Espressivo! Piano Quartet premieres Joy Steppin’ at Linton Chamber Music

Espressivo Piano Quartet
Anna Polonsky, piano
Jaime Laredo, violin
Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt, viola
Sharon Robinson, cello

PROGRAM:
Wolfgang A. Mozart                  Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493
Nokuthula Ngwenyama          Joy Stepping – World Premiere
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Johannes Brahms                     Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25

The Espressivo Piano Quartet performs a program featuring the music of Mozart, known to be the father of the piano quartet, and a work by Brahms famous for its folk-inspired, tour de force finale. Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s music has garnered national acclaim and great enthusiasm from Linton audiences. The world premiere of her newest work serves as a highlight of these opening concerts.

This concert is approximately 1.75 hours, including intermission.

The world premiere of Ngwenyama’s Joy Steppin’, commissioned by Linton Chamber Music with the generous support of Ann and Harry Santen (world premiere), Apex Concerts, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, Brattleboro Music Center, Chamber Music Albuquerque, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, Denver Friends of Chamber Music, El Paso Pro Musica, Emory Chamber Music Society, Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle, International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and Ensemble Music Society of Indianapolis, Kansas City Friends of Music, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, Peoples’ Symphony Concerts, Phoenix Chamber Music Society, Portland Ovations, Schubert Club, Seattle Chamber Music Society and Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music through the International Arts Foundation, Inc.