In this annual special event, violinist Janet Sung will be joined by renowned guest artists from Chicago and beyond in an all-strings extravaganza of chamber music favorites. Guests artists include violinist Lina Bahn, violists Victoria Chiang and Anthony Devroye, and cellists Stephen Balderston and Michael Mermagen. The program will feature Mozart's masterful String Quintet in G minor, K. 516, Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello, and the exuberant and ever-popular Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky.

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quintet in G Minor, K. 516 (1787)
     Allegro
     Menuetto. Allegretto
     Adagio ma non troppo
     Adagio- Allegro
          Janet Sung, violin
          Lina Bahn, violin
          Anthony Devroye, viola
          Victoria Chiang, viola
          Stephen Balderston, cello

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 (1914)
     Allegro serioso, non troppo
     Adagio - Andante - Tempo I
     Maestoso e largamente ma non troppo lento - Presto
          Janet Sung, violin
          Michael Mermagen, cello

Intermission

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (1890)
     Allegro con spirito
     Adagio cantabile e con moto
     Allegretto moderato
     Allegro con brio e Vivace
          Janet Sung, violin
          Lina Bahn, violin
          Victoria Chiang, viola
          Anthony Devroye, viola
          Stephen Balderston, cello
          Michael Mermagen, cello

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