Department of Music

The Charlottesvile Chamber Music Festival concerts are UVA Music Department affiliated events. 
Information about their concerts can be found at: http://bit.ly/ccmf-2013

Concert sponsored by the Maurice Amado Foundation

Featuring Brooklyn Rider in a more traditional concert, the quartet performs Mozart and Bartók

quartets, with relatively dark hues that beautifully give way to a celebratory octet by Mendelssohn. Festival musicians Raphael Bell, Timothy Summers, James Ehnes, and Aki Saulière join Brooklyn Rider for the second half.

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in D minor, K. 421

Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 2

Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

PERFORMERS

Brooklyn Rider:

Jonathan Gandelsman, violin; Colin Jacobsen, violin

Nicholas Cords, viola; Eric Jacobsen, cello;

with James Ehnes, violin; Aki Saulière, violin

Timothy Summers, viola; Raphael Bell, cello

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About the Festival:

Founded in 2000 by Charlottesville natives Raphael Bell (cello) and Timothy Summers (violin and viola), the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, September 8-22, 2013, invites world-class, professional musicians who give fresh reads on traditional classical works, as well as contemporary chamber works. The diversity of programming, musicians, and variety of instrumentation sets this Festival apart in Central Virginia, and provides a unique opportunity for chamber music lovers throughout the region.

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