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“Beyond Baroque” Fabulous Fanny

January 6th - January 12, 2025

Performances

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A Concert Journey of the Mendelssohn’s Berlin

This program explores Fanny Mendelssohn’s musical world in Berlin and the influences of her family and social position on her dramatic String Quartet in E-flat. Additional repertoire includes works from the baroque through romantic ages, including pieces from her Aunt Sara Levy’s concert salon and vast manuscript collection, to the hit opera composer of the day Giacomo Meyerbeer, and on to revered Beethoven, Fanny’s greatest influence. Musicians will use period instruments in an exploration of historic, early-romantic style.

Thank you to our Program Sponsors:

Gary Kunis & Connie Wong

Artists

Carrie Krause & Davina Clarke – baroque violin
Maureen Murchie – viola
Michael Unterman – cello

Program

String Quartet Op 76 No 3 “Kaiser” (1799) Joseph Haydn

Allegro
Poco adagio cantabile
Minuet – Trio
Finale. Presto

“Christus hat uns ein Vorbild gelasse” & Johann Gottleib Graun
“Chorale du Dessen Augen Flosen” from Tod Jesu (1755)

String Quartet Op 130 “La Cavatina” (1826) Ludwig v. Beethoven

~Intermission~

Entr’acte’s from “Struensee” (1844) Giacomo Meyerbeer

Melodrama
Entr’acte III: Die Dorfschenke from Struensee

String Quartet in E-flat (1834) Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

Adagio ma non troppo
Allegretto
Romanze
Allegro molto vivace