Chamber Music Series | Fall 2025

Leland Ko (cello) & Adria Ye (piano)

The British composer Thomas Adés once wrote, “I don’t know why it is that the cello of all instruments makes one dream of ‘Elsewhere’ when one hears it… Perhaps because the colors are so rich and wide-ranging, one can dream and find oneself in a different place.” The collection of works on this program capitalizes on this idea: from the dreaminess of Nadia Boulanger, the restlessness of Robert Schumann, and the exuberance of Felix Mendelssohn to the private world of Gabriel Fauré and the downright mythology of Olivier Messiaen, these pieces (and the sounds they demand of the cello and piano) are an invitation to be transported or to engage in escapism. But then, of course, perhaps all music is…

- Leland Ko

Further program details TBA

Entrance: $25

Children 18 and under can come for free with a paying adult, and university/college students with student ID can come for $10. Contact us to book these tickets or for more information.