Mendelssohn Octet

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
7:00 pm

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
99 Peirce Street
East Greenwich, RI 02818

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Program

Florence Price (1887-1953) “Shortnin’ Bread” from Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint

George Walker (1922-2018) Lament from Quartet No. 1

Quartet ES: Anton Miller and Ertan Torgul, violins; Rita Porfiris, viola; Jennifer Kloetzel, cello

Errollyn Wallen (b. 1958) Are you Worried About the Rising Costs of Funerals?
I. Guru
II. Beehive
Quartet ES with Diana McVey, soprano

Sarah Gibson (b. 1987) Whirlpool

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Quartettsatz No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703

Quartet ES

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierrissimo
IV. Presto
Anton Miller, Ertan Torgul, Lina Bahn, Kristen Pellegrino, violins; Rita Porfiris and Sebastian Ruth, violas; Jennifer Kloetzel and Trevor Handy, cellos