MARLBORO — One of the world's most distinguished composers, Poland's Krzysztof Penderecki, is resident composer at Marlboro Music this summer.
He will have two of his chamber works performed on Saturday, July 27, at 8:30 p.m., and Sunday, July 28, at 2:30 p.m., at Persons Auditorium on the Marlboro College campus.
Thirty-three of the 75 participating artists, who spend two months exploring works that they have suggested, with the rare opportunity of unlimited rehearsal time, will be heard on the third weekend of concerts.
Both programs offer the eclectic mix of works for piano, strings, and woodwinds for which Marlboro is known. The July 27 program offers the Penderecki Sextet for piano, woodwinds, and strings; the Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor; and a rarely heard work for flute, violin, and viola by the early 20th century Dutch composer Jan Van Gilse.
The Mozart Divertimento in E flat for six woodwinds, K. 252, opens the program on July 28 and shares the first half with the romanticism of Reger's Quintet in A, Op. 146 for clarinet and strings. The clarinet is also featured after intermission with the Penderecki Clarinet Quartet. The program closes with the rarely heard Britten Sinfonietta, Op. 1, for woodwind quintet, string quartet, and double bass. The Van Gilse and the Penderecki Clarinet Quartet will be first Marlboro performances.