Music on the Strait Opening Night: A special evening with Garrick Ohlsson & the Takács Quartet
$27-$60 ($10 ages 12 & under/student age 13-25)
- Garrick Ohlsson, piano
- Edward Dusinberre, violin
- Harumi Rhodes, violin
- Richard Yongjae O'Neill, viola
- András Fejér, cello
- James Garlick, violin
Johannes Brahms — Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2
Lembit Beecher — Selected works (world premiere TBA – for violin & viola)
Amy Beach — Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67
Music on the Strait is honored to present one of the first performances in the brand-new Field Arts and Events Hall with celebrated virtuoso pianist Garrick Ohlsson, the only American to have won first prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition. Ohlsson will perform solo and chamber works by Johannes Brahms. He will later be joined by the Takács Quartet for a rousing performance of Amy Beach's Piano Quintet, a piece for which he and the Takács recorded and won a 2001 Gramophone Award. We are also thrilled to present a new work by 2023 composer-in-residence Lembit Beecher, inspired in part by the transformation of the Elwha River and written for Artistic Directors James Garlick and Richard O'Neill.
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1's Lisa Bergman.
About Music on the Strait
Music on the Strait celebrates chamber music in the singularly beautiful environment of the Olympic Peninsula and Salish Sea. Founded in Port Angeles in 2018 by locally-raised musicians James Garlick and Richard O'Neill in partnership with the Port Angeles Symphony, Music on the Strait aims to share chamber music, both its traditions and its emerging voices, through community programming and educational outreach.
https://www.musiconthestrait.com/