NSO Chamber Concerts - Echoes of Time: Dawn, Summer, and Memories

Time flows through music like the break of dawn, the heat of a summer afternoon, and the echoes of memory.

Klughardt's Wind Quintet, Op. 79 rouses like a crisp morning, as melodies unfurl and warm harmonies evoke the gentle stirrings of nature. Following this, Samuel Barber's Summer Music paints a languid afternoon, with winds that brush softly against the listener, only to swell with sudden bursts of heat, capturing the unpredictable moods of summer. Finally, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition leads audiences through a gallery of time, each piece a vivid recollection of moments past — like retracing a day's journey or hearing the reverberations of memory.

From dawn to dusk, from the fleeting shimmer of summer light to the corridors of recollection, this concert invites listeners to experience the rhythm and flow of time itself through music.