The intimacy of chamber music does not preclude power and passion, as this program amply demonstrates. The forceful personalities of four of the 18th-century’s most distinctive composers come through clearly in these characterful musical conversations.

Come for:

Bach, Haydn, and Mozart: the essential foundations of chamber music, like so much else.

And more:

The Czech master Jan Dismas Zelenka, one of the freest creative spirits of the high Baroque - plus the pre-concert wine reception!

Program:

BACH A Musical Offering: Sonata sopra il Soggetto Reale
Catherine Ransom Karoly, flute
Mitchell Newman, violin
Jonathan Karoly, cello
Lucinda Carver, continuo

HAYDN String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, “Emperor”
Lyndon Johnston Taylor, violin
Varty Manouelian, violin
Meredith Snow, viola
Tao Ni, cello

intermission

MOZART String Quintet No. 2 in C Major, K. 515
Stacy Wetzel, violin
Chao-Hua Jin, violin
Hui Liu, viola
Minor L. Wetzel, viola
David Garrett, cello

ZELENKA Concerto à 8 concertanti, ZWV 186
Ariana Ghez, oboe
Whitney Crockett, bassoon
Nathan Cole, violin 1
Johnny Lee, violin 2
Dana Hansen, viola
Tao Ni, cello
Christopher Hanulik, bass
Lucinda Carver, continuo