The Lenfest Center for the Arts

Susan Wager: Assistant Director, Lenfest Center for the Arts wagers@wlu.edu
Mailing Address: Lenfest Center Box Office 100 Glasgow Street Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia 24450 540-458-8000

MARLBROOK CHAMBER PLAYERS OBSESSIONS: GHOSTS OF THE PAST

MARLBROOK CHAMBER PLAYERS
OBSESSIONS: GHOSTS OF THE PAST

Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 3 p.m.
Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center

No tickets are required.

The Marlbrook Chamber Players will explore masterworks of chamber music with themes of tragedy and the macabre this fall. The program features Ysaye's passionate second solo sonata for violin "The Obsession," incorporating Bach's lighthearted passages and the dramatic Dies Irae. The Beethoven Ghost trio follows, believed to represent a ghost's conversation with mourners. The program culminates with Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2, a haunting work for violin, cello, and piano that mourns the horrific treatment of the Jewish people during WWII. Though the program explores dark places, music can express these difficult subjects of humanity in a way that calls us to a higher place. Join us for a program that explores both joy and sorrow.