PROGRAM
Shifrin/Sherry/McDermott (CMSLC)
Lease on Life: Whether we're 6 or 60, we all need a fresh start from time to time. This week on Saint Paul Sunday, we hear a work that gave the 58-year old Johannes Brahms a new lease on life. After having vowed to retire, Brahms heard a performance by clarinet virtuoso Richard Mühlfeld. So moved was he that he took up the pen again and composed a clarinet trio---his sole venture in the form. This week Bill McGlaughlin welcomes a brilliant threesome drawn from the ranks of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to play it. In addition to Mühlfeld's trio, clarinetist David Shifrin, cellist Fred Sherry, and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott also perform Aaron Jay Kernis's "Trio in Red," a work that charts distinctly different emotional territory.
MUSIC PLAYED IN THE PROGRAM
- Aaron Jay Kernis: Trio in Red
- Johannes Brahms: Trio in a minor for clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114
MIXED COMPANY
Mixed Company is written by Saint Paul Sunday staff, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the show and the classical music they love.
LINKS AND RESOURCES
Artist profile: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
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Other performances on Saint Paul Sunday:
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
