Sunday, August 10, 6pm
Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church
This program traces a path from Classical brilliance to Romantic turmoil. Hummel’s elegant Septet dazzles with its vibrant textures and playful interplay, while Huw Watkins’s Lament explores both the tender and enraging sides of loss. The evening culminates in Brahms’s stormy “Werther” Piano Quartet —a work infused with the emotional intensity of Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, where passion, restraint, and longing collide.
Performance duration is approximately one hour and twenty minutes. There is no intermission.
Sublime Laments: Hummel/Watkins/Brahms Sunday, August 10, 6pm
Hummel, Septet No. 1 in D minor for Flute, Oboe, Horn, Viola, Cello, Bass, and Piano, Op. 74
Watkins, Lament for Horn and Piano
Brahms, Piano Quartet no. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 “Werther”
Marya Martin, flute | James Austin Smith, oboe | David Byrd-Marrow, horn | David McCaroll, violin | Cong Wu, viola | Brannon Cho, cello | Nina Bernat, bass | David Fung, piano | Shai Wosner, piano