Music at Meyer / The Farallon Quintet with Pianist, Jon Nakamatsu In Concert

The Farallon Quintet with Pianist, Jon Nakamatsu
Natalie Parker, clarinet
Dan Flanagan, violin
Matthew Oshida, violin
Elizabeth Prior, viola
Jonah Kim, cello

Jon Nakamatsu is the Gold Medalist of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Program: 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Quintet in A Major for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581
I. Allegro
II. Larghetto
III. Menuetto
IV. Allegretto con variazioni

Mahoney, Shafer: Clarinet Quintet 

INTERMISSION

Copland, Aaron: Sextet for Clarinet, Piano, and String Quartet
I. Allegro vivace
II. Lento
III. Precise and rhythmic

Prokofiev, Sergei: Overture on Hebrew Themes

The Farallon Quintet, founded in the summer of 2012, is a dynamic Bay Area ensemble and the only professional chamber music group focused exclusively on the clarinet quintet string quartet plus clarinetrepertoire. In addition to playing the classics, the quintet seeks to perform rarely heard works, innovative arrangements, as well as new music by living composers. 

The ensemble is made up of leading Bay Area musicians who are currently principal players in such orchestras as the San Francisco Ballet, Santa Rosa Symphony, Marin Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Fremont Symphony, Modesto Symphony, and the Sacramento Philharmonic. Collectively, its member have graduated from some of the world's top conservatories, including the Curtis Institute of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, SUNY Stony Brook, and the Hochschule für Music in Freiberg, Germany. 

American pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw unanimous praise as a true aristocrat of the keyboard, whose playing combines elegance, clarity, and electrifying power. Mr. Nakamatsu has performed widely in North and South America, Europe, and the Far East, collaborating with such conductors as James Conlon, Marek Janowski, Raymond Leppard, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Osmo Vänskä and Hans Vonk. He also performed at a White House concert hosted by President and Mrs. Clinton.

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