Time's Echo
Co-presented with Washington Performing Arts
Featuring: Paul Huang, violin Anne-Marie McDermott, piano Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet Clive Greensmith, cello Saturday, May 15, 2027 at 7:30 PM Synagogue at Sixth & I Subscriptions are now on sale! Click here to save 20% off single ticket prices.
Four acclaimed musicians join together in a powerful program meditating on time, loss, and hope. Bela Kovacs' Sholem-Alekhem, rov Feidman! is a vibrant clarinet homage to klezmer song and spirit, laughter edged with lament. It casts light on the echoes that follow, reminding us that even in the face of ruin, sound endures. Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2, written amid war and loss, spins a ghostly klezmer dance: ironic, grief-stricken, unforgiving. Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, born in a prison camp, reaches beyond suffering toward eternity, where time dissolves into silence and praise. These works are fragments of memory, breath, and belief; resonating through the stillness time leaves behind.
Program: Time’s Echo
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor
KOVACS: Sholem-Alekhem, rov Feidman!
MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time