Visionary Women featuring the Olympic Chamber Music Fellowship
$40 ($15 student; ages 12 & under free)
- Alexi Kenney, violin
- Jason Moon, violin
- Clara Neubauer, violin
- Laura Liu, cello
- Vicki Powell, cello
- Jennifer Culp, piano
- Carlo Lay, piano
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major
Amy Beach — Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67
Unjustly overlooked by history, women composers have produced many masterpieces of chamber music, including the three works featured on this concert. Although Clara Schumann is known for her affiliation with her husband Robert and Johannes Brahms, she was one of the greatest pianists of all time. Her Three Romances for violin and piano showcase her gift for melody and a formidable command of harmony. Felix Mendelssohn's sister Fanny was seen as equally prodigious a talent as her brother when they were children. However, she was oppressed by the expectations of women in high society and prioritized her family over her career. Her String Quartet is an astonishing work full of intricacy and inspiration. The New York Philharmonic recently discovered that the first piece they ever performed by a woman was by the American composer Amy Beach. Her gorgeous Piano Quintet is full of lush harmonies and sweeping melodies that have earned it a place as a mainstay in chamber music.
About the 2023 Festival: Olympic Music Festival's fortieth summer season will feature in-person performances at Fort Worden's Wheeler Theater: Saturdays and Sundays, 2pm, August 12 through August 20 and September 2 through September 10, 2023. Tickets are on sale now at www.olympicmusicfestival.org. All seats are $40, except for tickets to the Season Finale, which are $60; youth ages 7-12 are free when accompanied by an adult. Student and group rates are also available.
About Alexi Kenney, violin
Violinist Alexi Kenney is forging a career that defies categorization, following his interests, intuition, and heart. He is equally at home creating experimental programs and commissioning new works, soloing with major orchestras around the world, and collaborating with some of the most celebrated musicians of our time. Alexi is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.
http://www.alexikenney.com/About Jason Moon, violin
About Clara Neubauer, violin
About Vicki Powell, cello
About Jennifer Culp, piano
About Carlo Lay, piano
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