PROMISES, PROMISES

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 · 3 PM

THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

Schubert’s epitaph reads “Here the art of music has entombed a rich treasure, but even fairer promise.” It is hard, however, to imagine surpassing the last year of Schubert’s life—which produced the most enduring masterpieces in music, including his epic Piano Trio heard in this concert. Showing tremendous promise at the very start of his composing career, the 18-year-old Dohnányi’s extraordinary first Piano Quintet caused Brahms to exclaim “I could not have written it better myself.” Paul Wiancko wrote Closed Universe as part of an attempt to find beauty and peace in the midst of a bout of news addiction.

PAUL WIANCKO Closed Universe for Solo Cello, Piano Quartet and Glockenspiel

Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Geneva Lewis, violin; Teng Li, viola; Paul Wiancko, cello & glockenspiel; Joyce Yang, piano

DOHNÁNYI Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 1

Joyce Yang, piano; Takács Quartet

SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, D.929

Inon Barnatan, piano; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Alisa Weilerstein, cello