Free Public Concert No. 2
Manhattan Chamber Players

Dixon Concert Hall
Tulane University
Friday, October 13, 2023
Doors: 6:30 PM
Pre-Concert Talk: 7 PM
Concert: 7:30 PM

The seldom heard music of Ernest Chausson is featured on this program, with a rendition of his heartbreaking Chanson Perpétuelle (“Endless Song”) and his sprawling, ecstatic masterpiece, the Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, along with additional selections of Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss, and Samuel Barber.  The warm, majestic acoustic of Dixon Concert Hall at Tulane University will be home to an evening of glorious music making!

CCCMF Artistic Director Luke Fleming gives an informal Pre-Concert Talk and Q&A at 7 PM.

“Music Without End”

Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)
“Morgen!” (“Morning”), Op. 27 no. 4 (1894)

Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981)
“Sure on This Shining Night,” Op. 13 no. 3 (1938)

Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899)
Chanson Perpetuélle (“Endless Song”)

Pause

Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899)
Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21 (1891)

Manhattan Chamber Players

Adam Golka, Piano
Francisco Fullana, Violin
Siwoo Kim, Violin
Grace Park, Violin
Brendan Speltz, Violin
Luke Fleming, Viola
Pierre Lapointe, Viola
Brook Speltz, Cello

with

Faylotte Joy Crayton, Soprano