FEATURING
Michael Parloff, lecturer
Arnaud Sussmann, violin
“Beauty of sound and elegance.” — Nice Matin
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
“She’s one of the great American pianists of her generation.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer
Paul Neubauer, viola
“A master musician.” — The New York Times
Fred Sherry, cello
“The cellist Fred Sherry has been central to New York music for a half century, and no wonder: a dynamic, ebullient, and magnanimous artist and teacher.” — The New Yorker
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
Artistic Director Michael Parloff will illuminate three of Mozart’s most dazzling works for strings. This special multimedia events will connect the biographical facts of Mozart’s life with the musical facts of three magnificent works.
The G-major violin sonata was composed when Mozart was a young man eager to spread his creative wings and escape from the confining world of his despised employer, the Archduke of Salzburg. His valedictory violin sonata, K.526, is a product of his full maturity, composed concurrently with his most dramatic opera, Don Giovanni. The concluding work, the searing Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478, is universally regarded as one of Mozart’s greatest chamber masterpieces.
Four master musicians will perform the works in their entirety.
| W.A. Mozart | Violin Sonata in G, K. 379 | Program Notes Coming Soon |
| W.A. Mozart | Violin Sonata in A, K. 526 | Program Notes Coming Soon |
| W.A. Mozart | Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478 | Program Notes Coming Soon |
Watch Anne-Marie McDermott perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor (Chamber arrangement by Carl Czerny):
