Concert Program I

SUSTAINED: Finding Strength

Music possesses an ineffable power to nurture our whole being. It nourishes the mind, sustains the soul, and gives voice to our most deeply felt passions. Music of great warmth and lyricism can offer comfort, just as in works of majesty and brilliance we find inspiration and strength. “Sustained” illustrates the power of music to satisfy this most fundamental human need. In Schubert’s magnificent Fantasy for Violin and Piano and in the transcendent strains of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, we encounter music as a source of holistic sustenance. The program concludes with Beethoven’s indomitable Opus 70 Number 2 Piano Trio, one of the grandest essays of the composer’s Heroic period.

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Program
Franz SCHUBERT (1797–1828): Fantasy in C Major, op. 159, D. 934 (1827)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791): Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581 (1789)
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827): Piano Trio in E-flat Major, op. 70, no. 2 (1808)

Artists
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Benjamin Beilman, violin
David Finckel, cello
Pacifica Quartet
  Simin Ganatra, Sibbi Bernhardsson, violins
  Masumi Per Rostad, viola
  Brandon Vamos, cello

Saturday, July 21

8:00 p.m., Stent Family Hall, Menlo School
Tickets: $75 adult; $35 student
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Prelude Performance*
6:00 p.m., Martin Family Hall
Free Admission

Sunday, July 22

6:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton
Tickets: $65/$55 adult; $30/$20 student
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* Prelude Performances feature young artists from the Chamber Music Institute. Admission is free. Learn more.»

Image: Walker Evans (1903–1975). City lunch counter, New York, 1929. Gelatin silver print. © Walker Evans Archive/The Metropolitan Museum of Art