25th Season of the Vetta Chamber Music and Recital Society.
Dear Vetta Friends,
It is hard to believe that Vetta Chamber Music has been in existence for twenty-five years and is still going strong. I think one of the keys to its success is in the friendly atmosphere of music lovers gathering together to experience great works of chamber music, and sometimes more challenging works that stretch the heart and mind. We performers find connection through the music, and believe the audience participates in this magic called live performance as well.
Our first concert features the founding members and Artistic Directors of Vetta, Victor Costanzi, and Eugene Osadchy. They remain an inspiration to me for their artistry, vision, and commitment. Long time friends Sara Davis Buechner, pianist, and Yariv Aloni, violist, join us on this evening of celebration and reunion.
For the second concert, the new Vetta String Quartet is back! Jennie Press, violin, David Harding, viola, Joseph Elworthy, cello, and I will perform a new work by composer Scott Good; Sun-Moon ,as well as the popular Borodin Quartet, and Beethoven “Rasumovsky” No.1, a personal favourite.
In January, you will be warmed from the inside out by the Brahms Horn Trio, with special guest artists Joy Branagan (french horn), and Ian Parker, (piano). Ian will perform a Beethoven Sonata he has recently recorded and after which Zoltan Rozsnyai and I will join Ian for Mendelssohn’s beloved Piano Trio in D minor.
If you attended this last season’s Piano Trio concert with Anastasia Markina, (piano) and Eugene Osadchy (cello), you will know why we had to invite these wonderful musicians back. In this fourth concert you will be treated to music by Shostakovich, Dvorak, and more Beethoven !
Finally, we celebrate twenty five years with a program to end all programs. Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen is a challenging work, deep and brooding. He wrote it very late in life. In contrast, the Mendelssohn Octet is light-hearted and playful; it was written when he was only sixteen. To perform these works and the lush Brahms Sextet No. 2, we have nine accomplished musicians, some well known to Vetta audiences, and some fresh young talent to take us into the next decades of music-making....
Yours in Music,
Joan Blackman
Artistic Director
We gratefully acknowledged the generous support of
the Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation
