2025 Programs

Photo: Elaine Collins

Join us for four dynamic performances featuring music from great romantic composers Brahms, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky; music from composers who have faced censorship by the State, Handel, Kosenko, Bunch, Casals, and Mendelsohn; an assortment of joyful and colorful works from Damasse, Debussy, Bunch, and Schumann; a gorgeous work written for the french horn, Turina and Brahms.


Soirees take place in private homes in the community with a champagne reception prior to the concert and wine and heavy appetizers afterward. This is an intimate setting with an opportunity to mingle with the musicians and fellow music lovers.

  • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2025

    PRELUDE & POUR RECEPTION at 5:30 PM *

    Enza’s Delicatessen and Market, Silverthorne, CO

    Tickets: $125 (Enza's Reception plus Silverthorne Pavilion Concert Admission Ticket)

    Enjoy wine & hors d'oeuvres, a reserved seat at the Silverthorne Pavilion, and “first dibs” on parking.

    Your Prelude & Pour Reception ticket includes concert admission at the Silverthorne Pavilion. A limited number of tickets are available.

    A festive opening to the 2025 season!

  • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2025

    PUBLIC CONCERT at 7 PM **

    Silverthorne Pavilion, Silverthorne, CO

    Tickets: $30 | Students: Free

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin; Horszowski Trio (Jesse Mills, violin; Ole Akahoshi, cello; Rieko Aizawa, piano) 

    “Brahms and Inside Stories” - Friends or Rivals? Learn some fascinating backstories of these great romantic composers!

    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Selections from Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 

    Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): Bagatelles for Two Violins, Cello and Harmonium, Op. 47

    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Sonata for Cello and Piano #1 in E minor, Op. 38

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Piano Trio "In Memory of a Great Artist" in A minor, Op. 50

  • SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2025

    SOIRÉE at 6 PM ***

    Private Home in Silverthorne, CO

    Tickets: $125

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin; Kenji Bunch, viola; Horszowski Trio (Jesse Mills, violin; Ole Akahoshi, cello; Rieko Aizawa, piano) 

    “Music vs. Society (State)” - Music brings us joy, but some composers have faced censorship by the State. Experience these powerful works, which all encountered challenges… and survived beautifully.

    George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) arranged by Halvorson (1864-1935): Passacaglia in G minor for Violin and Viola

    Viktor Kosenko (1896-1938): Two Pieces for violin & piano, Op, 4bis

    Kenji Bunch (b. 1973): Minidoka for Solo Viola (2016) 

    Pablo Casals (1876-1973): Song of the Birds for Cello and Piano - Catalan traditional song

    Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): Piano Trio #2 in C minor, Op. 66

  • THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025

    PUBLIC CONCERT at 7 PM **

    Colorado Mountain College, Breckenridge, CO

    Tickets: $30 | Students: Free

    Zohar Schondorf, horn; Kenji Bunch, viola & composer; Horszowski Trio (Jesse Mills, violin; Ole Akahoshi, cello; Rieko Aizawa, piano) 

    “Trails of Divertimento” - Divertimento means "fun" in Italian. Here is an assortment of joyful and colorful works. Meet composer, Kenji Bunch, who will perform on viola his unique work, "26.2," which takes us through his NYC marathon experience.

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Divertimento for Piano Trio in B-flat Major, K. 254 

    Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025): 2 Pieces for Horn and Piano (1979)

    Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor, L.140 

    Kenji Bunch (b. 1973): "26.2" for Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello 

    Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47

  • SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2025

    SOIRÉE at 6 PM ***

    Private Home in Silverthorne

    Tickets: $125

    Zohar Schondorf, horn; Horszowski Trio (Jesse Mills, violin; Ole Akahoshi, cello; Rieko Aizawa, piano) 

    “Breeze of Passion” - Our final concert will celebrate a gorgeous work written for the french horn. This concert will showcase the Brahms masterpiece inspired during his visit to the Black Forest. Now we bring it to you in the Colorado mountains.

    Gabriel Faure (1845-1924): Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120

    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 40

* The Prelude & Pour ticket includes both the pre-concert reception at Enza's, and the concert at the Silverthorne Pavilion.  We invite you to enjoy wine & hors d'oeuvres, a reserved seat at the Silverthorne Pavilion, and “first dibs” on parking.

** As part of our mission to bring music to the community we keep the ticket prices low for our public concerts and admission is free for students!

*** Our Soirées take place in private homes in the community. There is a champagne reception prior to the concert and following the concert wine, beer, soft drinks and appetizers are served. This is an intimate setting with an opportunity to meet other memebers of our community and mingle with the musicians.