An intimate season of chamber music, 2026–27
For several years now, Artistic Director Dan Stepner and Aston Magna member Laura Jeppesen have opened their home in Newton Center for an evening of music among friends. The concerts are given in their great room, in front of a wall of glass doors and windows with Laura’s garden as the backdrop — a setting that is impressive and warm and intimate all at once.
Each evening begins at 7:00 pm with hors d’oeuvres and drinks; the music starts at 8:00 pm. Admission is $100 per person and includes food, drink, music, and free parking. Seating is limited, and concerts fill quickly.
Concerts listed in Newton Center are at a private home; the address is provided in your ticket confirmation.
For more information on attending, please contact info@astonmagna.org.
All tickets are arranged in advance; there are no sales at the door.
Robert Levin in an All-Mozart Recital
A neo-baroque Suite, K. 399 (with Mr. Levin’s completions), Variations, an Adagio, and the Sonata in F, K. 332
Robert Levin, fortepiano
Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 8:00 pm — Newton Center
Maurice Ravel, the Classicist
Pavane, Sonata for Violin and Cello, Piano Trio
Daniel Stepner, violin · Jacques Lee Wood, cello · Leyla Zeilanova, piano
Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 8:00 pm — Newton Center
Dueling Violins
Music of Telemann, Bach, Mozart, Spohr, Bartók and Daniel Pinkham
Gerald Elias and Daniel Stepner, violins
Thursday, January 28, 2027 at 8:00 pm — Newton Center
Three Fugues and a Ciaccona
Performance and thoughts on Bach’s monumental contrapuntal essays for solo violin
Daniel Stepner, baroque violin
Thursday, February 18, 2027 at 8:00 pm — Newton Center
Music of François Couperin
Select chamber and solo harpsichord works
Scott Metcalfe and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins · Emily Walhout, viola da gamba · Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
Thursday, April 8, 2027 at 8:00 pm — Newton Center
Schubert’s Quartet Journey
One of his early, classical quartets, and his late, highly Romantic “Death and the Maiden”
Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, violins · Anne Black, viola · Jacques Lee Wood, cello
Thursday, May 6, 2027 at 8:00 pm — Newton Center
Hors d’oeuvres and drinks at 7:00 pm · Concert at 8:00 pm · $100 per person
For more information on attending, please contact info@astonmagna.org.