Lineage: The Bach Connection

Our third concert of the season will highlight the enduring impact of Bach on generations of composers through teacher, student and family connections. Our evening will begin with the extraordinary Peggy Pearson playing Bach’s Concerto for Oboe d’amore. The program will then trace Bach’s musical influence through the centuries and include some lesser known works by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and Clara Schumann, as well as a new adaptation of From the Gut by violinist and composer Shaw Pong Liu. We will end with a new piece by the next generation of young musicians–the students of Winsor Music’s Opus 1 project. This is our second annual Lineage concert and a special event that beautifully highlights the powerful generational connections between artists.

Performers

Peggy Pearson, Oboe and Oboe d’amore; Rane Moore, Clarinet; Gabriela Díaz, Violin; Shaw Pong Liu, Violin; Cara Pogossian, Viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, Cello; Ian Saunders, Bass; Yoko Hagino, Piano

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Oboe d’amore, BWV 1055R

W.F. Bach Sonata for Viola and Keyboard

Felix Mendelssohn Assai tranquillo

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Three Pieces for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, arr. Armand Russell

Robert Schumann from Märchenerzählungen Op. 132

Clara Schumann Ich stand in dunklen Träumen

Ferruccio Busoni Andantino

Kurt Weill Selections from the Threepenny Opera for Violin and Piano

Shaw Pong Liu From the Gut

Opus 1 project Premiere Composed by Boston String Academy Students

Host or Publisher Winsor Music