After a memorable performance in the Lively Arts 2004—05 season, Spoleto USA Chamber Music returns by popular demand. Sharing the stage with some of today's most talented and dynamic chamber musicians, acclaimed pianist Charles Wadsworth weaves informal, informative, and always humorous commentary throughout a program that includes charming pieces by Halvorsen and Haydn, and energetic works by Brahms and Mendelssohn. Wendy Chen, piano; Chee-Yun, violin; Andrés Díaz, cello; Todd Palmer, clarinet; and Charles Wadsworth, piano.
“Right from the start, the performance was a tour de force. Amazingly, its sheer excellence grew as the evening progressed.” —Daytona Beach News Journal
PROGRAM Johannes Brahms: Four Hungarian Dances for Piano (four hands); Johann Halvorsen: Passacaglia for Violin and Cello (after Handel) (1894); Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:25, no. 23 (“Gypsy”); Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, op. 49; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1962)