Vienna was the birthplace of classical music and training ground for each of the composers in this program. Beethoven hails from the “First Viennese School”, whose membership also boasts Mozart and Haydn. Wolf, a classmate of Mahler’s was a master of German Lieder and carrid that lyrical tradition into his Italian Serenade. And while Korngold’s legacy is primarily as a film composer, his Sextet is considered to be the greatest since the sextets of Brahms.

• HUGO WOLF – Italian Serenade
Serena McKinney, Jisun Yang, violins; Jessica Oudin, viola; Madeleine Kabat, cello

• ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD – Sextet, op. 10
Kristin Lee, Melody Chang, violins; Shuangshuang Liu, Luke Fleming, violas; Andrea Casarrubios, Jonah Kim, cellos

• LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – String Quartet in A minor, op. 132
Emily Daggett Smith, Nina Tso-Ning Fan, violins; Maurycy Banaszek, viola; Michelle Djokic, cello