CHAMBER MUSIC

September 20 . 3PM

CALDER QUARTET

Intimate Letters

Benjamin Jacobson, violin Andrew Bulbrook, violin Jonathan Moerschel, viola Eric Byers, cello Inspired by innovative American visual artist Alexander Calder, the Calder Quartet challenges the conventions of chamber music. Their insightful pairings of the traditional and the contemporary are designed to foster a broad understanding of chamber music. Janácek’s Quartet No. 2 (“Intimate Letters”) is an expression of the composer’s impassioned correspondence with his own “immortal beloved, ” a young married woman named Kamila. Its phrases have a spoken quality, rendering Janácek’s inner obsessions in unsparing, vivid detail. The program also will feature Stravinsky’s “Three Pieces” and Schubert’s Quartet in G Major. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL

$37 ($30 WHEN YOU BUY 5 OR MORE PERFORMANCES) October 9 . 8PM

ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Kenneth Sillito, violin and leader Harvey de Souza, violin Jennifer Godson, violin Martin Burgess, violin Robert Smissen, viola Duncan Ferguson, viola Stephen Orton, cello John Heley, cello The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble was created in 1967 to perform larger chamber works — from quintets to octets — with players who customarily work together, instead of the usual string quartet with additional guests. Drawn from the principal players of The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Chamber Ensemble tours as a string octet, string sextet and in other configurations including winds. Repertoire for this concert will be Brahms’s Sextet in B-Flat Major, op. 18; Shostakovich’s Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, op. 11; and Mendelssohn’s Octet for Strings in Eb-Major, op. 20. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL

$42 ($34 WHEN YOU BUY 5 OR MORE PERFORMANCES)

CALDER QUARTET PHOTO BY TYLER BOYE

Can we hold fast to our roots while we embrace new ideas?

February 24 . 8PM

MARK O’CONNOR SOLO VIOLIN RECITAL

A tribute to the world of American violin, the performance will feature Mark’s own caprice compositions based on the Paganini caprices; tributes to his mentors, the famed jazz violinist Stefan Grappelli and legendary Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson; ragtime and bluegrass selections; and improvisations. The concert will culminate with Mark’s rendition of the Appalachia Waltz. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL

$37 ($30 WHEN YOU BUY 5 OR MORE PERFORMANCES)

February 28 . 3PM

ORLANDO CONSORT

Amore: Love and Marriage in the Italian Renaissance

Matthew Venner, countertenor Mark Dobell, tenor Angus Smith, tenor Donald Greig, baritone These early music vocal specialists return to the Center, bringing their impeccable skill, their charm and their expansive approach to the repertoire. This special program will cover a range of amorous moods, from medieval courtly love to religious ecstasy, from totally explicit songs to a celebration of marriage. Allan Kozinn of the New York Times has described their performance as a model of “focused intonation and textural transparency. ” GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL

$37 ($30 WHEN YOU BUY 5 OR MORE PERFORMANCES)

SEE PAGE 34 FOR DETAILS. March 5 . 8PM

PEABODY TRIO

Violaine Melançon, violin Natasha Brofsky, cello Seth Knopp, piano Based at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, the Peabody Trio has established itself as an important presence in the chamber music world — vivid interpreters of the classics of the repertoire, advocates for new music and dedicated teachers and mentors to a generation of young musicians. Their program includes Beethoven’s Variations in G Major, op. 121a “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu”; Ives’s Trio; Mendelssohn’s Trio No. 1 in D Minor, op. 49 and a programmed encore: Thierry De Mey’s Musique de tables. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL

$37 ($30 WHEN YOU BUY 5 OR MORE PERFORMANCES)

Music in Mind

FOR MORE ABOUT THESE PERFORMANCES VISIT PAGES 14 AND 15.

October 4 . 3PM UM SCHOOL OF MUSIC: MUSIC IN MIND

A WIDER CIRCLE: THE SPIRIT OF FOLK MUSIC

November 13 . 8PM UM SCHOOL OF MUSIC: MUSIC IN MIND

AM I TOO LOUD? A BOW TO COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE

February 7 . 3PM UM SCHOOL OF MUSIC: MUSIC IN MIND

AMERICAN VOICES

March 28 . 3PM UM SCHOOL OF MUSIC: MUSIC IN MIND

GUARNERI & FRIENDS

MARK O’CONNOR PHOTO BY JIM McGUIRE