July 7

Stellar pianist Kirill Gerstein opens this Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival broadcast with a new work called Two Waltzes Toward Civilization, which the award-winning Spanish composer Francisco Coll wrote especially for him. After the Coll, we have a piece Schubert composed for what was, in 1824, a brand-new instrument. Today, the arpeggione – a kind of cross between a cello and guitar – is virtually unknown. Schubert’s Sonata for Arpeggione & Piano in A Minor, however, remains one of the most lyrical and tranquil pieces in the repertoire. Today, this piece is often played on the cello, and we will hear a gorgeous performance by cellist Paul Watkins and pianist Ran Dank. Closing the hour, we have the Dover Quartet and their riveting interpretation of Dvorák’s quintessential Czech take on American, the melodious String Quartet in F Major.