Let’s go to 19th-century England, where Dvořák’s music found eager audiences and his international reputation reached new heights. Echoing Haydn’s own celebrated success in London generations earlier, this program explores the artistic exchange between composers who drew inspiration from folk traditions and transformed them into deeply personal musical voices. Alongside Dvořák, the program features Vaughan Williams and Rebecca Clarke, later composers whose music reflects a similarly distinctive sense of place and expression.

Program

HAYDN String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Hob. III:76, “Fifths” (1797)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Excerpts from Six Studies in English Folk Song for Cello and Piano (1926)
DVOŘÁK Excerpts from Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, B. 166, “Dumky” (1891)
CLARKE Dumka for Violin, Viola, and Piano (ca. 1941)
DVOŘÁK Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23, B. 53 (1875)

Artists

Amizia Quartet in Residence | Elizabeth Dorman, Eric Zivian, PIANO | Jennifer Frautschi, Tsien-Hsin Cindy Wu, VIOLIN | Andrew Gonzalez, VIOLA | Tanya Tomkins, Julia Yang, CELLO

Performance Length

Approximately 2 hours with intermission | Program and artists subject to change