Performance Santa Fe has the great pleasure of welcoming back the illustrious Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
Created in 1967 to perform the larger chamber works—from quintets to octets—these players, who customarily work together, draw on their camaraderie and so enrich the level of artistry with which they play. The Ensemble has an extensive discography, being one of the most recorded in the world, and an enduring international following.
Come for an evening of exotic sounding Brahms, Shostakovich’s almost symphonic Prelude and Scherzo, and a rousing octet written by Mendelssohn for his friend and violin teacher Eduard Ritz.
“Compelling grandeur…masterful.” – BBC Music Magazine
“Splendid playing; impeccable sound and balance.” —Gramophone
Watch and listen: Mendelssohn Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20, Fourth movement (Presto)
PROGRAM
BRAHMS Sextet in G major, Op. 36
SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 11
MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Monday, May 11, 2015 at 7:30 PM
- Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM
- Tickets: $27 $48 $74 $100; order tickets through PerformanceSantaFe.org or TicketsSantaFe.org
Student, teacher, and group discounts available.
About Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble: The Academy and David Rowe Artists
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Performance Santa Fe’s 78th season in 2014-15 is funded by the City of Santa Fe and the 1% Lodgers Tax; New Mexico Arts, a Division of the Office of Cultural Affairs; the McCune Charitable Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; and donors, patrons, and sponsors from New Mexico and across the United States.