Chamber Music

Mozart, Glass & Smetana

Sunday, February 7, 2027 at 2:00 PM

New World Center

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The horn takes center stage in Mozart’s Quintet, rising to a glorious fanfare. Smetana’s String Quartet is an autobiography of the composer’s life—from dancing Polkas in his youth to finding true love.

Location

  • New World Center, Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Stage

    Directions

  • Seat map

Program

  1. György Kurtág

    (b. 1926) Approx. Duration: 10 minutes

    Hommage a R. Sch., Op. 15d (1990)

    Kapellmeister
       Eusebius: the Delimited Circle…
       …and again Florestan’s lips tremble in anguish…,
       I was a cloud, now the sun is shining…
       In the Night.
       Farewell (Master Raro discovers Guillaume de Machaut)

  2. Camille Pépin

    (b. 1990) Approx. Duration: 14 minutes

    Avant les clartés de l'aurore (2020)

    Ainsi la lune sur la rose
       Que la pluie alourdit encore
       Répand sa lueur mystique
       Avant les clartés de l'aurore

  3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    (1756-1791) Approx. Duration: 15 minutes

    Quintet in E-flat major for Horn and Strings, K. 407 (1782)

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    Andante
    Allegro

  4. Intermission - 20 minutes

  5. Philip Glass

    (b. 1937) Approx. Duration: 7 minutes

    Brass Sextet (1962)

  6. Bedřich Smetana

    (1824-1884) Approx. Duration: 28 minutes

    Quartet No. 1 in E minor for Strings, "From My Life" (1876)

    Allegro vivo appassionato
    Allegro moderato à la polka
    Largo sostenuto
    Vivace

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