Auburn Chamber Music Society Celebrating the Music Volume One

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)

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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)

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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.

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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

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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

31

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.

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32

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

34

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).

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36

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

43

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."

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49

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

54

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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2009 - 2010

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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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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

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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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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)

101

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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2012 - 2013

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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

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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)

105

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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.

M

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)

110

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)

113

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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