Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival Week 1

On Saturday, August 8, get ready for Week 1 of the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival! The program features works by Brahms, Glière, and Zelenski. It opens with Johannes Brahms’s Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 for viola and piano, moving through its four movements from the driving Allegro appassionato to the lively Vivace. Reinhold Glière’s Eight Pieces, Op. 39 for violin and cello follow, a varied set that ranges from a graceful Gavotte and lyrical Berceuse to a spirited Scherzo and Etude. After intermission, the program concludes with Wladyslaw Zelenski’s Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 61, unfolding from the bold Allegro con brio through a reflective Romanza and Intermezzo to an expressive, energetic finale. Performers include Michael Roth, violin; Arturo Delmoni, viola; Peter Sanders, cello; and Diana Fanning, piano.