The Road to Victory

This powerful concert traces a path from adversity to triumph, spotlighting Beethoven’s “Serioso” Quartet and Bridge’s Cello Sonata, both echoing the turmoil and resolve of wartime, alongside Coleridge-Taylor’s Romantic Clarinet Quintet, a testament to overcoming societal barriers. 

BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 “Serioso” 

James Ehnes, Simone Porter, violins; Jonathan Vinocour, viola; Paul Watkins, cello

BRIDGE
Cello Sonata, H. 125 

Paul Watkins, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10 

Anthony McGill, clarinet; Jack Liebeck, Njioma Greivious, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Kyril Zlotnikov, cello