Music and Museum

Music and Museum is an innovative concert and lecture series that fuses image, music and conversation to provide a deeper understanding of selected artistic works. The concerts (featuring chamber musicians, cabaret artists and other small ensembles) are accompanied by one or more artworks from the Bechtler collection and/or current exhibitions and include commentary by museum staff connecting the aesthetics and artistic principles that drove both the music and the visual art.

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Gains Programming From Charlotte Chamber Music

The Bechtler is pleased to announce the museum has gained programs from Charlotte Chamber Music, which ceased operations Oct 1, 2012. Charlotte Chamber Music provided the region with high quality concerts for the past 16 years. Those concerts in combination with the established Music and Museum concerts provide greater opportunities to experience visual art through the medium of classical music.

The First Tuesday concerts that originated with Charlotte Chamber Music are now part of the Bechtler's Music and Museum series and are performed in the museum's 4th-floor gallery at noon and 5:30 p.m. Accompanying the concerts are discussions about the musical composers and artwork on exhibition, offering an insightful perspective on the two art forms.

Also continuing from Charlotte Chamber Music’s lineup are the Living Room concerts, which provide an intimate setting for musical performances in private residences followed by food and wine receptions with the musicians.

As it has for the past two years, the Bechtler continues to present its original Music and Museum concerts on Sundays, which are closely connected to current exhibitions and performed by the Bechtler Ensemble and other musicians.

Read more about the changes in this Charlotte Observer article.

Music and Museum 2012-2013 Season

September 16

A Family of Artists
Bechtler Ensemble
Bach, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky

October 2

First Tuesday concerts
Surrealism in Music and Art
Bechtler Ensemble
Poulenc, Stravinsky and Satie

October 7

Living Room concert
Surrealism in Music and Art
Bechtler Ensemble
Poulenc, Stravinsky and Satie

November 6

First Tuesday concerts
Democracy
Vega Quartet
Haydn, Beethoven and Garner

December 4

First Tuesday concerts
Christmas in Venice
Members of the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra
Vivaldi and Corelli

January 8

First Tuesday concerts
Schubertiade
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Faculty

January 20

Art to Poetry to Music
A collaboration concert with Opera Carolina and the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer University
Performances that explore Chinese cultural arts
Featuring bass-baritone Sun-Yu

February 3

Living Room concert
Horn of Plenty
Bob Rydel, Elina Lev and Matt Manwarren
Brahms and Schubert

February 5

First Tuesday concerts
Horn of Plenty
Bob Rydel, Elina Lev and Matt Manwarren
Brahms and Schubert

February 17

Annual Chamber of Love Concert
Bechtler Ensemble
Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich

March 5

First Tuesday concerts
Images of Spanish Life
Bechtler Ensemble
de Falla, Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos

April 9

Tuesday concerts
Modernism and Sensuality (part of the Ulysses Festival)
Fire Pink Trio
Debussy, Locklair and Arnold Bax

April 14

Living Room concert
Modernism and Sensuality
Fire Pink Trio
Debussy, Locklair and Arnold Bax

May 7

First Tuesday concerts
Brave New Worlds
Members of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Chamber Players
Bartok and Prokofiev

Concert Times and Ticket Prices

Music and Museum First Tuesday/midday concerts offer selections from the main, 5:30 p.m. same-day concert and are performed at noon. Tickets are free for museum members and $5 for non-members.

Music and Museum First Tuesday/evening concerts are performed at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for members, $20 for non-members and include a post-concert reception with cash bar. Reception sponsored by Ann Depta of Meridian Consulting Group.

Music and Museum Living Room concerts are performed at 4 p.m. Tickets are $60 per person, $100 for two people. Pre-concert cocktail reception and post-concert hors d'oeuvres and desserts are included in the ticket price.

Music and Museum Sunday concerts are performed at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for museum members and $20 for non-members. Cash-bar reception at 5 p.m.

Buying Tickets

Music and Museum concert tickets are available for advance purchase online, by phone 704.353.9200, at the visitor services desk. Tickets are also for sale at the door the day of the concert for all performances held at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. Living Room concert tickets must be purchased in advance.

Enhancements for Concertgoers

A reconfiguration of the 4th-floor gallery has allowed more space for concert seating and enhanced performance lighting. In addition, the museum now provides chair cushions on a first-come-first-served basis.

Parking

Directions to the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art are available here.

Music and Museum concertgoers receive discounted parking at the Levine Center for the Arts garage, located at the Duke Energy Center, 550 South Tryon Street. The visitor entrance is located on West Stonewall Street. Visitor parking is offered on levels P1 and P2. Bring parking tickets to the museum for validation.

Media Coverage

CVNC.org: UNCSA Faculty Bring Zest to Chamber Music Jewels

Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance: Review of April 9, 2013 Concert 

Charlotte Observer: Bechtler Museum presents music and art

CVNC.org: Valentine's Day Takes on New Meaning at Bechtler Ensemble Concert

CVNC.org: UNC School of the Arts Players Serve Up a Fine Trout at Bechtler Schubertiade

CVNC.org: NC Baroque Orchestra Celebrates Christmas with Red Priest and Other Venetians

Charlotte Observer: Audiences Follow Chamber Music to New Home

Charlotte Observer: Bechtler Museum Takes Over Chamber Music Group

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