January 17, 2022
Tai Murray, violin
Melissa Reardon, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Doug Balliett, double bass
Aaron Wunsch, piano
Violinist, Tai Murray (“superb,” N Y Times), joins violist, Melissa Reardon (“virtuosic,” Classical Voice); cellist, Raman Ramakrishnanan (“admired,” New Yorker); bassist, Doug Balliett; and Artistic Director Aaron Wunsch for a program of quintets, traditional and contemporary. Schubert’s beloved “Trout” Quintet accompanies Xhosa composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen’s Intlanzi Yase Mzantsi (The Fish From South Africa, based on Schubert’s “Trout”); Judith Weir’s A Song of Departure (based on Schubert’s “Farewell”); and Vaughan-Williams’s lush, romantic Quintet.
Program
Schubert: Quintet in A Major, D. 667 ("Trout")
Bongani Ndodana-Breen: Intlanzi Yase Mzantsi (The Fish From South Africa)
Judith Weir: A Song of Departure
Vaughan-Williams: Piano Quintet
Watch & Listen
Violinist Tai Murray performs Nathan Milstein’s Paganiniana
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