Musicians from Marlboro returns to Memorial Chapel Saturday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. for a program featuring the works of Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok and Mozart.
The ensemble will perform Irish, Welsh and Scottish folksong arrangements from Beethoven; Bartók's String Quartet No. 4; Brahms' Zwei Gesänge, Opus 91; and Mozart's Quintet in D major, K. 593.
This season marks the 42nd anniversary of the touring company, which originated as an extension of Vermont’s Marlboro Music Festival, founded in 1951. The festival, guided by Artistic Directors Richard Goode and Mitsuko Uchida, brings together leading musicians from all parts of the world for two months each summer on the hilltop campus of Marlboro College in Vermont.
Comprising the touring company this season are: Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano; Lily Francis and Yura Lee, violins; Eric Nowlin and Maiya Papach, violas; and Marcy Rosen, cello.
Appearing with the ensemble will be mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, who received her training at Utah State University and Yale before being invited to join the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera for the 2004-05 season. In 2005, she made her Carnegie Hall debut with pianist Richard Goode and was one of 16 singers invited to work with Naxos Records and Yale University in a collaborative project to record the complete songs of Charles Ives. Mumford made her Metropolitan Opera debut during the 2005-06 season as Laura in “Luisa Miller” and among her many engagements, she’s scheduled to cover Orfeo in a new production of “Orfeo ed Euridice” at the Metropolitan Opera.
The concert is free for the Union College community, $20 for general admission and $8 for area students. For tickets, call (518) 388-6080; for more information on the Series, call (518) 372-3651 or visit http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries.