Beloved Colburn faculty, brilliant students, celebrated guest performers, and alumni come together in performances that blend youthful discovery with seasoned artistry. New this season, the Colburn Chamber Players concert series offers an exploration of chamber music in all its forms, from the warm resonance of strings to the bright energy of winds and percussion. Each performance is a unique meeting of generations, where the insight of experienced performers elevates the fresh perspective of emerging talent.
Quintet Conversations: From Mozart to Modern, with Jeremy Denk, Piano
Featuring Andrew Bain, Horn
Sunday, April 26 at 4 pm
Thayer Hall
Jeremy Denk, a MacArthur Genius Grant-winning pianist that “you want to hear no matter what he performs” (New York Times), joins Colburn faculty and students in this program of electric quintets. Opening the concert is Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds, a work that masterfully balances the piano against oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon in what the composer described as “the best thing I have written in my life.” Edward Elgar’s Piano Quintet, composed in 1918 in the shadow of World War I, starts on an eerie tone before modulating towards a brighter, more symphonic end. In between these masterworks is Valerie Coleman’s Tzigane, a “passionate journey through woodwind virtuosity” inspired by Ravel’s similarly named Hungarian rhapsody for violin.
Program Information
MOZART Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds
VALERIE COLEMAN Tzigane for Wind Quintet
ELGAR Quintet in A Minor for Piano and String Quartet
This concert is included in these packages: Chamber Music Dialogues, A Weekend with Jeremy Denk, Mozart’s Enduring Influence, Fantasy and Fury: Music of the Romantic, and Season Sampler.
Previous Performances
Orion Weiss
Tatjana Masurenko
Tine Thing Helseth
Andrew Bain