Chamber Series: Musicians From Marlboro #2

Our Chamber Series welcomes Musicians from Marlboro Group II Monday, February 17, at 7 p.m. at the BMC. Musicians from Marlboro are widely recognized for their freshness, rich imagination, and virtuosity.  This particular touring ensemble includes Marlboro senior artists Sang Yoon Kim, principal clarinet of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; cellist Peter Stumpf, formerly of the Johannes Quartet; 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner Evren Ozel on piano; and four exceptional young string players: violinists Maria Ioudenitch and Stephanie Zyzak and violists Hiroki Kasai and Natalie Loughran.

The evening’s program shines a light on Schumann including both his Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132 and String Quartet in F Major, Op. 41, No. 2. Schumann is further celebrated in György Kurtág’s Hommage à R. Schumann, Op. 15d. The concert concludes with Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115, one of his great masterworks, and a piece of extraordinary emotional depth.