Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Robert Levin Allegro in B-flat Major | Max Tan (violin), Hwi-Eun Kim (violin), Jonah Sirota (viola), Michael Kaufman (cello), Samuel Boutris (clarinet)

Casey Weisman Sunrise Petals on the Sea WORLD PREMIERE | Melody Chang (violin), Kevin Enstrom (guitar)

Kian Ravaei Family Photos | Hwi-Eun Kim (violin), Melody Chang (violin), Linnea Powell (viola), Yoshika Masuda (cello)

Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B Minor | Max Tan (violin), Hwi-Eun Kim (violin), Jonah Sirota (viola), Yoshika Masuda (cello), Samuel Boutris (clarinet)

Reflections/Refractions: Sometimes we see things differently when we gaze from another perspective. Casey Weisman's piece “captures the image of fractured reflections of sunlight on the ocean's surface,” while Kian Ravaei's Family Photos takes its inspiration from a collage of pictures from his childhood. Robert Levin used Mozart's exposition of a clarinet quintet as a springboard and imagined it into an entire movement. The festival concludes with the monumental Brahms Clarinet Quintet, a profound work which even in a single phrase can signal a melancholic B minor or a hopeful D Major.

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Noah Godard Spring Aubade WORLD PREMIERE | Yoshika Masuda (cello), Brendan White (piano)

Julius Eastman Comp 1 WEST COAST PREMIERE | Sara Andon (flute)

Steven Hackman 7/8 | Hwi-Eun Kim (violin), Max Tan (violin), Melody Chang (violin), Linnea Powell (viola), Michael Kaufman (cello), Stella Cho (cello)

Ludwig van Beethoven Archduke Trio | Hwi-Eun Kim (violin), Stella Cho (cello), Brendan White (piano)

After a long cold winter (we could only dream of this in LA!) the snow melts and the flowers start to bloom. There is something special about the energy in the spring, something inspiring, almost intoxicating. Godard's Spring Aubade is “inspired by the arrival of spring and the changing of the seasons, and the ability during quarantine to sit outside and enjoy a crisp spring morning.” Julius Eastman's Comp 1 sparkles of color and rhythmic vitality and Steven Hackman's 7/8 is originally a collaboration with dancers about how life can emerge from death and decay. Beethoven's monumental Archduke Trio was sketched in the summer of 1810 and finished in March of 1811. It speaks of warmth and optimism even at a time when the composer was becoming profoundly deaf.

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Sarah Gibson You are Still Here | Max Tan (violin)

Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132 | Sérgio Coelho (clarinet), Jonah Sirota (viola), Marisa Gupta (piano)

Fernando Arroyo García Lascurain Piano Trio No. 2 WORLD PREMIERE, Sunset ChamberFest Commission | Max Tan (violin), Michael Kaufman (cello), Marisa Gupta (piano)

Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 | Roberto Cani (violin), Jonah Sirota (viola), Michael Kaufman (cello), Marisa Gupta (piano)

The 2 years since we last held the Festival live have been challenging. Sarah Gibson’s You are Still Here evokes a memory from 2020 as many struggled to find meaning and purpose amidst isolation, while Arroyo’s trio was written in the wake of the pandemic. Robert Schumann’s Fairy Tales are imaginative and fantastical, almost dreamlike. The Brahms strikes a serious note although through its darkness and turbulence, has in its third movement an absolutely exquisite message of hope.

** Proof of vaccination is required for this concert

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