Second City Chamber Series Concert
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During the last years of his life the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) was considered by many throughout the Western world to be the greatest of all living composers. And his popularity has never waned: his music still speaks to us today and occupies a conspicuous position in performance repertoire. In part this merely reflects the fact that his oeuvre is extraordinarily large and varied.
The rich history and tradition of chamber music reaches back over 300 years. The Second City Chamber Series has built tradition of its own, now celebrating over forty years of outstanding music-making in Tacoma. Over its distinguished history, the Second City Chamber Series has presented more than two-hundred composers, over six-hundred works, and more than three-hundred performers to thousands of audience members.
Composer, satirist, performer, recording artist, radio host—Peter Schickele is internationally recognized as one of the most versatile artists in the field of music. In 2015, the New Yorker hailed Schickele as “a latter-day Haydn…the one American composer whose name makes everyone smile.” Schickele’s works, now well in excess of 100 pieces for symphony orchestras, choral groups, chamber ensembles, voice, movies and…
