clarinet and piano
Florence PRICE: Adoration
Jessie MONTGOMERY: Peace
Adolphus HAILSTORK: The Blue Bag 
Leonard BERNSTEIN: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

Emanuel Ax Website

Anthony McGill Website

HANCHER EVENT PARTNERS
John & Ellen Buchanan
Alicia Brown-Matthes
Donald W. Heineking
Nancy J. Sereduck