Wenting Kang guest artist with the Israeli Chamber Project | February 9th, at the Merkin Concert Hall – New York

Eighteenth-century composer and publisher Johann Anton André – an esteemed contemporary of Mozart – offers a fresh perspective on one of the master’s violin and piano sonatas, reimagining it as a quartet for clarinet and strings. In a striking contrast, renowned German composer Jörg Widmann draws on the enchanted world of fairy tales and the romantic spirit of Robert Schumann in creating his phantasmagorical tour de force for viola, clarinet and piano, Once upon a time… The program concludes with Brahms’ powerful C Minor Piano Quartet, a deeply personal and passionate tribute to his lifelong muse and unattainable love, Clara Schumann.

W.A. Mozart/Anton André Clarinet Quartet in B-flat Major, K 317d

Jörg Widmann Once Upon a Time…

Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60

Kobi Malkin violin

Wenting Kang viola Michal Korman cello

Tibi Cziger clarinet

Assaff Weisman piano