Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (ICO) musicians Alfred and Colette Abel will be joined by their children Benjamin and Clara for an afternoon of masterworks expressing gratitude through music. Join us in giving thanks for this sacred space, transcendent music, and life’s gifts.

Heiliger Dankgesang: Notes of Thanks is an exploration of gratitude through music by the Abel Family Quartet.

The cornerstone of the program is Beethoven’s String Quartet op. 132, of which the transcendent middle movement, “Holy Hymn of Thanksgiving” stands as the heart of the work. Written in the final years of his life, Beethoven grapples with his own mortality, ultimately finding joy and gratitude for the gifts of life and the return to health after a life-threatening illness. Complimenting this, the program will also include works by Biber, Haydn’s “Emperor” variations, and Richard Auldon Clark’s “Mabon.”

Questions? Contact 317-635-2538 or admin@allsaintsindy.org.

Event Organizers: A partnership between musician Colette Abel, Episcopal Church of All Saints, and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.

Registration: Registration is encouraged. Use the blue “registration” button below.

About The Artists: Alfred Abel, violin, is Concertmaster of the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Instructor of Violin and Viola at Wabash College, and Conductor of the Wabash College Orchestra. Violinist, Benjamin Abel, is a dynamic chamber musician championing works by living composers and is pursuing a doctorate at The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Clara Abel, cellist, made her New York concerto debut in 2015 and later received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Juilliard studying under Joel Krosnick and Phoebe Carrai. Colette Abel, viola and violin, is a founding member of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and Principal Violist of the Marion Philharmonic, recently named Orchestra Indiana. She has performed throughout the Midwest and East Coast with Trio Amabile, the Abel Family String Quartet, and Cosmopolitan Chamber Players.