June 30, 2010
Contact: Sara R. Leonard
Concert and Production Manager
413/542-2195

AMHERST, Mass. — Amherst College’s Buckley Chamber Players will present Amber Hues, a concert of music for clarinet, viola and piano, on Wednesday, July 21, at 8 p.m. in Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music Center. The concert is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.

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Clockwise from top left: Alissa Leiser, David Schneider,
Lila Brown and Eric Sawyer.

The concert includes Johannes Brahms’ last chamber works, the Sonatas Op. 120, Nos. 1 and 2 for clarinet or viola and piano; Robert Schumann’s Fairy Tales (Märchenerzählungen) for clarinet, viola and piano; and Amherst College music professor and composer Eric Sawyer’s Trio for the same combination. Performers include Amherst music professor David Schneider, clarinet; instructor Alissa Leiser, piano; and special guest Boston Conservatory faculty member Lila Brown, viola.

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