MARLBORO — Twenty-two of the 75 resident artists at Marlboro Music will share the discoveries they have made during the first five weeks of this summer's in-depth rehearsals in this coming weekend's concerts, Saturday, Aug. 2, at 8:30 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 3, at 2:30 p.m.
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, 2014 resident composer, will have two works performed on Saturday: “Changing Light” with soprano Ashley Emerson and Joshua Smith, principal flute of the Cleveland Orchestra; and “Cloud Trio” with violinist David McCarroll, Pro Arte Quartet violist Sally Chisholm, and cellist Jonah Ellsworth.
The program includes Benjamin Britten's rarely heard “Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain,” Op. 55 with tenor Spencer Lang; Rebekah Daley, French horn; and pianist Lydia Brown, collaborative pianist and assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera.
As well: the Dvorak Piano Quintet with pianist Jonathan Biss, violinists Elizabeth Fayette and Itamar Zorman, violist Daniel Kim, and cellist Deborah Pae.
Sunday afternoon's concert offers Dvorak's String Quartet in E flat, Op. 51, Elliott Carter's Trio for violin, viola, and cello, and Brahms' Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34.
Artists include Marcy Rosen, founding cellist of the Mendelssohn Quartet in the Dvorak quartet; Ms. Chisholm in the Carter; and Samuel Rhodes, violist of the Juilliard Quartet for more than 40 years until his retirement last year - all playing with exceptional young professional musicians who give up other opportunities to spend the summer exploring works they have suggested with the amount of time not available elsewhere.
Rosen and Rhodes are among the many artists, including Artistic Director Mitsuko Uchida, who reached Marlboro as young musicians and have returned to share their insights - and what they gained from their early Marlboro mentors - with a new generation.