Sarah Rothenberg Artistic Director
DACAMERA Mourns the Death of Composer Kaija Saariaho

DACAMERA Mourns the Death of Composer Kaija Saariaho

“It is with great sadness that we mourn the death of Kaija Saariaho, the brilliant Finnish composer who graced DACAMERA with her presence twice, and who wrote at our commission the powerful chamber work, Sombre, inspired by and premiered at Rothko Chapel.  A composer...
What’s on the Program: Schubert and Liszt

What’s on the Program: Schubert and Liszt

On Aprill 22, pianist Emanuel Ax plays music of Franz Schubert and Franz Liszt. Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664, Op. posth. 120 Schubert Composed while on holiday with baritone Johann Michael Vogl — a champion of a young Schubert, whose enthusiasm for the...
What’s on the Program: Schubert and Tchaikovsky

What’s on the Program: Schubert and Tchaikovsky

On March 30, the Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Dörken Trio plays music of Franz Schubert and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, D. 898 Schubert One of only two piano trios composed by Franz Schubert in the course of his tragically brief lifetime, the...
DACAMERA Explains Period Instruments

DACAMERA Explains Period Instruments

Instruments that were either built centuries ago, during the Renaissance or Baroque periods, or are replicas of those older instruments. Learn all about it and then get your tickets for Fly the Coop, Ruckus and Emi Ferguson’s fizzing Bach celebration. Baroque...
Lucky 13 Playlist

Lucky 13 Playlist

About the Playlist Das Lied von der Erde (Mahler) Petrified by the “Curse of the Ninth,” Mahler dubbed his ninth symphony Das Lied von der Erde. He thought he’d cheated death, but he met his demise shortly after completing his subsequent composition, his Symphony No....