Manhattan Chamber Players at Grand Canyon Music Festival – Re-Air!
Aug. 12, 2025
This week on Arizona Encore, enjoy a re-air from September 2023.
On this episode of Arizona Encore, the Manhattan Chamber Players trade in the soaring, glistening skyscrapers of New York for the rugged and profound beauty of the Grand Canyon Music Festival. We’ll hear two of their outstanding performances from the 2022 season.
The program starts with a well-known and well-loved string quartet by Mozart and concludes with a rare gem of chamber music: the “String Quartet No. 2” by Anton Arensky. String quartets seldom play this piece because it requires two cellists. But it has so much to enjoy with its catchy melodies, hints of folksongs, exciting sections where the performers pluck instead of bow their instruments and a fascinating backstory.
Featured in this episode:
Mozart – String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 – Brendan Speltz, violin; Connie Kupka, violin; Luke Fleming, viola; Jacob Fowler, cello; Brook Speltz, cello; and David Speltz, cello
- Allegro moderato
- Andante
- Menuetto and Trio
- Allegretto ma non troppo
Arensky – String Quartet No. 2 in A MInor, Op. 35 – Brendan Speltz, violin; Connie Kupka, violin; Brook Speltz, cello; and David Speltz, cello
- Moderato
- Theme and Variations
- Finale. Andante sostenuto
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