Schubert & Brahms

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23

6 PM

LENSIC

SCHUBERT & BRAHMS

Warm, early works by Schubert and Brahms open and close this season’s penultimate program, providing a rich setting for the centerpiece of the evening: the world premiere—by pianist Juho Pohjonen, violinist John Storgårds, and cellist Anssi Karttunen—of a Festival-commissioned piano trio by Magnus Lindberg, hailed as “one of the major voices of 21st-century composition” by The Times.

SCHUBERT String Quartet in E Major, D. 353

MAGNUS LINDBERG New Work for Piano Trio (Festival Commission, World Premiere)

BRAHMS String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18

Juho Pohjonen, piano; Chad Hoopes, John Storgårds, violin; Ida Kavafian, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt,

viola; Clive Greensmith, Anssi Karttunen, Harriet Krijgh, cello; Dover Quartet (Joel Link, Bryan Lee, violin; Julianne Lee, viola; Camden Shaw, cello)

Approximate length: 1 hour and 45 minutes