Founder and Artistic Director Thomas Crawford and the American Classical Orchestra (ACO), New York City’s leading period instrument orchestra, present Genius, a chamber music concert at the Irvington Theater on Friday, April 10, at 7:30 pm. The evening offers a performance of Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, widely acknowledged as a cornerstone of the chamber music repertoire. The program will be performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on Wednesday, April 8 at 7:30 pm
The program will be performed by members of the American Classical Orchestra, including violinists Krista Bennion Feeney, praised by The New York Times for her “dramatic interplay of ferocity and light slyness” and Laura Lutzke, a Caramoor International Music Festival “Rising Star”; violist David Cerutti, co-principal violist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; and cellists Myron Lutzke, recording artist and principal cellist of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and Loretta O’Sullivan, praised by The New York Times as “an agile, eloquent player.”
Friday, April 10 at 7:30 PM, Irvington Theater, 85 Main St, Irvington
Members of American Classical Orchestra
Thomas Crawford, Founder and Artistic Director
Krista Bennion Feeney, Laura Lutzke, violins
David Cerutti, viola
Myron Lutzke, Loretta O’Sullivan, cellos
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Crawford will introduce Schubert’s famous String Quintet, the composer’s last chamber music work, which was completed in September 1828, just two months before his death at age 31. Notable for adding a second cello instead of the usual second viola in a quintet, the work is also striking for its frequent and unexpected key changes, highlighting the genius of Schubert’s unique originality. Discounted at the time of its creation, the Quintet’s first public performance in 1850 was not until 22 years after his death, followed by its publication three years later. Over time, the Quintet became recognized as a masterpiece.
Tickets for Irvington Theater, priced at $45, $25, and $15, are available at irvingtontheater.com and by email at boxoffice@irvingtonny.gov. Tickets are also available at aconyc.org.
The ACO will next perform the Orchestra’s season finale with a program featuring Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 and pianist Matthew Figel in his Lincoln Center debut, alongside Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony No. 3 (Alice Tully Hall, May 5).
For more information, visit aconyc.org.
