January 31, 2027 | 3:00PM
Mandel Hall (Reynolds Club)
Jon Nakamatsu, Gold Medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and Jon Manasse, a leading clarinetist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, have a longstanding musical partnership as the Nakamatsu/Manasse duo. Together, they create an exquisitely expressive dialogue between piano and clarinet born of decades of collaboration in a program featuring Bernstein, Brahms, Debussy, and more.
Jon Manasse, clarinet & Jon Nakamatsu, piano perform at the Harvard Musical Association
Program:
| Brahms: Sonata in E-flat Major for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120, No. 2 |
| Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano, L. 116 |
| Mendelssohn: Fantasy in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28 |
| Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1942) |
| Gordon Goodwin: 3rd movements from Four Views for Clarinet and Piano |
| D'Rivera: Bandoneon from The Cape Cod Files |
| Vivian Fung: A Little Down and Dirty from Down and Dirty (composed for J. Nakamatsu, 2022-23) |
| John Novacek: from Four Rags for Two Jons 4th Street Drag Full Stride Ahead+ |