This debut season for artistic directors Aaron Wunsch and Julia Bruskin opens with the Britten Sonata for Cello and Piano. Pianist Orion Weiss joins Wunsch for Dvořák Slavonic Dances and accompanies soprano Lisette Oropesa in songs by Bizet. Oropesa also joins Met Opera Orchestra musicians, conducted by Daniel Stewart, for arias and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.
The Claremont Trio performs Dohnányi’s Sextet, while Roomful of Teeth and the NOW Ensemble premiere commissioned works by Caroline Shaw and Judd Greenstein. Musicians from ECCO perform various chamber works, concluding with Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. Clarinetist David Krakauer leads a quartet in klezmer music, and the Miró Quartet performs Haydn, Beethoven, and Schumann’s Piano Quintet. The Miró and Aeolus Quartets combine for the Mendelssohn Octet. Finally, the world premiere of Patrick Zimmerli’s Aspects of Darkness and Light features saxophonist Joshua Redman and Brooklyn Rider, in the last concert held at Brook Farm.
