Ciompi Presents
Side By Side
Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University 1336 Campus Drive, Durham, NC, United StatesThe first concert of the Ciompi Presents 2025 Summer Chamber Music Series features cellist Caroline Stinson performing with her colleague of ten years in the Lark Quartet, renowned violinist Deborah Buck. She joins for an evening of intimate duets from Baroque to the gems of the early 20th Century.
Passing the Torch
Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University 1336 Campus Drive, Durham, NC, United StatesIn 1853, Robert Schumann famously declared Johannes Brahms the composer destined to carry Beethoven's legacy forward. Four decades later, Brahms endorsed the publication of Alexander Zemlinsky’s Trio, Op. 3 by Simrock in 1896. Just three years later, in 1899, Zemlinsky’s student, Arnold Schoenberg, composed his groundbreaking work, Verklärte Nacht, (Transfigured Night) Op. 4. We trace this remarkable arc of creativity through early piano trios of these three pivotal figures in the German musical tradition.
Haydn, Brahms & Gubaidulina
Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University 1336 Campus Drive, Durham, NC, United StatesJohannes Brahms’ Quintet for clarinet and strings, a timeless masterwork, will bring back the Rane Moore, who shone in last year’s Dreams and Prayers concert. The concert begins with a trio by Haydn, architect of high classicism, that features flutist Laura Gilbert. Sofia Gubaidulina’s blazing originality is already evident in her piano quintet, which also reveals her origins as a soviet composer bursting with talent and energy.