DohnƔnyi, Beethoven & Schumann

Chautauqua Auditorium 900 Baseline Road, Boulder

The 2024 Robert Mann Chamber Music Series begins with a spotlight on the Festival’s own musicians. DohnĆ”nyi’s sextet brings together piano, string trio, clarinet, and horn, an uncommon combination which the composer uses to mischievous effect. Beethoven’s brief ā€œEyeglasses Duoā€ is so called for a friendly note between colleagues — both Beethoven and his cellist friend Nikolaus Zmeskall required spectacles — and its music is similarly conversational and good-humored. Schumann embedded some of his most aching and romantic music into his Piano Quartet, a chamber gem of contrast and delight.

$18 – $70