BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Rachel Franklin - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Rachel Franklin X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://rachelfranklin.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Rachel Franklin REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T143000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T195738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T195742Z UID:3978-1745762400-1745764200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-10/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250118T224446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250118T224450Z UID:4075-1745695800-1745704800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin performs Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Frederick Symphony Orchestra DESCRIPTION:https://fredericksymphony.org/event/alpine-vistas\n \n \n \n \n \n All Brahms concert featuring local pianist Rachel Franklin performing Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor\, Brahms’ Tragic Overture\, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-performs-brahms-piano-concerto-no-1-with-the-frederick-symphony-orchestra/ LOCATION:Kussmaul Theatre\, Frederick Community College\, 7932 Opossumtown Pike\, Frederick\, 21701\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Brahms_Rachel.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T195622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T195626Z UID:3976-1744916400-1744918200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-9/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250331T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250331T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250118T214959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250118T220556Z UID:4047-1743422400-1743429600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Great Composer-Pianists - Brahms DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/great-composer-pianists\n \n \n \n \n \n Popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin guides a unique look at the monumental keyboard talents of four great composer-pianists and how their performing virtuosity influenced the piano works we enjoy today. \nWith a legacy of printed compositions but no recordings\, how can we get closer to the white-hot moments of creation and performance when these artists poured out their genius for fortunate and astonished listeners? How did the composers’ musical imaginations and their signature performance styles influence the development of how pianos would be constructed and sound? And did their contemporary audiences even comprehend what they were hearing? \nFranklin offers a fascinating exploration into the creative minds—and hands—of a quartet of piano pioneers celebrated for their prowess as composers and performers. She concludes each lecture with a live performance of a work by the spotlighted composer. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nBrahms trained intensely as a pianist and all his compositions for the instrument demand a prodigious and highly controlled technique. He was also a renowned pedagogue\, and he and his muse Clara Schumann taught many students whose playing was subsequently captured by early recording\, providing a tantalizing glimpse into the performing styles of the 19th century. \n  URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-great-composer-pianists-brahms/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Brahms.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250118T214123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250118T225348Z UID:4041-1742817600-1742824800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Great Composer-Pianists - Chopin DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/great-composer-pianists\n \n \n \n \n \n Popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin guides a unique look at the monumental keyboard talents of four great composer-pianists and how their performing virtuosity influenced the piano works we enjoy today. \nWith a legacy of printed compositions but no recordings\, how can we get closer to the white-hot moments of creation and performance when these artists poured out their genius for fortunate and astonished listeners? How did the composers’ musical imaginations and their signature performance styles influence the development of how pianos would be constructed and sound? And did their contemporary audiences even comprehend what they were hearing? \nFranklin offers a fascinating exploration into the creative minds—and hands—of a quartet of piano pioneers celebrated for their prowess as composers and performers. She concludes each lecture with a live performance of a work by the spotlighted composer. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nBecause of both his fragile health and the exquisite patina of his style\, our understanding of Chopin’s playing is sometimes clouded by romantic myth. While he only enjoyed performing for private audiences\, many reports show him to have been a mesmerizing player with a piano technique and harmony so revolutionary that it left his brilliant friend Franz Liszt scrambling to keep up. \n  URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-great-composer-pianists-chopin/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chopin.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250322T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250322T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T195417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T195421Z UID:3974-1742670000-1742671800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-8/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250118T213241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250118T213245Z UID:4037-1742212800-1742220000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Great Composer-Pianists - Beethoven DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/great-composer-pianists\n \n \n \n \n \n Popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin guides a unique look at the monumental keyboard talents of four great composer-pianists and how their performing virtuosity influenced the piano works we enjoy today. \nWith a legacy of printed compositions but no recordings\, how can we get closer to the white-hot moments of creation and performance when these artists poured out their genius for fortunate and astonished listeners? How did the composers’ musical imaginations and their signature performance styles influence the development of how pianos would be constructed and sound? And did their contemporary audiences even comprehend what they were hearing? \nFranklin offers a fascinating exploration into the creative minds—and hands—of a quartet of piano pioneers celebrated for their prowess as composers and performers. She concludes each lecture with a live performance of a work by the spotlighted composer. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nMozart may have enchanted his listeners\, but Beethoven overwhelmed and frequently disturbed them. While constantly harassing piano makers for stronger instruments and dealing with encroaching deafness\, Beethoven created entirely new piano techniques almost by accident as he fought to express his titanic ideas on the instrument. \n  URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-great-composer-pianists-beethoven/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Beethoven.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250310T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250310T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250118T212502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250118T212506Z UID:4031-1741608000-1741615200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Great Composer-Pianists - Mozart DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/great-composer-pianists\n \n \n \n \n \n Popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin guides a unique look at the monumental keyboard talents of four great composer-pianists and how their performing virtuosity influenced the piano works we enjoy today. \nWith a legacy of printed compositions but no recordings\, how can we get closer to the white-hot moments of creation and performance when these artists poured out their genius for fortunate and astonished listeners? How did the composers’ musical imaginations and their signature performance styles influence the development of how pianos would be constructed and sound? And did their contemporary audiences even comprehend what they were hearing? \nFranklin offers a fascinating exploration into the creative minds—and hands—of a quartet of piano pioneers celebrated for their prowess as composers and performers. She concludes each lecture with a live performance of a work by the spotlighted composer. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nMozart’s playing was regarded as simply wondrous. Franklin examines his beginnings as a harpsichord player and how he subsequently pivoted directly to the recently developed pianofortes\, creating new concerto styles that both dazzled and confused his audiences. \n  URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-great-composer-pianists-mozart/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Mozart.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250308T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250308T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T195301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T195303Z UID:3972-1741460400-1741462200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-7/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T195024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T195028Z UID:3970-1740682800-1740684600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-6/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T203000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T210420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T210804Z UID:4010-1740421800-1740429000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Orchestrating Greatness: Movies\, Their Music\, and the Oscars DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/orchestrating-greatness\n \n \n \n \n \n Experiencing a great film score can have a lifelong impact. Composers such as Bernard Herrmann\, Max Steiner\, Ennio Morricone and John Williams have engraved iconic scenes into our collective memory with their extraordinary music\, even if the rest of the movie might have faded. \nOver the years the Oscars have seen some of the greatest moments in film music history. Just ahead of the Big Show\, join concert pianist and film-music fanatic Rachel Franklin as she leads an immersive journey through 90 years of award-winning movie scores\, accompanied by her grand piano and a wide collection of fascinating film clips. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/orchestrating-greatness-movies-their-music-and-the-oscars/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/OscarStatue-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250118T222358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250118T223222Z UID:4055-1740078000-1740085200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Koh Series: Dr. Rachel Franklin presents "Gershwin's Centenary Decade" DESCRIPTION:https://www.bnaiisraeleaston.org/event/gershwin\n \n \n \n \n \n Celebrating Gershwin’s Extraordinary Creative Output During the 1920’s \n—————————————————————————————————— \nPopular pianist and speaker Dr. Rachel Franklin returns to Temple B’nai Israel to celebrate George Gershwin’s greatest achievements during this centenary decade. \nGershwin’s groundbreaking fusion of classical music and jazz\, Rhapsody in Blue\, is one of America’s most beloved cultural icons\, an exuberant symbol of the nation’s melting pot self-image\, its vigor\, optimism\, and constant reinvention. However\, the Rhapsody is just one of several masterworks that Gershwin’s boundless imagination produced during the 1920s. \nShe also dives into Gershwin’s extraordinary although painfully short life\, how he conceived this music\, his deeply influential Jewish immigrant roots and how they are part of our universal Gershwin experience. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/koh-series-dr-rachel-franklin-presents-gershwins-centenary-decade/ LOCATION:Congregation B’Nai Israel\, 7199 Tristan Dr\, Easton\, 21601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Gershwin.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250216T143000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T194836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T195107Z UID:3968-1739714400-1739716200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-5/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T202507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T001003Z UID:4007-1739448000-1739455200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: The Glory of Russian Masterworks\, Lecture 6 - More Masterpieces from the Russian Tradition DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/glory-of-russian-masterworks\n \n \n \n \n \n Tchaikovsky\, Mussorgsky\, Rimsky-Korsakov\, Rachmaninoff\, Prokofiev: Russia has provided us with some of the most exciting and original music in the repertoire today. Vibrant colors\, explosive energy\, and passionate emotional drive characterize the works of these composers. Yet this tradition seemed to spring from nowhere barely 150 years ago\, expanding meteorically in breadth and national confidence over an amazingly short period. As she explores the riches of Russian concert works\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin combines lecture and piano demonstrations to also trace the turbulent historical movements that acted both as backdrop and engine for this fascinating musical evolution. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and heard on NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nThe final session of the series is devoted to listening to a variety of great works not yet explored. Selections include the opera Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky\, ballets by Tchaikovsky\, orchestral works by Rachmaninoff\, chamber music by Shostakovich\, and other composers. \n  URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/the-glory-of-russian-masterworks-lecture-6-more-masterpieces-from-the-russian-tradition/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rachmaninoff.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250206T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T202340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T000915Z UID:4004-1738843200-1738850400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: The Glory of Russian Masterworks\, Lecture 5 - Dmitri Shostakovich and His Colleagues DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/glory-of-russian-masterworks\n \n \n \n \n \n Tchaikovsky\, Mussorgsky\, Rimsky-Korsakov\, Rachmaninoff\, Prokofiev: Russia has provided us with some of the most exciting and original music in the repertoire today. Vibrant colors\, explosive energy\, and passionate emotional drive characterize the works of these composers. Yet this tradition seemed to spring from nowhere barely 150 years ago\, expanding meteorically in breadth and national confidence over an amazingly short period. As she explores the riches of Russian concert works\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin combines lecture and piano demonstrations to also trace the turbulent historical movements that acted both as backdrop and engine for this fascinating musical evolution. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and heard on NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nDespite the fearsome pressure of the Stalinist state\, Dmitri Shostakovich was prolific\, producing a wide range of symphonic works\, operas\, concertos\, solo works\, choral and chamber music for the 20th-century canon. Along with works of fellow Soviet composers such as Kabalevsky and Khatchaturian\, Franklin offers a selection of his masterpieces including symphonies\, operas\, and film music. \n  URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/the-glory-of-russian-masterworks-lecture-5-dmitri-shostakovich-and-his-colleagues/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rachmaninoff.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250201T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250201T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T194552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T194556Z UID:3966-1738436400-1738438200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-4/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T202202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T000743Z UID:4000-1738238400-1738245600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: The Glory of Russian Masterworks\, Lecture 4 - The Ballet Masters\, Igor Stravinsky and Sergey Prokofiev DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/glory-of-russian-masterworks\n \n \n \n \n \n Tchaikovsky\, Mussorgsky\, Rimsky-Korsakov\, Rachmaninoff\, Prokofiev: Russia has provided us with some of the most exciting and original music in the repertoire today. Vibrant colors\, explosive energy\, and passionate emotional drive characterize the works of these composers. Yet this tradition seemed to spring from nowhere barely 150 years ago\, expanding meteorically in breadth and national confidence over an amazingly short period. As she explores the riches of Russian concert works\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin combines lecture and piano demonstrations to also trace the turbulent historical movements that acted both as backdrop and engine for this fascinating musical evolution. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and heard on NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nCommissioned by the great impresario Serge Diaghilev\, Stravinsky’s ballets crossed the fault line between Romanticism and Modernism and changed forever the way audiences understood dance. Hear samples of Petrushka and The Rite of Spring. Prokofiev composed his Romeo and Juliet under the malign supervision of Soviet apparatchiks but still produced a work of sublime romance and beauty. Franklin also explores his piano and symphonic masterpieces. \n  URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/the-glory-of-russian-masterworks-lecture-4-the-ballet-masters-igor-stravinsky-and-sergey-prokofiev/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rachmaninoff.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T201940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T000656Z UID:3995-1737633600-1737640800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: The Glory of Russian Masterworks\, Lecture 3 - From Mussorgsky to Rachmaninoff and Scriabin DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/glory-of-russian-masterworks\n \n \n \n \n \n Tchaikovsky\, Mussorgsky\, Rimsky-Korsakov\, Rachmaninoff\, Prokofiev: Russia has provided us with some of the most exciting and original music in the repertoire today. Vibrant colors\, explosive energy\, and passionate emotional drive characterize the works of these composers. Yet this tradition seemed to spring from nowhere barely 150 years ago\, expanding meteorically in breadth and national confidence over an amazingly short period. As she explores the riches of Russian concert works\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin combines lecture and piano demonstrations to also trace the turbulent historical movements that acted both as backdrop and engine for this fascinating musical evolution. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and heard on NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nModeste Mussorgsky was rough-hewn\, barely trained\, and obsessed with the rhythms of the Russian language\, while Sergey Rachmaninoff was supremely polished and an international concert pianist of titanic genius. Yet both formed their styles directly from ancient Russian traditions. Franklin showcases Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos. Meanwhile\, the highly eccentric Scriabin was creating his own language colored by synaesthesia and powered by his bizarre mystic beliefs\, as exemplified by his tone poem Prometheus: Poem of Fire. \n  URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/the-glory-of-russian-masterworks-lecture-3-from-mussorgsky-to-rachmaninoff-and-scriabin/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rachmaninoff.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135343 CREATED:20250105T194303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T194306Z UID:3964-1737054000-1737055800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-3/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135344 CREATED:20250105T201437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T000539Z UID:3990-1737028800-1737036000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: The Glory of Russian Masterworks\, Lecture 2 - The “Mighty Fistful” vs. Pyotr Tchaikovsky DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/glory-of-russian-masterworks\n \n \n \n \n \n Tchaikovsky\, Mussorgsky\, Rimsky-Korsakov\, Rachmaninoff\, Prokofiev: Russia has provided us with some of the most exciting and original music in the repertoire today. Vibrant colors\, explosive energy\, and passionate emotional drive characterize the works of these composers. Yet this tradition seemed to spring from nowhere barely 150 years ago\, expanding meteorically in breadth and national confidence over an amazingly short period. As she explores the riches of Russian concert works\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin combines lecture and piano demonstrations to also trace the turbulent historical movements that acted both as backdrop and engine for this fascinating musical evolution. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and heard on NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nThe nascent nationalism of such composers as Borodin\, Rimsky-Korsakov\, and Mussorgsky was beginning to shape the future of Russian concert music. \nMeanwhile\, Tchaikovsky strove to keep all his colleagues happy while negotiating the tricky diplomacy of new ethnic-influenced styles versus old European classicism. His Piano Concerto No.1 was excoriated by Anton Rubinstein’s brother Nicholas\, but now is a cornerstone of the concert repertoire. Franklin compares Tchaikovsky’s “Little Russian” symphony with such works as Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade and Borodin’s gorgeous Polovtsian Dances. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/the-glory-of-russian-masterworks-lecture-2-the-mighty-fistful-vs-pyotr-tchaikovsky/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rachmaninoff.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135344 CREATED:20241227T003403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T003407Z UID:3949-1736622000-1736623800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-2/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250109T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250109T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135344 CREATED:20241227T005058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T001048Z UID:3951-1736424000-1736431200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: The Glory of Russian Masterworks\, Lecture 1 - Mikhail Glinka and the Ancient Soil He Sprang From DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/glory-of-russian-masterworks\n \n \n \n \n \n Tchaikovsky\, Mussorgsky\, Rimsky-Korsakov\, Rachmaninoff\, Prokofiev: Russia has provided us with some of the most exciting and original music in the repertoire today. Vibrant colors\, explosive energy\, and passionate emotional drive characterize the works of these composers. Yet this tradition seemed to spring from nowhere barely 150 years ago\, expanding meteorically in breadth and national confidence over an amazingly short period. As she explores the riches of Russian concert works\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin combines lecture and piano demonstrations to also trace the turbulent historical movements that acted both as backdrop and engine for this fascinating musical evolution. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and heard on NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nMikhail Glinka almost single-handedly laid the foundation for the Russian concert music tradition. Franklin leads a lightning survey of ancient Russian folk song and chant\, exploring how he incorporated those styles into such important works as his delightful Kamarinskaya\, and his opera Ruslan and Lyudmila. She also examines the Piano Concerto No. 4. by Russian piano virtuoso Anton Rubinstein\, whose political activism laid the practical foundations for the mighty Russian musical institutions of today. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/the-glory-of-russian-masterworks-mikhail-glinka-and-the-ancient-soil-he-sprang-from/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rachmaninoff.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250102 DTSTAMP:20260419T135344 CREATED:20241224T205259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241224T211840Z UID:3931-1735344000-1735775999@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin at Renaissance Weekend\, Charleston DESCRIPTION:https://www.renaissanceweekend.org/weekend/new-years-2025\n \n \n \n \n \n Rachel Franklin and Jonathan Miles Brown are thrilled to be invited to return to the Renaissance Weekend’s prestigious Charleston New Years gathering\, where they’ll perform a variety of classical and jazz presentations\, and join panels discussing the arts and sciences. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-at-renaissance-weekend/ LOCATION:Charleston\, SC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/RenaissanceWeekend.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241222T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241222T153000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135344 CREATED:20241220T212517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241220T222619Z UID:3908-1734876000-1734881400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:SONOS Trio: A Seasonal Musical Celebration to Benefit the Friends of Chamber Music Reading DESCRIPTION:https://chambermusicreading.org/sonos-2024/\n \n \n \n \n \n Led by acclaimed pianist Rachel Franklin and featuring the consummate talents of violinist Christian Tremblay and fretless bass player Jonathan Miles Brown\, their programs explore the cross-polination between different musical art forms\, with compelling stories of how these musical cultures intersect. Blurring the edges between timeless chamber works and jazz improvisation\, SONOS have performed widely throughout the mid-Atlantic area\, delighting audiences with their imaginative storytelling\, unique instrumental sounds\, and fiery virtuosity. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/sonos-trio-a-seasonal-musical-celebration-to-benefit-the-friends-of-chamber-music-reading/ LOCATION:WCR Center for the Arts\, 140 N 5th St\, Reading\, PA\, 19601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SailPoster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135344 CREATED:20241009T200526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241130T220229Z UID:3733-1734004800-1734010200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Smithsonian Associates: Classical Sounds of Christmas DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/classical-sounds-of-christmas\n \n \n \n \n \n Popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin revisits this most beloved seasonal repertory\, hand-picking additional selections to explore how classical Western composers created a canon of both secular and sacred experiences that are now deeply rooted in our collective seasonal expectations. From sleigh bells and sugarplums to the mystical beauties of the Nativity\, every December our senses are filled with the music of Christmas. Some of this music is ancient and folk-based\, some grandly Baroque\, and more recent masterpieces have evoked images of feasting\, bells\, snowy Christmas trees\, brightly colored candy and jolly red Santas. Enjoy the stories behind works by such composers as Bach\, Handel\, Sibelius\, Tchaikovsky\, Francisco Guerrero\, Rimsky-Korsakov\, Britten\, Vaughan Williams\, Humperdinck\, William Henry Fry\, and many others. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \nDecember 12  Sacred Glories of the Season \nWhether it’s the intimacy of a medieval carol or the mighty choirs of the Messiah\, sacred music opens a nostalgic portal and taps into our deepest cravings for connection with the divine. Approaching Christmas itself\, travel across Europe sampling inspiring and achingly beautiful music written to celebrate this most spiritual time of the year. Included are exquisite choral works by Sibelius\, Poulenc\, Gustaf Nordqvist and Francisco Guerrero\, arrangements of carols by English composers Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten\, and the most beloved seasonal choral works such as Bach’s Christmas Oratorio\, Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ and Handel’s Messiah. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-smithsonian-associates-classical-sounds-of-christmas/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ChristmasLeavesOnPiano.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135344 CREATED:20241205T215144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T003143Z UID:3900-1733598000-1733599800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T135344 CREATED:20241110T185602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241130T220415Z UID:3739-1733400000-1733405400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Smithsonian Associates: Classical Sounds of Christmas DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/classical-sounds-of-christmas\n \n \n \n \n \n Popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin revisits this most beloved seasonal repertory\, hand-picking additional selections to explore how classical Western composers created a canon of both secular and sacred experiences that are now deeply rooted in our collective seasonal expectations. From sleigh bells and sugarplums to the mystical beauties of the Nativity\, every December our senses are filled with the music of Christmas. Some of this music is ancient and folk-based\, some grandly Baroque\, and more recent masterpieces have evoked images of feasting\, bells\, snowy Christmas trees\, brightly colored candy and jolly red Santas. Enjoy the stories behind works by such composers as Bach\, Handel\, Sibelius\, Tchaikovsky\, Francisco Guerrero\, Rimsky-Korsakov\, Britten\, Vaughan Williams\, Humperdinck\, William Henry Fry\, and many others. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \nDecember 5  A Christmas Box of Musical Delights \nLeopold Mozart\, Leroy Anderson\, Prokofiev: All take us on jingling sleigh rides\, while snowy landscapes by Florence Price and Niels Gade lead to the glittering holiday magic of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve Suite and\, of course\, Tchaikovsky’s incomparable Nutcracker. Ellington and Strayhorn compose a swinging homage to that most famous Christmas ballet\, and as for Santa Claus\, William Fry gives him a symphony of his own. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-smithsonian-associates-classical-sounds-of-christmas-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ChristmasLeavesOnPiano.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR