The Newport String Project will present a free community concert at Ochre Court at Salve Regina University on Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m., featuring its resident ensemble alongside internationally acclaimed guest musicians.
The centerpiece of the program will be Frank Bridge’s String Sextet in E flat Major, a sweeping work first performed in 1912 that has seen renewed interest in recent years. The Newport String Quartet — violinists Ealaín McMullin and Kenneth Trotter, violist Florrie Marshall and cellist Chelsea Bernstein — will be joined by guest artists Jesse Holstein on viola and Elizabeth Cook on cello for the rarely heard piece.
The concert will open with Henry Purcell’s Chacony in G minor, Z. 730.
Ochre Court, the Gothic Revival mansion on the Salve Regina campus, provides what organizers describe as an intimate yet breathtaking backdrop for the performance. The annual free community concert is a highlight of the Newport String Project’s season, offering local audiences access to works seldom performed on the concert stage.
Admission is free. Registration is available at newportstringproject.org.
For more information, contact Artistic Director Ealaín McMullin at ealain@newportstringproject.org or Administrator Shauna Maguire at shauna@newportstringproject.org or 401-330-0678.