Schedule:

7:30 p.m: Chamber Concert 2: North County at Templeton Performing Arts Center
Festival Mozaic returns to the intimate Templeton Performing Arts Center for an evening of all Russian chamber music. On the first half of the program, Glinka's Sextet for piano and strings shows the composer's fascination with Italian opera, while Gliere's String Octet for strings is distinctly Russian in character and rivals Mendelssohn's Octet as the finest piece for this ensemble. Finishing the program is Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, noteworthy for including a prelude and fugue directly modeled after the works of J. S. Bach.

Glinka
Grand Sextour
Marta Aznavoorian, piano
Celeste Golden, Anne-Marie Wnek, violins
Maurycy Banaszek, viola
Sophie Shao, cello
Susan Cahill, bass

Gliere
Octet in D major, op. 5
Steven Copes, Rannveig Marta Sarc, Jason Uyeyama, Sophia Molina, violins
Caitlin Lynch, Daniel Simmons, violas
Ani Aznavoorian, Ethan Blake, cellos 

Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57
John Novacek, piano
Eunice Kim, Aurelia Duca, violins
Jessica Oudin, violas
Ari Evan, cello