Portland Chamber Music Festival: First Impressions
Opening night of the Portland Chamber Music Festival's 30th anniversary summer season!
At the age of 17 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor became fascinated by the music of Dvořák, with its American and African-American influences. At 19 he heard Brahms’s landmark Clarinet Quintet, and immediately set to work on his own, which is filled with lush, youthful extravagance, and—like much of his music—incorporates traditions from both his African and English heritage. Ravel’s highly original Piano Trio is an exquisite work of consummate lightness and stunning power, featuring gorgeous melodic lines, rhythmic complexity, and truly otherworldly beauty.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10 (1895) Todd Palmer clarinet; Susie Park and Jennifer Elowitch, violins; Melissa Reardon, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Maurice Ravel Piano Trio in A Minor (1914) Gabriela Diaz, violin; Brant Taylor, cello; Henry Kramer, piano
Tickets, complete program information including audio samples, and program notes, are available at pcmf.org.
7:30 - 8:30 PM
- Price $0-75
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Address
88 Bedford St
Portland, Maine 04101 - Website www.pcmf.org
- Email [email protected]
- Phone 800-320-0257
