Passion originally meant great suffering, but today it is more often used to connote romantic love. This program will present great works of chamber music that depict both suffering and love, as well as other emotionally-charged works ranging from ecstatic fervor, to burning desire, to utter despair.
The program will include Shostakovitch’s String Quartet No. 8, written in response to the bombing of Dresden in World War II, and Johannes Brahms’ great C Minor Piano Quartet, a work inspired by a tale of unrequited love. As an homage to the original meaning of passion, one of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard, subtitled Crucifixion, will be included as well.

PROGRAM

Heinrich Biber ~ Mystery Sonata No. 10, Crucifixion, for Violin & Continuo

Stephanie Arado, violin; Ora Itkin, piano

Alfred Schnittke ~ Tango in a Mad House for Violin & Piano

Stephanie Arado, violin; Ora Itkin, piano

Dmitri Shostakovitch ~ String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110, in C Minor

Leslie Shank, violin, Emily Switzer, violin; Sarah Switzer, viola; Tom Rosenberg, cello

Arvo Pårt ~ Spiegel im Spiegel for Cello & Piano

Laura Sewell, cello; Ora Itkin, piano

Johannes Brahms ~ Quartet for Piano & Strings No. 3, Op. 60, in C Minor

Emily Switzer, violin; Kenneth Freed, viola; Laura Sewell, cello; Ora Itkin, piano

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