Amanda Harberg Lucas’s Garden YaoGuang Zhai (clarinet), Daniel Rowland (violin), Boris Andrianov (cello), Nina Schumann (piano) Anton Arensky Piano Quintet Siwoo Kim (violin 1), Miriam Helms (violin 2), Xandi van Dijk (viola), Peter Martens (cello), Pieter Grobler (piano)
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Jörg Widmann String Quartet no.8, “Beethoven-Studie III” Miclen LaiPang (violin 1), Daniel Rowland (violin 2), Dana Zemtsov (viola), David Cohen (cello)
With echoes of Brahms and Copland, Harberg’s Lucas’s Garden paints a vivid, blossoming landscape. Arensky’s Piano Quintet is a rich Romantic work, while Widmann’s quartet offers a bold, modern homage to Beethoven.
