CSO Chamber Music at the University of Chicago – Music in the Vernacular

CSO Chamber Music at the University of Chicago – Music in the Vernacular

Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major Op. 82 No. 2
Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet, piano
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115

Qing Hou & Lei Hou, violin
Lawrence Neumann, viola
John Sharp, cello
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet
John Novacek, piano

These unparalleled musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra explore music composed inside the world of specific cultures. The program includes one of Haydn’s best-known piano trios, Bartók’s Contrasts (filled with Hungarian and Romanian dance melodies), and closes with a later work of Brahms, one of the first chamber works composed for an ensemble featuring clarinet.