Evolving Threads

February 7th 7.30pm

DiMenna Center (450 West 37th Street)

Music is a story, and every note is a clue. Mozart opens—clean, sharp, every note landing like it’s meant to be there, no wasted motion. Then Mahler rolls in, dark and stormy, his Piano Quartet in A minor pulling you into a world he didn’t even finish. It’s raw, unresolved, like a conversation cut short.

Brahms follows with the Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60. Its Andante movement is tender and introspective, offering a glimpse of warmth and longing amidst the stormy undercurrents of the work. And then there’s Debussy, whose Violin Sonata shimmers with impressionistic colors, weaving elegance and mystery into every phrase.

Finally, Caroline Shaw takes the stage with Thousandth Orange, slicing through tradition with something fresh, vivid, and entirely her own.

Program

W. A. Mozart piano quartet in E flat Major KV 493
Allegro
Larghetto
Allegretto

Johannes Brahms piano quartet in C minor op.60
Andante

Caroline Shaw Thousandth oranges

Claude Debussy sonata for violin and piano L.140
Allegro Vivo
Intermède: Fantasque et léger
Finale: Très animé

Gustav Mahler piano quartet in A minor

Performers
CreArtBox Members:

• Josefina Urraca, Piano
  
• Julia Yang, Cello
• Emilie-Anne Gendron, Violin
• Mathew Cohen, Viola

Cover image: Nürnberg by Anselm Kiefer
© Anselm Kiefer Douglas M. Parker Studio, Los Angeles