Camerata Pacifica Concert: Beethoven, Mozart & Elg

Camerata Pacifica launches its 2023-24 season with turn-of-the-20th-century English romanticism with Elgar’s mighty Piano Quintet in A Minor on a program that also includes Mozart’s Piano Sonata in F Major, a stunning musical mosaic that shifts from dancelike to dramatic, and one of Beethoven’s remarkable early works, the String Trio in D Major.

Artistic Director Adrian Spence says, “The repertoire of masterpieces was specifically selected to showcase the strengths and boundless talent of the program’s five exceptional musicians.” The unparalleled ensemble features violinist Paul Huang, The Bob Christensen Chair in Violin and recipient of the 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists; violinist Jason Uyeyama, who has performed and toured regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2005; British violist Timothy Ridout, “that rare kind of musician who could play a cardboard box and make it sing” (Guardian); Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, Gold Medal winner of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition and BBC New Generation Artist; and celebrated Principal Piano Irina Zahharenkova, heralded for her “impressive…musical colour” (Bachtrack). The performances is Friday, September 15, 7:30 pm, Music Academy, Santa Barbara.