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SUMMARY:SUMMER '26Brahms: Clarinet QuintetRavel: String QuartetKane:“Convergence”
DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Kane\, (composer‑in‑residence): “Convergence” for string quartet\nJohannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet\, op. 115\nMaurice Ravel: String Quartet \nCharter Oak String Quartet (Sylveen\, Myftaraj\, Kane\, Sears)\nJonathan Towney\, clarinet \nBrahms’s Clarinet Quintet (1891)\, composed for Richard Mühlfeld\, is a late‑style masterpiece suffused with autumnal warmth. The clarinet blends seamlessly into the strings\, its voice carrying lyrical melancholy in the opening movement. A tender Adagio follows\, serene yet pierced by a passionate outburst. The Andantino offers grace and charm\, leading into a playful scherzo. The Finale returns to darker hues\, weaving earlier themes into variations that dissolve into quiet resignation—an intimate\, profoundly moving farewell. \nRavel’s String Quartet in F major (1903)\, dedicated to Gabriel Fauré\, dazzles with radiant lyricism and daring harmonic color. Its sparkling scherzo\, with pizzicato rhythms and exotic inflections\, reveals Ravel’s fascination with Spanish and Eastern sonorities. The slow movement glows with dreamlike beauty\, while the finale bursts with rhythmic vitality. \nJonathan Kane’s “Convergence” is a musical exploration of the mathematical concept of the alternating convergent series. Two separate themes are presented\, one heavy and dark\, the other open and airy. As the piece oscillates between the two themes\, they transform\, each becoming more like the other until they meet in the center. The instruments\, too\, converge\, with first the viola and cello and later all four joining together to end the piece in unison. The quartet was written while Kane was a student at the Eastman School of Music\, studying both composition and mathematics\, as an attempt to bridge the seemingly disparate fields of math and music. It was originally performed by the Ying Quartet\, quartet in residence at the Eastman School.
URL:https://thevirtuosi.org/event/brahms-ravel-kane/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church in Hartford\, 136 Capitol Ave\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105
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SUMMARY:SUMMER '26Faure: Violin Sonata in A-majorMozart: Piano Quartet in G-minor
DESCRIPTION:An Inaugural Concert of the 2026 Summer Music Festival \nIna Jun – piano\nBrunilda Myftaraj – violin\nJonathan Kane – viola\nZachary Sears\, cello \nMozart’s Piano Quartet in G minor stands at the birth of an entirely new chamber‑music genre. Written in 1785\, it was the first substantial work to combine piano\, violin\, viola\, and cello—a combination that would later inspire Schumann\, Brahms\, Dvořák\, and Fauré. Yet its creation was anything but smooth: the quartet emerged from a commission that nearly collapsed\, a publisher who panicked\, and a composer unwilling to compromise.Publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister had asked Mozart for three piano quartets\, expecting light\, marketable music for Vienna’s amateur musicians. Instead\, Mozart delivered a work of dramatic weight\, technical difficulty\, and operatic intensity. Hoffmeister feared it would not sell and released Mozart from the remainder of the contract. The G‑minor Quartet thus arrived not as a polite salon piece\, but as a statement of artistic independence. Despite its rocky start\, the G‑minor Quartet became the first great piano quartet in history. Its blend of symphonic ambition\, chamber intimacy\, and pianistic brilliance set a model that later composers would expand into some of the 19th century’s finest chamber works. \nComposed in 1876\, Fauré’s Violin Sonata in A major marked his arrival as a mature voice in French chamber music. The work blends lyricism and clarity with subtle harmonic daring\, foreshadowing the elegance of French impressionism. The first movement’s radiant energy gives way to a tender Andante\, where melody unfolds with quiet intimacy. A playful Scherzo sparkles with rhythmic wit\, and the Finale restores warmth and brilliance. Fauré’s refined craftsmanship and emotional restraint create music that feels both spontaneous and timeless\, a perfect balance of passion and poise.
URL:https://thevirtuosi.org/event/bernstein-serenade-faure-quintet-in-d-minor/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church in Hartford\, 136 Capitol Ave\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105
CATEGORIES:2026 Summer Festival,Hartford,Virtuosi Music Academy,VMF26 HTFD
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