Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Cleveland Museum of Art
Ames Family Atrium
Format: In-Person
Admission: Free | No ticket required
About the Event
This beloved chamber music concert series features talented young artists and faculty from the Case Western Reserve University Historical Performance Practice Program.
Each performance offers a unique and intimate experience, with repertoire inspired by the artwork on display—creating a captivating dialogue between music and art.
Program
Baroque Chamber Ensembles
Schubert, Mozart, and the Historical Clarinet
This concert features vocal and instrumental chamber works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, and Joseph Haydn, including selections drawn from the Drexel Collection at the New York Public Library.
Jaap ter Linden, director
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787)
Selections from Chamber Works preserved in the Drexel Collection
New York Public Library
- Jonathan Milord, viola da gamba
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Aria: “Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder,” K. 146 (Anh. C 317b)
- Sophia Duray, soprano
- Bruno Lunkes & Liz Loayza, violins
- Parastoo Heidarinejad, viola
- Yincheng Song, cello
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock), D. 965 (1828)
for soprano, clarinet, and piano
- Naomi McMahon, soprano
- Dominic Giardino, clarinet
- Mikhail Grazhdanov, harpsichord
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Fantasia in C major, Hob. XVII:4 “Capriccio” (1789)
- Mikhail Grazhdanov, harpsichord
Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581 (1789)
I. Allegro – II. Larghetto – III. Menuetto – IV. Allegretto con variazioni
- Dominic Giardino, clarinet
- Liz Loayza & Bruno Lunkes, violins
- Parastoo Heidarinejad, viola
- Yincheng Song, cello
Support
The 2025–26 Performing Arts Series is sponsored by the Musart Society. This program is made possible in part by the Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund, the P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund, and the Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Performing arts programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.