string sextet no. 1 in b flat major, opus 18

Ludmila for choir soloists and orchestra | Bechyně, 28 July - 7 August

Bach, Johann Ludwig, Unsere Trübsal and other works for SSATBB.

Telemann, Concerto for Recorder and Flute TWV 52:e1.

Schütz, Siehe, wie fein fein und lieblich ist's SWV 48.

Rosenmüller, Daran ist erschienen die Liebe Gottes.

Hoffmann, Cantata 'Meine Seele rühmt und preist' (formerly BWV 189).

Telemann, Cantatas sopranos and traversi.

Charpentier, Litanies de la Vierge H.83.

Selig sind, die zum Abendmahl des Lammes berufen sind.

Also a recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, she has performed as a recitalist and with orchestras across the globe.List of works performed in concerts 2022 Baroque music in 415 Hz: Telemann Cantatas | Monastery Nieuw Sion, 17 - 23 July She went on to graduate from the Curtis Institute of Music and, as a Fulbright Scholar, attended the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris and received a master’s degree from Harvard University. Born in Los Angeles, of Zimbabwean-Japanese parentage, Ngwenyama knew she would be a musician at a young age. The Kennedy Center is thrilled to welcome Ngwenyama to the Fortas series: she is slated to perform in two concerts, and her compositions will be featured in three performances throughout the season. This performance is the second of a three-concert arc spotlighting award-winning composer/violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama. The sonorities Brahms creates with just six players are positively symphonic! Our season’s highlighted composer, “Thula” Ngwenyama, who just happens to be one of the violists in the Brahms, wrote her own sextet to complement this program. Occupying a unique corner in chamber music literature, the two Brahms Sextets are a miracle-of sound, of inspiration, of a wealth of ideas, and of imagination. It was in these early works that Brahms differentiated himself from Beethoven and realized his own sound: rich in harmonies, subtle evolutions, and the persistent return of clever themes and motifs to delight audiences.Ī NOTE FROM FORMER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JOSEPH KALICHSTEIN

Making the most of this six-player configuration, the ensemble will also take on the rarely performed, but highly acclaimed, Brahms String Sextets.

Written by Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Sexagesimal Celebration premiered in January 2020 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Phoenix Chamber Music Society.

String sextet no. 1 in b flat major, opus 18