String Celebration brings together nine masterful performers for a program that showcases the breadth, beauty, and bravura of chamber music for strings.

The program opens with Finnish composer Olli Mustonen’s Nonetto II. Written for nine solo string players, this work draws on ideas from the 17th and 18th centuries, with gorgeous, warmly expressive melodies but also volleys of brash, energetic themes. Where the serene, slow third movement suggests a meditative stasis, the finale returns to ecstatic exultation, eventually building to a riveting rhythmic finale.

Dvořák’s Terzetto in C Major offers a nostalgic shift in scale and timbre. Scored for two violins and viola, it was originally intended for informal “musicking” at home - though its technical demands soon surpassed its amateur origins. With graceful interplay and lyrical warmth, Terzetto weaves a heartfelt musical conversation.

For our grand Finale, all eight musicians join forces for Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat Major, a work of astonishing brilliance and youthful exuberance. Composed at just sixteen, the Octet merges symphonic grandeur with intricate precision, culminating in an electrifying fugue that brings Season Seventeen to a thrilling close.

Tickets start at $10.00 for students and music educators. Hunter Members can enjoy a discounted ticket at $42.00. General Admission is $54.00.