String and Piano Chamber Music

View the String and Piano Chamber Music Performance on SFCM's Site WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THIS EVENING OF CHAMBER MUSIC: This concert is extra special: to invite you into the concert halls, select performances during the fall semester (like this one) are expertly filmed and feature special intermission content, including virtual artist meet-and-greets, composer interviews, and mini master-classes with top faculty. This program features a piece by acclaimed violist and composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama, a recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant. Hear Dimitri Murrath, celebrated violist and Chair of the String and Piano Chamber department, and Ian Swenson, heralded violinist and Chair of the Violin Department, perform. SFCM students, alumni, and faculty perform side by side. Program: Nokuthula Ngwenyama (b. 1976) 'Primal Message' for Viola Quintet Ian Swensen*, Dominique Bégin ‘21, violins Alexandra Simpson ‘21, Dimitri Murrath*, violas Matthew Park ‘21, cello Dmitiri Shostakovich (1906-1975) String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 117 I. Moderato con moto II. Adagio III. Allegretto IV. Adagio V. Allegro Eric Chin* ‘08, Idunn Lohne ‘21, violins Sohui Yun, viola Matthew Park ‘21, cello Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26 I. Allegro non troppo Shintaro Taneda ‘23, violin Alexandra Simpson ‘21, viola Kyle Stachnik, cello Heemin Park ‘18, piano * faculty member Program subject to change.