The Wabash Avenue Music Collective at Kehrein Center for the Arts

May 21, 2023

Overview

The Wabash Avenue Music Collective presents a program characterized by strings but fortified by moments for clarinet and voice. Haydn’s String Quartet in D Minor, famous for its opening fifths, casts a melancholy spell, highlighting the expressive range of the strings. Mozart’s Quintet is a masterfully integrated chamber work in which individual strings occasionally sing out from center stage above the harmonious blend created by the clarinet. Featuring mezzo-soprano Sara Dailey in this performance, Raimi’s Runagate Runagate allows the human voice to do the same.

This event is free. Tickets are required.

Please note: this event takes place at Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5628 W. Washington Blvd.

Parking is available on a limited, first-come first-served basis in the lot directly north of the Kehrein Center for the Arts (entrance off Parkside Ave.), the lot to the northeast of the building (entrance off Central Ave.), and the lot on the northeast corner of Washington Blvd. and Central Ave (entrance off Central Ave.).

Kehrein Center for the Arts is also accessible via the Central stop on the CTA Green Line.

  • Venue
    Community Venue
  • Price Range
    Free
  • Length
    1 hour 30 minutes
  • Program Book
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Program
Haydn

String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 (Quinten)

Raimi

Runagate Runagate for string trio, clarinet, and mezzo soprano

Mozart

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581

Performers
The Wabash Avenue Music Collective
Viola
Cello
The Joseph A. and Cecile Renaud Gorno Chair
Assistant Principal Clarinet and E-flat Clarinet
Mezzo-soprano
Sponsors

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