"America at 250" Festival Concert II

Two great American composers and one composer greatly inspired by America are on the bill for the second program. First, Souvenirs written by a homesick Samuel Barber gives us a portrait of New York night life. Path-breaking Boston-based composer Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet puts an American spin on Romantic music. And Czech composer Antonín Dvořák draws on American musical culture in his lush “American” String Quintet, which he wrote on a visit to Spillville, Iowa.

Program

Samuel Barber Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28
Amy Beach Quintet in F-sharp minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 67
Antonín Dvořák Quintet in E-flat major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, Op. 97, “American”

Gloria Chien, piano; Wu Han, piano; Chad Hoopes, violin; Richard Lin, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; Lawrence Dutton, viola; David Finckel, cello