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Hear the world’s leading clarinet soloist, David Shifrin, perform the clarinet quintets of Mozart and Brahms with string principals from the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Performed while surrounded by over 1,000 flickering candles for a cozy, romantic winter afternoon!

Part of our Music in Context: Exploring Culture Through Performance series, this event includes a post-performance conversation with the artist exploring the history, culture, and traditions behind the music.

Leslie Jones is a three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee as well as a Writer’s Guild Award and NAACP Award nominee for her work on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. She has also been honored as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People.

When the iconic Ms. Lisa Fischer sings, she brings a joyous sense of discovery to every setting. The Grammy and Oscar winning powerhouse vocalist is at the peak of her powers, blazing her own path, reveling in the chance to dive into every vocal possibility. While she carries traces of the legendary stars with whom she’s collaborated over four decades, Ms. Lisa Fischer is a constellation in her own right, singing songs with “amazing power, energy, and projection” enthuses Keith Richards, after 26 years of musicmaking with Ms. Lisa Fischer in the Rolling Stones.