Step into The Composer’s Living Room, an intimate evening of chamber music that invites audiences to experience the warmth, conversation, and artistry of music as it was first imagined. Antonín Dvořák’s charming Terzetto in C Major opens the program with lyrical melodies and spirited folk-inspired rhythms, followed by Gerald Finzi’s beloved Five Bagatelles for clarinet and chamber strings, a collection of elegant miniatures filled with wit, nostalgia, and expressive beauty. The evening culminates in Felix Mendelssohn’s extraordinary Octet in E-flat Major, a youthful masterpiece whose soaring melodies, dazzling virtuosity, and joyful exuberance have captivated audiences for nearly two centuries. Rich in intimacy and brilliance, this concert offers a rare opportunity to hear chamber music at its most personal—and most exhilarating.