BMC ARTIST FACULTY: Dvo?ák Bass Quintet BMC’s esteemed artist faculty open the 2018 chamber music series with one of Dvo?ák’s most endearing, attractive, and spirited works.  Scored for two violins, viola, cello, and bass, this irresistible piece combines old-world grace with Dvo?ák’s signature Czech flair.  

BMC ARTIST FACULTY: Mozart and Fauré Upon its premiere, Mozart described his Quintet for Piano and Winds as “the best thing I have written in my life.”  This seminal 18th century gem is paired with Gabriel Fauré’s refined and lyrical Piano Quartet No. 1.

BMC ARTIST FACULTY: Bernstein & Friends BMC kicks off “Bernstein Week” with a concert featuring some of Bernstein’s best-loved chamber music.  Joined on the program will be works by a few of Bernstein’s close friends and colleagues, all of whom who shaped American music in the second half of the 20th century.

BMC ARTIST FACULTY: Arensky Piano Trio Inspired by his Russian compatriots Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, Anton Arensky’s Piano Trio No. 1 is a rhapsodic memorial to Karl Davidoff—the man regarded as the founder of the Russian school of cello playing. At times lyrical, elegiac, and full of bravura, Arensky’s charming trio provides the cello a prominent and […]

BMC ARTIST FACULTY: Schumann Piano Trio No. 1 Intensely personal, and at times brooding and turbulent, Robert Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 1 stands as a definitive statement in Romantic chamber music. Often symphonic in nature, Schumann’s masterpiece explores the ranges, colors, and rhythmic vibrancy of the violin, cello, and piano, for which it is written.