SUNDAY, JULY 8th
The delightful and bountiful musical permutations of the string quartet are offered here by the esteemed Orion Quartet in the company of two stellar young artists. From the standard-setting quartet by Haydn, founder of the genre, to one of Mozart’s sublime quintets (composed for himself to sit in as violist) to Dvorák’s orchestral-scale sextet, the diverse art of the string ensemble is revealed in all its irresistible glory.
WEDNESDAY,JULY 11th
Beethoven’s youthful, effervescent string trio opens a program of chamber music classics. For Mendelssohn’s virtuosic piano quartet, the strings are joined by the superb pianist Gloria Chien, who switches to romantic mode in the second half for a mature and majestic piano trio by Brahms.
SUNDAY, JULY 15th
Schubert’s epic First Piano Trio of 1827 was a direct response to Beethoven’s magisterial “Archduke” Trio of 1811. Into this large-scale work Schubert poured all of his inimitable lyricism, making it perhaps history’s longest, sweetest song for chamber ensemble. Preceding the Schubert on this concert are two equally attractive works, each offering the spotlight to the flute, played by the charismatic Sooyun Kim.
