Rush Hour Concert 2020 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Clarinet Quintet

Rush Hour Concerts 2020
August 11, 2020
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Clarinet Quintet
Robbie Ellis, host
Stephen Williamson, clarinet
Chen String Quartet
Robert Chen, violin
Laura Park Chen, violin
Beatrice Chen, viola
Noah Chen, cello
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Program:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 10
I. Allegro energico
II. Larghetto affettuoso
III. Scherzo
IV. Finale
Encore:
W.A. Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 381
II. Larghetto
Stephen Williamson is the principal clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Riccardo Muti. Mr. Williamson was formerly the principal clarinetist of both the New York Philharmonic (2013-14) as well the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (2003-11). In addition, he has been a frequent guest principal clarinetist with the Saito Kinen Festival Orchestra in Japan under Seiji Ozawa.
The Chen String Quartet has been playing together for 6 years. Committed to community outreach, they play at retirement homes and in hospitals regularly in the Chicago area. Robert Chen has been concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1999. Laura Chen is a former member of the first violin section of both Lyric Opera and Grant Park Symphony. Beatrice Chen is a viola student at The Curtis Institute of Music. Noah Chen is a student of Clara Kim at Juilliard Pre college.
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Rush Hour Concerts
Rush Hour Concerts exists to provide “great music for busy lives” free of charge every Tuesday evening, June through August, at 5:45pm in historic St. James Cathedral in downtown Chicago. In the Summer of 2000, concert pianist and civic leader Deborah Sobol founded the Rush Hour Concert series to reinvent the traditional classical music concert format by presenting chamber music masterworks in an engaging setting, accessible to all. These 30-minute concerts offer unparalleled access to repertoire spanning 700 years, performed by world-class musicians from Chicago’s leading ensembles including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago and independent chamber music groups. Informal education via pre-concert conversations about the music with artists, composers and other members of Chicago’s vibrant classical music scene and post-concert opportunities to interact with the performers make for an inviting and invigorating cultural experience.
International Music Foundation
The International Music Foundation is dedicated to presenting free high-quality classical music performances and music education experiences in the Chicago metropolitan area for people of all ages and degrees of musical awareness so they can experience how music enriches life.
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[@tabbywarrior]

I'm in love with this performance. They play so well together and it's a beautiful piece.

[@billducker7404]

Thank you for this lovely piece which hardly ever performed I have known of this piece all of my life but I’ve never seen it till recent years when I discovered a recording in a charity shop - The clarinetist I think it was Richard Horsforth of the BBC Symphony Orchestra beautiful playing as well I love your playing Stephen and you brought great blessings to me during the lockdown - God bless you all - Bill - UK