Music Mondays - Tai Murray & Friends: “Trout” and Other Quintets

2504 Broadway,New York NY 10025

17 January, 2022

Description

Hear violinist Tai Murray join up with friends to perform a varied and compelling lineup of quintets from Schubert to Ndodana-Breen. Tai Murray, violin Melissa Reardon, viola Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Doug Balliett, double bass Aaron Wunsch, piano Violinist, Tai Murray (“superb,” N Y Times), joins violist, Melissa Reardon (“virtuosic,” Classical Voice); cellist, Raman Ramakrishnanan (“admired,” New Yorker); bassist, Doug Balliett; and Artistic Director Aaron Wunsch for a program of quintets, traditional and contemporary. Schubert’s beloved “Trout” Quintet accompanies Xhosa composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen’s Intlanzi Yase Mzantsi (The Fish From South Africa, based on Schubert’s “Trout”); Judith Weir’s A Song of Departure (based on Schubert’s “Farewell”); and Vaughan-Williams’s lush, romantic Quintet. Program Schubert: Quintet in A Major, D. 667 ("Trout") Bongani Ndodana-Breen: Intlanzi Yase Mzantsi (The Fish From South Africa) Judith Weir: A Song of Departure Vaughan-Williams: Piano Quintet MUSIC MONDAYS Aaron Wunsch, Artistic Director Now in its 16th season, Music Mondays brings you free, innovative monthly performances by today's most exciting ensembles. Meet the performers and your fellow audience members at a casual, free wine reception after every performance.