Downtown Music Presents: Chamber Music with the Phil–The Winter of Our Content

Join Deborah Wong, violin, Kyle Armbrust, viola, Maureen Hynes, cello, Gregg August, bass and Andrew Gordon, piano for music of Hummel and Vaughan Williams.

The typical piano quintet would usually feature a string quartet (two violins, viola, cello) with piano. As Schubert had done for his Trout Quintet, both Hummel and Vaughan Williams replaced one of the violins with double bass, adding power and warmth to the sound. The Vaughan Williams quintet debuted in 1905, yet was not performed a second time until 1995. Once you hear it you will wonder why.

This concert is made possible, in part, with the generous support of the Brian Wallach Agency, White Plains, New York. Personal and Commercial Insurance since 1949.