Missouri Chamber Music Festival 2024: Concert I. Entra’acte

Concert I of MOCM Season 14 takes a look at the game changers of classical chamber music. Musical works with profound emotional impact relevant to the present day and our shared humanity. Featuring acclaimed mezzo soprano, Benedetta Orsi.

Caroline Shaw/ Entra’acte for String Quartet

Brahms/ Ewige Liebe, Op.43

Brahms/ Unbewegte laue Luft, Op. 57, No. 8

Benedetta Orsi, mezzo soprano

Haydn/ String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2

Brahms/ Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 for Violin and Piano

The mission of the Missouri Chamber Music Festival (MOCM) is to bring the fine art of small ensemble playing to a wide audience through dynamic and accessible performances of the highest quality. MOCM invites nationally recognized professional musicians to historic Webster Groves, Missouri and St. Louis venues to perform a series of chamber music concerts as part of an annual festival which takes place each June. Diverse programming, including new and commissioned works, is a defining attribute of the festival, helping to illuminate the exciting, extraordinary, and diverse nuance of the small ensemble genre.