MUSIC

Da Camera of Houston presents Brentano Quartet and Friends, Friday, September 23, 2011, 8:00 PM, in the Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center.

The Brentano Quartet, long a favorite of Da Camera audiences, kicks off the 2011/2012 season joined by celebrated colleagues. Featuring Metropolitan Opera principal clarinetist Anthony McGill, seen on national television at President Obama’s inauguration, international opera star Susanne Mentzer and Da Camera Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg, this festive program offers one of Mozart's greatest masterpieces, a rare vocal chamber music gem and the world premiere of a Da Camera-commissioned piano quintet by Tobias Picker. Picker is the award-wining American composer called “a genuine creator with a fertile unforced vein of invention” by The New Yorker.

Scheduled Program:
Respighi Il tramonto for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
Tobias Picker Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Mozart Clarinet Quintet

Featured Performers:
Brentano String Quartet (Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Lee, cello); Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Sarah Rothenberg, piano; Tobias Picker, guest composer

Join us for the Opening Night Celebration, Classique et Nouvelle, A Concert and Three Parties. Click for details and to purchase tickets.

Pictured:  Brentano Quartet, photo by Peter Schaaf.