Trio Solisti performs at Adelphi this weekend

In Concert

Trio Solisti
Trio Solisti continues its 10th anniversary season with this weekend’s performance at Adelphi. The trio – composed of violinist Maria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach and pianist Jon Klibonoff – has earned a reputation for soulful and passionate performances marked by virtuosity and seamless ensemble playing. Performing a broad spectrum of styles, their versatility extends to new music, most notably to the work of Adelphi’s Paul Moravec, who composed his 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning Tempest Fantasy for them. The program includes Mozart’s Piano Trio in B-flat Major, K. 502, Moravec’s Passacaglia, Piazzola’s Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas, and Dvorak’s Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65.
Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $35 and $25 (seniors $32, $22), $10 students. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000.

Valentine’s Day Melodies

Linda Eder
Broadway’s Linda Eder returns to the area with a romantic program just in time for Valentine’s Day. Eder has established herself as a popular and acclaimed new interpreter of pop standards and theatrical songs. Her acclaimed releases include “And So Much More,” “It’s No Secret Anymore,” “Christmas Stays the Same,” “Gold,” “Storybook,” “Broadway My Way,” and “By Myself: The Songs of Judy Garland.”
Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $82, $62 and $42. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com or www.tillescenter.org.

Family Adventures

Darwin Day
Bring the family to explore the world of science at ” How Science Works,” a Darwin Day celebration, presented by the Ethical Humanist Society. The event opens with an interactive presentation by Dr. Victor Shuster, professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, on “How Science Works.” Afterwards, there are two programs: “Astronomy and the Night Sky” and “Meteorite/Meteor Wrong: How do you know a rock is a meteor?” Linda Prince and the Amateur Observer’s Society present hands-on and visual representations of phenomenon in space. Also, families can take part in creating a graffiti wall and a “Survival of the Fittest” game. 
Sunday, Feb. 12, 11 a.m. Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Rd., Garden City, (516) 741-7304 or www.ehsli.org.