Fran, Franck, ¡Fiesta!

The Kalliope Reed Quintet concludes their 2023 Fall season with a contrasting concert in collaboration with violinist Francine Trester, featuring Latin American favorites followed by French Romantic Cesar Franck’s Violin Sonata. This concert features works from living composers from across Latin America, beginning with Mexican composers Abraham Gomez and Nubia Jaime Donjuan. Next they will feature two Kalliope commissions, Miguel del Aguila’s Transoceanica, musically depicting an adventurous bus ride from Rio to Lima, Peru, followed by Peruvian/American composer Daniel Cueto’s Amaru, inspired by the Peruvian Deity and featured on their upcoming album! In the second half they will switch to something completely different with the beloved Violin Sonata by French Romantic composer Cesar Franck, with violinist Francine Trester, and arranged for Reed Quintet and violin by the Calefax Quintet.

The Kalliope Reed Quintet, founded in 2019, is the premiere reed quintet of New England. As a contemporary chamber ensemble and one of the first 50 reed quintets worldwide, their mission is to expand and diversify the reed quintet repertoire and to further strengthen the role of contemporary chamber music in the 21st century by presenting unique, engaging and educational programs to communities locally and globally.