Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Presents Germanic Tradition

Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (CCCMF), Cape Cod’s premiere presenter of summer chamber music presents a program of Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann works in two performances of Germanic Tradition on Tuesday, August 14, 7:30 pm, at Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, and on Wednesday, August 15, 7:30 pm at First Congregational Church, 650 Main Street, Chatham.

Germanic Tradition lauds three of music history’s most towering composers juxtaposed in a program featuring the CCCMF debut of internationally renowned musicians Orion Weiss, Gary Levinson and Toby Appel, and the return of Festival favorite David Ying, rounding out a stellar cast.
Though each featured composer is undeniably German, their music stands out individually. Mozart’s duo for violin and viola highlights a beautiful variety of melodies and harmonies between the two instruments, including developmental concepts such as variation and canon.
Beethoven’s piano trio, written for Prince Lichnowsky, a Beethoven patron, is considered to be a result of his early period of composition. Not yet suffering from hearing loss, Beethoven was highly influenced by the classical style of Haydn, with whom he studied.
Schumann’s quartet showcases various musical ideas and devices, such as counterpoint in the first movement, syncopation in the Scherzo, and fugue in the finale. In the third movement, Schumann instructs the cellist to tune the C string down to a B-flat, allowing for a pedal tone beneath the violin and viola. Truly an opportunity for an unforgettable performance!
Program: Germanic Tradition
Gary Levinson, violin; Toby Appel, viola; David Ying, cello; Orion Weiss, piano

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791)
Duo in B-flat Major for Violin and Viola, K. 424
Adagio; Allegro
Andante cantabile
Tema con variazioni: Andante grazioso

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)
Trio in C Minor for Piano, Violin and Cello, Opus 1 No. 3
Allegro con brio
Andante cantabile con variazioni
Menuetto: Quasi allegro; Trio
Finale: Prestissimo

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856)
Quartet in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello, Opus 47
Sostenuto assai; Allegro ma non troppo
Scherzo: Molto vivace; Trio I, Trio II
Andante cantabile
Finale: Vivace
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