PROGRAM:
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
Octet in Eb major, Op. 20 – Allegro moderato con fuoco
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8 (1854) – Allegro con brio
Chris Rogerson (b. 1988)
New Work TBA (World Premiere)
Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)
Four for Tango (1989)
Intermission
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 (1925)
Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899)
Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21 (1891) – Sicilienne
Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 (1879) – Adagio
Vivian Fung (b. 1975)
New Work TBA (World Premiere)
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
String Quintet in C major, D. 956 (1828) – Allegretto
Manhattan Chamber Players
Francesca dePasquale, Violin
Elizabeth Fayette, Violin
Luke Fleming, Viola and Artistic Director
Francisco Fullana, Violin
Vivian Fung, Composer
Caroline Goulding, Violin
Oded Hadar, Cello
Siwoo Kim, Violin
Rachel Kudo, Piano
Mihai Marica, Cello
Grace Park, Violin and Viola
Chris Rogerson, Composer
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Manhattan Chamber Players
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The Manhattan Chamber Players is a chamber music collective of New York-based musicians who share the common aim of performing the greatest works in the chamber repertoire at the highest level. Formed in 2015 by Artistic Director Luke Fleming, MCP is comprised of an impressive roster of musicians who all come from the tradition of great music making at the Marlboro Music Festival, Steans Institute at Ravinia, Music@Menlo, Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival and Perlman Music Program, and are former students of the Curtis Institute, Juilliard School, Colburn School, New England Conservatory, and Yale School of Music.
At the core of MCP’s inspiration is its members’ joy in playing this richly varied repertoire with longtime friends and colleagues, with whom they have been performing since they were students. Building upon that foundation, new works commissioned from its composer members keep the ensemble firmly grounded in the music of both the past and present. Its roster allows for the programming of virtually all the core string, wind, and piano chamber music repertoire—from piano duos to clarinet quintets to string octets. While all its members have independent careers as soloists and chamber musicians, they strive for every opportunity to come together and again share in this special collaboration.
Members of MCP are current and former members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, ACJW, and the Amphion, Attacca, Dover, Escher, Vega, and Ying Quartets, and the Lysander, Madison, and Sheridan Piano Trios. They are top prizewinners in the Banff, Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff, Melbourne, Naumburg, Osaka, Primrose, Queen Elisabeth, Rubenstein, Tchaikovsky, Tertis, and Young Concert Artists Competitions, and are some of the most sought after solo and chamber performers of their generation. During its inaugural season, in addition to numerous concerts across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia, the Manhattan Chamber Players has been featured multiple times on NPR’s Performance Today, and is the Ensemble-in-Residence at both the Northern Lights Music Festival in Mexico and the Crescent City Chamber Music Festival in New Orleans. Upcoming seasons add tours of Israel, France, China, and Brazil to MCP’s busy concert schedule in NYC and across the U.S.
Manhattan Chamber Players is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
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