Chamber Music for the Town's People

The Opus Oakland Sextet presents an afternoon of string sextets with featured wine pairings! We begin with a movement from a seldom heard sextet arrangement of Beethoven’s famous Pastoral Symphony, followed by Brahms’ amiable yet profound 2nd Sextet in G major. We also play Dvořák’s Sextet, written at the height of his Slavonic period, featuring an elegiac Dumka and raucous Furiant. Ending our afternoon will be a movement of Debussy’s Petite Suite arranged by Tim Erickson. Join us for a glass of wine (or four) and while away a leisurely afternoon.

The Opus amanuensis writes: "Chamber music was historically played—and we believe is best-enjoyed to this day—in close quarters, among compatriots. The form has been described as "the music of friends" and as "a rational conversation between four people." While there are in fact six of us in this group (Thomas Chow and Shauna Revelli on violins, Sara Rusché and Matt Van Pelt on violas, John Schroder and Daniel Strickland on cellos) and of dubious rationality at that, we truly could not imagine a better setting for the continuance of this tradition than the cozy, boisterous chambers of Clio's. We hope you will enjoy."

Opus Oakland was created in October of 2016 by members of Oakland Civic Orchestra, a community orchestra affiliated with Oakland Parks and Recreation.