La Musica International Chamber Music Festival - Schumann, Smetana, and More

SCHUMANN, SMETANA, & MORE

Dvorak Miniatures for two violins and viola, op. 75a

Foss Capriccio for Cello and Piano

Bulgarian Traditional Gankino Horo for Cello and Piano (arr. Canellakis)

Ellis Bulgarian Bulge for Cello and Piano (arr. Canellakis)

Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, op. 15

Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, op. 44 LISTEN

Julian Rhee, James Thompson, Danbi Um, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, pianos

Personal tributes and private storms make up our final program. Listen to the Slavic soul in Dvo?ák and the Bulgarian dances. Lukas Foss’s Capriccio is six minutes of ultimate instrumental virtuosity. Smetana’s Piano Trio is his heart-wrenching response to the death of his young daughter. We end with Schumann’s Piano Quintet, his acknowledgement of his wife Clara’s virtuosity and concert career. It’s a buoyant, joyful, and essential work.

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