Johannes Brahms | Sonata in E-flat for Viola and Piano, Op 120 No 2 (1894) 

Johannes Brahms | Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79 No 2 (1879)
Lembit Beecher | New Work for Violin and Viola (World Premiere) 
Amy Beach | Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op 67 (1907)

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Music on the Strait is honored to present one of the first performances in the brand-new Field Arts and Events Hall with celebrated virtuoso pianist Garrick Ohlsson, the only American to have won first prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition. Ohlsson will perform solo and chamber works by Johannes Brahms. He will later be joined by the Takács Quartet for a rousing performance of Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet, a piece for which he and the Takács recorded and won a 2001 Gramophone Award. We are also thrilled to present a new work by 2023 composer-in-residence Lembit Beecher,  inspired in part by the transformation of the Elwha River and written for Artistic Directors James Garlick and Richard O’Neill.  

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Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Takács Quartet

   Edward Dusinberre, violin
   Harumi Rhodes, violin
   Richard O’Neill, viola
   András Fejér, cello

James Garlick, violin
 

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Josef Haydn | Quartet in D major, Op 71 No 2 (1793) 
Béla Bartôk | Quartet No 3, Sz 85 (1927) 
Ludwig van Beethoven | Quartet No 8 in E minor, Op 59 No 2 (1806)

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Winner of last year’s Gramophone Classical Music Award in the Chamber Music category, the world-renowned Takács Quartet returns to Music on the Strait for a second time. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear this iconic quartet performing their signature repertoire of Haydn, Bartôk, and Beethoven–and hear first-hand why they are heralded as one of the greatest string quartets of all time! Seating in intimate and acoustically pristine Maier Hall at Peninsula College is limited.

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Takács Quartet

   Edward Dusinberre, violin
   Harumi Rhodes, violin
   Richard O’Neill, viola
   András Fejér, cello

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Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate | Pisashi for String Quartet

Anton Prischepa | Based on Actual Events for Violin and Marimba 

Edvard Grieg | String Quartet in G minor, Op 27 
 

Noah Geller, the dynamic Concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony makes his Music on the Strait debut leading Grieg’s bold and energetic String Quartet in G minor. Before intermission, Geller shares the stage with Mari Yoshinaga, the internationally acclaimed percussionist and his frequent duo partner. We open this program with a string quartet by Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma. Tate uses Hopi and Pueblo rhythms and forms as musical inspiration. For instance, the opening viola solo, which recurs throughout the work, is a paraphrase of a Pueblo Buffalo Dance.. 
 

Noah Geller, violin

James Garlick, violin
Richard O’Neill, viola

Ani Aznavoorian, cello
Mari Yoshinaga, Marimba 

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JS Bach

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827
Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828
Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830

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MacArthur “Genius” Jeremy Denk, one of today’s leading interpreters of Bach’s keyboard music, returns to Music on the Strait for the fourth time to perform a musical marathon: all six Bach Partitas for keyboard in one evening. This is a musical event of a lifetime! 

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Jeremy Denk, piano

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Clara Schumann | Three Romances for Violin and Piano (1853)

Robert Schumann | Märchenbilder (Fairy Tales), Op 113 (1851)            

Johannes Brahms | Piano Quartet in A major, Op 26 (1861) 

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In October 1853, a 20-year-old young composer named Johannes Brahms knocked on the door of Robert and Clara Schumann with a letter of introduction. That same year, Clara Schumann wrote her Three Romances for Violin and Piano, and Robert Schumann soon proclaimed Brahms the heir to Beethoven’s musical lineage and so began one of the most intimate friendships in music history. Jeremy Denk leads us on a rare and remarkable journey to explore these three intertwined musical voices.   

Jeremy Denk, piano

James Garlick, violin

Richard O’Neill, viola

Ani Aznavoorian, cello

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