Bridge & Mendelssohn

An eerie piano trio that many consider to be 20th-century English composer Frank Bridge’s masterpiece—performed here by pianist Orion Weiss, violinist Jennifer Frautschi, and cellist Felix Fan—is juxtaposed with two considerably more lighthearted works: Beethoven’s variations (for two oboes and English horn) on Mozart’s famous Don Giovanni duet “Là ci darem la mano” and Mendelssohn’s exuberant Op. 87, the second of his two viola quintets. 

BEETHOVEN Variations on Mozart’s “Là ci darem la mano” for Two Oboes and  

English Horn, WoO 28 

BRIDGE Piano Trio No. 2, H. 178 

MENDELSSOHN String Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 87 

Orion Weiss, piano; Jennifer Frautschi, Ida Kavafian, Benny Kim, violin; Toby Appel, Scott Lee, viola; Felix Fan, Keith Robinson, cello; Robert Ingliss, Kevin Vigneau, oboe; Julia DeRosa, English horn 

Approximate length: 1 hour and 40 minutes