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Composer’s Choice

Paul Brill, Raven Chacon, Gardner Cole, and Anna Vivette join Phoenix Chamber Music Society’s composer in residence Nokuthula Ngwenyama for an evening of world premieres, sharing and insight into 21st century music in concert, television, film and beyond.

On May 9, “Two Glorious Sextets of Brahms” will feature BMC artistic directors Jaime Laredo on violin and Sharon Robinson on cello, with Pamela Frank, violin; Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; and Keith Robinson, cello.

Six premier chamber musicians and lifelong friends unite to perform a pair of seminal works by Brahms. The B-flat Major Sextet offers an astonishing wealth of melody and masterful sense of proportion while the G Major Sextet is quieter and more reflective: a work of austere beauty.

Pamela Frank, violin; Jaime Laredo, violin; Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Keith Robinson, cello; Sharon Robinson, cello.

One cannot find six more marvelous artists to do justice to the pure romanticism of the two great Brahms Sextets.  They also happen to be friends who love making music together, as well as being PSC friends. Thula played at Town Hall a few seasons ago; Milena is the violist of the Dover Quartet; Keith, a member of the Miami Quartet; and, of course, Pam, Jaime and Sharon gave us wonderful concerts this past season.  It’s a great treat to hear these two magnificent works with this sterling cast.

Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle

Performing “The National Anthem & Rising” in Senator McCain’s Honor.