Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival

Schedule:

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Creative Perfection

Seligman Performing Arts Center

Artists - Alessio Bax, Tessa Lark, Philip Setzer, Hsin-Yun Huang, Paul Watkins, Michael Collins

SCHUMANN Märchenerzählungen, Op.132
BEETHOVEN Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581

Closing Night Reception
GLCMF invites you to meet the artists at a special reception in the Seligman lobby.
Call 248-559-2097 for more information. Donation to attend is $50 per person.

For the closing night of the festival, we explore the paradox of artistic perfection through three celebrated classical works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Schumann. These pieces, spanning a century from the late 18th to mid-19th century, invite us to reconsider their "perfection" not as a static, unimpeachable quality but as a dynamic interaction with the listener. Schumann's Märchenerzählungen, Beethoven's middle cello sonata, and Mozart's clarinet quintet reveal that their enduring significance lies in their ability to adapt and resonate differently over time. This fluidity, allowing for new interpretations and emotional engagement, is what makes them truly whole and perpetually relevant.