Around Hear: Forget Me Not

Saturday, October 3, 2026 · 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Mystic Activity Center — 530 Mystic Ave., Somerville, MA

★ Free ★ Open to the public ★ Listeners of all ages are welcome ★ Refreshments served ★ Write, draw, move while you listen ★ After-concert pizza party PROGRAM: Leoš Janáček - Moravian Dances for piano solo Gideon Klein - String Trio Antonín Dvořák - Piano Quartet No.1 in D Major PERFORMERS: Marji Gere, violin Jenn Chang, viola Adrienne Taylor, cello Dan Sedgwick, piano Let's spend an afternoon exploring the music of three Czech composers with distinct voices and life stories: • Leoš Janáček, the prickly and obsessive composer whose collections of folk songs, everyday conversations, animal calls—and romantic misadventures—served as prime source materials for his operas, chamber music, and vocal works. • Gideon Klein, the young Jewish Moravian pianist, composer, and cultural worker whose powers of expression knew no bounds, flourishing despite censorship, deportation, and imprisonment until his murder at Auschwitz. • Antonín Dvořák, a Bohemian who scraped together a living as a teacher, violist, and organist—and composed lyrical, heartfelt music during stolen moments at his roommate’s piano—until his career was launched by an illustrious fan and supporter, Johannes Brahms. This…