Posted on Feb 20, 2008

Yura Lee, violin, appears with Musicians from Marlboro Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel performing a classical repertoire of Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok and Mozart.
Maiya Papach, viola, appears with Musicians from Marlboro Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel performing a classical repertoire of Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok and Mozart.
Eric Nowlin, viola, appears with Musicians from Marlboro Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel performing a classical repertoire of Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok and Mozart.
Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano, appears with Musicians from Marlboro Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel performing a classical repertoire of Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok and Mozart.
Lily Francis, violin, appears with Musicians from Marlboro Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel performing a classical repertoire of Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok and Mozart.

 

 

Musicians from Marlboro – “the most exciting chamber music in the United States,” according to The New York Times – will return to Memorial Chapel Saturday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. in a program of by Beethoven, Bartók, Brahms 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 for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano; and Mozart’s String 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, which brings together leading musicians from throughout the world at Marlboro College in Vermont each summer.

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.

Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano, appears with Musicians from Marlboro Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel performing a classical repertoire of Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok and Mozart.

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 in 2004. In 2005-06, she made her Carnegie Hall debut with pianist Richard Goode, Marlboro Festival’s artistic director. Mumford made her Metropolitan Opera debut that same 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.

The concert at Memorial Chapel is free for the Union College community, $20 for general admission and $8 for area students. For tickets, call ext. 6080; for more information, call (518) 372-3651 or visit http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries.