Unsilenced Voices at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
August 25 @ 7:30 pm
Julie Albers, Sterling Elliott, Clive Greensmith, Augustin Hadelich, Stefan Jackiw, Matthew Lipman, Anthony McGill, Conrad Tao, Jonathan Vinocour, Andrew Wan
Whether silenced by political oppression, the horrors of war, or societal and ideological imperatives, the composers on this program managed to create lyrical and hopeful works often in the most challenging or horrific of circumstances. From Schulhoff and Messiaen composing in Nazi concentration camps to Fanny Mendelssohn struggling for recognition in the shadow of her famous brother, from a Montgomery piece written in the height of the COVID-19 lockdown to Shostakovich’s brilliant response to the horrors of war, these pieces raise us up and give us hope.
SCHULHOFF
Five Pieces for String Quartet
MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet in E-flat Major
MESSIAEN
“Abîme des Oiseaux”
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
Peace for Clarinet and Piano
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
