Welcome to ChamberFest 2025! Blending Baroque brilliance, modern imagination, and Romantic exuberance, ChamberFest Cleveland pulls out all the stops with this season opening celebration. Bach’s Concerto for Two Keyboards balances technical brilliance and emotional depth, with its rich layers and skillful interplay. With the composer at the piano, The Lotos-Eaters evokes a dreamlike realm with haunting harmonies and shifting textures, inspired by Tennyson’s poem based on a story from Greek mythology. Finally, the irrepressible youthful spirit of the Octet for Strings by Mendelssohn, written when the composer was just 16 years old, and beloved for its exquisite melodies and lyrical beauty.
6:30PM FESTIVAL WELCOME
with Jessica Peek Sherwood (CFC Executive Director)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Two Keyboards in C major
Michael Stephen Brown
The Lotos-Eaters
Felix Mendelssohn
String Octet in E-flat major
Join us for a POSTLUDE RECEPTION to celebrate Opening Night!
