The Chatham Concert Series is pleased to present the Saturn Piano Quartet this Sunday, Feb. 26 at 3:00pm at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chatham. Kevin Matheson, violin; Bryan Matheson, viola; Julia Goudimova, cello, and Judy Clark, piano, will play the great C Minor Quartet by Gabriel Fauré. Considered one of Fauré’s finest early works, its dynamic rhythms and engaging melodies will delight music lovers.
Opening the program will be the fourth premiere performance of Virginia Composer James Lego’s Piano Trio No. 1. Lego is a former apprentice artist for Opera Roanoke and a composition graduate from the University of North Carolina. The trio was composed especially for Kevin and Bryan Matheson and fully exploits the resources of both the string instruments and the piano.
Goudimova will perform two works for cello and piano: Song Without Words by Mendelssohn and Allegro Appasionato by Saint-Saens. You can hear them in a previous performance of the Faure: https://youtu.be/ZiTxO3HAUKM
Local music student Layne Larson, of Danville, will perform Beethoven’s famous Für Elise on piano.
Please join fellow music lovers and the musicians afterwards for a reception provided by Chatham First.