Mendelssohn was 16 when he wrote his Sextet for Piano and Strings. Mozart was 10 years older when he penned his 2nd Piano Quartet. Both composers wrote them to show off their own amazing piano virtuosity, creating breath-taking masterpieces. We begin the program with a Phantasy for piano trio by... [Read More]

Dvořák and Brahms—two great 19th century composers who gave us splendid piano quintets. However, the Dvořák Quintet is one you may not have heard before. He was 31 when he wrote it, but then decided to revise it in 1887 at the height of his career. Unfortunately, this version was... [Read More]

Engage your imagination in the magic of music by three greats: Schumann, Haydn, and Beethoven. Schumann’s “Fairy Tales” is written for the same combination as Mozart’s “Kegelstatt Trio” (clarinet, viola, and piano) and is one of Schumann’s final compositions. He thought listeners would find it “highly romantic.” Beethoven’s “Ghost” gets... [Read More]

Composer-in-Residence Will Healy returns with a free-wheeling program inspired by Bach. Selections from The Musical Offering and Will’s arrangement of Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme lead to Bach-inspired works by Will himself. He is then joined by his colleague, violinist George Meyer, for their freshly inspired collaborations that remind... [Read More]

When Brahms wrote his second string quintet, he thought it was a perfect way to end his career (he later was coaxed into creating a few more by a wonderful clarinetist). It is powerful, charming, intense, light-hearted, and – especially in its Hungarian flavored finale – exuberant. When someone suggested... [Read More]

One of the most dramatic and rapturous works in the literature concludes our season. You will be swept away by Chausson’s surging and impulsive masterwork, expertly and passionately realized by our soloists, David Perry, violin, and Jeannie Yu, piano, framed by our string quartet including Ann Palen and Cole Randolph.... [Read More]