A Thousand Tales Sung: Schumann, Gideon, Szymanowski, Harrison & Brahms

Chameleon Arts Ensemble opens its winter chamber music season with “a thousand tales sung” featuring five fantastical works of whimsy and enchantment. Robert Schumann’s Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola, and piano transports us to a magical world of innocence and fairy tales while Miriam Gideon offers a parody of children’s verse with her Rhymes from the Hill for soprano, clarinet, cello, and marimba. Karol Szymanowski’s 1915 Mythes for violin and piano conjures shimmering reflections of Narcissus and Pan, and Lou Harrison portrays the goddess of the labyrinth in Ariadne for flute and percussion. Finally, Brahms gives us an exquisite illustration of Goethe’s Werther with his c minor Piano Quartet.

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PROGRAM
Robert Schumann, Märchenerzählungen “Fairy Tales” for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 132
Miriam Gideon, Rhymes from the Hill for soprano, clarinet, cello & marimba
Karol Szymanowski, Mythes for violin & piano, Op. 30 (1915)
Lou Harrison, Ariadne for flute & percussion
Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 3 in c minor, Op. 60

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ARTISTS
Deborah Boldin, flute; Eunae Koh, violin; Caitlin Lynch, viola; Mary Mackenzie, soprano; Kelli O’Connor, clarinet; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Mika Sasaki, piano; Matt Sharrock, percussion; Scott Woolweaver, viola; Amy Yang, piano