W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K 518
Juan-Migel Hernandez
Borealis String Quartet
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
James Campbell, clarinet
Jamie Parker, piano
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Jonathan Crow, Patricia Shih, Annalee Patipatanakoon, Yuel Yawney, violins
Juan-Migel Hernandez, Nikita Pogrebnoy, violas
Roman Borys, Sungyong Lim, cellos
Our final concert presents sorrowful utterances contrasted with youthful enthusiasm and elation. Beginning the program is the String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K 518 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Completed in 1787, this remarkable work is predominantly dark, tragic and, at times, violent yet is regarded as one of Mozart’s finest chamber works. Jumping ahead 165 years to 1942, the program shifts to Leonard Bernstein’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano. This work reflects the youthful enthusiasm of the time: walking basses, pervasive syncopations and melodic flourishes make this a fun and exciting work. The concert continues with one of the most famous of all chamber music masterpieces, Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20. Written by the 16-year-old Felix Mendelssohn during the fall of 1825, this work for four violins, two violas, and two cellos, created a new chamber music genre and was one of the first works of Mendelssohn to be very well received. He wrote that the piece should “be played by all the instruments in the style of a symphony.” Its youthful energy, brilliance and perfection make it one of the miracles of nineteenth-century music.
You may also like the following events from Cascade Peaks ChamberFest:
Also check out other
Music events in Princeton,
Entertainment events in Princeton,
Concerts in Princeton.
