Friday, October 14 @ 8 PM
The Edye at the Broad Stage (map)

Saturday, October 15 @ 8 PM
The Loft at the Pasadena Playhouse (map)
+ Livestream

We’d planned on starting a multi-year cycle of the complete chamber works of Dmitri Shostakovich back in March of 2020. This intense music is all the more cathartic now in light of not only the ongoing war in Ukraine, but also the broader political and existential fatigue in which we all find ourselves. Explore three of Shostakovich’s seminal works with us, written at the beginning, middle, and end of his life.

Reception to follow.

Special thanks to the Henry Family at Lumen Wines for generously donating wine for all Pasadena receptions.

Program:

String Quartet No. 11, Opus 122 (age 60)
Piano Trio No. 1, Opus 8 (age 16)
Piano Quintet in g minor, Opus 57 (age 34)

Runtime 90 minutes, no intermission

Artists:

Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper White, Co-Artistic Directors & Violinists
Meredith Crawford, Resident Violist
Yoshida Masuda, Resident Cellist
HyeJin Kim, Resident Pianist