Celebrating the start of its 20th season, the locally based, 11-member Musaica Chamber Ensemble will present two concerts featuring three classical pieces by composers whose works were inspired by their predecessors and the musical styles that were incorporated into their repertoires.

On Monday (Sept. 29) in Metairie and Tuesday (Sept. 30) in Uptown New Orleans, Musaica will perform Italian composer Corrado Saglietti’s “Quintet for Horn and Strings,” along with British composer Madeleine Dring’s “Trio for Oboe, Flute and Piano” and Johannes Brahms’ four-movement “String Quartet No. 1 in C minor.”

Only one of the three pieces, the Dring trio, has been performed previously by the ensemble, according to violist Bruce Owen, Musaica’s co-founder, president and official spokesperson.

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