Camerata Pacifica Presents Seminal Chamber Works

Camerata Pacifica continues its season on March 10-15, 2024, at four Southland venues, with a program of seminal chamber works by Brahms, Schoenberg and Pärt. They include Brahms’ impassioned masterpiece Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34, and Pärt’s crystalline and deeply emotional Spiegel im Spiegel. In addition, the noted chamber music collective honors the sesquicentennial of the birth of Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), considered among the most influential composers of the 20th century, with a performance of Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4, one of his earliest and most important works. The lush tone poem was written in a single movement, reflecting the profound influence Brahms and Wagner had on his music.

The concerts are Sunday, March 10, 3 pm, at Janet and Ray Scherr Forum in Thousand Oaks; Tuesday, March 12, 7:30 pm, at The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall in San Marino; Thursday, March 14, 8 pm, at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles; and Friday, March 15, 7:30 pm, at Hahn Hall at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy.

Violinist Abigél Králik, “a shooting star in the truest sense of the word” (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Kultur), makes her Camerata Pacifica debut on the program, which also features the return of Jason Uyeyama, violin, who performs regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Che-Yen (“Brian”) Chen, viola, “an excellent player” (Violinist.com); Principal Cello Ani Aznavoorian, whose “scorchingly committed performances…wring every last drop of emotion out of the music” (The Strad); and Principal Piano Gilles Vonsattel, “a pianist well worth watching” (The New York Times)

For tickets ($75 at The Huntington, Hahn Hall, and Zipper Hall; $80 at Janet and Ray Scherr Forum) and information visit www.cameratapacifica.org.