The 2017 season of Festival Mozaic comes to a close with an afternoon of evocative music. Britten’s Six Metamorphoses for solo oboe evokes mythical creatures from Ovid’s classic poem. Vaughan Williams’ sonorous Piano Quintet is little-known to today’s audiences as it was embargoed from performances by the composer’s family until the 1990s. Closing the program is Dvorák’s Viola Quintet, which he composed after a transformative visit to Iowa during which he was inspired by Native and African American musical traditions.
Tickets: $40 – $70

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, op. 49
Xiaodi Liu, oboe

MAURICE RAVEL (arr. Carlos Salzedo): Sonatine en Trio
Alice K. Dade, flute | Luke Fleming, viola | Meredith Clark, harp

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Piano Quintet in C minor
John Novacek, piano | Scott Yoo, violin | Jessica Oudin, viola | Jonah Kim, cello | Susan Cahill, double bass

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Viola Quintet in E-flat major, op. 97
Steven Copes, Jason Uyeyama, violins | Caitlin Lynch, Jessica Chang, viola | Madeleine Kabat, cello