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Concert May 5
THOMPSON — The Thompson Congregational Church will present a benefit concert at 2 p.m. May 5 at the church.
John Curran will play on flute and Barbara Speer will play piano. The concert is free but a free will offering will be taken.
A former flutist with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Curran was also the Principle Flutist of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony in New London. Barbara Speer has been a longtime pianist and recitalist in the New York City area. Of her debut, New York Times music critic Donald Henahan praised her “technical finesse, excellent taste, genuine involvement, poetic understanding and strong structural sense.”
The program will include works by J. N. Hummel, Claude Debussy, John Rutter and Howard Hanson.