NOTE: This concert will be performed at two times at Northbrook Presbyterian Church, and once at Grosse Pointe South High School. Selection to your preferred date and location will be available during the subscription process. For any questions, please contact us at 313.335.3300
CONCERT DATES
Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Northbrook Presbyterian Church , Beverly Hills (Get Directions)
Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms (Get Directions)
Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 8:00 PM - SOLD OUT
Northbrook Presbyterian Church, Beverly Hills (Get Directions)
ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE
Hear an exquisite program of rarely heard Mozart gems. Anchored by the audience favorite Aeolus Quartet, this all-Mozart concert features the quartet for oboe and strings with Michigan State oboe professor Nermis Mieses, the quintet for horn and strings with University of Michigan horn professor Adam Unsworth, and the late G minor viola quintet with the charming New York-based violist Dana Kelley.
PROGRAM
W.A. Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings, K. 370
W.A. Mozart: Quintet for Horn and Strings. K. 407
W.A. Mozart: Quintet No. 2 for Strings, K. 516
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Aeolus Quartet
Nicholas Tavani, violin
Rachel Shapiro, violin
Caitlin Lynch, viola
Jia Kim, cello
With performances acclaimed for both “high-octane” excitement (Strad) and “dusky lyricism” (New York Times), the Aeolus Quartet has been awarded prizes at nearly every major competition in the United States and performed across the globe with showings "worthy of a major-league quartet" (Dallas Morning News). Formed in 2008, the Aeolus has performed across North America, Europe and Asia in venues ranging from Lincoln Center to Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and was featured on the hit Netflix miniseries, The Defenders. The Quartet has released several critically acclaimed albums of classical and contemporary works through the Naxos and Azica labels. They were the 2013-2015 Graduate Resident String Quartet at the Juilliard School and are currently Quartet-in-Residence at Musica Viva NY.
“The elegantly impassioned score drew dusky lyricism from the Aeolus Quartet… - ”
Adam Unsworth, horn
Adam Unsworth is a Professor of Horn at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance. Prior to his appointment in Ann Arbor, Adam was a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra (1998-2007) and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1995-1998). He has toured Asia and Europe with the San Francisco Symphony, is a frequent guest with the Detroit Symphony. Currently he serves as Principal Horn of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Bay Area horn quartet, Quadre.
Nermis Mieses, oboe
Nermis Mieses ,is Associate Professor of Oboe at Michigan State University, and is a versatile performer who enjoys bringing to life oboe literature from the baroque to the 21st century. Also dedicated to ensemble playing, she served as Principal Oboe of the Michigan Opera Theatre and has frequently performed with orchestras such as Ann Arbor, Sphinx, ProMusica Chamber, Rochester, Lexington, and the Michigan Philharmonic.
Dana Kelley, viola
Violist Dana Kelley has been a top prizewinner in the Sphinx Music Competition and the Irving M. Klein International String Competition. She is a member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and a former member the award-winning Argus Quartet. Dana has appeared in multiple recitals at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Recital Hall at New York’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, the Ravinia Festival, and Bravo! Vail. She has collaborated with artists such as Ralph Kirshbaum, Miriam Fried, pianists Leon Fleisher, Anne-Marie MacDermott and Misha Dichter, and Astrid Schween of the Juilliard String Quartet. She frequently performs with The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, A Far Cry, and The Knights chamber orchestras.
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