Turns of the Centuries: Caramoor Virtuosi April 17, 2010

Always elegant, engaged, and insightful, the Caramoor Virtuosi's program paints vivid landscapes of the musical culture and creativity of the turns of the last three centuries. Beethoven's Opus 44 Variations for piano trio foreshadow later innovations and the first turns towards Romanticism. Dohnanyi's lush opus 1 piano quintet straddles the late-Romantic and the breaking apart of tonality, beautifully captured in Webern's sets of miniatures for cello and piano, of the early 20th century. Chen Yi's exhilarating Sound of the Five is a nod to the growing presence and contributions of Chinese and women composers in today's musical culture. Edward Arron, Artistic Director and cello; other artists to be announced.
Beethoven: Variations on an original theme in E flat major; Webern: Two Pieces for cello and piano from 1899 (and) Three Little Pieces for cello and piano; Chen Yi: Sound of The Five for Cello and String Quartet; Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor.

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