Mozart's Quintet in E-flat major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 614
Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 6:30 pm
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio at CMS
1 hour 15 minutes, no intermission
Mozart’s last major chamber work, composed in 1791, the year of his death at age 35, is full of life, charm, sly wit, and even hilarity. It’s all about expectations and deceptions.
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756–1791)Quintet in E-flat major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 614
(1791)Bruce Adolphe
Resident lecturer and director of family concerts for CMS since 1992, Bruce Adolphe is a composer of international renown, much of whose output addresses science, history, and the struggle for human rights.
Resident lecturer and director of family concerts for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 1992, Bruce Adolphe is a composer of international renown, much of whose output addresses science, history, and the struggle for human rights. His works are frequently performed by major artists, including Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Fabio Luisi, Joshua Bell, Daniel Hope, Angel Blue, the Brentano String Quartet, the Washington National Opera, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the Human Rights Orchestra of Europe, and over 60 orchestras worldwide. Among his most performed works are the violin concerto I Will Not Remain Silent, the violin/piano duo Einstein’s Light, and Tyrannosaurus Sue: A Cretaceous Concerto.