The Bowdoin International Music Festival’s final concert, Friday, August 8, celebrates 50 years of artistic direction by Lewis Kaplan, presenting two of his favorite works by Johannes Brahms – the Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op 102 and String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36.
Frank Huang, concertmaster of the Houston Symphony and winner of the 2003 Naumburg Violin Competition, will lead the sextet. Huang will be joined by Janet Sung, violin; Rami Solomonow and Caroline Coade, viola; and Meta Weiss and Nicholas Tzavaras, cello. The sextet is known for the first movement’s lyrical opening, its innovative chord structures, and its many melodic and technical contrasts. It was first performed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1866.
The Double Concerto is Brahms’ last orchestral work, and has long been a favorite among performers and audiences. Ray Chen, an alumnus of the Bowdoin Virtuoso program and a fastrising soloist on the international touring circuit, returns to the Festival to perform the concerto with David Requiro, winner of the 2008 Naumburg Violoncello Competition. Lewis Kaplan will conduct the Bowdoin Festival Orchestra.
Festival Fridays concerts are held at 7:30 p.m. in Brunswick High School’s Crooker Theater. Tickets are $40.
The Bowdoin International Music Festival was founded in 1964 by Lewis Kaplan and the late Robert K. Beckwith of Bowdoin College. The Festival’s mission is to provide Maine audiences with classical music performed to the highest artistic standards, and to provide gifted young musicians from around the world with an opportunity to study chamber music with world-class artists. Over its 50-year history, the Festival has established itself as a vital force throughout the music world. Visit the Bowdoin Festival on the web at www.bowdoinfestival.org or call 207-725- 3895.
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