2016 – 2017 Season Opener Concert for Red Bank Chamber Music Society – Red Bank, NJ

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This is a program constructed around the influences of folk music and nationalism finding its way into great works in the chamber repertoire, in varying degrees and under vastly different circumstances.  From the Argentinian Tango music central to Astor Piazzolla’s compositions to the Chinese folk music and Indonesian gamelan music that have been so important to Vivian Fung, this influence from pioneers of nationalist and folk music like Antonín Dvořák and Béla Bartók continue to inspire composers to this day.  Rounding out the first half is Dmitri Shostakovich’s epic Piano Quintet, which in five powerful movements encapsulates the composer’s own feelings about Europe at war and his country being ripped apart.

Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)
Four for Tango (1989)

Vivian Fung (b. 1975)
Pizzicato for String Quartet (2001)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 (1940)

Intermission

Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major, Op. 87 (1889)

Manhattan Chamber Players

Adam Golka, Piano
Katie Hyun, Violin
Grace Park, Violin
Luke Fleming, Viola
Brook Speltz, Cello