Name: Free Public Concert No. 6 - Stravinsky's "A Soldier's Tale" at Trinity Episcopal!
Start: 2025-10-17T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church New Orleans

Free Public Concert No. 6 - Stravinsky's "A Soldier's Tale" at Trinity Episcopal!

Crescent City Chamber Music Festival
Free Public Concert No. 6
FREE admission, no tickets required
Trinity Episcopal Church
Friday, October 17, 2025
Doors: 6 PM
Pre-Concert Talk and Q&A: 6:30 PM
Music: 7 PM
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This historic collaboration of members of Ensemble-in-Residence the Manhattan Chamber Players and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra brings you a rare performance of the original version of Igor Stravinsky’s quirky, macabre, and virtuosic “L’Histoire du Soldat” (“A Soldier’s Tale”) for narrator, violin, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, and double bass, led by acclaimed conductor Joshua Gersen.
CCCMF Founding Artistic Director Luke Fleming leads an informal Pre-Concert Talk and Q&A at 6:30 PM.
More info on this event at: https://crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com/2025-free-public-concert-6/
And more on CCCMF 2025’s six other Free Public Concerts here:
https://crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com/free-public-concerts/
Program:
Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)
L’Histoire du Soldat (“A Soldier’s Tale”)
Manhattan Chamber Players
Brendan Speltz, Violin
Mark Dover, Clarinet
Nanci Belmont, Bassoon
Members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Alan Tolbert, Trumpet
David Kidd, Trombone
Aaron Smith, Percussion
Paul Macres, Double Bass
and
JD Gersen, Conductor
with
Bryan Batt, Narrator
Abigail Monroe, Devil
Luke Fleming, Soldier
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