The early years of the 20th century witnessed the emergence of a remarkable new approach to composition.

In the works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor—one of the most renowned composers of his time—and Reynaldo Hahn, we hear genius at work. Known primarily as a violin virtuoso, Eugène Ysaÿe created music that is now regarded as pioneering. And in the piano quintet of the Swiss-American Ernest Bloch, we find one of the most skillful, inventive, and riveting examples of the genre ever created.

Program

Coleridge-Taylor: African Dances for Violin and Piano (1904)
Hahn: Quintet in F-sharp minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello (1922)
Ysaÿe: Sonata for Solo Violin “Ballade” Op. 27 no. 3 (1923)
Bloch: Quintet No. 1 for Piano, Two Violins, Viola and Cello (1923-24)

Gloria Chien, piano; Kristin Lee, violin; James Thompson, violin; Yura Lee, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello