Past Event
Friday, October 13, 2017, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Russell Lane at Gilman Drive, San Diego, 92037
Cost: $40 - $54
Drawn from the principal players of the chamber orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, this ensemble was created in 1967 to perform larger-scale works from the chamber music repertoire, such as wind trios and string octets. Directed by academy director/leader Tomo Keller, the ensemble has released over 30 recordings of classical, romantic, and modern music from the last century. The program features Erich Wolfgang Korngold's String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10, Dmitri Shostakovich's Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11, and Felix Mendelssohn's Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20.