A Winter Journey: Reflections of the Soul’s Despair and Desolation
A Winter Journey: Reflections of the Soul’s Despair and Desolation

A Winter Journey: Reflections of the Soul’s Despair and Desolation

Featuring and curated by violist Ettore Causa with Fellows of the Piano & Strings Program

Steans Institute Series

About the Performance

Performers

Ettore Causa, curator and viola (faculty)
Sameer Agrawal, violin
Leah Amory, violin
Daniel Dastoor, violin
Zi Yang Low, violin
Boha Moon, violin
Aoi Saito, violin
Muyan Yang, violin
Isabella Bignasca, viola
Wanxinyi Huang, viola
Zechariah Mo, viola
Danielle Akta, cello
Hun Choi, cello
Joan Herget, cello
Jakob Giovanni Taylor, cello
Jiaxun Yao, cello

Program

Henry Purcell: Chacony for String Quartet in G minor Muyan Yang, violin; Aoi Saito, violin; Zechariah Mo, viola; Hun Choi, cello Henry Purcell: “When I am Laid in Earth” (Dido’s Lament), arr. for string quintet Muyan Yang, violin; Aoi Saito, violin; Zechariah Mo, viola; Ettore Causa, viola; Hun Choi, cello Bela Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, BB 52 Daniel Dastoor, violin; Sameer Agrawal, violin; Isabella Bignasca, viola; Danielle Akta, cello –Intermission– Johann Sebastian Bach: Var. 25 from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, arr. for string trio Boha Moon, violin; Wanxinyi Huang, viola; Jakob Giovanni Taylor, cello Arvo Pärt: Fratres for String Quartet Leah Amory, violin; Boha Moon, violin; Wanxinyi Huang, viola; Jakob Giovanni Taylor, cello Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for String Septet Sameer Agrawal, violin; Zi Yang Low, violin; Ettore Causa, viola; Wanxinyi Huang, viola; Hun Choi, cello; Joan Herget, cello; Jiaxun Yao, cello

Program and featured artists are subject to change.