March 25, 2018 — 4 PM

Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Michael Brown, piano The New York Times has declared Michael Brown “a young piano visionary,” praising him for ““a magnificent performance” and a “powerful technique and a vivid imagination.” The multi-award-winning Spanish clarinetist José Franch-Ballester is considered one of the best classical soloists and chamber music artists of his generation. This collaboration will feature Leonard Bernstein’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano. Written in Key West in 1941, this Sonata is one of Bernstein’s first published pieces of music.