Romantic Frontiers featuring the Olympic Chamber Music Fellowship
$40 ($15 student; ages 12 & under free)
- Alexi Kenney, violin
- Jason Moon, violin
- Clara Neubauer, violin
- Laura Liu, viola
- Vicki Powell, viola
- Jennifer Culp, cello
- Carlo Lay, cello
- Robert Brooks Carlson, piano
- Julio Elizalde, piano
Arnold Schoenberg — Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Robert Schumann — Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
The beginning, rise, and final transformation of the romantic period in classical music can easily be attributed to the three composers featured on this program. Robert Schumann's glorious Piano Quartet from 1842 features a musical love letter to his wife Clara, which has become one of classical music’s most cherished melodies. Arnold Schoenberg is best known for opening the door to a world of music after harmonic tonality. However, his Verklärte Nacht (or "Transfigured Night") for string sextet is one of the final gasps of romantic music as it began to rupture as the influence of the expressionist movement began to take hold in Austria. Violinist Alexi Kenney makes his Olympic Music Festival debut.
About the 2023 Festival: Olympic Music Festival's fortieth summer season will feature in-person performances at Fort Worden's Wheeler Theater: Saturdays and Sundays, 2pm, August 12 through August 20 and September 2 through September 10, 2023. Tickets are on sale now at www.olympicmusicfestival.org. All seats are $40, except for tickets to the Season Finale, which are $60; youth ages 7-12 are free when accompanied by an adult. Student and group rates are also available.
About Alexi Kenney, violin
Violinist Alexi Kenney is forging a career that defies categorization, following his interests, intuition, and heart. He is equally at home creating experimental programs and commissioning new works, soloing with major orchestras around the world, and collaborating with some of the most celebrated musicians of our time. Alexi is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.
http://www.alexikenney.com/About Jason Moon, violin
About Clara Neubauer, violin
About Vicki Powell, viola
About Jennifer Culp, cello
About Carlo Lay, cello
About Robert Brooks Carlson, piano
About Julio Elizalde, piano
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park
200 Battery WayPort Townsend, WA 98368
United States
http://parks.state.wa.us/397/Fort-Worden---Wheeler-Theater
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