The stars align for the final concert of our Summer Festival celebrating Beethoven’s profound influence on the evolution of music. Messiaen’s transcendent Interstellar Call and Ravel’s heroic and nearly orchestral Piano Trio capture both the grace and power he brought to music. Beethoven’s masterfully entertaining Septet in E-flat Major—arguably, the greatest septet ever written—expresses his exquisite wit and joy. Don’t miss this exciting Summer Festival finale!

Program

OLIVIER MESSIAEN “Interstellar Call” for Solo Horn (1974)
MAURICE RAVEL Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67
BEETHOVEN Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

Soovin Kim, violin; Paul Watkins, cello; Gloria Chien, piano