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Music at the Mansion

  • The Woodlands 4000 Woodland Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA (map)

Music at the Mansion

Monument and Memory: music inspired by Paul Cret
Saturday, November 11th
4:00 pm in the Hamilton Mansion

Enjoy an afternoon of chamber music in the ballroom of the Hamilton Mansion, a space designed in the 1780’s specifically for music and dancing. Under the artistic direction of violist Amy Leonard, this concert’s repertoire will be in conversation with Paul Cret (1876-1945) the notable architect who is buried in The Woodlands Cemetery Section K.

 Concert Repertoire

String Trio (1933) | Jean Francaix (1912-1997)

Prelude, Allegro & Pastorale | Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
for Viola and Clarinet (1942)

INTERMISSION

Avant & Retour (1900) | Paul Wetzger (1870-1937)

Adagio for Strings (1936) | Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

The Children’s Corner (1908) | Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Arranged by David Schiff
Serenade for the Doll                             
The Snow is Dancing
Jimbo’s Lullaby
The Little Shepherd
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum                    

Ticket sales will end at 12pm the day of each concert.

The Paul Cret Gates at The Woodlands Cemetery.


Music at the Mansion concerts are supported by a generous grant from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.

Earlier Event: November 11
Volunteer Site Work Day
Later Event: December 22
Winter Solstice Bird Walk