Chiarina Chamber Players perform Copland, Howe, Williams, and Mendelssohn

From their website:

Founded in 2015 by pianist Efi Hackmey and cellist Carrie Bean Stute, Chiarina — a hybrid of chamber music series and self-presenting performer collective — brings distinctive chamber music performances and innovative programming to an intimate neighborhood setting in the historic residential sector of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Copland’s iconic Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments — premiered at the Library of Congress in 1944 — projected hope and national unity during a difficult time. It shares a familiar Shaker folk tune with John Williams’s Air, composed for President Obama’s first inauguration. Experience the youthful exuberance of Mendelssohn’s string octet and explore the inventive musical language of Mary Howe, who left a mark on the musical life of mid-century DC.