FANTASTIC TALES: Schumann’s Piano Quintet

DOORS OPEN 5:30 PM

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 · 7 PM

THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

Fantasy and legend abound in the first of our intermission-free Wednesday concerts highlighting and illuminating the cornerstones of the chamber music repertoire. The immensely popular and fanciful Schumann Piano Quintet and fantasy-pieces bookend Janáˇcek’s quirky miniature piano concerto, based on imaginary animal encounters, as well as the U.S. premiere of fairy-tale pieces for violin and piano by our season’s composer-inresidence, Thomas Adès—one of the most important and celebrated composers, pianists, and conductors today (and our music director’s favorite living composer!).

SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke for Cello and Piano, Op.73

Efe Baltacigil, cello; Roman Rabinovich, piano

THOMAS ADÈS Märchentänze

Anthony Marwood, violin; Thomas Adès, piano

JANÁˇCEK Concertino

Thomas Adès, piano; Blake Pouliot, Diana Cohen, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Mark Simpson, clarinet; Stefan Dohr, horn; Eleni Katz, bassoon

SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.44

Roman Rabinovich, piano; Erin Keefe, Alexi Kenney, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Efe Baltacigil, cello

Midweek Masterworks