Program
The runtime for this program is approximately 2 hours, 15 minutes.
Maurice Ravel, Sonata No. 1 for violin & piano “Posthume”
Richard Rodney Bennett, After Syrinx I for oboe & piano
Laura Schwendinger, World Premiere for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion
Olivier Messiaen, Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes
Gabriel Fauré, Piano Quintet No. 2 in c minor, Op. 115
Faure’s second piano quintet is a graceful summation of his life’s work, with equal parts youthful enchantment and autumnal wisdom. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett reanimates Debussy’s nymph, and Ravel’s early violin sonata hangs in the air like perfume hinting at his ravishing colors to come. Laura Schwendinger muses on themes of birth, death, and transfiguration in a brand-new work for our technicolor visions of the never-ending cycle of life.
Musicians
Deborah Boldin, flute
Vivian Chang-Freiheit, piano
Francesca dePasquale, violin
Nancy Dimock, oboe
Eunae Koh, violin
Gary Gorczyca, clarinet
Mary Mackenzie, soprano
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Mika Sasaki, piano
Matt Sharrock, percussion
Scott Woolweaver, viola