Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College

Two seasons ago, the Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio brought enthusiastic audiences to their feet with their monumental performance of Beethoven’s complete Piano Trio Cycle–so epic that it spanned three concerts. This season, they are sure to thrill us once again! This trio comprises some of classical music’s most highly esteemed artists performing today: CMNW Artistic Directors pianist Gloria Chien and violinist Soovin Kim with cellist Paul Watkins (formerly of the Emerson Quartet). The trio will present two of chamber music’s most thrilling, Bohemian-inspired masterpieces including Smetana’s lushly Romantic Piano Trio in G Minor and Dvořák’s richly expressive Piano Trio in F Minor, which is widely regarded as his most “Brahmsian” masterpiece. Tickets sold by subscription.

We ask: what does the land remember? Resonance is joined by Fear No Music and Las Matices Latin Ensemble for a powerful exploration of land, belonging, memory, and the stories carried by the places we call home. Kenji Bunch’s On This Land, commissioned by Resonance with text by Chisao Hata, reflects on Japanese American incarceration in the Pacific Northwest, connecting personal memory with a history that continues to shape the region. Alongside Freddy Vilches’s Abya Yala, a multilingual suite created with Indigenous poets from across the Americas, and Shruthi Rajasekar’s Whose Names Are Unknown, the program brings together distinct histories and voices to explore displacement, belonging, and the complicated relationship between people and place.