ESCMF 2025 Concert 8: DESERT ISLAND

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ESCMF 2025: SEA LEVEL ESCMF is back for an thrilling third season of chamber music along the Mobile Bay! If you were stuck on a desert island and only had one piece to listen to forever, what would it be? ESCMF Artistic Directors Sahada and Trace both agreed that Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schoenberg was an essential desert island masterpiece. Celebrate the joy of live chamber music over three weeks with ESCMF. ESCMF concerts are free and open to the public with a suggested donation. Concert eight: DESERT ISLAND · Plan & Elevation, Caroline Shaw (15 min) · Estrellita, Manuel Ponce (4 min) · Quintet for Harp and Strings, Arnold Bax (15 min) INTERMISSION ·Verklärte Nacht, op. 4, Arnold Schoenberg (35 min) Week Three Musicians: Delcho Tenev, Katherine Baloff-Tenev, Sahada Buckley, violin Yordan Tenev, violin and viola Blakeley Menghini and Daniela Pardo, viola Trace Johnson, Andrea Beltran-Landers and James Waldo, cello Johanna Weinholts, harp