In the Ross Family Theatre at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center

When life moves too fast, it’s not only joy that slips away—but meaning. Night and Dreams offers a moment to slow down and listen inward. Through music that shifts between play and poignancy, Diana Cohen, John Bruce Yeh, Roman Rabinovich, and Michael Lu invite listeners to rediscover the stillness where imagination and emotion meet—and where beauty begins again.

Artists:
Diana Cohen, viola
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet
Roman Rabinovich, piano
Michael Lu, piano

Program:
Mozart - Trio in E-flat major, K. 498 “Kegelstatt”
Schumann - Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
Schubert  / Cortot - Heidenröslein, D. 257
Schumann - Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
Price / Lu - Night (text: Louise C. Wallace)
Price - Cotton Dance (Presto)

Program and order subject to change. Approximate running time: 1h 35min (with intermission).

About St. Louis International Classical Music Enterprise (ICME-STL)

In May 2025, a tornado ripped through St. Louis. It killed five of our neighbors and caused more than $1.6 billion in damage.

The tornado—now among the costliest in U.S. history—left behind not only broken homes, but broken connections. Families grieved in silence, while whole neighborhoods were abandoned.

If you live in St. Louis, you understand recovery demands more than financial aid; it requires belonging, healing, and identity. And you deserve to be part of that recovery. Classical music is the vessel that uniquely nurtures these ideals.

That is why the St. Louis International Classical Music Enterprise (ICME–STL) was incorporated in July 2025.

Our mission is urgent: to help St. Louis fully recover from the May tornado—not only financially, but in spirit and strength—through classical music that carries with it the timeless values of survival, prosperity, and identity.

Our vision is bold: together with you, we can help St. Louis achieve even greater international recognition for being a unparalleled hub for transformative, socially conscious classical music performance. We can together drive both tourism and community renewal to St. Louis.

ICME–STL is modeled on musician-driven service projects like the Partitura Project created by legendary Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires in 2012. We are musician-led and community-rooted, an engine for both emergency relief and lasting civic renewal.

Because great music should do more than merely console in hardship. It should give you and your community the courage to rise well above any hardship with a deeper sense of purpose.

For more information visit https://stlclassical.org/about/