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May 15, 2019

Chamber Music Athens

May 14–21 @ Multiple Venues

By Jessica Smith

George Crumb

Presented by UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music, the inaugural Chamber Music Athens festival offers 10 days of performances by faculty, students and visiting artists, like the Jupiter and New York Philharmonic string quartets. Several programs take themes from their specific venues or other art forms, such as “Botanic Musicale: Music of Nature” at the State Botanical Garden and “Inspired by Romance: Kreutzer Sonata,” which includes excerpts from Leo Tolstoy’s Romantic novella, at Seney-Stovall Chapel. A special program at the Georgia Museum of Art will celebrate composer George Crumb’s 90th birthday with the Georgia premiere of “Metamorphoses,” a piano piece inspired by 10 famous paintings.

Calendar

  • Sunday, May 12

    UGA Ramsey Concert Hall

    3 p.m. $25. www.pac.uga.edu

    Chamber Music Athens: Opening Concert

    The Jupiter String Quartet, Peter Frankl and David Fung perform a program featuring music by Mendelssohn, Schubert and Dvorak.

  • Tuesday, May 14

    State Botanical Garden of Georgia

    7:30 p.m. $35. www.pac.uga.edu

    Chamber Music Athens: Music of Nature

    (Day Chapel) "Spring Will Come!" features selections by Amy Beach, Fanny Mendelssohn, Schubert, Puccini, Rachmaninoff and Brahms. See Calendar Pick on p. 16.

  • Wednesday, May 15

    Seney-Stovall Chapel

    7:30 p.m. $25. www.pac.uga.edu

    Chamber Music Athens: Inspired by Romance

    Jupiter String Quartet, Mark Bobley, Michael Heald, Maggie Snyder and David Starweather perform selections by Janacek and Brahms in the program "Kreutzer Sonata." See Calendar Pick on p. 16.

  • Saturday, May 18

    Georgia Museum of Art

    5 p.m. FREE! www.pac.uga.edu

    Chamber Music Athens: George Crumb at 90

    The program "Metamorphoses" will be preceded by a panel discussion at 4 p.m. See Calendar Pick on p. 16.

  • Sunday, May 19

    UGA Ramsey Concert Hall

    3 p.m. $25. pac.uga.edu

    Chamber Music Athens: Piano Quintets

    The program consists of selections by Schubert and Brahms. See Calendar Pick on p. 16.

  • Tuesday, May 21

    UGA Ramsey Concert Hall

    7:30 p.m. $25. pac.uga.edu

    Chamber Music Athens: Gala Finale

    Hear concertos for violin, piano and string quartet by Mozart, Vivaldi and Elgar.

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