Saturday June 28, 2025

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall at 4:15pm

Join us for an afternoon of world-class chamber music, including works by Bruch, Basewicz, and Arensky, showcasing the talents of acclaimed groups that you can only experience at Chautauqua!

Selections from Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 83 [‘19] 

- Max Bruch (1838 – 1920) 

II. Allegro con moto 

VI. Nachtgesang: Andante con moto 

VIII. Moderato 

VII. Allegro vivace, ma non troppo 

Eli Eban, clarinet 

Lynne Ramsey, viola 

Shannon Hesse, piano 

This piece is dedicated to Karen Ritscher. A member of our viola faculty for many years and an incredible musician and human.

Quartet for Four Violins (1949) [‘12] 

- Grazyna Basewicz (1909 – 1969) 

I. Allegretto – Allegro giocoso 

II. Andante tranquillo 

III. Molto allegro 

Aaron Berofsky, Nurit Pacht, Almita Vamos, Kathryn Votapek, violin 

Trio No. 1, Op. 32 for violin, cello, and piano [‘30] 

- Anton Arensky (1861 – 1905) 

I. Allegro moderato 

II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 

III. Elegia: Adagio 

IV. Finale: Allegro non troppo 

Almita Vamos, violin 

Felix Wang, cello 

Akiko Konishi, piano