Renowned piano ensemble brings new program to Fredonia to open RAC Pops Series
The 2025-26 DFT Communications Pops Series will open with "The 5 Browns: The Edge of the World" on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in King Concert Hall.
This Juilliard-trained piano quintet has been mesmerizing audiences for more than two decades.
The 5 Browns have created an engaging and accessible new program that they’ve titled The Edge of the World. The program is inspired by the primitive concept of a flat Earth. What lies at the edge of everything? If we traveled to the edge, would we fall off? At the heart of this program is Nico Muhly’s The Edge of the World, which was written specifically for The 5 Browns. The piece pushes the element of ensemble to the very edge of what is possible on multiple pianos, and its audience-friendly patterns weave in and out of each other like the threads of a cosmic tapestry. Also included in the program are Mars, Neptune, and Jupiter from Gustav Holst’s The Planets; the finale of Mozart’s “Jupiter” symphony; a journey over the rainbow with a suite of themes from the film The Wizard of Oz; and the beloved Beatles classic, Blackbird. The program concludes with an explosive trip to the edge of life itself, with the classic skeleton romp Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Tickets are also available by phone (716-673-3501) or in person at the Campus Ticket Office in the Williams Center on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
"The 5 Browns - The Edge of the World," is sponsored by WDOE and KIX Country as part of the 2025-26 Lake Shore Bank Season.