SARATOGA CHAMBER PLAYERS CONCERT - 02/03/2013

Pianist Margaret Kampmeier returns to the Saratoga Chamber Players

The concert opens with Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor, Opus 23, a piece warmly received by the composer’s contemporaries. Next will be Stravinsky’s Divertimento for violin and piano, one of a number of offspring from the composer’s ballet, “Le Baiser de la fée.”  It is based on Tchaikovsky songs and evokes the latter’s sweet, delicate melodies but with Stravinsky’s own elements of unpredictability. Also on the program is the work of Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, Fratres, written at a time when religion was frowned upon by the Communist state.  The title means “brethren” or “fraternity” and the music, described as a call to prayer, seems to express Pärt’s search for spirituality. The program ends with the luscious, romantic piece by Robert Schumann, Sonata, No. 1 in A minor, Opus 105 written in 1851 and first performed a year later by Clara Schumann and violinist Ferdinand David.

Tickets are $18 adults, $15 seniors, $12 students and free to accompanied children. The concert is sponsored in part by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. To charge with Master Card or Visa call 518-928-9664.  For further information on the program or the musicians see www.saratogachamberplayers.org