Left: Alden Mason, Garden Totem, 64 x 50 inches, acrylic on canvas. Right: Susan English, Echo (Orange), 35 x 36 inches, tinted polymer on Dibond panel. On display at Secret Chamber Music.

Johannes Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
Jacques Chailley: Improvisation a deux for Violin and Viola
Elliot Roman: go: even further (World Premiere, Site-Specific Work)
Jessie Montgomery: Strum (Original String Quartet Version)
Nicolò Paganini: Largo and Allegro from Duet No. 1 for Violin and Bassoon
Jean Francaix: Divertissement for Bassoon and String Quintet

Allion Salvador, violin
Vanessa Moss, violin
Gerald Liu, viola
Roxanna Patterson, viola
Lauren McShane, cello
Moe Weisner, bass
Michael Quigley, bassoon

Violinist Allion Salvador leads an international group of artists in a colorful program of chamber music, paired with an equally scintillating exhibition of art inside a Pioneer Square gallery.

Reserve your spot and you will be provided with the location, along with a free beverage and light snacks at the event.

Doors open at 7:00 PM. Music begins at 7:30.

About the Music

A rich variety of different musical styles are represented in this wide-ranging program, from early romantic to contemporary. Brahms’ String Quintet No. 2, sometimes referred to as the “Prater” quintet after the composer’s favorite Viennese park, was intended to be his last work and showcases the height of his mature genius. Jessie Montgomery’s Strum has become a 21st-century staple for string quartet, with its shifting rhythms and infectious energy. The virtuosic wind writing of Jean Francaix is on full display in his brilliant Divertissement, a tour-de-force for bassoon and strings. Plus, a world premiere by Elliot Roman, a composer from the Manhattan School of Music, will be uniquely tailored to the gallery space of the performance.