DAS JAHR | TWELVE MONTHS PERSONIFIED

Chelsea Music Festival at Chelsea Factory

Das Jahr | Twelve Months Personified

Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 7:00PM

65 minutes, no intermission
Performance to be followed by culinary collaboration with Pixie Scout

This evening features pianists playing “Das Jahr” (“The Year”), a groundbreaking twelve-part piano suite based on the months of the year written by Fanny Mendelssohn (m. Hensel). Das Jahr is one of Fanny’s most sparkling piano compositions, written in the year after Fanny and her family spent an extensive stay in Rome. The groundbreaking manuscript was a collaboration between Fanny and her husband, the painter Wilhelm Hensel, whose rich yet delicate illustrations illuminate Fanny’s impression of each month.

“Now I’m doing another little piece of work that gives me a lot of fun; it’s a series of 12 clavier pieces which shall symbolize the 12 months of the year.”
-Fanny Hensel

Program:
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847), Das Jahr (The Year), H.385 (1841)
Fanny Mendelssohn (1809-1847), String Quartet in E-Flat Major (1834)

Featuring:
Piano | Melinda Lee Masur, Nicolas Namoradze, Orion Weiss, Sandra Wright Shen

Ulysses Quartet
Violin | Christina Bouey, Rhiannon Banerdt
Viola | Colin Brookes
Cello | Grace Ho 

The Ulysses String Quartet Personal Direction: Judson Management Group, Inc.


About Chelsea Music Festival:
Chelsea Music Festival celebrates great music by convening world-leading musicians & artists in the performing, culinary, and visual arts. The Festival invites artists, composers, and performers to collaborate in pursuit of new perspectives in artistic expression. Programs span musical genres from classical to contemporary to jazz with an emphasis on commissions by composers whose works are not in the traditional western canon. The Festival also hosts an online library of recordings so music enthusiasts, artists, and students alike can explore unique interpretations of classical, jazz, and contemporary works via high-quality videos of world-class performances and dialogues available for years to come.

Health and Safety Protocols:
Chelsea Factory will be implementing the following procedures to help ensure the health and safety of our patrons, staff, and artists:

• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination

• Masks worn at all times inside Chelsea Factory

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