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The Sum of All Things
Sunday, October 18, 3:00 pm
Purchase Performing Arts Center
Benjamin Hochman, piano and conductor
Deborah Wong, violin
Kyle Armbrust, viola
Maureen Hynes, cello
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor
Pärt: Summa
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major, K. 449
Four pieces of music that add up to the totality of the human spirit. Beethoven's joy and playfulness (yes, that Beethoven). Brahms' pure mastery of sound, shape and emotion. Arvo Pärt summarizing the nature of the universe with 22 string players and 5 minutes. And Chef Amadeus cooking up a three course repast to thoroughly thrill all your senses. Benjamin Hochman and Phil musicians Deborah Wong, Kyle Armbrust, and Maureen Hynes thrilled our chamber series audiences in 2025 with this same Brahms Quartet, reprised here for the wider audience it deserves.
Inspiration Point
Sunday, December 13, 3:00 PM
Purchase Performing Arts Center
Glenn Dicterow, violin
Robert Chausow, violin
Karen Dreyfus, viola
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Eugene Moye, cello
Roberta Cooper, cello
Halvorsen: Passacaglia for Violin and Viola (after Handel's Suite in G Minor)
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
Brahms: Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18
Johan Halvorsen “sampled” Handel for one of the most celebrated string duets in the repertoire. Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir started as just a quick sketch of a theme, inspired by the bright sun and blue skies - strange sights to a Russian - while visiting Florence. After mostly cool receptions to his work, a 26 year-old Brahms finally found public acceptance with his Sextet, a work of both grandeur and simplicity. The New York Philharmonic’s celebrated concertmaster for 35 years, Glenn Dicterow is on every musician's must-play-with list. He is joined by the Phil’s principal strings and the distinguished violist - as well as Dicterow’s wife and frequent collaborator - Karen Dreyfus.
A Voice of One
Sunday, April 18, 3:00 pm
Purchase Performing Arts Center
Daniel Rachev, conducting
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 ("La Passione")
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
La Passione was an accidental but convenient nickname for Haydn’s deep and dark 49th. Originally intended for the theater, it was slotted for performance during a holy week celebration at which all secular music was banned. Calling it La Passione kept the church happy for a week, and the rest of us astounded for another 250 years. Inspired by George Meredith’s poem The Lark Ascending, Vaughan Williams created a tonal tableau of brilliant color, soaring song, and spiritual freedom. If you are one of the 7.5 million people who have heard Alana Youssefian’s magnificent performance of Vivaldi’s Spring, you’ll instantly understand why she is meant for this music. Beethoven’s towering Seventh transcends everything we think about composers, symphonies, and classical music. Joyful, then somber, then giving way to a relentless, infectious energy that will move your body without you realizing it. Daniel Rachev’s incisive artistry and riveting presence captivates the orchestra and audience.