BENICIA CHAMBER PLAYERS
Photography by Rory Earnshaw
Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7 PM
Piedmont Center for the Arts
801 Magnolia Avenue Piedmont, CA
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Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 3 PM
Community Congregational Church, UCC
1305 West 2nd Street Benicia, CA
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Benicia Chamber Players present “Impressions that Remained,” the second program of our 2025–26 season, celebrating the string trio — an ensemble of violin, viola, and cello. The program features two trios in D‑major: Beethoven’s Op. 9 No. 2 and Ethel Smyth’s Op. 6. This pairing traces the evolution of the string trio: Beethoven was one of the first to establish it as a serious chamber music form, challenging each player with intricate interplay and individual virtuosity. Nearly a century later, Smyth engages with Beethoven’s tradition and expands it with her Romantic voice, inventive textures, and a charming nod to Scottish folk music.
Program:
Beethoven - String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2
Smyth - String Trio, Op. 6
Performers:
Sam Weiser, violin
Dmitri Yevstifeev, viola
Brady Anderson, cello
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About
Founded in 2006, the Benicia Chamber Players’ mission is to provide a classical chamber music concert series to underserved East Bay areas including Benicia, Pleasanton and Vallejo. Our aim is to cultivate a community of local and other world-class professional musicians with a love of playing chamber music who are dedicated to sharing that love with audiences.
We are a member of Intersection for the Arts. Intersection for the Arts is a historic nonprofit that provides people working in the arts and culture with fiscal sponsorship and resources to grow.