A world of Romanticism awaits in this glorious program, opening with a pair of reflective works written a century apart. Amy Beach’s Romance was composed for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, which devoted a portion of its show to women composers. Jamaican-born Eleanor Alberga describes her Lullaby as “a kind of acknowledgement of my European heritage and a realisation that two World Wars are part of my history also.” Despite the small ensemble size, Brahms's trio is a supremely musical epic, masterfully crafted in an exquisite setting with viola taking the traditional clarinet role. The program concludes with Dvo?ák’s sunny, spontaneous String Sextet, about which one of his contemporaries wrote, “God himself must have been walking the Czech Lands when his humble servant bequeathed to us a work of such excellence and sanctity.”

?Amy Beach Romance, Op. 23 (1893)

Eleanor Alberga No-Man’s-Land Lullaby (1996)
Tai Murray, violin; Henry Kramer, piano?

Johannes Brahms Clarinet (Viola) Trio, Op. 114 (1891)
Melissa Reardon, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Henry Kramer, piano??

Antonín Dvo?ák String Sextet, Op. 48 (1878)
Amy Schwartz Moretti, David Bowlin, violins; Marcus Thompson, Melissa Reardon, violas; Brant Taylor, Raman Ramakrishnan, cellos

Run Time: Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes including intermission

Location: Stevens Square Theater, 631 Stevens Ave, Portland ME

Ticket Prices: $46 general admission / $83.50 reserved seating / $12 children & students

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