Friday, August 14
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6:30 pm
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8:00 pm
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NEXUS Chamber Music’s ambitious ninth season presents a dynamic program for string octet, promising an exhilarating and fresh sonic experience for Guarneri Hall. Eight world-renowned musicians will gather in Chicago to collaborate on Shostakovich’s haunting and electrifying Two Pieces for String Octet, concluding the program with the beloved String Octet by the young genius Felix Mendelssohn. In true NEXUS fashion, the program’s centerpiece focuses on the fresh and contemporary with master pianist and composer John Novacek’s Music for 8, which has already gained a foothold as a powerful new standard in the genre.
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
John Novacek (b. 1964): Music for 8
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Artists: Claire Bourg, Jacques Forestier, Kenneth Renshaw, and Rannveig Marta Sarc, violin; Brian Hong and Cara Pogossian, viola; Alexander Hersh and Edvard Pogossian, cello
The program repeats on Thursday, August 13 at Guarneri Hall.
