Chamber Music at CRS presents:
The Search for Humanity in Music: Bloch, Kodaly, Bartok and Beethoven
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Join us for an afternoon of chamber music that reaches into the soul of human experience. Featuring works by Bloch, Kodály, Bartók, and Beethoven, the program explores how composers have drawn from folk traditions, personal adversity, and cultural identity to reveal our shared humanity.
Bloch and Bartók, both immigrants to the U.S., believed the essence of humanity lived in the music of their ancestors. Beethoven’s Op. 59 No. 2—written during his encroaching deafness—expresses the full spectrum of emotion: longing, struggle, and triumph. Its third movement, a tribute to Count Razumovsky, weaves in Russian folk melodies, underscoring music’s power to connect us across time and place.
Discover the common threads that unite us through sound.
Program: Musical Roots – The Search for Humanity in Music
Suite Modale for flute and string quintet - Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
I. Moderato
II. L'istesso tempo
III. Allegro giocoso
IV. Adagio – Allegro deciso
Intermezzo for String Trio, Allegretto for string trio - Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Romanian Dances - Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
I. Jocul cu Bâta
II. Brâul
III. Le Poc
IV. Buciumeana
V. Poargo Româneasca
VI. Maruntel
VII. Maruntel
Intermission
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 - L. van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Allegro in E minor,
II. Molto adagio in E major,
III. Allegretto Maggiore – Theme
IV. Finale
Artists:
Susan Rotholz, flute
Eliot Bailen, cello
Michael Roth, violin
Doori Na, violin
Sarah Adams, viola
Daniel Bailen, double bass