SUNDAY CHAMBER MUSIC | MUSICAL MASTERS OF THE STAGE AND SCREEN

Grand Finale of the maestros

sunday, march 30, 2025 | 3:00 PM | mainstage Theatre

Tickets: $27.50 + Fees

90 minutes (approx.) plus a 20-minute intermission

All prices are subject to a $1.50 Capital Improvement Fund Fee and a $1.50 Processing Fee.

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“Rule Number One in orchestral playing is: it’s all chamber music.” – Leonard Bernstein

The Sunday Chamber Music series invites new listeners and aficionados alike to experience the rich world and intimate musical conversations of classical chamber music, performed at the highest levels. 

This season’s series highlights composers who moved fluidly between the concert hall, film scoring and works for the stage. Featuring works by Leonard Bernstein, Erich Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota and Oscar Levant among other greats, the series explores how film and the stage shaped composers, in Hollywood and beyond.

Cellist Eric Wilson, this season’s Series Curator and Host, enjoys a rich career as a soloist and chamber musician in addition to being a UBC cello and chamber music professor. A founding member of the acclaimed Emerson String Quartet and solo cellist of the Ensemble of New York in residence at Lincoln Center, New York, he has delighted audiences throughout decades of performances across the world.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Reflecting his signature wit and elegance, Oscar Levant's "Sonatina for Piano," is pure melodic charm. Legendary teacher to some of the 20th century’s most renowned composers, Nadia Boulanger's "Three Pieces for Cello and Piano" is an impressionistic evocative work. Himself a pupil of Boulanger, Leonard Bernstein's Sonata for Clarinet and Piano blends classical form and jazz influences into a dynamic performance experience. The concert and series concludes with one of chamber music’s ‘greatest hits’ - Brahms’s monumental Clarinet Quintet.

Jose Franch-Ballaster, clarinet;  David Gillham, Jasper Wood, violins; Ryan Davis, viola; Eric Wilson, cello; Chiharu Iinuma, piano

Other Sunday Chamber Music performances you may enjoy:

Harmony and Suspense — Sun., Oct. 27 | 3:00 PM

Ô-Celli Goes to the Movies — Sun., Nov. 24 | 3:00 PM

Serenades and Voyages — Sun., Jan. 19 | 3:00 PM

Strings of the Stage — Sun., Feb. 23 | 3:00 PM

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