Clarinettist Anthony McGill will join four members of the New York Philharmonic for a concert featuring performances of two significant chamber music compositions of the late 19th century in a concert from New York’s 92 Street Y. The performance will stream from their website on Thursday, November 12th at 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST.
The members of the New York Philharmonic performing in this concert are Yulia Ziskel and Na Sun on violin; Cynthia Phelps on viola and Nathan Vickery on cello.
On the program is Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in D Major Op. 44, No. 1.
Mendelssohn composed this work in 1838. It has four movements:
Molto allegro vivace
Menuetto: Un poco Allegretto
Andante espressivo ma can moto
Presto con brio
Misha Amory, writing on the Brentano Quartet website, said of this work: “The D major quartet, opus 44 #1, is decidedly filled with light and joy. Although it was actually the last of the three opus 44 quartets to be composed, it seems that Mendelssohn was particularly proud of it, which may be the reason it was published as the first of the set. D major is a brilliant key for stringed instruments, and the composer plays to that quality.”
McGill will join for a performance of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10.
Coleridge-Taylor took it upon himself to compose a clarinet quintet that would be void of any influence of Johannes Brahms. The elder composer’s quintet is considered one of the finest of all his compositions. Though it was widely believed he had done so, it did not propel his career the way he had hoped.
This approximately 30-minute work has four movements:
Allegro energetico
Larghetto affettuoso
Scherzo: Allegro leggiero
Allegro agitato – un poco più moderato
Tickets for Members of the New York Philharmonic & Anthony McGill are $15.
Photo: Anthony McGill (Courtesy his website)