Serenade | May 6, 2027 | Jerusalem, Israel

The serenade, a genre born as music for social occasions, evening gatherings, and an atmosphere of lightness and elegance, has over the years become a space in which composers also expressed emotional depth, humor, nostalgia, and often drama. Beethoven's Serenade Op. 25 for flute, violin, and viola continues the classical tradition of an elegant, graceful musical conversation. Zoltán Kodály's Serenade for string trio is among the important works written under this title in the twentieth century. Kodály draws on the classical tradition but reshapes it through a distinctive Hungarian idiom, folk influences, and unusual dramatic power. At the center of the program stands Mozart's String Quintet in C minor, a work that is a new guise Mozart himself fashioned for one of his most wondrous serenades, the Serenade in C minor for wind instruments. What began as an open-air serenade became, in Mozart's hands, one of his deepest and most riveting chamber works. Also on the program: short works by Elliott Carter and Shulamit Ran for strings and winds, and Rebecca Clarke's Duo — a kind of modern serenade for just two voices, carrying on an intimate, delicate, and expressive conversation. Each work presents, in its own way, an intimate dialogue between a small number of instruments — a reincarnation of the serenade's spirit.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet in C minor, K. 406 (516b)

Ludwig van Beethoven Serenade in D Major for flute, violin, and viola, Op. 25

Zoltán Kodály Serenade for two violins and viola, Op. 12

Elliott Carter Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux for flute and clarinet

Shulamit Ran Private Game for clarinet and cello

Rebecca Clarke Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale for clarinet and viola

Guy Eshed flute Tibi Cziger clarinet Daniel Bard violin Korbinian Altenberger violin

Guy Ben-Ziony viola

Michal Korman cello

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