Kenji Bunch | The 3 G's
Kenji Bunch | We'd Better Call for Backup (for 2 Violas)
Kenji Bunch | The Viola Burns Longer
Antonín Dvorák | String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97
With guest artists Kenji Bunch, composer & viola, Toby Appel, viola, and Monica Ohuchi, piano
Series opens by putting the viola-chamber music's beloved middle voice-squarely in the spotlight. Composer and violist Kenji Bunch joins the quartet alongside his longtime mentor, renowned violist Toby Appel, for a program full of wit, virtuosity, warmth, and glorious low strings. Featuring three works by Bunch and culminating in Dvorák's exuberant E-flat Major String Quintet, this is a celebration of an instrument that may not always demand center stage-but, when asked about the difference between a violin and viola, the age-old answer is that it burns longer.