Join us for a joyful program of music for piano and winds as we welcome spring and all of the hope and renewal it brings. We will start off with Jacques Ibert’s Cinq Pièces en Trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, a charming work composed in Paris in 1935. We then perform the 2005 “Haas Trio” by American Simon Sargon for oboe, bassoon, and piano. This work pays tribute to radio personality Karl Haas, whose “Adventures in Good Listening” educated people about classical music all over the world. The program will conclude with Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds in Eb, which premiered on April 1, 1784 in Vienna. This work was referred to by Mozart himself as “the best thing I have written in my life.” Considering he had already written 37 symphonies and numerous other works at this time, this certainly was high praise!

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Program:

JACQUES IBERT Cinq Pièces en Trio   

SIMON SARGON Haas Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano

W.A. MOZART Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452

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Musicians:

Nancy Dimock, oboe

Ian Greitzer, clarinet

Ron Haroutunian, bassoon

Robert Marlatt, horn

Rebecca Plummer, piano

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Program:

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B-flat Major, op. 11

BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A minor, op. 114

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Musicians:

Ian Greitzer, clarinet

Jolene Kessler, cello

Rebecca Plummer, piano

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Dance in Celebration and Reflection

 

Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the United States. We will come together in contemplation of the horrors of slavery and its lasting legacy, in celebration of emancipation, and in honor of the continuing work that must be done to eradicate white supremacy. We will share three works by African American composers, each of which has moments of dance and reflection. Florence Price's String Quartet No. 2 in A minor weaves together her beautiful lyric writing and African American vernacular with daring chromaticism and vibrant movement. The third movement (of four) is a Juba, a dance developed by Africans brought to America against their will. Dorothy Rudd Moore's Modes is a beautiful and compact three-movement work, which ends with an energetic, movement-inspiring finale. Wynton Marsalis' At the Octoroon Balls is a set of scenes inspired by his early life in New Orleans. We will play three movements from this work - Creole Contradanzas, Blue Lights on the Bayou, and the Rampart Street Row House Rag.

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Program:

PRICE String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

DOROTHY RUDD MOORE Modes

WYNTON MARSALIS At the Octoroon Balls

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Musicians:

Lisa Goddard, violin

Colin Davis, violin

Anne Black, viola

Steve Laven, cello

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