This captivating opening night program features Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #6, a unique masterpiece with its rich burnished tones of lower strings. Incredibly, this manuscript lay forgotten and unplayed for over 150 years. Next, two songs by Brahms combine the heartfelt lyricism of the human voice with the Bella’s beautiful acoustics. Finally, bask in the glow of Schubert’s incredibly powerful Cello Quintet, the last work he ever wrote, with its endless flow of sublime melodies and wondrous melting beauty.

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

Hsin-Yun Huang, viola 1
Dimitri Murrath, viola 2
Bryan Cheng, cello 1 
Leland Ko, cello 2
Oliver Herbert, cello 3
Nate Farrington, bass
Jon Kimura Parker, harpsichord

Johannes Brahms: Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano Op. 91

Fleur Barron, voice
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Natalie Loughran, viola

~ Intermission ~

Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C major (D. 956, Op. posth. 163) aka “The Cello Quintet”

Allegro ma non troppo
Adagio
Scherzo
Presto

Alena Baeva, violin 1
Diana Cohen, violin 2
Dimitri Murrath, viola
Oliver Hebert, cello 1
Stéphane Tétreault, cello 2