Monticello –The Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra (SCCO) presents “Embers of Affection: Brahms’ Horn, Kreisler’s Warmth” on Saturday, November 22, 4:30 PM, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 15 St. John St., Monticello, NY 12701. The second performance is Sunday, November 23, 3:00 PM, Landfield Avenue Synagogue, 18 Landfield Ave., Monticello, NY 12701. Tickets are available online at: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/a7b3f8a7/pN3AuKOxv0GW1pO4JLe08Q?u=https://linktr.ee/nesinculturalarts or at the door. For more information call: 845-798-9006.

Performing this concert will be Akiko Hosoi (violin), Sara Cyrus (French horn), and Gabrielle Chou (piano). Whether you’re attending the Saturday or Sunday concert, please join us for a musician meet-and-greet at Starters American Eatery, 400 Broadway, Monticello, NY, following the Saturday, November 22nd concert. Present your ticket to receive an exclusive discount.

This program is made possible in part by funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathleen Courtney Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Sullivan County Youth Bureau and Episcopal Charities.

Music is a powerful tool that evokes sensations, feelings and memories. This concert explores love and loss, featuring Fritz Kreisler’s Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen, a three-movement work for violin and piano that conveys joyful love (Liebesfreud), melancholic love (Liebesleid), and nostalgic charm (Schön Rosmarin). The program continues with a 21st-century composition, Un Abrazo para Sharon (A Hug for Sharon), composed in 2005 by Jeff Scott (French horn faculty at Oberlin Conservatory and member of the Grammy-winning ensemble Imani Winds) to honor Sharon Moe, a member of the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College faculty. The work begins with a solo violin theme accompanied by rich piano harmonies, expanding into a full trio before shifting to a lively con fuoco section in 12/8 time with syncopated rhythms, reflecting Mr. Scott’s self-described “Urban Classical Music” style. The program concludes with Brahms’ iconic Horn Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 40. The four-movement work, composed in 1865 to commemorate his mother’s death earlier that year, explores various stages of his grieving with solemn themes, melancholic harmonies and exuberant rhythms to honor her life.