Wall Street Chamber Players

This performance at the New Haven Historical Society featured a glorious Steinway A-2 piano, unlike any we normally hear.
The evening opened with four movements from Max Bruch's Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op 83 (1910). Though an unusual combination, the sonorities were extremely satisfying.

After intermission, the ensemble performed Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time (1940), written while he was imprisoned and shaped by the instrumental capabilities of fellow prisoners. I was unfamiliar with the work. I found it captivating.

Highly recommended.