Marinus Concerts presents Luminous: Mozart and Schumann

From Mozart's brilliance to Schumann's yearning romance— join Marinus Concerts for a luminous evening of piano quartet masterpieces.

LUMINOUS

Our Fall program celebrates the heart of Marinus Concerts: creating beautiful music among friends and sharing its power to bring light into our lives. Anchored by Mozart and Schumann's Piano Quartet's both in E-Flat, this music traces the evolution of the piano quartet as a genre, and reflects the depth of human experience through brilliance, achingly beautiful romanticism, and carefree joy.

Performed by stellar artists including Ieva Jokubavičiūtė (hailed by the New York Times as "an artist of commanding technique, refined temperament and persuasive insight"), Harriet Langley (“powerful yet nuanced playing”- ClassicConcert Paris), Rachel Kuipers Yonan ("intimate and full of character" -BBC Music Magazine), and Joseph Kuipers ("One of the rare musical voices of today"- Berliner Abend Post).

6PM | Family Friendly Concert: 30 Minute Concert featuring an interactive performance, and chance to meet the musicians, ask questions and even try an instrument themselves! Perfect for children and parents ages 3+.

6:30PM | King Family Wine* and BYOP (Bring your own picnic!) to enjoy on the grounds

7:30PM | Concert in the Carriage House

*available for purchase

ARTISTS

Ieva Jokubavičiūtė piano

Harriet Langley violin

Rachel Kuipers Yonan viola

Joseph Kuipers cello

PROGRAMME

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, K. 473 (1786)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Piano Trio in C Minor, No. 2, Opus 66 (1845)

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Opus 47 (1842)

The program opens with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493, a work of effortless elegance and radiant lyricism that helped define the piano quartet as a genre. Its refined conversation among the four instruments reveals Mozart at the height of his expressive powers, balancing brilliance with warmth and wit.

From there, we encounter gorgeous slow movement from Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 66 (1845). Written only two years before his untimely death, the trio was the last large-scale chamber work Mendelssohn completed.

The evening culminates in Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47, one of the crowning achievements of the Romantic chamber music repertoire. Composed during Schumann's celebrated "chamber music year" of 1842, the quartet overflows with soaring melodies, passionate dialogue, and moments of profound intimacy. From the tender Andante cantabile to the exhilarating finale, Schumann transforms four individual voices into a tapestry of extraordinary beauty and emotional power.

Three extraordinary composers. Three distinct musical voices. One unforgettable evening of chamber music. Together, these masterpieces invite listeners into an intimate world where conversation becomes poetry and every voice tells a compelling story.