Strings In Every Which Way - Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky
Organization:
City of Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center
Category:
Concert
Geographical Area:
Oakland
Start
Date:
5/17/2015
End Date:
5/17/2015
Start Time:
2:00 PM
End Time:
4:00 PM
Event
Info:
Esteemed locally-based group performs a luscious matinee concert of classical chamber music at the intimate Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton on Sunday, May 17, at 2:00 p.m. On the program are Mendelssohn's Octet in E flat major for 4 violins, 2 violas, and 2 cellos, op. 20 Dvorak's Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81 and Tchaikovsky's Adagio Molto for String Quartet and Harp.
The Pleasanton Chamber Players tackle two juicy masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire, plus a gorgeous short gem for good measure: Mendelssohn composed his celebrated Octet as a 16-year old prodigy in the autumn of 1825. The piece is scored as a "double string quartet," with 4 violin parts, 2 viola and 2 cello parts. Remarkably, all the instrumental parts get to shine equally in a piece that combines deep exaltation of life with astounding and equally deep musical mastery...this from a 16-year old!
In the fall of 1887 Dvorak composed his second Quintet, Op. 81 for piano and strings after a failed attempt (in his mind) to revamp his first Quintet, Op. 5., which he had retrieved from a friend after trashing it shortly after its premiere. He decided to start from scratch and create a brand new one in the same key instead! The work brims with lively allusions to the Bohemian folk style, perfectly tamed and incorporated in his classical discourse.
And in 1863 or 1864 Tchaikovsky's unique little treasure came to life as a student exercise for his teacher maestro Anton Rubenstein at the St Petersburg Conservatory.
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