Auburn Chamber Music Society Celebrating the Music Volume I
Dedication To our founders and moving spirits, Marjorie Sykes, Richard & Anne Amacher, Craig Bertolet and Virginia Transue, and all other music lovers who have turned an idea into a harmonious experience and Auburn into a haven for classical musicians around the world, this volume is affectionately dedicated.
The History of the Auburn Chamber Music Society The Auburn Chamber Music Society (ACMS) was founded in 1965 by Marjorie Tyre Sykes, and has presented a concert series each year since then. Harpist Marjorie Tyre Sykes joined the Philadelphia Orchestra at age twenty-two and went on to a long career with the Metropolitan Opera and with orchestras led by Leopold Stokowski, Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy, and other illustrious conductors. After moving to Auburn, she founded the ACMS and called on her friends among the elite musicians of the world to perform here. In this way, she began the tradition of world-class performances the ACMS strives to maintain. The following performers are among the many other superb players that have performed for the ACMS: the Lenox String Quartet, the Emerson String Quartet, the Juillard String Quartet. the Vermeer String Quartet, the Ysaye Quartet, the St. Lawrence Quartet, the St. Petersburg Quartet, the Moscow String Quartet, the Ebene Quartet, clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois, violinist Kristin Lee, the Bennewitz String Quartet, and the Modigliani String Quartet.
The Guarneri Quartet (left) appeared in Auburn in 1967, 1969, 1970, and 1974. The Beaux Arts Trio (above) appeared in 1967, 1970, 1972, and 1974.
Over these past 54 years, ACMS has enjoyed collaborations with the Opelika Arts Association, the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts, and Auburn University. We have brought chamber music to schools throughout the area, as well as the museum’s lunch music series. When possible, we have arranged master classes at the University, and sponsored Dottie Bennet’s Suzuki class in the mid-1970’s with members of the Emerson Quartet. ACMS has been known throughout the southeast since 1964 for its success in presenting internationally acclaimed musical groups. One of its members recently met a veteran of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, who said that in the 1970s, Auburn was known there as “that little town in Alabama which manages to get the world’s most distinguished musicians to visit them.”
The Peabody Piano Trio at Wright’s Mill Road Elementary School in 2006. This event was partially funded and attended by former state senator Ted Little.
Lark String Quartet perfoming at Samford Middle School in 2000.
Our tradition of providing moving musical experiences will continue for years to come. We look forward to our partnership with the Gogue Performing Arts Center.
First Artifact of the Auburn Chamber Music Society
Table of Contents Performance Programs
1965-1966 to 1969-1970
8 - 17
1970-1971 to 1979-1980
18 - 37
1980-1981 to 1989-1990
38 - 57
1990-1991 to 1999-2000
58 - 77
2000-2001 to 2009-2010
78 - 97
2010-2011 to 2018-2019
98 - 115
1965 - 1966
Langdon Hall
Kroll Quartet November 16, 1965
PERFORMERS Harry Zaratzian, viola
William Kroll, violin William Stone, violin
Avron Twerdowsky, violoncello
PROGRAM String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Cadek Quartet January 11, 1966
PERFORMERS Emil Raab, violin
Henry Barrett, viola
Michael Gattozzi, violin
Margaret Christy, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in C Major, K. 465, “Dissonance”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
T
he first Auburn Chamber Music Society concert was held on November 16, 1965 in Langdon Hall and featured a selection of Beethoven, Prokofiev, and Brahms performed by the Kroll Quartet.
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1965 - 1966
Langdon Hall
The Clarion Wind Quintet March 8, 1966 The Marlboro Trio
PERFORMERS
The Marlboro Trio
Philip Dunigan, flute
February 8, 1966
Robert Listokin, clarinet Stephen Adelstein, oboe
PERFORMERS
Mark Popkin, bassoon
Michael Tree, violin
Fredrick Bergstone, horn
David Soyer, violoncello
PROGRAM
Mitchell Andrews, piano
Quintet, Op. 71
PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Allegretto in B-flat Major
Kleine Kammermusik
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Suite No. 1 in G Major for Unaccompanied Cello
Le Cheminee du Roi Rene
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
George Auric (1899 -1983)
Trio in B Major, Op. 8
Trois Pieces Breves
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Jacques Ibert (1890 -1962) 9
1966 - 1967
Langdon Hall
Guarneri String Quartet January 24, 1967
PERFORMERS Arnold Steinhardt, violin
Michael Tree, viola
John Dalley, violin
David Soyer, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in C Major, Op. 54, No. 2
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
T
he Guarneri Quartet made a sensational New York debut less than two years ago and has already established itself as one of the most exciting string ensembles in America. Michael Tree and David Soyer appeared last year with the Marlboro Trio on the Auburn Chamber Music Society series.
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Adapted from original program notes
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1966 - 1967
Langdon Hall
T
he age of the Baroque was once condemned by critics as a period given to blatant excess, crude emotionalism and poor taste. Today its concern for harmony, balance, and control without the loss of tension movement, and freedom, is recognized. These qualities, perfected in the Rococo style of the late 18th century are clearly evident in the best Baroque music: the lyricism of Corelli, the vigor of Handel, and the mastery of Bach. These were the creators of modem music, men of both genius and endless labors, which cost both Bach and Handel their eyesight. Adapted from original program notes
New York Baroque Ensemble February 14, 1967
PERFORMERS Bonnie Lichter, flute, Baroque flute
Edward Brewer, harpsichord
Howard Vogel, bassoon, recorder
PROGRAM Trio Sonata in B-flat Major
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Sonata in C Major
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758)
Sonata No. 4 in F Major
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Eight Variations on "Soll Es Sein"
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Sonata in E-flat Major
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Trio Sonata in F Major
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
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1967 - 1968
Langdon Hall
Guarneri String Quartet
Guarneri String Quartet November 1, 1967
PERFORMERS Arnold Steinhardt, violin
Michael Tree, viola
John Dalley, violin
David Soyer, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet No. 2
Bela Bartok (188I-I945)
Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
12
1967 - 1968
Langdon Hall
The Zurich Chamber Octet November 1, 1967
PERFORMERS Heribert Lauer, violin
Hermann Voerkel, double bass
Margrit Essek, violin, viola
Hans Rudolf Stalder, clarinet
Franz Hirschfeld, viola
Gunther Schlund, french horn
Esther Nyffenegger, violoncello
Paul Meyer, bassoon
PROGRAM Octet “Quattro Fantasie”
Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012)
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Octet
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
The Deane Drinkall Duo with Richard Corbett Spring 1967
PERFORMERS Derry Deane, violin
Richard Corbett, piano
Roger Drinkall, violoncello
PROGRAM Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Sonata in F Minor, Op. 80
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Sonate
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Prelude
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
Trio in C Major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 13
1968 - 1969
Langdon Hall
The Philadelphia Quartet February 4, 1968
PERFORMERS Veda Reynolds, violin
Alan Iglitzin, viola
Irwin Eisenberg, violin
Charles Brennand, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5, “The Lark”
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet Op. 10, No. 2
Zoltán Kodály (1882-I967)
Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Z
oltan Kodaly, scholar, composer, and educator, was the grand old man of Hungarian musical circles in the mid-twentieth century. As a young doctoral candidate at the Budapest Conservatory in 1905, he went out into the countrys ide, ‘‘knapsack on back and stick in hand,” to collect the folk-music of his native land. His walking-companion and fellow-researcher was a promising fell ow named Bela Bartok. After completing his dissertation on Hungarian folk music, Kodaly taught at the Budapest Conservatory for thirty-five years and became its assistant director.
The Philadelphia Quartet performing Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Adapted from original program notes
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1968 - 1969
Langdon Hall
Takako Nishizaki March 4, 1969
PERFORMERS Takako Nishizaki, violin
Elizabeth Wright, piano
PROGRAM Sonata in A Major
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Sonata in A Major
César-Auguste Franck (1822-1890)
Rondo in C Major, K.373
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Scherzo Tarantella
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)
Sonata in F Major
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
New York String Sextet April 22, 1969
PERFORMERS Renato Bonacini, violin
Emile Simonel, viola
Jean Tai, violin
Janos Scholz, cello
Paul Doktor, viola
Jonathan Miller, cello
PROGRAM Sextet in F Major, Op. 24, No. 5
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Verklaerte Nacht “Transfigured Night”
Arnold Schoenberg (1756-1791)
Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
15
1969 - 1970
Langdon Hall
The Tallahassee Woodwind Quintet
B
edrich Smetana composed “From My Life,” first performed in 1879, as an autobiographical work. The final movement joyously portrays Smetana’s musical successes until a sustained high E in the violins repeats the high E that the composer heard when his hearing began to fail him in 1874. From this mom ent to the end, the music is deep-felt sadness and resignation, with only a fleeting glimpse of hope.
November 11, 1969
PERFORMERS Albert Tipton, flute Nancy Fowler, oboe Harry Schmidt, clarinet William Robinson, horn Janet Worth, bassoon
Adapted from original program notes
PROGRAM
The Drolc Quartet
Divertimento
February 19, 1970
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
PERFORMERS
Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 88, No. 2
Eduard Drolc, violin
Anton Joseph Reicha (1770-1836)
Juergen Paarmann, violin
Partita for Wind Quintet
Stefano Passaggio, viola
Irving Fine (1914-1962)
Georg Donderer, cello
Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet
PROGRAM
Samuel Barber (1910 -1981)
String Quartet No. 1 in D Major
Quintet
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Endre Szervánszky (1911 -1977)
String Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3 Partitia for Wind Quintet
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) String Quartet in E Minor, “From My Life”
- Irving Fine
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
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1969 - 1970
Langdon Hall
Guarneri String Quartet March 31, 1970
PERFORMERS Arnold Steinhardt, violin
Michael Tree, viola
John Dalley, violin
David Soyer, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet No. 22, B-flat Major, K. 589
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, “The American”
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
The Beaux Arts Trio April 12, 1970
PERFORMERS Menahem Pressler, piano Isadore Cohen, violin Bernard Greenhouse, cello
PROGRAM Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Trio in A Minor Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 99 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 17
1970 - 1971
Langdon Hall
Paul Doktor January 19, 1971
PERFORMERS Paul Doktor, viola Anita Gordon, piano
PROGRAM Sonata “Per Arpeggione” in A Minor Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Paul Doktor
La Californienne and La Parisienne Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Quartetto Di Roma
Sonata in A Major, Op. 16, No. 3
November 3, 1970
George Onslow (1784-1853)
PERFORMERS
Variations and March from “Notturno” Op. 42
Ornella Santoliquido, piano Arrigo Pelliccia, violin
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Luigi Bianchi, viola
Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2
Massimo Amfitheatrof, cello
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
PROGRAM Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45
Solo Viola Pieces
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- Paul Doktor
Quartet in A Major, Op. 26 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 18
1970 - 1971
Langdon Hall
New Cleveland Quartet February 9, 1971
PERFORMERS Donald Weilerstein, violin
Martha Strongin Katz, viola
Peter Salaff, violin
Paul Katz, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet, Op. 3
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
The Beaux Arts Trio February 23, 1971
PERFORMERS Menahem Pressler, piano
Bernard Greenhouse, cello
Isadore Cohen, violin
PROGRAM Trio in E Major, K. 542
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Trio No. 1, Op. 67
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Trio in D Minor, Op. 49
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
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1971 - 1972
Langdon Hall
Dorian Woodwind Quintet October 27, 1971
PERFORMERS Karl Kraber, flute
Jane Taylor, bassoon
Charles Kuskin, oboe
Barry Benjamin, horn
Jerry Kirkbridge, clarinet
PROGRAM Quintet in E Minor, Op. 88, No. 1
Anton Joseph Reicha (1770-1836)
Four Three-Part Sinfonias
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Opus Number Zoo: Children’s Play for Wind Quintet
Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Suite for Woodwind Quintet
Terrence Mitchell Riley (b. 1935)
Quintette
Jean René Désiré Françaix (1912-1997)
O
pus Number Zoo by Luciano Berio was composed for a 1951 text by Rhoda Levine. In “Tom Cats,” two city toms, intensely envious of each other’s magnificent whiskers and tail, “mix it up.” In the end, there is nothing left to incite envy in the appearance of either cat. In “The Horse,” a horse listens to the sounds of human warfare and wonders about the madn ess and the reason behind it all. In “The Gray Mouse,” an old mouse watches young friends dance at the New Year. She too once danced and sang, but alas “time came to join in the dancing.” In “Barn Dance,” a foolish chicken dances happily with a gay and handsome fox. She never notices “when the lights went out.” Adapted from original program notes
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1971 - 1972
Langdon Hall
Julliard String Quartet January 31, 1972
PERFORMERS Robert Mann, violin
Samuel Rhodes, viola
Earl Carlyss, violin
Claus Adam, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Quartet No. 4
Bela Bartok (188I-I945)
Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Music for a While
Presents "The Year 1500" PERFORMERS
February 29, 1972 Christopher Williams, lute, recorders, krummhorns Sheila Schonbrun, soprano, portative organ
LaNoue Davenport, recorders, sackbut, krummhorns, tenor viol Judith Davidoff, viola da gamba, vielle
PROGRAM English Carols
Anonymous
Selections of The Flemish Style
Pierre de la Rue (1452-1518), et al.
Frottole
Marchetto Cara (1470-1525), et al.
Three Sad Spanish Songs
Juan de Urrede (1430-1482), et al.
Italian Carnival Songs and Dances
Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517), et al. 21
1972 - 1973
Langdon Hall
Quartetto Di Roma
The Fine Arts Quartet
November 6, 1972
January 30, 1973
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Ornella Santoliquido, piano
Leonard Sorkin, violin
Arrigo Pelliccia, violin
Abram Loft, violin
Luigi Bianchi, viola
Bernard Zaslov, viola
Massimo Amfitheatrof, cello
George Sopkin, cello
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493
Quartet B Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Quartet No. 2
First Piano Quartet
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Quartet in E Minor, Op. 44, No. 2
Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Quartetto di Roma (1972)
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1972 - 1973
Langdon Hall
Alberto Reyes April 3, 1973
PERFORMERS Alberto Reyes, piano
PROGRAM Sonata in E-flat Major
Sonata para Piano Alberto Reyes
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Sonata para Piano Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Senofsky/Mack/Lesser Trio
Sonata No. 3 in A Minor Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
February 27, 1973
Three Transcendental Etudes
PERFORMERS
Franz Liszt (1811 -1886)
Berl Senofsky, violin Ellen Mack, piano
F
ranz Liszt published his 12 Etudes d’ execution transcendante” in 1852 with dedication to his teacher Charles Czerny. “Mazeppa,” included in the Three Trancendental Etudes in this program, was transcribed by Liszt into his symphonic poem of the same name. It portrays the wild ride of a Polish hero after he was bound naked to an untamed horse by an offended husband.
Laurence Lesser, cello
PROGRAM Trio in B-flat, K. 502 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Trio in C Minor, Op. 101 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Trio in A Minor Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Adapted from original program notes
23
1973 - 1974
Telfair Peet Theatre
Memphis State String Quartet with Guest Artist Marjorie Tyre November 6, 1971
PERFORMERS Robert Synder, violin
David Becker, viola
Noel Gilbert, violin
Peter Spurbeck, cello
with Marjorie Tyre, harp
PROGRAM String Quartet Op. 76, No. 2, “Quinten”
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Arioso (for Cello and Harp)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Piece en Forme de Habanera (for Cello and Harp)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Serenade in C Major (for Violin, Viola, and Cello)
Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
Danse Sacree et Danse Profane (for Harp and Strings)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
C
laude Debussy wrote the “Danses Sacree et Profane” in 1904 for harp and string orchestra. The “Danse Sacree” is hypnotic, mystical, and curiously rhythmed. The “Danse Profane,” which is announced only by a slightly quickening tempo, suggests passion, secret rites, and quiet ecstasies. With all their rhythmic verve, exotic harmonies and exciting color, the “Danses” are a major contribution to the music literature. Adapted from original program notes
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1973 - 1974
Telfair Peet Theatre
Guarneri String Quartet January 17, 1974
PERFORMERS Arnold Steinhardt, violin
Michael Tree, viola
John Dalley, violin
David Soyer, cello
PROGRAM Quartet No. 3, Op. 22
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
The Beaux Arts Trio April 19, 1974
PERFORMERS Menahem Pressler, piano
Bernard Greenhouse, cello
Isadore Cohen, violin
PROGRAM Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio, Op. 67
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Trio in C Major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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1974 - 1975
Telfair Peet Theatre
Memphis State String Quartet
with Guest Artists J.W. Tamblyn and James Gholson November 5, 1974
PERFORMERS Robert Synder, violin
David Becker, viola
Adrian Bryttan, violin
Peter Spurbeck, cello
with J.W. Tamblyn, piano
with James Gholson, clarinet
PROGRAM String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quintet in F Minor
César-Auguste Franck (1822-1890)
The Timm Woodwind Quintet and The LSU Baroque Ensemble PERFORMERS
January 7, 1975
Jeane Timm, flute
John Patterson, bassoon
Earnest Harrison, oboe
Richard Norem, horn
Paul Dirksmeyer, clarinet
Phyllis Harrison, piano
PROGRAM Trio Sonata in C Minor
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773)
Symphony for Five Winds
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Quartet in D Minor
Georg Phillip Telemann (1681-1767)
Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) 26
1974 - 1975
Telfair Peet Theatre
Quartetto Italiano
B
enjamin Britten composed Les Illuminations for soprano and string orchestra in 1939 during a three-year stay in the United States. Its first performance was in England early the following year. The cycle is based on poems of Arthur Eimbaud, the great nineteenth century French poet.
March 3, 1975
PERFORMERS Paolo Borciani, violin Elisa Pegreffi, violin Piero Farulli, viola Franco Rossi, cello
Adapted from original program notes
PROGRAM
Piedmont Chamber Orchestra
Quartet in G Major, K. 387 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
February 4, 1975
Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
PERFORMERS
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Nicholas Harsanyi, Director & Conductor
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Featuring Erick Friedman, violin Featuring Janice Harsanyi, soprano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
PROGRAM
I
gor Stravinsky’s fifteenplayer Dumbarton Oaks received its name from the estate of the late Robert Woods Bliss, where it was first performed in 1938. The piece is in three short movements with fugal episodes in the first and third. Stravinsky himself has mentioned the influence of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos on this work.
Concerto for Orchestra Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Les Illuminations Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Dumbarton Oaks Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
Adapted from original program notes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 27
1975 - 1976
Goodwin Hall/Telfair Peet Theatre
Kishiko Suzumi and Julian Martin September 30, 1975
PERFORMERS Kishiko Suzumi, violin
Julian Martin, piano
PROGRAM Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Four Nocturnes (Night Music II)
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Three Scenes from Petrushka
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Music from Sewanee November 18, 1975
PERFORMERS Aaron Krosnick, violin
Mary Lou Wesley Krosnick, piano
Martha McCrory, cello
PROGRAM Trio in B Major, Op. 8
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, K. 526
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Trio in D Minor, Op. 32
Anton Arensky (1861- I906) 28
1975 - 1976
Telfair Peet Theatre
Tokyo String Quartet
Vermeer Quartet
February 3, 1975
March 9, 1975
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Koichiro Harada, violin
Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin
Kikuei Ikeda, violin
Pierre Menard, violin
Kazuhide Isomura, viola
Nobuko Imai, viola
Sadao Harada, cello
Marc Johnson, cello
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 50, No. 1
Quartet in A Major, K. 464
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet No. 4
Quartet No. 2
Bela Bartok (188I-I945)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Tokyo String Quartet
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1976-1977
Telfair Peet Theatre
Guarneri String Quartet October 4, 1976
PERFORMERS Arnold Steinhardt, Violin
Michael Tree, viola
John Dalley, Violin
David Soyer, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 7
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
T
he Quartet No. 1 of Bela Bartok was written in 1908 and is his first recognized masterpiece. The three movements are played without interruption. The music opens in a slow fugue, mildly chromatic. Intensity builds, although the pace remains slow. The central section of the first movem ent is an impassioned melody led by the viola. From this point to the end of the movement, the impression is one of elegaic melody with occasional chromatic chords. The Allegretto movement is different and relaxing. It seems to consist of wandering, “pixie” melodies which gradually become more serious and contemplative. The very lively finale reveals a strong folk influence, as demonstrated in dance rhythms, percussive repetition of single notes, and inv olved ornamentation. Adapted from original program notes
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1976-1977
Telfair Peet Theatre
Piedmont Chamber Orchestra March 30, 1977
PERFORMERS Nicholas Harsanyi, Director & Conductor
PROGRAM The Guarneri Quartet: Beethoven
Nocturno Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Suite in E Major, Op. 63
American Pro-Art Quartet
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
January 25, 1977
Concert Piece in C Major for Violin and Orchestra
PERFORMERS
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Won-Mo Kim, violin
Variations and Fugue On A Theme by Handel, Op. 24
Thomas Weaver, violin Delmar Stewart, viola
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Eugene Eicher, cello
F
elix Mendelssohn composed the Quartet in E Minor during his honeymoon in 1837. The music does not "grab" one but yields many beauties on close attention.The first movement has a strong likeness to that of the famous Violin Concerto in E Minor, with a delicate, plaintive melody for the principal theme and a more vigorous second subject.
PROGRAM Quartet in G Major, K. 387 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Quartet No. 2 in D Major Alexander Borodin (1833-I887) Quartet in E Minor, Op. 44, No. 2 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Adapted from original program notes
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1977-1978
Telfair Peet Theatre
American Pro-Art Quartet with John William Tamblyn November 1, 1977
PERFORMERS Won-Mo Kim, violin
Delmar Stewart, viola
Thomas Weaver, violin
Eugene Eicher, cello
John William Tamblyn, piano
PROGRAM Three Pieces
Powell Weaver (1890-1951)
Quartet in F Major
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Quintet in E-flat Major
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
M
R
aurice Ravel’s only string quartet was introduced in Paris in 1904. French critics immediately recognized the work as a masterpiece (the first for Ravel), but London and New York critics unanimously ridiculed the work when it was shortly introduced to their respective cities.
obert Schumann composed his Piano Quintet in E-f lat Major, his greatest chamber music work, in 1842. It has historical importance, besides great aesthetic interest, because it was the first important work for the combination of piano and conventional string quartet.
Adapted from original program notes
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1977-1978
Telfair Peet Theatre
The New Hungarian Quartet March 2, 1978
PERFORMERS Andor Toth, violin
Denes Koromzay, viola
Richard Young, violin
Andor Toth, Jr., cello
PROGRAM Quartet in B-flat Minor, Op. 18, No. 6
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74, “The Harp”
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
The Beaux Arts Trio March 27, 1978
PERFORMERS Bernard Greenhouse, cello
Menahem Pressler, piano Isadore Cohen, violin
PROGRAM Trio in C Major, HXV, No. 27
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Trio in A Minor
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 100
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
33
1978-1979
Goodwin Hall
Fine Arts Quartet November 28, 1978
PERFORMERS Leonard Sorkin, violin
Bernard Zaslav, viola
Abram Loft, violin
George Sopkin, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in C Major, Op. 76, No. 3 “The Emperor”
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet in A-flat, Op. 105
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Quintet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
T
he second movement of Haydn’s Quartet in C Major, Op. 76 is a set of variations on the composer’s “Austrian hymn,” also known as the “Emperor’s hymn,” and because of this the quartet is called “The Emperor.” The variations seem curiously undistinguished: the great melody is simply passe d from one instrument to the other unadorned, and then the instruments blend in an exalted rendering of the tune in harmony.
Fine Arts Quartet: Beethoven
Adapted from original program notes
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1978-1979
Goodwin Hall
Averitt, Spurbeck, & Tyre
J
ean-Phillipe Rameau wrote five Pieces en Concert between 1738-1741. These were intended for trio combination. In this fifth concert, the movements are named for musicians who were Rameau's contemporaries.
February 28, 1979
PERFORMERS Frances Lapp Averitt, flute Peter Spurbeck, cello Marjorie Tyre, harp
Adapted from original program notes
PROGRAM
The Memphis Woodwind Quintet
Cinquieme Concert Jean-Phillipe Rameau (1683-1764)
April 17, 1979
Sonata for solo violoncello
PERFORMERS
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Bruce Erskine, flute
Serenade No. 10
Raymond Lynch, oboe
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
James Gholson, clarinet
Sonate No. 2 in D, Op. 53
Russell Pugh, bassoon
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Richard Dolph, horn
Piece en forme de Habanera
with Theodore Edel, piano
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
PROGRAM
Fantasia en echo Jacob van Eyck (1590-1657)
Pastoral, Op. 21 Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Fantasia No. 11 in G Major Georg Phillip Telemann (1681-1767)
Quintette
Fantasia
Jean Francaix (1912-1977)
William Averitt (b. 1948)
Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon, K. 452
Children's Corner Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 35
1979-1980
Goodwin Hall
The Manhattan String Quartet November 7, 1979
PERFORMERS Eric Lewis, violin
Toby Appel, viola, will substitute
Roy Lewis, violin
for Rosemary Glyde in tonight's
Judith Glyde, cello
program
PROGRAM Quartet, Op. 33, No. 2, “The Joke”
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Scherzo
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Crisantemi
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Italian Serenade
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Quartet, Op. 51, No. 2 in A Minor
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
H
ugo Wolf is best known for his Lieder. Like his colleague and contemporary Anton Bruckner, Wolf left only one chamber work properly so-called. This was the Quartet in D Minor, composed in 1879. Wolf sent it to the Rose Quartet in 1885, but they rejected it. The Wolf Society had it performed with much success just prior to the composer’s death in 1903. The Italian Serenade was composed for a small orchestra and is usually heard as an encore piece for symphony orchestra. Wolf arranged it for quartet, and it is sometimes identified as his second quartet (G Major). Adapted from original program notes
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1979-1980
Goodwin Hall
Peter Zazofsky with Andrew Willis
B
oethius (d. 524 A.D.) identifies three divisions of music: musica mundana, humana, and instrumentalis. World music is the melody and motion of the heavenly bodies, human music the mixing of rational and irrational parts in the soul, and instrumental music that of string, wind, and percussion instruments.
February 18, 1987
PERFORMERS Peter Zazofsky, violin Andrew Willis, piano
PROGRAM Sonata in G Major, K. 379
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Adapted from original program notes
Diptyque for Violin and Piano Jean Gyselynck (b. 1946) Sonata in A Major, Op. 100
The Chilingirian String Quartet
May 4, 1980
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
PERFORMERS
Caprices for Solo Violin
Levon Chilingirian, violin
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
Mark Butler, violin Nicholas Logie, viola
Fantasy, Op. 47
Philip de Groote, cello
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Concerto in D Minor, Op. 44
PROGRAM
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Quartet in F Major, Op. 74, No. 2 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 67
Chilingirian Quartet Haydn’s Op. 76 No. 3
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
37
1980-1981
Goodwin Hall
The Prague Quartet November 3, 1980
PERFORMERS Lubomir Maly, viola
Bretislav Novotny, violin Karel Pribyl, violin
Jan Sirc, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 74, No. 4, "The Sunrise"
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74, “The Harp”
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor “From My Life”
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
The Karr-Lewis Duo January 12, 1981
PERFORMERS Gary Karr, doublebass
Harmon Lewis, piano
PROGRAM Sonata in A Minor
Henry Eccles (1670-1742)
Sonata in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Reverie
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889)
Three Romances, Op. 94
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Failing
Tom Johnson (b. 1939)
Piece en Forme de Habanera
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Fantasy on Themes from Rossini’s Opera
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) 38
1980-1981
Goodwin Hall
The Ann Arbor Trio April 5, 1981
PERFORMERS Carol Kenney, piano Winifred Mayes, cello Alfio Pignotti, violin Dohnanyi’s Serenade in C Major, Op. 10
PROGRAM Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
The Alabama Symphony String Trio
Duo for Violin and Cello Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
February 15, 1981
Trio in C Major, Op. 87 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
PERFORMERS
K
Marianne Roy, violin
odaly's Duo for Violin and Cello is the first modern example of this once-popular combination of instruments. The contrasting instruments are treated as equals in the weaving of tonal color and form. Kodaly's heroic mode is evident here in the fanfare-like motifs of the main theme. The adagio is one of Kodaly's finest slow movements, and the final movement is based on folk-dance motifs.
Kevin Roy, viola Steve Smith, cello
PROGRAM Divertimento No. 1 in D Major Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Serenade in C Major, Op. 10
Adapted from original program notes
Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960) 39
1981 - 1982
Goodwin Hall
The Lindsay String Quartet October 26, 1981
PERFORMERS Peter Cropper, violin
Roger Bigley, viola
Ronald Birks, violin
Bernard Gregor-Smith, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. l "The Rider"
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
The Lindsay String Quartet 40
1981 - 1982
Goodwin Hall
The New York Woodwind Quintet
S
ome will remember the murderer Pozdnyshev's remarks in Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata (1889): "Take that Kreutzer Sonata, for instance, how can that first presto be played in a drawing-room among ladies in low-necked dresses? To hear that played, to clap a little, and then to eat ice and talk of the latest scandal? ... At any rate, that piece had a terrible effect on me; it was as if quite new feelings, new possibilities of which I had till then been aware, had been revealed to me."
February 15, 1982
PERFORMERS Samuel Baron, flute Donald MacCourt, bassoon David Glazer, clarinet William Purvis, horn Ronald Roseman, oboe
PROGRAM Quartet in E-flat, Op. 67, No. 3 Franz Danzi (1763-1826) Quintet John Harbison (1938- )
Adapted from original program notes
Summer Music, Op. 31
Guilo Bustabo and Allison Lee
Samuel Barber (1910-1980) Sonata in B Minor, Op. 2 No. 4
April 18, 1982
Georg Phillip Telemann (1681-1767)
PERFORMERS
Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2
Guilo Bustabo, violin
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Allison Lee, piano
PROGRAM New York Woodwind Quintet Gesualdo
Sonata in A Minor, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Sonata in B Minor Ottorino Respighi (1879-I936) 41
1982 - 1983
Goodwin Hall
Ida Levin and Sandra Rivers November 22, 1982
PERFORMERS Ida Levin, violin
Sandra Rivers, piano
PROGRAM Suite Italienne
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Poeme
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Tzigane
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Manhattan String Quartet January 25, 1983
PERFORMERS Eric Lewis, violin
Roy Lewis, violin
John Dexter, viola
Judith Glyde, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in D Minor, K. 421
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92
Sergei Prokofieff (1891-1953)
Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
42
1982 - 1983
Goodwin Hall
Kodaly String Quartet
T
he classic evaluations of Kodaly's music are those of his friend Bela Bartok: "If I were to name the composer whose works are the most perfect embodiment of the Hungarian spirit, I would answer, Kodaly" (l928). "Kodaly's compositions are characterized in the main by rich melodic invention, a perfect sense of form, a certain predilection for melancholy and uncertainty.
April 11, 1983
PERFORMERS Atilla Falvay, violin Gabor Fias, viola Tamas Szabo, violin Janos Devich, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
Adapted from original program notes
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
Trio Ravel
String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
February 25, 1983
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
PERFORMERS
String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American"
Chantal de Buchy, piano Christian Crenne, violin
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Manfred Stilz, violoncello
R
PROGRAM
avel's piano trio of 1911 is cast in the heroic mold. It follows the fourmovement scheme of Beethoven and Schubert, and it embraces large, romantic melody. Its detail, however, is intellectual, intricate, experimental - in spirit, "modern."
Trio No. 13 in A Major, Hob. XV:18 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Trio in A Minor Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Adapted from original program notes
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1983 - 1984
Goodwin Hall
The Saturn Trio
The New York Brass Quintet
November 14, 1983
January 30, 1984
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Anni Baker, soprano
Robert Nagel, trumpet
David James, piano
John Swallow, trombone
Esther Lamneck, clarinet
Allan Dean, trumpet Thompson Hanks, tuba
PROGRAM
Kaitlin Mahony, French horn
Dieu, du Bonheur (Aria with clarinet obbligato from Le Trompeur Trompe) Pierre Gaveaux (1761-1825)
PROGRAM
Myself, I Shall Adore No, No. I'll Take No Less (Arias from Semele)
Contrapunctus No. X (Art of the Fugue) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sonata da Chiesa
In the Almost Evening *Premiere
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Daniel Locklair (b. 1949)
Quintet No. 3 in D-flat Major Victor Ewald (1860-1935)
Four Hungarian Dances for clarinet and piano
Trois Chansons
Rezso Kokai (1906-1962)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Parto, Parto (Aria of Sextus with clarinet obbligato, from La Clemenza di Tito)
Quartet in A-flat Major Wilhelm Ramsoe (1837-1895)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Laudes for Brass Quintet
Five Movements from Saturn, Op. 243
Jan Bach (1937-2020)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Brass Quintet, Op. 73
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 (Shepherd on the Rock)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 44
1983 - 1984
Goodwin Hall
The Alberni String Quartet February 24, 1984
PERFORMERS Howard Davis, violin
David Smith, violincello
Peter Pople, violin
Roger Best, viola
PROGRAM String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 42
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet No 3, Op. 94
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
The Lanier Trio April 16, 1984
PERFORMERS Cary Lewis, piano
Dorothy Lewis, cello
William Steck, violin
PROGRAM Trio in C Major, Hob. XV:27
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Trio in D Minor, Op. 32
Anton Arensky (1861- I906)
Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, "Archduke"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
45
1984 - 1985
Goodwin Hall
The Dorian Wind Quintet October 30, 1984
PERFORMERS Karl Kraber, flute
Jane Taylor, bassoon
Gerard Reuter, oboe
David Jolley, french horn
Jerry Kirkbride, clarinet
PROGRAM Concerto No. 2 after Vivaldi, S. 593
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
La Cheminee du Roi Rene, Op. 205
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Opus Number Zoo
Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Woodwind Quintet
Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
Wind Quintet, Op. 95
J. B. Foerster (1859-1951)
The Dorian Wind Quintet 46
1984 - 1985
Goodwin Hall
The Tokyo String Quartet March 4, 1985
PERFORMERS Peter Oundjian, violin Kikuei Ikeda, violin Kazuhide Isomura, viola Sadao Harada, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
The New Arts Trio
Quartet No. 3 Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
February 25, 1985
Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
PERFORMERS
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Rebecca Penneys, piano Piotr Janowski, violin Steven Doane, cello
PROGRAM Trio in G Major, Op. 121a Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Trio in C Minor, Op. 101 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
Bartok's Quartet No. 3
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
47
1985 - 1986
Goodwin Hall
The Emerson String Quartet
The Emerson String Quartet
The Ridge String Quartet
November 11, 1985
January 20, 1986
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Philip Setzer, violin
Krista Bennion, violin
Eugene Drucker, violin
Robert Rinehart, violin
Lawrence Dutton, viola
Ah Ling Neu, viola
David Finckel, cello
Ramon Bolipara, cello
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
String Quartet in B Major, Op. 9, No. 5
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Bela Bartok (188I-I945)
Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
48
1985 - 1986
Goodwin Hall
The Lanier Trio March 3, 1986
PERFORMERS Dorothy Lewis, cello
Cary Lewis, piano William Preucil, violin
PROGRAM Trio in B-flat, K. 502
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Trio in B Major, Op. 8
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Trio in D Minor, Op. 49
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
N
amed in honor of the famous Georgia poet and musician Sidney Lanier, the trio has produced magnificent recordings. Their two-CD release of Antonín Dvorák's Piano Trios has been hailed by Time magazine as one of the best of 1993. The Lanier Trio has also made a superb recording of selected chamber works by American composer Stephen Paulus. Many of these finely crafted, eloquently expressive pieces were written for these musicians, who approach them with sympathy as well as artistry. Of their recording of the Mendelssohn trios, the prestigious Chamber Music magazine wrote "the Lanier Trio's sprightly style and emotive playing add freshness to these often-performed pieces." Adapted from original program notes
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1986 - 1987
Goodwin Hall
The Mendelssohn String Quartet November 12, 1986
PERFORMERS Laure Smukler, violin
Ira Weller, violin
Nicholas Mann, violin
Marcy Rosen, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet in G Minor, No. 9
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
The Mendelssohn String Quartet
50
1986 - 1987
Goodwin Hall
Alexander String Quartet and Guest Artist
March 4, 1987
PERFORMERS Erle Pritchard, violin
The Ecco Trio
Kate Ransom, violin
The Ecco Trio
Paul Yarbrough, viola Sandy Wilson, cello
February 18, 1987
with Michael Newman, classical guitarist
PERFORMERS Junko Ohtsu, violin Evelyn Elsing, cello
PROGRAM
Colette Valentine, piano
Quartet in C Major, Op. 76, No. 3 "The Emperor Quartet"
PROGRAM Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Lyric Suite for String Quartet Dedicated to Alexander von Zemlinsky
Passacaglia for Violin and Cello
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Quintet in D Major, Op. 448
Three Etudes, in C Sharp Minor, Op. 42, No. 5 F Sharp Major, Op. 42, No. 4 D Sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 12
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Quintet for Guitar & String Quartet, Op. 65 Mauro Giuliani (1781 -1829)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Trio Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) 51
1987 - 1988
Goodwin Hall
The Muir String Quartet
T
his concert is dedicated to the memory of Paul Haines, one of the founding members of the Auburn Chamber Music Society. Dr. Haines' contribution to the community as colleague, teacher, and friend will be long remembered by all who knew him.
February 24, 1988
PERFORMERS Peter Zazofsky, violin Bayla Keyes, violin Steven Ansell, viola Michael Reynolds, cello by arrangement with Harold Shaw
PROGRAM
Endellion String Quartet
Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
October 28, 1987
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
PERFORMERS
Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters"
Andrew Watkinson, violin
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
Garfield Jackson, viola Ralph de Souza, violin
Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
David Waterman, cello
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
by arrangement with Harold Shaw
PROGRAM Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3 Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 6 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Quartet in D Minor, No. 14, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"
A Listening Lesson with the Muir Quartet
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 52
1987 - 1988
Goodwin Hall
I
n addition to performing with the internationally acclaimed Cadek Trio, Mr. McCreery serves as Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Alabama. Mr. McCreery has concertized in China, South America, Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland and the cultural centers of Boston, Washington, D.C. and New York.
Carleton McCreery March 7, 1988
PERFORMERS Carleton McCreery, violoncello
Bruce Murray, piano
PROGRAM Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Adagio from the Tocatta in C Major for organ
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and Alexander Siloti (1863-1945)
Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Variations on One String On a theme by Rossini
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
53
1988 - 1989
Goodwin Hall
Daniel Heifetz November 1, 1988
PERFORMERS Daniel Heifetz, violinist
Jonathan Feldman, pianist
PROGRAM Sonata in C Major, K. 296
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Serenade (dedicated to Daniel Heifetz)
Lee Hoiby (1926-2011)
Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Tzigane
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
P
rokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet (Op. 64) was first suggested by the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad in 1934 and later taken over by the Bolshoi in Moscow. The story's
ending proved a problem from the start. As Prokofiev put it later, "living people can dance, the dying cannot." The first version of the score had Romeo arriving at the tomb in the nick of time, but after many revisions the original tragic ending was restored. The ballet was produced in Brno in December, 1938. Prokoviev had already drawn two suites from the score in 1936, and he composed a third in 1946. Adapted from original program notes
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1988 - 1989
Goodwin Hall
A
native of Fargo, North Dakota, Peter Schickele is by now wellknown as the composer of such satirical works as P.D.Q. Bach, The Wurst of Bach, an oratorio entitled The Seasonings, "Unbegun" Symphony, and Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle, and Balloons. His first string quartet, written in 1983, he called "American Dreams." Of his second quartet, a more serious endeavor, he writes: "The second quartet was composed in memory of Kiril Uspensky, a dissident Russian writer who made his way to this country around 1980 and married my wife's sister on our front lawn. Considerably older than she, he died five years later during a trip to Europe; in the meantime, we had all become extremely fond of him for his seriousness, his sense of humor, and his delightful use of the English language. Adapted from original program notes
The Lark Quartet
The Yuval Trio
February 8, 1989
March 5, 1989
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Eva Gruesser, violin
Uri Pianka, violin
Robin Mayforth, violin
Simca Heled, cello
Anna Kruger, viola
Jonathan Zak, piano
Laura Sewell, cello
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Quartet in C Major, K. 465, "The Dissonant"
Trio in E Minor, No. 12 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Trio in A Minor
String Quartet No. 2, "In Memoriam"
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Peter Schickele (1935- )
Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) 55
1989 - 1990
Goodwin Hall
An Die Musik November 1, 1989
PERFORMERS Earl Carlyss, violin
Gerard Reuter, oboe
Richard Brice, viola
Constance Emmerich, piano
Daniel Rothmuller, cello
PROGRAM Overture: To a Song based on "An Die Musik" (Schubert) Signature piece written for An Die Musik
Lee Hoiby (1926-2011)
Quartet for Oboe and Strings in G Major, K.V. 285a
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Serenade for violin, viola and cello in C Major, Op.10
Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
Trio for Oboe, Violin and Cello in G Major
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 16
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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The Lanier Piano Trio April 12, 1990
PERFORMERS William Preucil, violin Dorothy Lewis, cello Cary Lewis, piano
PROGRAM Divertimento in B-flat Major, K. 496
The Pasquier String Trio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Trio in G Minor, Op. 15
January 24, 1990
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
PERFORMERS
Trio in F Minor, Op. 65
Regis Pasquier, violin
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Bruno Pasquier, viola Roland Pidoux, cello
PROGRAM String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 471 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1 Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat Major, K. 563 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
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Orford String Quartet
Atlanta Chamber Players
October 10, 1990
January 16, 1991
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Andrew Dawes, violin
Paula Peace, piano and artistic director
Sophie Renshaw, viola
Deborah Bennett, viola
Kenneth Perkins, violin
Thomas Jones, violin
Desmond Hoebig, cello
Ian Ginsburg, cello
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
String Quartet in D Major, K. 575
Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major, K. 423
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17
Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 -1847)
String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 67
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Gabriel Faure (1845 -1924)
I
n the fall of 1835, Mendelssohn left Dusseldorf, where he was city music director, to move to Leipzig to accept the prestigious post of conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Mendelssohn firmly believed in the value of educating his audiences, attempting to elevate their level of musical appreciation. In a series of "historical concerts" during the 1837-1838 Leipzig season, he presented to the public the works of an obscure German composer named Johann Sebastian Bach, igniting a Bach revival that continues to this day. The Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Opus 49, was completed in Leipzig on 23 September 1839 and was published the following year. Adapted from original program notes
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A
fter Prokofiev's death in 1953 Shostakovich was unchallenged as the leading Russian composer. He seems never to have wavered in his belief in the realization of the ideal of equality through the institutions of soviet communism. Torn between his awareness of the developments of western music and his sense of moral duty to produce music accessible to his fellow citizens, when twice attacked officially for experiments with "the cult of atonality, dissonance and discord" and for similar "formalistic perversions and anti-democratic tendencies," he apologized publicly.
Blair String Quartet: Beethoven's Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132
Adapted from original program notes
Blair String Quartet April 17, 1991
PERFORMERS Christian Teal, violin
John Kochanowski, viola
Cornelia Heard, viola
Grace Mihi Bahng, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 117
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
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The Lyric Piano Quartet October 27, 1991
PERFORMERS Glenn Dicterow, violin
James Kreger, cello
Karen Dreyfus, viola
Gerald Robbins, piano
PROGRAM Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.16
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op.15
Gabriel Faure (1845 -1924)
Piano Quartet No.1 in G Minor, Op.25
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Members of the Ridge String Quartet with Stephanie Brown, Pianist January 21, 1992
PERFORMERS Rohen Rinehart, violin
Peter Wyrick, cello
Maria Lambros Kannen, viola
PROGRAM String Trio in G Major, Op. 53, No. 1
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet in E-flat Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 47
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
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I
n 1938, Bela Bartok wrote a two-movement Rhapsody commissioned by the American clarinetist Benny Goodman, who sought a piece that would fit on the two sides of a 78rpm gramophone record. Bartok subsequently added a slow middle movement, renamed the work Contrasts, and in 1940 recorded it with Goodman and the Hungarian-b orn violinist Joseph Szigeti. This is Bartok's only chamber work that employs a wind instrument, and is one of the milestones in the repertoire for violin, clarinet, and piano. The title refers to the inherent tonal dissimilarity of the three instruments—a feature that Bartok accentuates in his scoring throughout the work.
Adapted from original program notes
Verdehr Trio March 3, 1992
PERFORMERS Walter Verdehr, violin
Gary Kirkpatrick, piano
Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet
PROGRAM Trio in D Major, K. 381
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
A Trio Setting
Gunther Schuller (1925-2015)
Three Hungarian Dances, No. 4, 20 and 1
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Two Pieces, Op. 83
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Contrasts
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) 61
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The Artis Quartet November 17, 1992
PERFORMERS Peter Schuhmayer, violin
Hebert Kefer, viola
Johannes Meissi, violin
Othmar Muller, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major Op. 105
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Ysaye Quartet February 1, 1993
PERFORMERS Christophe Giovaninetti, violin
Miguel Da Silva, viola
Luc-Marie Aguera, violin
Michel Poulet, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in C Major, Op. 74, No. 1
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Ainsi la Nuit ("Thus the Night") for String Quartet
Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013)
Quartet in A Major, Op. 13, "1st Es Wahr?" ("Is It True?")
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
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N
ew York native Charles Wuorinen is the youngest composer ever to receive the Pulitzer Prize. Wuorinen has been described as a "maximalist," writing music rich with events, full of lyricism and drama. His compositions, ranging from works for symphony orchestra and chamber ensemble to ballet and stage music, are characterized by rich harmonies and meticulous craftsmanship that provide both a link to the past and a vision of future musical possibilities. Trio, commissioned by the Arden Quartet in 1983 with a grant from Chamber Music America, consists of a single movement, which begins in an agitated, rhythmic style and gradually moves toward calmness. Adapted from original program notes
The Arden Trio March 7, 1993
PERFORMERS Suzanne Ornstein, violin
Thomas Schmidt, piano
Clay Ruede, cello
PROGRAM Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio
Charles Wuorinen (1938-2020)
Trio in D Major No. 28, Hob. XV: 16
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Trio in C Minor, Op. 66
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
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Borealis Wind Quintet October 4, 1993
PERFORMERS Katherine Fink, flute
Kathryn Taylor, clarinet
Wayne Nileman, bassoon
Tamar Beach Wells, oboe
Daniel Culpepper, horn
PROGRAM Quintet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 68
Franz Danzi (1763-1826)
Quintet
Jean Francaix (1912-1977)
Serenade
Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)
Opera highlights from works or the grand masters
Arranged by Richard Price
Verdi Quartet March 7, 1994
PERFORMERS Susanne Rabenschlag, violin
Karen Wolf, viola
Peter Stein, violin
Didier Poskin, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5, "The Lark"
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Italian Serenade (1887)
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
Quartet in E Minor, No. 1 "From My Life"
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) 64
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The Borealis WInd Quartet
Borealis WInd Quintet
Guild Trio
Guild Trio April 12, 1994
PERFORMERS Patricia Tao, piano
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Janet Orenstein, violin
PROGRAM Trio in F Major, Hob. XV: 6
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
To the Spirit Unconquered
Sheila Silver (b. 1946)
Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 65
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The Ying Quartet October 13, 1994
PERFORMERS Timothy Ying, violin
Phillip Ying, viola
Janet Ying, violin
David Ying, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 458
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Quartet in D Minor, D. 810
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
The Figaro Trio January 23, 1995
PERFORMERS Calvin Wiersma, violin
Victor Rosenbaum, piano
Michael Karmen, cello
PROGRAM Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
"Vitebsk" Trio
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 99
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
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The Ying Quartet
The Maggini Quartet
The Maggini Quartet February 21, 1995
PERFORMERS Laurence Jackson, violin
Martin Outram, viola
David Angel, violin
Michal Kaznowski, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in F Major, Op. 77 No. 2
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet
Eleanor Alberga (b. 1949)
Quartet in E-flat, Op. 74
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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Quatuor Parisii November 13, 1995
PERFORMERS Thierry Brodard, violin
Dominique Lobet, viola
Jean-Michel Berrete, violin
Jean-Philippe Martignoni, cello
PROGRAM Quartet No. 4, Op. 46
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Quartet, Op. 28
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Quartet in F Major
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
B
orn in Provence, Darius Milhaud became a world traveller who delighted in the music of many cultures. The sounds of Brazilian dances and American jazz both found their way into his scores. His early music also reflects minimalist trends in French music during the 1910s and 1920s. Though Milhaud composed the Fourth String Quartet In Rio de Janeiro during the final year of his service as secretary to the author Paul Claudel, then French minister to Brazil, the quartet has nothing Latin about it but rather recalls his Provencal origins. The brief first movement opens with a lively, folk-dance-like theme in F major. The dissonance one hears is caused by the fact that the second violin and viola accompany the theme not in F, but in A Major. This technique, called polytonality, was a favorite of Milhaud, and it flavors much of the remainder of the quartet. Adapted from original program notes
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Alexander String Quartet February 26, 1996
PERFORMERS Ge-Fang Yang, violin
Paul Yarbrough, viola
Frederick Lifsitz, violin
Sandy Wilson, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 458, "Hunt"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet, Op. 3
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio Fedele April 1, 1996
PERFORMERS David Fedele, flute
Robert Koenig, piano
Ede Gaenslen, cello
PROGRAM Trio in D Major for Flute, Cello, and Piano, Hob. XV: 16
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Partita in A Minor for Solo Flute, BWV. 1013
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Grande Polonaise in D Major, Op. 16
Theobald Boehm (1794-1881)
Suite Paysanne Hongroise
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Enchanted Preludes for Flute and Cello
Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
Trio in F Major for Flute, Cello, and Piano
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
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F
ranz Schubert composed a masterpiece, the Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, which became known as Der Tod und das Madchen (Death and the Maiden), in March 1824. The name derives from Schubert's 1817 song with the same title; it tells the story of death gently coming to claim the life of a young girl who urges him to spare her, but he comforts her, saying that he has come not as a judge, but as a consoling friend. It is the "gloomiest" of Schubert's quartets: the treatment of the vehement unis on at the beginning, and of an apparently insignificant accompanying triplet figure in the first ten bars, brings about powerful tension. These further develop as different harm onic colourings conflict and triplet and dotted rhythms are contrasted. Although the finale starts wth a bleak, distant unison, it mounts to several climaxes of gaiety. The fast rhythmic patterns derive from the old Italian dance, the tarantella, the frenzied steps of which were believed to counteract the poisonous effects of the tarantula spider's bite. Adapted from original program notes
Portland String Quartet November 7, 1996
PERFORMERS Stephen Kecskemethy, violin
Julia Adams, viola
Ronald Lantz, violin
Paul Ross, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in C Major, K. 465, "Dissonance"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet No. 1
Walter Piston (1894-1976)
String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
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Audubon Quartet February 6, 1997
PERFORMERS David Ehrlich, violin
Doris Lederer, viola
David Salness, violin
Clyde T. Shaw, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1826)
Serenade, Op. 12 for 2 Violins and Viola
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
Quartet in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3 "Clara"
Robert Schumann (1810- 1856)
Ames Piano Quartet April 14, 1997
PERFORMERS William David, piano
Laurence Burkhalter, viola
Mahlon Darlington, violin
George Work, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 7
Vitezslav Novak (1870-1949)
Quartet
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
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St. Petersburg String Quartet November 6, 1997
PERFORMERS Alla Aranovskaya, violin
Konstantin Katz, viola
Ilya Teplyakov, violin
Leonid Shkaev, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1826)
String Quartet No. 8
Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 70
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
The Jacques Thibaud String Trio February 11, 1998
PERFORMERS Burkhard Maiss, violin
Uwe Hirth-Schmidt, cello
Philip Douvier, viola
PROGRAM String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 581
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Trio in A Minor, Op. 77b
Max Reger (1873-1916)
String Trio in D Major, Op. 8
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1826)
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Alcan String Quartet May 11, 1998
PERFORMERS Brett Molzan, violin
Luc Beauchemin, viola
Nathalie Camus, violin
David Ellis, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
The St. Petersburg String
Jacques Thibaud Trio:
Grieg’s String Quartet in
Quartet: Shostakovich
Beethoven
G Minor, Op. 27
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The Brentano String Quartet November 18, 1998
PERFORMERS Mark Steinberg, violin
Misha Amory, viola
Serena Canin, violin
Michael Kannen, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 71 No .3
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet No. 3
Nicholas Maw (1935-2009)
String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
L
ate in 1805, the Russian ambassador to the Imperial Court at Vienna, Count Rasoumowsky, commissioned three quartets from Beethoven, now universally known as Op. 59, or "Rasoumowsky" quartets. Of the three quartets, the lyrical E Minor is probably programmed the least often. It opens dramatically with two sharp chords, followed by a measure of silence. The second movement is sublimely eloquent, exhibiting a majestic calmness. Despite its surface grace, the third movement is based on a quirky rhythmic pattern --the middle section melody is a Russian theme --the patriotic hymn "Slava." The Finale is, structurally, a combination of first movement and rondo forms, and sets off at once with a fast, high-spirited rhythmic gallop.
Adapted from original program notes
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O
ne of the most familiar of all his string quartets, Joseph Haydn composed Op. 64, No. 5 in 1790. Like the rest of the Op. 64 quartets, it was among the last pieces he wrote while still employed by the Esterhazy family. Its nickname, "The Lark," was not suggested by Haydn himself but stems from association of the opening violin melody with the bird's circular flight pattern. The quartet opens with a repeated staccato figure, over which the first violin glides up in the beautiful "Lark" melody. The Adagio cantabile is one extended song for the violin, while the swagger of the Menuetto immediately breaks the pensive spell cast by the Adagio. The Finale is a perpetual motion reminiscent of a hornpipe dance --hence the quartet's other subtitle, "Horn-pipe." The sixteenth notes are heard in one instrument or another throughout the entire movement, which ends with a coda of great verve. Adapted from original program notes
The Lark Quartet February 10, 1999
PERFORMERS Diane Pascal, violin
Danielle Farina, viola
Jennifer Orchard, violin
Astrid Schween, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5, "The Lark"
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 117 Moderato con moto
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet in D Major, Op. 1, "Accordion"
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1848-1903)
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T
he concept of my fourth string quartet is based on the forest. This does not attempt to describe the forest. but to grasp the forest as an object of imagery. Long ago, when I was a pupil of John Cage, we often walked together in the woods, hunting mushrooms and enjoying the rich feeling of the forest atmosphere. However. the environmental condition has been changing in recent years. So my thought throughout this quartet is to put questions through music as to the critical condition of the environment today. The forest was supposed to be the source of life for all plants, birds, insects, and other creatures. The forest was also supposed to be the supplier of fresh water and clean air, and by ecological circulation, the generation of rich soil. To think of these basic elements and today's situation of the forest stimulates my musical imagination. - Toshi Ichiyanagi Adapted from original program notes
Amernet String Quartet October 25, 1999
PERFORMERS Erez Ofer, violin
Yoram Youngerman, viola
Marcia Littley de Arias, violin
Javier Arias-Flores, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet No. 4, ''In The Forest"
Toshi Ichiyanagi (b. 1933)
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 76
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Kandinsky Trio
S
tring Quartet No. 1 was composed at Token Creek, Wisconsin, in the winter of 1984. Since length and even loudness are often equated with import, it takes some nerve to present an eleven- minute piece, mainly in an inward manner, as a first quartet. - John Harbison
February 1, 2000
PERFORMERS Elizabeth Bachelder, piano Alan Weinstein, cello Benedict Goodfriend, violin
PROGRAM
Adapted from original program notes
Trio in G Major, Op. 1 No. 2 Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Chester String Quartet
Trio: Four Combinations for Three Instruments
April 11, 2000
Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
PERFORMERS Aaron Berofsky, violin
Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8
Kathryn Votapek, violin
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Amadi Hummings, viola Eric Kutz, cello
Kandinsky Trio
PROGRAM String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 125, No. 1 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) String Quartet No. 1 John Harbison (b. 1938) String Quartet in E Minor Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) 77
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The Gryphon Trio October 24, 2000
PERFORMERS Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin
Jamie Parker, piano
Roman Borys, cello
PROGRAM Trio in C Major, Hob. XV: 27
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost Trio"
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 90, "Dumky"
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
T
he Gryphon Trio has been hailed as one of Canada's finest chamber ensembles by "The Washington Post" and "Classical Music Magazine." Formed in 1993, the Trio was named after the mythical half lion/half eagle creature that was reputed to be a guardian of treasures and a symbol of the connection between psychic energy and cosmic force. These characteristics reflect the outlook embodied by the Trio, a group known both for its integrity in interpreting the classics from the piano trio literature, as well as for presenting exciting new compositions in an audience-friendly way. Since the fall of 1998, the Trio has been an ensemble-in-residence at the Music Toronto Series in Toronto. Adapted from original program notes
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The Lark Quartet December 4, 2000
PERFORMERS Diane Pascal, violin
Danielle Farina, viola
Jennifer Orchard, violin
Astrid Schween, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No .2
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 2, "In Memoriam"
Peter Schickele (b. 1935)
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 41, No .2
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
The Whitman String Quartet April 3, 2001
PERFORMERS Michael Shih, violin
Ori Kam, viola
Patricia Sunwoo, violin
Kristina Reiko Cooper, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in G Major, K. 387
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 50, No. 1
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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The Jess Trio October 16, 2001
PERFORMERS Johannes Jess, piano
Stephen Kropfitsch, cello
Elisabeth Jess, violin
PROGRAM Haydn's Trio in G Major, "Gypsy"
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Trio, Op. 12
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Trio in C Major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
S
ince making its critically acclaimed American debut in 1988, while the artists were only in their early twenties, the Jess Trio has matured into a world-class ensemble of the first rank. The three prize-winning siblings, Johannes, piano, Elisabeth, violin, and Stephen Kropfitsch, cello, represent the finest in the rich Viennese tradition of outstanding musicianship. The Trio rediscovered the original trio version of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9, "Pesther Carneval," making the piece's world premiere recording. The Trio performs annually in its own series in Vienna's major concert halls and has appeared throughout the world in major musical capitals and at music festivals. The artists are all professors at leading musical institutions in Vienna.
Adapted from original program notes
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T
he quartet was formed in 1975 and named after Czech violin virtuoso and pedagogue Jaroslav Kocian (1833-1950). Winning the 1981 artistic prize of the Czech Association for Chamber Music, the quartet was featured often at the Prague Spring Festival and in concert cycles of the Czech Philharmonic. The quartet's tours have brought its extraordinary musicianship to audiences around the world. Besides the standard literature, the ensemble features music of major Czech composers, such as Dvorak, Smetana, Janacek, and Martinu, as well as lesser known Czech works from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Adapted from original program notes
The Kocian String Quartet April 3, 2001
PERFORMERS Pavel Hula, violin
Zbynek Padourek, viola
Jan Odstrcil, violin
Vaclav Bernasek, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in C Minor
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Quartet in A Major, Op. 113
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters"
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
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The Artis String Quartet October 30, 2002
PERFORMERS Peter Schuhmayer, violin
Herbert Kefer, viola
Johannes Meissi, violin
Othmar Muller, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in F Major, K. 590
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
The Pacifica Quartet February 13, 2003
PERFORMERS Simin Ganatra, violin
Masumi Per Rostad, viola
Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin
Brandon Vamos, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quartet No. 5
Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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Quartetto di Venezia in Auburn
Quartetto di Venezia April 2, 2003
PERFORMERS Andrea Vio, violin
Luca Morassutti, viola
Alberto Battiston, violin
Angelo Zanin, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2, "Fifths"
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet in A Major, Op. 8, No. 6
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
I Crisantemi
Giacomo Puccini (1813-1901)
Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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The Talich Quartet November 12, 2003
PERFORMERS Jan Talich, Jr., violin
Vladimír Bukac, viola
Petr Macecek, violin
Petr Prause, cello
PROGRAM Quartet No. 1
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Schubert's Quartet in A Minor, D. 804, "Rosamunde"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
The Ying Quartet March 3, 2004
PERFORMERS Timothy Ying, violin
Phillip Ying, viola
Janet Ying, violin
David Ying, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 50, No. 1
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Southern Harmony
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Quartet No. 3
Bernard Rands (b. 1934)
Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Minor, Op. 30
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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2003 - 2004
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Los Angeles Piano Quartet
The Los Angeles Piano Quartet April 18, 2004
PERFORMERS Michi Wiancko, violin
Peter Rejto, cello
Katherine Murdock, viola
Xak Bjerken, piano
PROGRAM Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 67
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)
Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 45
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
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The New York Chamber Soloists
The Aulos Ensemble
November 7, 2004
February 2, 2005
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Melvin Kaplan, oboe
Christopher Krueger, flute
Adam Grabois, cello
Linda Quan, violin
Curtis Macomber, violin
Marc Schachman, oboe
Ynez Lynch, viola
Myron Lutzke, cello Arthur Haas, harpsichord
PROGRAM Oboe Quartet in B-flat Major, Hob. II: B4
PROGRAM
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Concerto in D Major, RV. 94
Sonata for Violin and Cello
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Suite in D Major
Variations on the Theme "La ci darem la mano"
Georg Bohm (1661-1733) Selections from the "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach"
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827 Ricercar and Canons from the "Musical Offering"
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Trio Sonata in G Minor for Violin, Oboe, and Continuo after BWV: 528
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
F
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
ormed in 1973, the Aulos Ensemble was at the forefront of the original instrument movement. The ensemble's performances of early music have created a new awareness of the rich rewards of "original instrument" performance.
Trio Sonata in G Major, Wo. 144, for Flute, Violin, and Continuo Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Quintett in D Major, Op. 22 Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
Adapted from original program notes
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Goodwin Hall
S
hostakovich's Eighth Quartet is dedicated "To the Memory of the Victims of Fascism" and was written in 1960 after a visit to Dresden. After the desolation of the opening movement, a nightmarish, frenetic world unfolds. In it, the composer's suffering is clear. The third movement is an uneasy, sardonic waltz. It contains an unpredictable element that constantly suggests that something ominous is around the corner. A quotation from the First Cello Concerto adds to the feeling of instability. Other quotations in the final two movements include music from the execution scene in The Young Guard. Most poignant of all is an aria from his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, heard high on the cello in the closing pages of the work. The five movements of the quartet are played without a break. Adapted from original program notes
The St. Lawrence String Quartet March 23, 2005
PERFORMERS Geoff Nuttall, violin
Lesley Robertson, viola
Barry Shiffman, violin
Christopher Costanza, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in E Major, Op. 33, No. 2, Hob. III: 38, "The Joke"
Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet No. 3
Raymond Murray Schafer (1933-2021)
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
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The Orpheus Quartet November 7, 2005
PERFORMERS Mark Gothoni, violin
Laurentiu Sbarcea, cello
Emile Cantor, viola
PROGRAM String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 471
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Trio in C Minor, for Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 9, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Divertimento in E-flat Major for violin, viola, and cello, K. 563
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
The Kuss String Quartet January 30, 2006
PERFORMERS Jana Kuss, violin
William Coleman, viola
Oliver Wille, violin
Felix Nickel, cello
PROGRAM Quartet in G Major, K. 80, "Lodi"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2
Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
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2005 - 2006
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G
enius is a flower that never fades. Our last concert in this season celebrating the 250th birthday of Mozart explores the piano trio, and features his work in conjunction again with Beethoven and Schubert. Where we had heard these younger composers in our first concert of the season writing apprentice works, all three composers are writing in their primes and at the height of their powers. Mozart's piano trio is a product of 1786, the same year that produces the "Prague" Symphony (#38) and The Marriage of Figaro. Beethoven's two piano trios Opus 70 were written 1808, the same year that his Fifth and Sixth Symphonies were completed as well as his "Emperor" Concerto. Shubert's piano trio is probably a product of 1827 or 1828 when he was workmg on his last three piano sonatas, Der Winterreise, and the "Great" C Major Symphony. Each work shows the musical personality of its composer and each shows why the genius of these composers has not been surpassed. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
The Peabody Piano Trio March 2, 2006
PERFORMERS Violaine Melancon, violin
Seth Kopp, piano
Natasha Brofsky, cello
PROGRAM Piano Trio in B-flat Major, K. 502
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in B flat Major, D. 898
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
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The Amadeus Trio
The Mozart Piano Quartet
November 16, 2006
February 15, 2007
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Timothy Baker, violin
Mark Gothoni, violin
Edward Arron, cello
Hartmut Rohde, viola
Michael Boroskin, piano
Peter Horr, cello Paul Rivinius, piano
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Piano Trio in E flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
Piano Quartet in D Major
Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Melanie (Mel) Bonis (1858-1937)
Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15
Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Johannes Brahms (1833 -1897)
M
elanie (Mel) Bonis was blessed with musical talent and cursed with social conventions. Against her parents' wishes, she taught herself piano. She became so accomplished that Cesar Franck introduced her to the Paris Conservatory in 1876. Despite winning first prize for harmony, she was forced to leave the Conservatory in 1881 by her parents as they disapproved of her developing relationship with Amedee Landely Hettich, a young music critic. Instead, they married her to a rich, widowed industrialist 25 years her senior, who already had five children. Bonis would bear him three more children and one by Hettich, with whom she maintained a secret affair. For her last fifteen years, she was mainly bedridden. She still composed, although her style was now considered out of date, and her music was seldom played. The piano quartet in D is a product of these later years, written with a sweetness that belies a compositional situation of an old, ill, sad woman, constrained by gender restrictions, by family interference, by performance opportunities, but not by art. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
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S
ergei Taneiev represents a side of Russian music often neglected in traditional histories. A virtuoso pianist, he early on established his credentials as the performer to premiere the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto in 1875. Over time, his phenomenal musicianship secured him a position in the Moscow Conservatory, which he eventually headed until 1905. As both a teacher of piano and composition (the latter an aspect of his artistic persona he was shy to initially acknowledge), he taught such important students as Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, and Gliere. The B minor string trio was written in 1913, two years before Taneiev's death in 1915, and published in 1948. The parts have been reconstructed by the Adaskin String Trio based on score alone. It appears to be an incomplete work, in that the two movements suggest further complements. What can be said is that it has unusual harmonic twists and detours which suggest a genuine wit, and a willingness to tease convention, if not fully subvert it. Adapted from original program notes by Robert Carl
The Adaskin String Trio with Thomas Gallant, Oboe April 12, 2007
PERFORMERS Emlyn Ngai, violin
Steve Larson, viola
Mark Fraser, cello
Thomas Gallant, oboe
PROGRAM Oboe Quartet in G Minor
Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819)
String Trio in D Major, Op. 9, No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Trio in B Minor
Sergei Taneiev (1856-1915)
Quartet in F Major for Oboe and Strings, K. 370
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
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2007 - 2008
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L
igeti's Bagatelles were composed in Hungary and declared degenerate by the Communist regime in power in Budapest. Performances of the bagatelles were actually banned in Hungary. Ligeti emigrated from Hungary in 1956, first to Cologne and then to Vienna and Hamburg. This wind quintet setting allowed Ligeti to use variations in the character and timbre of the individual notes. For instance, the fourth section uses the horn in a playful manner like in a dance. The fifth section, the flute expresses itself in a series of notes out of rhythmic phase. The effect is to hear music as a dense multiform experience. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
The Ma'alot Quintet November 14, 2007
PERFORMERS Volker Tessmann, bassoon Christina Fassbender, flute
Ulf-Guido Schafer, clarinet Volker Grevel, horn
Christian Wetzel, oboe
PROGRAM Cosi Harmoniemusik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Six Bagatelles
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006)
Bagatelles, Op. 47
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Eine Kleine Kammermusik
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
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The Leipzig String Quartet February 20, 2008
PERFORMERS Andrea Seidel, violin Tilman Buning, violin lvo Bauer, viola
The Leipzig String Quartet: Schubert
Matthias Moosdorf, cello
PROGRAM
The Arron/Kawasaki/Park Trio
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13
February 20, 2008
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
PERFORMERS
String Quartet in E Minor
Edward Arron, cello
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Yosuke Kawasaki, violin
String Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 127
Jeewon Park, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
PROGRAM
B
Piano Trio in A-flat Major, Hob. XV:14
eethoven's Op. 127 confused its listeners in the first performance for it and the quartets that followed were Beethoven's experiments in pushing the borders of music beyond what settled early nineteenth-century audience members expected. In fact, many thought Beethoven had gone mad. However, what those first listeners heard was not madness but revolution.
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Adagio in E-flat Major, D. 897 "Notturno" Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Excerpts from "The Four Seasons" (arr. Jose Bragato) Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65 Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
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The Borealis String Quartet
Copland House Chamber Ensemble
The Borealis String Quartet
Copland House Chamber Ensemble
November 20, 2008
February 26, 2009
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Patricia Shih, violin
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Yuel Yawney, violin
Michael Boriskin, piano
Nikita Pogrebnoy, violo
Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Shih-Lin Chen, cello
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Quartet #12 in C Minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet in E Minor
Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
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Parker String Quartet March 25, 2009
PERFORMERS Daniel Chong, violin
Jessica Bodner, violo
Karen Kim, violin
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
with Soyeon Lee, piano
PROGRAM Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collectors
Terrence Mitchell Riley (b. 1935)
Langsamer Satz
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American"
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
Johannes Brahms (1833 -1897)
T
he American minimalist composer, Terry Riley, wrote Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collectors for the Kronos Quartet in 1981. Influenced by North Indian raga, the music attempts to meld non-Western styles into the Western concept of the string quartet. The brief melodic line is repeated in all of the strings, as is the hallmark of minimalist composition. Similarly, false cadences abound as stops but not resolutions to the music. The intention seems to be to approximate the inexorable movement of the planets through a pattern that is repetitious, though somehow still endlessly new. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
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C
hopin wrote only two works for chamber ensemble, both of which feature the piano as the dominating voice. The chief characteristic of Chopin's playing was his highly personal and wayward use of tempo rubato. In Chopin's view of this device, "the left hand is the conductor; it must not waver or lose ground; do with the right hand what you will and can." The piano trio, which fuses classical form with traditional Polish melodies, was written before Chopin turned twenty, though it was published in 1832. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
Paris Piano Trio
Adaskin String Trio with Thomas Gallant
February 18, 2010
April 12, 2010
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Regis Pasquier, violin
Emlyn Ngai, violin
Roland Pidoux, cello
Steve Larson, violin
Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano
Mark Fraser, cello Thomas Gallant, oboe
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Trio in E Major for Violin, Cello and Piano, K. 542
Featured Selection of Work Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Featured Selection of Work
Piano Trio No.1 in G Minor, Op. 9, "Trio Elegiaque"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Trio in B Minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Sergei Tanayev (1856-1915)
Trio in G Minor, Op. 8 Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) 96
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Pacifica String Quartet
Pacifica String Quartet April 15, 2010
PERFORMERS Simin Ganatra, violin
Masumi Per Rostad, viola
Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin
Brandon Vornes, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64 No. 5 "The Lark"
Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)
String Ouartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73
Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51 No. 2
Johannes Brahms (1833 -1897)
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2010 - 2011
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St. Lawrence String Quartet
St. Lawrence String Quartet February 16, 2011
PERFORMERS Geoff Nuttall, violin
Scott St. John, violin
Lesley Robertson, viola
Christopher Costanza, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Yiddishbbuk
Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 161, D. 887
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
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2010 - 2011
Goodwin Hall
Kandinsky String Trio March 31, 2011
PERFORMERS Kathin Rabus, violin
Jens Peter Maintz, cello
Hartmut Rohde, viola
PROGRAM String Trio in A Major, Op. 9, No. 2
Alessendro Rolla (1757-1841)
Serenade in D, Op. 8
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Trio Movement in G Major, K. Anh. 66
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Serenade
Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
A
lessendro Rolla was one of the foremost players of the viola in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Italy. He started playing the viola at La Scala in Milan in 1778 and was chosen to be its conductor in 1802. At La Scala, he performed operas of Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti, among others. He also gave both private and public performances of Beethoven's symphonies. His chamber works, particularly his string trios, owe a great deal to Beethoven's early influence and demonstrate the Viennese style popular in Northern Italy in the period. Rolla wrote about 500 compositions, most of which tend to be seldom performed. Instead, music lovers remember Rolla only as the teacher of Paganini. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
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2011 - 2012
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Lee-Hanick-DeGuise-Langlois Trio October 26, 2011
PERFORMERS Kristin Insoo Lee, violin
Romie DeGuise-Langlois, clarinet
Conor Hanick, piano
PROGRAM Suite for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano Op. 157b
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Road Movies
John Adams (b. 1947)
Dancing Solo
Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
Contrasts
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
O
ne of the best known living American composers, John Adams has transformed classical music by moving it away from academic writing and minimalism and toward a more expansive use of sound textures and musical ideas. Road Movies is one of Adams's early forays into the chamber music genre. According to the composer, the first movement is "a relaxed drive through a not unfamiliar road" with a structure that "suggests" a rondo. The second movement is more spare and is like a "solitary figure in a desert landscape." The final movement derives its name from the settings on a MIDI sequencer. A "40% Swing" is somewhere between a ragtime melody and a 1930s era Big Band number. It features demanding violin writing and is evocative of driving fourwheel over infelicitous terrain. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
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2011 - 2012
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American Chamber Players February 29, 2012
PERFORMERS Joanna Maurer, violin
Amy I-Lin Cheng, piano
Miles Hoffman, viola
Sara Stern, flute
Stephen Balderston, cello
PROGRAM Quartet for Flute and Strings in C Major, K. 285b
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet in E-flat Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 16
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata for Flute and Piano
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Quartet in B Minor for Piano and Strings
Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894)
Newstead Trio March 28, 2012
PERFORMERS Xun Pan, piano
Michael Jarnanis, violin Sara Male, cello
PROGRAM Piano Trio in B-flat K. 502
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 8
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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2012 - 2013
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
The Aulos Ensemble November 14, 2012
PERFORMERS Christopher Krueger, flauto traverso
Myron Lutzke, baroque cello
Marc Schachman, baroque oboe
Arthur Haas, harpsichord
Linda Quan, baroque violin
PROGRAM Concerto in D Major, RV. 94
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Trio-Sonata in G Minor for Oboe, Violin, and Continuo after BWV. 528
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite in D Major
Georg Bohm (1661-1733)
Selections from the "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach"
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Trio Sonata in G Major Wo. 144 for Flute, Violin, and Basso Continuo
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Quintett in D Major, Op. 22
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
L
ooking back on his childhood, Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach recalled of his father's house that "it was like a beehive, and just as full of life." For the Bachs, of course, life meant music. The place always resounded with a happy din of keyboard practice. In the evenings, chamber music and singing were the rule. Anna Magdalena's famous little book gives us an idea of what went on: besides Bach's own pieces, the family enjoyed works by many others, particularly other German church musicians like Telemann, and a few favored Frenchmen like Couperin. Visiting virtuosi were always invited over to make music, and possibly to rehearse their obbligati for Sunday's cantata. And all awaited the moment when the head of the house would sit down and take everyone's breath away with an improvised toccata or fantasia. Adapted from original program notes by Marc Schachman
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The Moscow String Quartet March 20, 2013
PERFORMERS Eugenia Alikhanova, violin Galina Kokhanovskaya, violin Tatiana Kokhanovskaya, viola Olga Ogranovitch, cello
PROGRAM
The Moscow String Quartet
String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
The Ebene Quartet
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49
April 24, 2013
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
PERFORMERS
String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 22
Pierre Colombet, violin
Peter Illych Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Gabriel Le Magadure, violin Mathieu Herzog, viola Raphael Merlin, cello
PROGRAM Divertimento in F Major, K. 138, "Salzburg Symphony No. 3" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, D. 804, "Rosamunde" Franz Schubert (1797-1828) String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, "1st es Wahr?" Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
The Moscow String Quartet 103
2013 - 2014
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The Almeda Piano Trio October 24, 2013
PERFORMERS Andrea Belding, violin
Robert Cassidy, piano
Ida Mercer, cello
PROGRAM Piano Trio in A Major, Hob. XV: 18
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 -1809)
Piano Trio No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 9, "Trio Elegiaque"
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
"Circulo," Fantasia for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 91
Joaquin Turina(1882-1949)
Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
The Vega String Quartet February 6, 2014
PERFORMERS Domenic Salemi, violin
Guang Wang, cello
Jessica Shuang Wu, violin
William Ransom, piano
Yinzi Kong, viola
PROGRAM Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 14
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
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D
ebussy's only completed string quartet is a precursor to the innovative works he was to produce in years to come. In this quartet, he departed from the formal Austro-German structure of the quartet movements. The melodic lines for this quartet emerge organically and often dissipate seamlessly, without modulating back to themes started in earlier quartets. The stormy first movement begins with all four instruments playing different melodic lines. While the movement will veer back to the opening statement, the structure is not circular but fractal-like, with musical images building on themselves. The second movement begins with the viola paired with an accompanyintg pizzicato, drifting along until its unclear ending. The Andantino is the sensuous heart of the quartet and it mingles dreaminess with aggressive force. The final movement uses material from the first and second movements and ends with a decisive coda, something that rarely appears in Debussy's later works. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
The Cavani Quartet March 27, 2014
PERFORMERS Annie Fullard, violin
Kirsten Docter, viola
Mari Sato, violin
Merry Peckham, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K. 464
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 10
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
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2014 - 2015
Goodwin Hall
The Attacca Quartet
The Attacca Quartet
Kristin Lee & Kwan Yi
November 20, 2008
February 12, 2015
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Amy Schroeder, violin
Kristin Lee, Violin
Keiko Tokunaga, violin
Kwan Yi, Piano
Luke Fleming, viola Andrew Yee, cello
PROGRAM PROGRAM
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in G Major
String Quartet No. 31 in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 1
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Selections from "John's Book of Alleged Dances"
Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7
John Adams (b. 1947)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127
Sonata No. 9 for Piano and Violin in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 106
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Smith-Laufer-Remy Trio March 18, 2015
PERFORMERS Christina Smith, flute
Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp
Danny Laufer, cello
PROGRAM 16th-century Italian Lute Pieces Balletto from "II Conte Orlando"
Simone Molinaro (c.1565-1615)
Villanella
Anonymous
Gagliarda
Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520-1591)
Transcribed by Dewey Owens Sonata En Trio in E-flat Op. 34, No. 1
Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)
Scintillation
Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961)
The Jet Whistle
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Cafe 1930 from Histoire du Tango
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Transcribed by Elisabeth Remy Johnson Reverie
Claude Debussey (1862-1918)
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Harp
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
C
arlos Salzedo was one of the most important harp teachers of the twentieth century. A native of France, he was enticed to the US by Arturo Toscanini to perform for the Metropolitan Opera House. He ultimately settled in the US where he taught at the Curtis Institute. One of his students was Marjorie Tyre, a founder of the Auburn Chamber Music Society. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
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2015 - 2016
Goodwin Hall
Cuarteto Casals October 21, 2015
PERFORMERS Vera Martinez, violin
Jonathan Brown, viola
Abel Tomas, violin
Arnau Tomas, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet in G Major, K. 387
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 92
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet in F Major
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Cuarteto Casals 108
2015 - 2016
Goodwin Hall
Ensemble Schumann March 23, 2016
PERFORMERS Thomas Gallant, oboe Steve Larson, viola Sally Pinkas, piano
PROGRAM Marchenersahlungen, Op. 132 for Oboe, Viola, and Piano
Ensemble Schumann
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Schilflieder for Oboe, Viola, and Piano, Op. 28
The Bennewitz Quartet
August Klughart (1847-1902)
February 25, 2016
Excerpts from Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 83
PERFORMERS
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Jakub Fiser, violin Stepan Jezek, violin
Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano in E-flat Major, "Kegelstatt," K. 498
Jiri Pinkas, viola Stepan Dolezal. cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
PROGRAM
ozart's "Kegelstatt" Trio is one of the crown jewels of the chamber repertoire for clarinet. The name comes from a comment that Mozart wrote on the autograph score, which translates roughly that he wrote it while playing "skittles" or bowling.
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String Ouartet No. 13 in G Major, Op. 106 Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) String Ouartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
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2016 - 2017
Goodwin Hall
H
aydn's six Opus 20 string quartets bear the nickname of the "Sun" quartets and stand as the earliest examples of Haydn's maturity as a composer of string quartets. In this quartet, he switches his traditional order of the second and third movements. The dance-inspired movement comes as the second movement and includes a trio in F Major. The third movement stays in F Major and its theme and variations develop in growing intensity. The last movement is a fugue with two subjects or themes with the first theme finishing the movement as a canon between the first violin and the cello. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
Vega String Quartet with William Ransom February 15, 2017
PERFORMERS Elizabeth Fayette, violin
Guang Wang, cello
Jessica Shuang Wu, violin
William Ransom, piano
Yinzi Kong, viola
PROGRAM String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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2016 - 2017
Goodwin Hall
Vienna Piano Trio March 2, 2017
PERFORMERS Stefan Mendl, piano
David McCarroll, violin Matthias Gredler, cello
PROGRAM Piano Trio in G Major, K. 564
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
S
choenberg's Verklarte Nacht is one of the composer's earliest pieces of program music. It was originally conceived as a string sextet that responds musically to a poem by Richard Dehmil about a woman who confesses to her new lover that she is carrying the child of another man. Schoenberg's work is in five sections roughly corresponding to the five stanzas of Dehmil's poem. The music begins by depicting the sorrow of the woman and moves to a neutral passage during which the man reflects on what the woman has confessed. The finale shows the brightness associated with the man's forgiveness of the woman. Schoenberg's obvious debt to Brahms is in the structural logic he applies to the piece. Adapted from original program notes by Dr. Craig Bertolet
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2017 - 2018
Goodwin Hall
The Auryn Quartet
The Auryn Quartet
Trio Valtorna
October 19, 2017
January 31, 2018
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Matthew Lingenfelder, violin
Ida Kavafian, violin
Jens Oppermann, violin
David Jolley, horn
Stewart Eaton, viola
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Andreas Arndt, cello
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80
Twilight Music for Horn, Piano, and Violin
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
John Harbison (b. 1938)
String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94
Trio for Horn, Piano, and Violin in E-flat Major, Op. 40
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) 112
2017 - 2018
Goodwin Hall
Schumann's String Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3 Schumann Quartet
Schumann Quartet March 1, 2018
PERFORMERS Erik Schumann, violin
Liisa Randalu. viola
Ken Schumann, violin
Mark Schumann, cello
PROGRAM String Quartet In E Minor, Op. 59, "Razumovsky No. 2"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters"
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
String Quartet No. 3 In E-flat Minor, Op. 30
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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2018 - 2019
Goodwin Hall
Ensemble Aubade November 14, 2018
PERFORMERS Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, harp & piano
Francis Grimes, viola
PROGRAM Piece de Clavecin en Concert V
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Seven Postcards to Old Friends
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
Quartet No. 1 for Keyboard, Flute, and Viola in A Minor, Wq. 93
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Oxygen Footprint
Karl Henning (b. 1960)
Trio in G Minor, Op. 63
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Ensemble Aubade 114
2018 - 2019
Goodwin Hall
Cuarteto Quiroga
Cuarteto Quiroga
Cortona Trio
February 28, 2019
March 28, 2019
PERFORMERS
PERFORMERS
Aitor Hevia, violin
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin
Cibran Sierra, violin
Julie Albers, cello
Josep Puchades, viola
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Helena Poggio, cello
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
String Quartet Op. 74, No. 3 in G Minor
Piano Trio in B-flat, K. 254
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Major
Cafe Music
Juan Crisostomo Arriaga (1806-1826)
Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947)
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
Piano Trio in A Minor
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
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Auburn Chamber Music Society Past Presidents Marjorie Tyre Sykes, founding president Richard Amacher Wartan Jemian Billly Tamblyn Duke Searcy Robert Greenleaf Dorothy di Orio Renate Latimer Craig Bertolet and Virginia Transue, co-presidents
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