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MANCHESTER â The final performances of Taconic Musicâs fifth annual summer festival will take place in the coming days, beginning with the fourth Faculty Concert on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Riley Center for the Arts at Burr and Burton in Manchester Village.
The concert opens with Clara Schumannâs Three Romances for Violin and Piano, op. 22, performed by Bulgarian violinist Joana Genova and Italian pianist, Van Cliburn Competition prizewinner Davide Cabassi. The evening continues with Cabassi in a solo performance of Johannes Brahmsâ Three Intermezzi for Piano, op. 117, and concludes with Robert Schumannâs Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 47, with Cabassi joined by Taconicâs co-artistic directors Joana Genova, violin, Ariel Rudiakov, viola, and longtime faculty member Tom Landschoot, cello.