The Virginia Chamber Music Foundation Presents: Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival Concert III

Ticket go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, July 24 at 10:00AM.

The Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, which draws outstanding musicians from North America and abroad every September, celebrates its 25th season with a series of concerts from September 8 to 19, 2024. 

Two classical music masterpieces for strings appear on today’s program: Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, an exhilarating conversation among violins, violas and cellos, with string bass and keyboard support; and Mendelssohn’s brilliant String Octet, a piece written by the precocious 16-year-old composer in 1825 that can stand alongside any mature work in the entire repertoire. 

Also on the program: Pianist Benjamin Hochman, praised by The New York Times for the “stylistic insight, elegance and sparkle of [his] pianism,“ performs with cellist Raman Ramakrishnan in a lyrical and spirited cello sonata by Beethoven and gives the world premiere of Christopher Trapani’s Palermo Canons for solo piano.

J.S. Bach                               Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Christopher Trapani          Palermo Canons (World Premiere) 
Ludwig van Beethoven     Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 
Felix Mendelssohn            String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 

Johnny Gandelsman, Simone Porter, and Blake Pouliot violin; Timothy Summers, violin and viola; Rebecca Albers and Jessica Thompson, viola; Raphael Bell, Michael Nicholas, and Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Benjamin Hochman, piano

Sponsored by the Maurice Amado Foundation

Other 2024 Festival concerts at the Paramount include ticketed events on Sunday, September 8, Monday; September 9 at 7:30PM; and a FREE lunchtime concert open to the public on Friday, September 13 at 12:30PM.

For the full Festival calendar, including events at other venues, go to www.cvillechambermusic.org

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