CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 VIRUS
Minnesota Orchestra Chamber Players
More Info
CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE TARGET ATRIUM
Chamber Music: Memories and Melodies
About This Concert:
Sit back and enjoy a poignant, rhapsodic and wild musical ride through the music of Kodály, Brahms and more, in this program curated by Minnesota Orchestra musicians.
KODÁLY
Duo for Violin and Cello
Susie Park, violin
Silver Ainomäe, cello
MOZART
Divertimento in D major, K. 251
Sarah Grimes, violin
Milana Elise Reiche, violin
Jenni Seo, viola
Kristen Bruya, bass
Kathryn Greenbank, oboe
Ellen Dinwiddie Smith, horn
Brian Jensen, horn
INTERMISSION / 20 min
BRITTEN
Divertimenti for String Quartet
Cecilia Belcher, violin
Rebecca Corruccini, violin
Megan Tam, viola
Beth Rapier, cello
STEINBERG
Subterranean Dance
Natsuki Kumagai, violin
Katja Linfield, cello
Adam Kuenzel, flute
Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet
Kevin Watkins, percussion
Mary Jo Gothmann, piano
BRAHMS
String Quartet No. 2
Peter McGuire, violin
Sarah Grimes, violin
Kenneth Freed, viola
Anthony Ross, cello
Fun Facts:
Susie Park and Silver Ainomäe are featured together again in Minnesota Orchestra performances of Brahms’ Double Concerto in May 2020.
Russell Steinberg wrote Subterranean Dance for an unusual ensemble which is sometimes referred to as a Pierrot Ensemble, based on the orchestration of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. For additional character, Steinberg added a percussion part to his score.
Benjamin Britten decided he wasn’t pleased with the Divertimenti, but the music was later discovered and published, and has since become a favorite of many string musicians.
One musical motif in Brahms’ A-minor String Quartet is built around the notes F, A and E, quoting a motto of Brahms’ friend Joseph Joachim: “Frei aber einsam,” which means free but lonely. This phrase was a strong source of inspiration for the work.
https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/eventdetail/1434/-/chamber-music-memories-and-melodies