Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival 2025
This year’s Festival is generously sponsored by
Maxine Whalen Millar
Norman and Ellen Plummer
Dr. Joseph and Dixie Schulman
Chesapeake Music is grateful for their support.
All program selections are subject to change.
Festival Opening Extravaganza
Week 1
Wednesday, June 4 at 10:00 am
Free Open Rehearsal!
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Friday, June 6 at 7:30 pm
Doors open at 6:45 pm
Duration: approx. 2 hours including intermission
Price: $70. Click “Tickets” below to purchase.
Free Student and new Chesapeake Music patron BOGO tickets available.
Light reception following the concert
Festival Opening Extravaganza!
Enjoy the elegance and warmth of Boccherini’s Quintet in D Minor, arranged for the oboe by Peggy Pearson and featuring cellists Marcy Rosen and Sterling Elliott. Delight in Schumann’s late trio, Märchenerzählungen (“Fairy Tales”), featuring the unusual combination of clarinet, viola, and piano and described by the composer as “picturesque and fanciful” and “highly romantic.” Discover Amy Beach’s small gem for cello and piano, the song-like “Dreaming,” featuring Sterling Elliott and Albert Cano Smit. The concert closes with Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, a vibrant work filled with rich melodies.
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Quintet in D Minor, Op. 13, No. 4; G. 280 (arr. Peggy Pearson)
Peggy Pearson, Catherine Cho, Todd Phillips, Marcy Rosen, Sterling Elliott
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Märchenerzählungen (“Fairy Tales”): Four Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 132
J. Lawrie Bloom, Zhanbo Zheng, Albert Cano Smit
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Dreaming for Violoncello & Piano, Op. 15, No. 3
Sterling Elliott, Albert Cano Smit
INTERMISSION
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87
Robert McDonald, Catherine Cho, Marcy Rosen
This concert is generously sponsored by
Anonymous
Dede and Marvin Lang
Chesapeake Music is grateful for their support.
