From the Alwinac: Humoresque: 2021 Illinois Chamber Music Festival

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It has been a wonderful couple of weeks here in Bloomington, Illinois, where after a virtual festival in 2020 the Illinois Chamber Music Festival is back in person! The student ensembles have been truly committed to making the best possible music, resulting in some outstanding performances, and the faculty have worked hard to bring out the full potential of each group through daily coachings and open studio classes. I have enjoyed coaching works ranging from Schumann’s piano quartet to the Five Sketches for string quartet by Bulgarian composer Marin Goleminov, and performing the Villa Lobos string trio, the Dvorak piano quintet....
    Naturally this post also has an Alwin Schroeder connection. Last night the ICMF student cello ensemble played a Humoresque by Julius Klengel, Schroeder’s Leipzig cello colleague in the 1880s....

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