CMNW: Voices of Schumann, Schubert, & Brahms
$32.50-$62.50 ($20 ages 18-29, $10 ages 17 & under)
- Zlatomir Fung, cello
- Paul Neubauer, viola
- Jeewon Park, piano
- Susanna Phillips, soprano
- David Shifrin, clarinet
- Zitong Wang, piano
William Bolcom — Let Evening Come
Franz Schubert — Der Hirt auf dem Felsen ("The Shepherd on the Rock"), D. 965 (for soprano, clarinet, & piano)
Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
On this program of four master composers of song, Metropolitan Opera star soprano Susanna Phillips performs works by Franz Schubert and William Bolcom that feature instrumental virtuosity as well. Bolcom's moving song cycle, Let Evening Come, is set to poems by Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Kenyon. Schubert's The Shepherd on the Rock and Johannes Brahms's dramatic trio, two of the greatest clarinet chamber masterpieces, are given voice by legendary CMNW Artistic Director Emeritus David Shifrin.
This program will receive 2 in-person performances: Sunday, July 2 at Lincoln Performance Hall; and Monday, July 3 at Kaul Auditorium. This concert will also be professionally recorded, with streaming access July 21 at 7pm Pacific through August 4 at 11:59pm Pacific.
About Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW)
Chamber Music Northwest serves more than 50,000 people annually in Oregon and SW Washington with exceptional chamber music through over 100 events annually, including our flagship Summer Festival, year-round concerts, community activities, educational programs, broadcasts, and innovative collaborations with other arts groups. CMNW is the only chamber music festival of its kind in the Northwest and one of the most diverse classical music experiences in the nation, virtually unparalleled in comparable communities.
Chamber Music Northwest's mission is to inspire our community through concerts and events celebrating the richness and diversity of chamber music, performed by artists of the highest caliber, presenting our community with exceptional opportunities for enjoyment, education, and reflection.
https://cmnw.org/About Zlatomir Fung, cello
About Paul Neubauer, viola
About Jeewon Park, piano
About Susanna Phillips, soprano
About David Shifrin, clarinet
About Zitong Wang, piano
Award-winning Chinese pianist Zitong Wang made her solo recital debut at age 13 in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. She has performed at such venues as the Steinway Hall in New York, Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, and Severance Hall in Cleveland. She has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Hangzhou Philharmonic, Yakima Symphony, and Waring Festival Orchestras. She has worked with conductors Jahja Ling, Xian Zhang, Lina Gonzalez-Granados, José Trigueros, and Yang Yang.
Among others, she won first prize in the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition and Virginia Waring International Concerto Competition, second prize in the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, and first prize in the Princeton Festival Competition and France Music Competition. In 2022, she won first prize and the “Nelson Freire Prize” for the best performer of a piece by Frederick Chopin in the XXXIII Ferrol International Piano Competition.
https://igor.cn/portfolio/wang-zitong/index.htmlKaul Auditorium at Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock BlvdPortland, OR 97202
United States
https://www.reed.edu/facilities_services/buildings/kaul.html