Concert for a Summer’s End

Concert for a Summer’s End

HARVEST NOTES CONCERT HARVEST NOTES CONCERTCONCERT FOR A SUMMER’S END Concert for a Summer’s End will feature two works by early Romantic pioneers, Mendelssohn and Rossini, a charming rarity from Franz Xaver Sussmayr; the composer famous for completing...
KYLE ARMBRUST, viola

KYLE ARMBRUST,
viola

KYLE ARMBRUSTKyle Armbrust started playing the viola at age three. Since giving his New York solo debut with Kurt Masur and the Juilliard Orchestra in Avery Fisher Hall, he has created a multi-dimensional career performing and recording a wide range of music. The New...
WEEK 5 – DVORAK’S PASSIONS

WEEK 5 – DVORAK’S PASSIONS

WEEK FIVE - DVORAK'S PASSIONS WEEK FIVEDVORAK’S PASSIONS Antonin Dvorak wrote music with consistent style, outstanding craftsmanship, beautiful melodies, rhythmic vitality and uncommon charm. Successful and well-respected for most of his adult life, he seemed...
WEEK 4 – MOZARTIANA

WEEK 4 – MOZARTIANA

WEEK FOUR- MOZARTIANA WEEK FOURMOZARTIANA When Mozart decided to add a 2nd viola to the string quartet form, he opened up new worlds of expression, harmonic possibilities and grandiose scope. His String Quintet in C Major gloriously combines an exhilarating spirit...
WEEK 3 – BEETHOVEN’S SERIOSO

WEEK 3 – BEETHOVEN’S SERIOSO

WEEK THREE - BEETHOVEN'S SERIOSO WEEK THREEBEETHOVEN’S SERIOSO It has been said that Beethoven’s arrival in Vienna nearly destroyed the confidence of poor Johannes Hummel. Hummel was also a composer-pianist and fellow student of Josef Haydn. However, the...