Winter Warmer I: Slavic Strings

Name: Winter Warmer I: Slavic Strings
Start: 2025-03-06T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-06T20:45:00-05:00
Location: Hannaford Hall - USM

Schedule

Thu Mar 06 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:45 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Hannaford Hall - USM | Portland, ME

Since its PCMF debut in 2022, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra has electrified audiences with heartfelt, joyously virtuosic performances. For the first concert in the 2025 Winter Warmer season, ECCO members offer a rich tapestry of chamber music from Eastern Europe showcasing the uniquely expressive sounds of string instruments, opening with an intricate piece for four violins that blends Polish folk influences with a modernist edge. Dedicated to Tchaikovsky, Anton Arensky’s quartet for two cellos, violin and viola pairs cosmopolitan sophistication with richly resonant motifs from the Russian Orthodox mass, creating a soulful elegy that ends with a sentimental flourish. Finally, Antonin Dvořák’s Quintet No. 2 (for string quartet and double bass) features rollicking Bohemian dance rhythms and broad sweeping melodies, radiating joy and a vibrant, earthy energy.
Grażyna Bacewicz - Quartet for Four Violins (1949)
Anton Arensky - String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35 (1894)
Antonín Dvořák - String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77 (1875)
Doors open at 6:30 PM. Program run time is approximately 1 hr 45 min including a brief intermission. Immediately following the concert there will be a Q&A with the artists.