Walla Walla Chamber Music Series: Festival Series: Strength in Numbers

David Schiff (b. 1945)

Chamber Concerto No. 2 for Violin and String Nonet: Vineyard Rhythms

I. Hawk (winter to spring)

II. Gaia (spring to summer)

III. Harvest (fall to winter)

— Intermission —

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Octet for Strings in E Flat, Op. 20 (1825)

I. Allegro moderato con fuoco

II. Andante

III. Scherzo. Allegro leggierissimo

IV. Presto

Artists: Natasha Bazhanov, violin; Timothy Christie, viola; Artur Girsky viola; Norbert Lewandowski, cello; Christina McGann, violin; Stephen Miahky, violin; John Popham, cello; Maria Sampen, violin; Joshua Skinner, double bass