Tonight’s program explores how “fragments” of insight combine to create musical inspiration. Mahler's unfinished Piano Quartet pairs with the otherworldly homage it inspired. Nature’s soaring heights and darkest depths mirror the scope of human emotion in Schubert’s beloved lied, and illustrate Tchaikovsky’s Tuscan picture postcard with vibrant virtuosity.

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Clara Schumann Selected Songs

Mahler/Schnittke Piano Quartet(s) in A minor <listen>

Schubert The Shepherd on the Rock for Soprano, Clarinet, and Piano <listen>

Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence <listen>