Jaime Laredo
photo by: Christian Steiner
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Curtis Chamber Orchestra
Jennifer Koh, violin
Jaime Laredo, violin
Perelman Theater| Monday, March 11 | 8pm | buy tickets! |
Two x Four
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
Glass: Echorus, Concerto for Two Violins
Clyne: Double Concerto (Philadelphia Premiere)
Ludwig: Double Concerto (Philadelphia Premiere)
Intermission
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48
An annual highlight of the PCMS season is our collaborative concert with the Curtis Institute. The March 11th event entitled Two x Four is a project which celebrates the relationship between teacher and student through music. Jennifer Koh and Jaime Laredo will perform Double Concerti for Two Violins by J.S. Bach and Philip Glass, as well as newly commissioned works by composers Anna Clyne and Curtis composition faculty, David Ludwig ('01). The program concludes with Tchaikovsky's masterpiece—his Serenade for Strings in C Major. In a letter from October 1880 Tchaikovsky said that, although the piece was written based on his inner impulse, its artistic value had not been lost. The C Major Serenade is a crystallization of his pursuit of genuine formal beauty using strings alone, and of the balanced beauty of the classical music. In order words, this piece shows the West European taste of Tchaikovsky, who is often said to have belonged to the European school.
All artists and programs subject to change.