We're coming to you LIVE from Montreal, Canada, for a special concert hosted by the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. In anticipation for this year's 29th season,The Violin Channel will stream multiple concerts from the 2023 Montreal Chamber Music Festival from April through June.

The Emerson String Quartet presents their farewell concert in Montreal, joined by Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki and Montreal Chamber Music Festival's Artistic Director, Denis Brott. Together, they will perform a program of beloved works, including the Dvořák Piano Quintet and Schubert Cello Quintet.

This year, the Montreal Chamber Music Festival will return for their 29th season from June 13 to 23, 2024. The Festival presents eight main programs and five free noon-hour concerts in the beautiful Salle Bourgie, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The closing concert, on June 23rd, will take place at Maison Symphonique, Place des Arts. You can find out more about this year's program here.

Program

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

Allegro ma non troppo
Adagio
Scherzo. Presto – Trio. Andante sostenuto
Allegretto

Eugene Drucker, violin
Philip Setzer, violin
Lawrence Dutton, viola
Paul Watkins, cello
Denis Brott, cello

Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)

Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155

Allegro ma non tanto
Dumka. Andante con moto
Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace – Poco tranquillo
Finale. Allegro

Eugene Drucker, violin
Philip Setzer, violin
Lawrence Dutton, viola
Paul Watkins, cello
Jan Lisiecki, piano