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Mozart: Duo for Violin & Viola in G, K. 423
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Stefan’s last name in pronounced “yock-EVE”; it’s Ukranian. One day when an open rehearsal was delayed, Stefan did the Bach Partita for Solo Violin in E Major for the crowd from memory, and it was a memorable performance.
Beethoven: Quartet for Piano & Strings in E-flat, Op. 16
Adam Neiman, piano
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin
David Harding, viola
Robert deMaine, cello
Amy heads the Music Department at Mercer University in Macon, which she started from scratch, and she is the second violinist of the Ehnes Quartet. David is Canadian – eh? – and he teaches viola at Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh. Bob is my old buddy, cellist with the Ehnes Quartet and the new First Chair Cello with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Martinu: 3 Madrigals for Violin & Viola, H. 313
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Saint-Saens: Quartet for Piano & Strings in B-flat, Op. 41
Jeewon Park, piano
Erin Keefe, violin
Richard O’Neill, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Ed and Jeewon are husband and wife, and Ed runs the concerts at both the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the University of South Carolina at Beaufort, which I attend on occasion. Richard, half Korean and half Irish-American, is violist with the Ehnes Quartet and a good friend; I can talk shop with him for hours. Erin is Concertmaster (Concert-mistress?) with the Minnesota Orchestra which is on the verge of bankruptcy. We’re all holding our breath for her.
Good evening, Publius, and thanks for keeping everyone up to date on the Seattle Chamber Music Festival. ((HUGS))