MOZART & ARENSKY

July 29 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Alan Gilbert—one of the world’s leading conductors and chamber musicians—returns to play violin in Arensky’s dark-hued Quartet in A Minor (written by the young composer as an homage to Tchaikovsky after his death) on a program that includes Mozart’s seminal G-minor Piano Quartet and the first-ever Festival performance of English composer Malcolm Arnold’s lively Divertimento.

ARNOLD Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet, Op. 37 (1952)

MOZART Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478 (1785)

ARENSKY Quartet in A Minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35 (1894)

Approximate length: 1 hour and 30 minutes