Join the internationally acclaimed Apple Hill String Quartet for an afternoon of chamber music inspired by the natural world. Works by composers Franz Joseph Haydn and Antonin Dvorak feature winged melodies of lark and tanager, while Meredith Monk’s Cliff Light, Tendrils, and Obsidian Chorale highlight unique textures in nature. As a special bonus, the Quartet will also perform the world premiere of a piece by local composer Miriam Sharrock. Called “dashing and extraordinary” by The Strad Magazine, the members of the Apple Hill String Quartet are the Artistic Directors and resident musicians at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music in Nelson, winner of the CMAcclaim award from Chamber Music America.

2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Colonial Theatre in Keene. (Note: the Harris Center’s printed calendar originally listed this event as starting at 4 p.m., but the start time has since changed to 2 p.m.) Tickets range from $18 to $45, and can be purchased from The Colonial’s website. For more information, contact Brett Amy Thelen.

Co-sponsored by the Harris Center for Conservation Education and the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music.