Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble October 9, 2009

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble was created in 1967 to perform larger chamber works — from quintets to octets — with players who customarily work together, instead of the usual string quartet with additional guests. Drawn from the principal players of The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Chamber Ensemble tours as a string octet, string sextet and in other configurations including winds. Repertoire for this concert will be Brahms’s Sextet in B-Flat Major, op. 18; Shostakovich’s Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, op. 11; and Mendelssohn’s Octet for Strings in Eb-Major, op. 20.

There will be a Talk Back and a Meet and Greet with the artists following the performance.

This performance is part of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble Engagement Project: October 9 - Pre-Performance Lecture.

Official Website: http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2009/c/performances/performance?rowid=9228