Mimir Chamber Music Festival: Sueños de Chambi

Mimir Chamber Music Festival: Sueños de Chambi

The Mimir Chamber Music Festival proudly presents its 11th season in Melbourne from 1-7 September, 2025. Mimir’s public performances have featured top prize winners of the Premio Paganini, Leeds, Indianapolis and Hannover international competitions, Grammy Award-nominated recording artists, and leaders of the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony and Houston Symphony. In addition to a rigorous concert schedule, our renowned artists provide intensive daily coaching, master classes and performance opportunities to talented MCM students and pre-tertiary students across Melbourne.

PROGRAM
Gabriela Frank (b. 1972)
Sueños de Chambi: Snapshots for an Andean Album (2002)
Harawi de Quispe
Diablicos Puneños
Responsorio Lauramarqueño
P’asña Marcha
Adoración para Angelitos
Harawi de Chambi
Marinera

Jun Iwasaki, violin
John Novacek, piano

Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Quintet in D minor, H. 49
Adagio—Allegro moderato
Adagio ma non troppo—Allegro con brio
Allegro energico

Curt Thompson and Stephen Rose, violins
Joan DerHovsepian, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
John Novacek, piano

INTERVAL

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Quartet in F Major, Op. 135

Allegretto
Vivace
Lento assai, cantate e tranquillo
Grave, ma non troppo tratto—Allegro

Stephen Rose and Jun Iwasaki, violins
Joan DerHovsepian, viola
Brant Taylor, cello