\ Powerhouse Strings: Mendelssohn’s Octet & More
Chamber Music Northwest Presents
Powerhouse Strings: Mendelssohn’s Octet & More
Chamber Music Northwest Presents
Powerhouse Strings: Mendelssohn’s Octet & More
Date July 17, 2025 7:30pm Pricing $10 – $74Eleven of the world’s most renowned string artists converge: violinists Carolin Widmann and Benjamin Beilman, bassist Nina Bernat, and the doubly dynamic Viano and Opus13 quartets! The World Premiere of Alistair Coleman’s evocative Ghost Art Canticles for String Quartet & Double Bass is followed by Finnish superstar Olli Mustonen’s strikingly modern Nonetto II. Then, hang on to your seats for Mendelssohn’s monumental and beloved String Octet interpreted by two acclaimed young string quartets.
MUSIC PROGRAM
ALISTAIR COLEMAN (b. 1998) Ghost Art Canticles for String Quartet & Double Bass (2025)
OLLI MUSTONEN (b. 1967) Nonetto II (2000)
MENDELSSOHN Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20