Concert Six
Bridging Time and Minds
Saturday, March 22 2025, 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 23 2025, 3:00 pm
Kristin Garbeff, concert director & cello
Cynthia Baehr-Williams, violin
Samantha Bounkeua, violin
Chad Kaltinger, viola
Kumiko Uyeda, piano
Music serves as a unifying force across cultures and eras, cultivates connections, promotes empathy, and provides relief from life’s stressors. Ben Dorfan extends a hand of friendship and support to the citizens of Ukraine under siege by Russia with his new piano trio. Tina Davidson started composing LEAP in January of 2020, but amid the COVID lockdown felt compelled to completely reimagine the music. Frank Bridge blends French impressionism and German romanticism in his Phantasy for Piano Quartet, creating his own style described as “Brahms happily tempered with Faure.” Dvorak’s Piano Quintet No. 2 concludes the program. It began as a revision of his first quintet, but evolved into a completely new creation, now considered one of the greatest pieces of chamber music ever written.
PROGRAM
A Wish for Ukraine (2022), Ben Dorfan (b. 1987)
LEAP for Piano Quartet, Tina Davidson (b. 1952)
Phantasy for Piano Quartet H. 94, Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
INTERMISSION
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A minor, Opus 81, Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
Venue: Christ Lutheran Church 10707 Soquel Drive, Aptos
Tickets for this concert
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- $30 General
- $10 Students – valid ID required
- Children 12 and under admitted free