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Concert Program III

The Romantic Generation

Charles Baudelaire defined Romanticism as “intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts.” Truly, such depths of expression and high artistic ideals propelled the composers of Western music’s Romantic period. The enchanting melodies of Dvořák’sTerzetto, Hugo Wolf’s ebullient Italian Serenade, and the earnest pathos of Brahms’s Horn Trio create a rich panorama of the era’s musical offerings. The Fantasy Pieces and brilliant Piano Quintet of the quintessentially romantic Robert Schumann illustrate the composer’s notorious alter egos: Florestan and Eusebius, dual symbols of extroverted passion and serene introspection, who could well represent the dominant aesthetic of the entire nineteenth century.

Concert Program III: The Romantic Generation

Antonín Dvořák: Terzetto in C Major, op. 74 (1887)

Hugo Wolf: Italienische Serenade (1887)

Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio in E-flat Major, op. 40 (1865)

Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke, op. 73 (1849)

Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44 (1842)

Performers

Anthony McGill clarinet
William VerMeulen French horn

Escher String Quartet
  Adam Barnett-Hart violin
  Wu Jie violin
  Pierre Lapointe viola
  Andrew Janss cello

Jorja Fleezanis violin
Erin Keefe violin
Arnaud Sussmann violin
Paul Neubauer viola
Andrés Díaz cello
Derek Han piano
Wu Han piano

Saturday, July 26

Koret Young Performers Concert*
5:30 p.m., Stent Family Hall, Menlo School
Free admission

Encounter II: Nostalgia Is Not Enough: What Is Romantic?
led by Michael Steinberg
7:30 p.m., Martin Family Hall, Menlo School
Tickets: $35 adult; $15 student :: Purchase Tickets »

Sunday, July 27

Koret Young Performers Concert*
5:00 p.m., Martin Family Hall, Menlo School
Free admission

Monday, July 28

Concert Program III: The Romantic Generation
8:00 p.m., St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Tickets: $50/$32 adult; $25/$10 student :: Purchase Tickets »

Tuesday, July 29

Prelude Performance*
6:00 p.m., Martin Family Hall, Menlo School
Free admission

Repeat of Concert Program III
8:00 p.m., Stent Family Hall, Menlo School
Tickets: $70 adult; $35 student :: Purchase Tickets »

Wednesday, July 30

Prelude Performance*
6:00 p.m., Martin Family Hall, Menlo School
Free admission

Repeat of Concert Program III
8:00 p.m., Stent Family Hall, Menlo School
Tickets: $70 adult; $35 student :: Purchase Tickets »

*Learn more about Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.

More Concert Programs:

Concert Program I »
Concert Program II »
Concert Program IV »
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Image credit: Speak! Speak!, 1895. Sir John Everett Millais (1829–1896) (Art Resource)