Fortas Chamber Music Concerts – Past Concerts

Duke Ellington — In a Sentimental Mood (arr. Daniel Schlosberg)
Ernst von Dohnányi — Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat minor, Op. 26
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Damien Geter — I Said What I Said
Carlos Simon — Giants
Paquito D'Rivera — Aires Tropicales
Shawn Okpebholo — Rise
Andy Akiho — BeLoud, BeLoved, BeLonging
Billy Taylor — I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (arr. Mark Dover)

Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 63 in B-flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 "Sonnenaufgang" ("Sunrise")
Béla Bartók — String Quartet No. 3, BB. 93, Sz. 85
Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887, Op. 161

Igor Stravinsky — Suite from L'Histoire du soldat ("The Soldier's Tale")
Wynton Marsalis — A Fiddler's Tale Suite

Johann Sebastian Bach — Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
David Serkin Ludwig — Seasons Lost
Anna Clyne — Prince of Clouds
Philip Glass — Echorus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364/320d

Program includes works by Gerald Finzi, John Thomas, Ivor Novello, Franz Schubert, Jesús Guridi, Claude Debussy, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Traditional, and Claude-Michel Schönberg.

Clara Schumann — Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
Johannes Brahms — "III. Scherzo" ("Sonatensatz") from F-A-E Sonata
Robert Schumann — Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 2
Sergei Prokofiev — Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35bis
Sergei Prokofiev — Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94bis

Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Tyson Davis — Amorphous Figures (String Quartet No. 2) (world premiere)
Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major, Op. 105

Program includes works by Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Henri Duparc.

Johann Sebastian Bach — The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
Billy Childs — String Quartet No. 2 "Awakening"
Nokuthula Ngwenyama — Arizona Duets
Benjamin Britten — String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36

Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (arr. Ferruccio Busoni)
Robert Schumann — Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Maurice Ravel — Le Tombeau de Couperin
Sergei Prokofiev — Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83

Osvaldo Golijov — Arum dem Fayer
Jessie Montgomery — Banner
Juantio Becenti — The Glittering World
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48

Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, Hob. III:77 "Emperor"
Mason Bates — Suite for String Quartet (D.C. premiere)
Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, Op. 51, B. 92 "Slavonic"

Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Anna Clyne — Breathing Statues (D.C. premiere, Kennedy Center co-commission)
George Walker — Lyric for Strings
Leoš Janáček — String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"

Program includes works by Carlos Simon, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Valerie Coleman, Michael Abels, Carlos Cordero, Traditional, Joel Thompson, Common, John Legend, and Rhymefest.

Angélica Negrón — Gone
Angélica Negrón — Go Back
Julia Wolfe — Forbidden Love
Caroline Shaw — Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part

Nokuthula Ngwenyama — Sexagesimal Celebration (DC premiere)
Johannes Brahms — String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18
Johannes Brahms — String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 "Agathe"