Missouri Chamber Music Festival 2026:  Hope is the Thing with Music

Concert II. Inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem, Musicians Wrestle Everywhere explores struggle through sound through metaphor and music.

Program:

Vaughan Williams: 6 Studies in English Folk Songs

Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro, Pastoral

Sollima: Sonnets et Rondeaux

Weir: Musicians Wrestle Everywhere

Performers

James Sommerville, conductor

Shen Wen, piano

Nadine Hur, flute

Jelena Dirks, oboe

Robert Walker, clarinet

Tzuying Huang, bass clarinet

Julie Thayer, horn

Amanda Stewart, trombone

Kevin Ritenauer, percussion

Sixto Franco, viola

Davin Rubicz, cello

Brendan Fitzgerald, bass