Another wonderful concert at the SummerFest! The theme of resilience connects the works on this unusual program featuring Fanny Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D Minor, Maio Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Guitar Quintet, Erwin Schulhoff’s Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 6.

Artists include the exciting Abeo Quartet, violinist Tessa Lark, and guitarist Sean Shibe.

My introductory lecture investigates the very different types of resilience manifested by these composers who faced cultures of bias and repression, as well as untimely loss and death.

The lecture was recorded an may be found here.