Chamber Series 3: Seeking Syllables
When & Where
- Saturday, February 24, 2024, 8 PM
- Sunday, February 25, 2024, 4 PM
First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough Street
The runtime for this concert is approximately 2 hours. Tickets for both performances will be available at the door.
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Tickets for this concert are no longer on sale.
Program
- Felix Mendelssohn, Lieder ohne Worte for cello & piano, Op. 109
- Sebastian Currier, Vocalissimus for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion
- Johannes Brahms, Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34
A notorious perfectionist and restless spirit, Brahms was his own harshest critic, writing and rewriting his scores with the precision of a poet. His piano quintet underwent three major transformations on the way to becoming the sublime essay we know today. Similarly, Vocalissimus is a tour de force of expressive possibility, as Currier interprets – and reinterprets – a single poem through a prism of 18 different characters.
"The performance was superb... producing a sound that was both luxurious and clear. I can’t imagine a better case being made for this hybrid work. "
— The Boston Globe
