Whitcomb & Chung Duo

Description

On the evening of Sept. 3, two music faculty members—cellist Benjamin Whitcomb and pianist Myung Hee Chung—will present a free concert as a back-to-school gift to the university and the community. On the program are three great chamber music works that one rarely gets to hear performed live: Robert Kahn’s second sonata, Bohuslav Martinu’s second sonata, and a short work entitled Elegie by Darius Milhaud. All three works were written during a world war, and all three composers were forced to flee Europe to escape totalitarianism. Works written under such conditions can highlight the importance and value of the welcoming and supportive environment we enjoy at UW-Whitewater.