Back for the second time this season, the young virtuosos of Trio Cavatina will share the stage in Memorial Chapel with talented mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford Sunday, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m.
Trio pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute, violinist Harumi Rhodes and cellist Priscilla Lee, together with Mumford, will present a bicentennial birthday tribute to Chopin and Schumann. They will perform Chopin’s Cello Sonata, Trio and Nocturne in C, Op. 48, No. 1. The four musicians will also play Schumann’s Frauenliebe and Leben, Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 105, and Trio No. 1 in D, Op. 63.
Mumford, a native of Sandy, Utah, is a rising musical star. This season, she returns to the Metropolitan Opera for “Die Zauberflote,” “Il Trittico,” “Elektra,” and “Ariadne auf Naxos.” Mumford recently debuted at the Opera Company of Philadelphia in the title role of “The Rape of Lucretia” as well.
Mumford has also placed highly in prestigious contests, including the 2005 Sullivan Foundation Competition, the 2005 Connecticut Opera Guild Competition and the 2004 Joyce Dutka Foundation Competition. In 2005, she won the Arthur E. Walters Memorial Award in the Opera Index Competition.
Formed in 2005 during the renowned Marlboro Music Festival, Trio Cavatina is rapidly emerging as one of today’s most outstanding chamber ensembles. The group, which makes it Carnegie Hall debut in 2010, won the 2009 Naumburg Chamber Music Competition.
In addition to its classical and romantic repertoire, Trio Cavatina is committed to collaborating with living composers. They have worked closely with American composer Leon Kirchner, for instance, who will compose his third piano trio for them. The group will record all three of Kirchner’s trios for CD release and premiere in the 2010-2011 season.
The show is free to members of the Union community. General admission tickets cost $20, though area students may attend for $8. For a full Concert Series schedule, click here.