Above this, ... the lead violinist plays a long high piercing note, the 'E' that announced the beginning of deafness. Although the piece ends sadly, one senses resignation. |
Chamber music has been around for hundreds of years. It was first performed in the late 15th and early 16th century, |
Many of her compositions and performances were under the name Mrs. H.H.A. Beach, her husband's initials, because Victorian ladies were not supposed to take a career. When Beach started having her family, she had to stop playing altogether and took up composing instead. After the death of her husband, she toured Europe, playing her own works. After her death, her compositions were properly credited to Amy Beach. Today, she is considered a genius. |
Our finale links the intensity of young composers' creativity with the exuberance and sparkle of young performers. |
Our third concert in the series, 'To the Sweet Mystery of Time,' begins with the timelessness of the dream state and ends in poignant contemplation of our mortality. |
Schumann died in an asylum at age 46, and from that day on his wife Clara, an outstanding pianist and mother of his eight children, dressed in black from head to toe. |
The musical world boasts many composers who marched to their own drummer. We have chosen three of the most determined, and in each case their music reflects the struggle of the human experience. |
The sextet is a splurge of color, |
The sextet is a splurge of color. |