Opening Night!

Special Guest: Norman Gilliland, WPR host

Written only 15 years apart, these two powerfully romantic masterpieces are full of melody, emotion, and flair. They represent the impetuous Bartók in his romantic youthfulness and Fauré in his masterful maturity.

Quintet in C Major • Béla Bartók
Piano and String Quartet

Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45 • Gabriel Fauré
Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello

David Perry & Suzanne Beia, Violins • Allyson Fleck, Viola • Aaron Fried, Cello • Jeannie Yu, Piano

Sponsored by the Midsummer’s Music Board of Directors