Come Closer: Three Ways Of Seeing

Nov 1, 2026

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Dayton Art Institute - Mimi & Stuart Rose Auditorium

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Kirstin Greenlaw, violin
Sheridan Currie, viola
Jonathan Lee, cello
Ji-Hyang Gwak, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493
Caroline Shaw: Thousandth Orange
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60

Some works of art reveal themselves immediately. Others invite us to stay — to discover something new in what may seem familiar. COME CLOSER: THREE WAYS OF SEEING brings together Mozart, Caroline Shaw, and Brahms across nearly 250 years of music, each looking at the intimate world of the piano quartet through remarkably different eyes.

Hear Mozart’s operatic humor and effervescent joy; Caroline Shaw’s Thousandth Orange, a contemporary musical still life that finds something extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary; and Brahms’ formidable Piano Quartet in C Minor, turbulent, passionate, and deeply human. Like standing before a painting in a gallery, this concert asks for something increasingly rare: our attention. Come closer to the musicians. Sit with something beautiful. Listen again — and discover what you didn’t hear the first time.

Age Recommendation

All audience members must have a ticket, regardless of age. For the consideration of all patrons, children on laps and/or babes in arms are not permitted at most Dayton Performing Arts Alliance presentations.

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