Performers: Emily Cole, Ruby Chen, Shin-young Kwon, violin; Charles Noble, viola; Ken Finch, cello; Karen Wagner, oboe and James Shields, clarinet
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370
Bartok: Duos for Two Violins
Dohnanyi: Serenade in C Major for String Trio, Op. 10
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
The recital will be broadcast live, but will also be available to watch later.
Come hear me perform an intimate, expressive program of piano music! I built this program around Yiheng Yvonne Wu’s Threaded Spaces, which deftly blends the piano’s singing qualities with its bell-like sound world. Its gently rocking accompaniment, which supports a lyrical line studded with ringing chords, called to me to be paired with Chopin’s Barcarolle, op. 60. Rounding out the program—and chiming with the bells of Threaded Spaces—are two seldom-played gems.
Debussy’s second book of Images, a collection of three short works, includes the lush “Cloches à travers les feuilles” (Bells through the Leaves) and the colorful, virtuosic “Poissons d’or” (Golden Fish).
Truly rarely heard are Béla Bartók’s Four Dirges, op. 9a, which proceed with a rare beauty and power that binds the whole program together in a sonorous, wistful narrative.
Images, livre 2 | Claude Debussy
Dirges, Op. 9a | Béla Bartók
Threaded Spaces | Yiheng Yvonne Wu
Barcarolle, Op. 60 | Frédéric Chopin