Signature Series: Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Greenville – Fri, Sep 26 @ 7:30 PM
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall on the campus of East Carolina University & Online
Raleigh – Sun, Sept 28 @ 3:00 PM
Hayes Barton United Methodist Church & Online

Written during the closing months of the Second World War, Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen serves as both an epitaph to all that was lost to the ravages of hatred and a profoundly personal meditation on the concept of metamorphosis. As he reflected on his artistic past from the vantage of what he knew to be his twilight years, Strauss conceived a work of powerful introspection and devastating emotion. One of the most impactful compositions of a career that spanned an incredible seven decades, Strauss’s Metamorphosen appears on our Signature Series itself metamorphosed into a version for string septet. Rounding out the program are two works similarly transfigured to the string sextet: Edward Elgar’s much-loved Serenade for Strings and W.A. Mozart’s equally captivating and profound Grande Sestetto Concertante, a work that features bravura playing from all members of the ensemble. Violinists Amy Schwartz Moretti and Xiao-Dong Wang, violists Ara Gregorian and Paul Neubauer, cellists Edward Arron and Marcy Rosen, and double bassist J. Christoper Buddo join forces for this transformative program.

PROGRAM:
Edward Elgar — Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20
Richard Strauss — Metamorphosen
brief pause
W.A. Mozart — Grande Sestetto Concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364

MUSICIANS:
Amy Schwartz Moretti & Xiao-Dong Wang, violins
Ara Gregorian  & Paul Neubauer, violas
Edward Arron & Marcy Rosen, cellos
J. Christopher Buddo, double bass