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Strings Celebration: Opening Night

10/17/2013 • 7:30 PM • $70/$54/$37 Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 13 in C minor for Strings (1823) Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major for Strings, Op. 48 (1880) Bartók: Divertimento for Strings, BB 118 (1939)

Aaron Boyd, Nicolas Dautricourt, Kristin Lee, Sean Lee, Yura Lee, Cho-Liang Lin, Ida Kavafian, Arnaud Sussmann, Areta Zhulla, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang, Pierre Lapointe, Richard O’Neill, Steven Tenenbom, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, Dane Johansen, Mihai Marica, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass

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Great Piano Quartets

10/20/2013 • 5:00 PM • $70/$54/$37 10/22/2013 • 7:30 PM • $62/$48/$30 Mozart: Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 493 (1786) Turina: Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 67 (1931) Brahms: Quartet No. 2 in A major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 26 (1861)

Gilbert Kalish, Orion Weiss, piano; Nicolas Dautricourt, Yura Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Keith Robinson, cello

Grand Octets

11/1/2013 • 7:30 PM • $62/$48/$30 Spohr: Double Quartet No. 1 in D minor for Strings, Op. 65 (1823) Shostakovich: Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, Op. 11 (1924-25) Enescu: Octet in C major for Strings, Op. 7 (1900)

Bella Hristova, Soovin Kim, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Areta Zhulla, violin; Yura Lee, Paul Neubauer, viola; Dmitri Atapine, Nicholas Canellakis, cello

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The Virtuoso Clarinetist David Shifrin and Friends 11/19/2013 • 7:30 PM • $62/$48/$30 Pre-Concert Composer Chat: 6:30 PM • Rose Studio Mozart: Adagio in B-flat major for Two Clarinets and Three Basset Horns, K. 411 (1782) Mozart: “Parto! Ma tu ben mio” from La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 for Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, and Piano (1791) Poulenc: Sonata for Two Clarinets (1918, rev. 1945) Stravinsky: Berceuses du chat (Cat’s Cradle Songs) for Voice and Three Clarinets (1915) Liebermann: Four Seasons for Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, and Piano Quartet (2013) (New York Premiere) Theofanidis: Quasi Una Fantasia for Two Clarinets and String Quartet (2013) (New York Premiere) Mendelssohn: Concertpiece No. 1 in F minor for Clarinet, Basset Horn, and Piano, Op. 113 (1832) Mendelssohn: Selected Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano Ponchielli: Il Convegno (The Meeting), Divertimento for Two Clarinets and Strings (1868)

Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Opus One Piano Quartet (Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello); Bella Hristova, violin; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Chad Burrow, Romie de Guise-Langlois, Wai Lau, David Shifrin, Ashley William Smith, clarinet and basset horn

Divine Comedies

11/24/2013 • 5:00 PM • $70/$54/$37 Mozart: Fantasia in D minor for Piano, K. 397 (1782) Fauré: Élégie for Cello and Piano, Op. 24 (1880) Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann in E-flat major for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 23 (1861) Liszt: “Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata” from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie for Piano (1859-61) Smetana: Quartet No. 1 in E minor for Strings, “From My Life” (1876)

Alessio Bax, Soyeon Kate Lee, piano; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Aaron Boyd, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Dane Johansen, cello)

Baroque Collection

12/6/2013 • 7:30 PM • $85/$65/$45 12/8/2013 • 5:00 PM • $85/$65/$45 Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D major for Two Violins, Cello, Strings, and Continuo, Op. 6, No. 1 (pub. 1714) Handel: Trio Sonata in G minor for Oboe, Violin, and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 8 (c. 1719) Gallo: Sonata No. 1 in G major for Two Violins and Continuo (pub. 1780)

Bach: Concerto in C minor for Oboe, Violin, Strings, and Continuo, BWV 1060R (c. 1736) Boismortier: Concerto in D major for Cello and Continuo, Op. 26, No. 6 (1729) Gallo: La Follia in G minor for Two Violins, Viola, and Continuo (c. 1760)

Albinoni: Concerto a cinque in G major for Two Oboes, Strings, and Continuo, Op. 9, No. 6 (1722) Vivaldi: Concerto in E-flat major for Violin, Strings, and Continuo, RV 253, “La tempesta di mare” (1725) Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord; Ani Kavafian, Erin Keefe, Sean Lee, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Colin Carr, cello; Timothy Cobb, double bass; James Austin Smith, Stephen Taylor, oboe

Goldberg Variations

12/10/2013 • 7:30 PM • $85/$65/$45 Bach: Fifteen Sinfonias for Violin, Viola, and Cello, BWV 787-801 (c. 1720, rev. 1723) (arr. Dmitry Sitkovetsky)

Bach: Aria with Thirty Variations for Violin, Viola, and Cello, BWV 988, “Goldberg Variations” (1741) (arr. Dmitry Sitkovetsky) Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin; Yura Lee, Paul Neubauer, viola; Gary Hoffman, Dane Johansen, cello

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Classical Flowering

1/26/2014 • 5:00 PM • $70/$54/$37 Schubert: Trio in B-flat major for Violin, Viola, and Cello, D. 471 (1816) Spohr: Grand Nonetto in F major for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass, Op. 31 (1813) Beethoven: Septet in E-flat major for Winds and Strings, Op. 20 (1799)

Elmar Oliveira, Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Radovan Vlatković, horn

Incredible Decade

This season’s Winter Festival celebrates an extraordinary period of time and three of classical music’s greatest composers. In the decade of 1820-30, Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn composed many of chamber music’s most notable and beloved works.

Eloquent Masterworks The Master Pianist: Pressler at 90

12/14/2013 • 7:30 PM • $85/$65/$45 Schubert: Fantasie in F minor for Piano, Four Hands, D. 940, Op. 103 (1828) Dvořák: Trio in E minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 90, “Dumky” (1890-91) Dvořák: Quintet in A major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, B. 155, Op. 81 (1887)

Menahem Pressler, Wu Han, piano; Daniel Hope, violin; David Finckel, cello; Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Paul Watkins, cello)

Brandenburg Concertos

12/15/2013 • 5:00 PM • $85/$65/$45 12/17/2013 • 7:30 PM • $85/$65/$45 Bach: Complete Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051 (1720)

Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord; Jorja Fleezanis, Joseph Lin, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Daniel Phillips, violin; Paul Neubauer, Cynthia Phelps, viola; Daniel McDonough, Li-Wei Qin, Fred Sherry, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Tara Helen O’Connor, Ransom Wilson, flute; Randall Ellis, James Austin Smith, Stephen Taylor, oboe; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Julia Pilant, Stewart Rose, horn; David Washburn, trumpet

Bach and Beyond

1/12/2014 • 5:00 PM • $70/$54/$37 J.S. Bach: Ricercar in Six Voices from Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) J.C. Bach: Quintet in G major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Continuo, Op. 11, No. 2 (1774) Dittersdorf: Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major for Strings, K. 195 (1789) C.P.E. Bach: Concerto in A major for Cello and Strings, W. 172 (1753) Boccherini: Quintet in C major for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, G. 324, “La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid” (1780) Mozart: Divertimento in D major for Oboe, Two Horns, and Strings, K. 251 (1776)

Gabriel Shuford, harpsichord; Mark Holloway, viola; Andreas Brantelid, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violin; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello); Sooyun Kim, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Julie Landsman, Jennifer Montone, horn

Haydn & Mozart Quartets

2/7/2014 • 7:30 PM • $70/$54/$37 Beethoven: Sonata in A-flat major for Piano, Op. 110 (1821-22) Schubert: Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano, D. 821, “Arpeggione” (1824) Mendelssohn: Quintet No. 1 in A major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, Op. 18 (1826, rev. 1832)

Alessio Bax, piano; Shmuel Ashkenasi, Pamela Frank, violin; Benjamin Beilman, Yura Lee, viola; Andreas Brantelid, cello

Beethoven Reflected

2/9/2014 • 5:00 PM • $70/$54/$37 Beethoven: Quartet in F minor for Strings, Op. 95, “Serioso” (1810-11) Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Strings, Op. 13 (1827) Beethoven: Quartet in A minor for Strings, Op. 132 (1825)

Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin; Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola; Fredrik Sjölin, cello)

Masterpieces for Eight

2/23/2014 • 5:00 PM • $70/$54/$37 2/25/2014 • 7:30 PM • $70/$54/$37 Schubert: Octet in F major for Winds and Strings, D. 803 (1824) Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat major for Strings, Op. 20 (1825)

Ani Kavafian, Erin Keefe, Sean Lee, Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; David Aaron Carpenter, Richard O’Neill, viola; Jakob Koranyi, Mihai Marica, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; David Shifrin, clarinet; Bram van Sambeek, bassoon; Radovan Vlatković, horn

Transcendence

3/2/2014 • 5:00 PM • $70 (prime – Limited availability)/$54/$37 Schubert: Notturno in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, D. 897, Op. 148 (1828) Beethoven: Quartet in F major for Strings, Op. 135 (1826) Schubert: Quintet in C major for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, D. 956, Op. 163 (1828)

Gilbert Kalish, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Paul Watkins, cello; Miró Quartet (Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violin; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello)

Emotion Unbound

1/21/2014 • 7:30 PM • $62 (prime – Limited availability)/$48/$30 Mozart: Quartet in C major for Strings, K. 157 (1772-73) Mozart: Quartet in F major for Strings, K. 590, “Prussian” (1790) Haydn: Quartet in G minor for Strings, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob. III:33 (1772) Haydn: Quartet in D major for Strings, Op. 76, No. 5, Hob. III:79 (1797)

3/7/2014 • 7:30 PM • $62/$48/$30 Dvořák: Terzetto in C major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74 (1887) Schumann: Trio No. 2 in F major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 80 (1847) Dohnányi: Quintet No. 1 in C minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 1 (1895)

Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello)

Juho Pohjonen, piano; Kristin Lee, Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello

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Russian Twilight

3/18/2014 • 7:30 PM • $62/$48/$30 Scriabin: Five Preludes for Piano, Op. 16 (1894-95) Rachmaninov: Two Movements for String Quartet (1889) Arensky: Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35 (1894) Taneyev: Quintet in G minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 30 (1910-11)

Wu Han, piano; David Finckel, cello; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Aaron Boyd, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Dane Johansen, cello)

French Revelations

An Evening with Schumann

4/27/2014 • 5:00 PM • $70/$54/$37 R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73 (1849) R. Schumann: Quartet in A minor for Strings, Op. 41, No. 1 (1842) R. Schumann: Selections from Fantasiestücke for Piano, Op. 12 (1837) C. Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 (1853) R. Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in A minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 105 (1851)

Inon Barnatan, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello); Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet

3/21/2014 • 7:30 PM • $62/$48/$30 Ravel: Jeux d’eau for Piano (1901) Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp (1915) Roussel: Serenade for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 30 (1925) Françaix: Quintet No. 1 for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp (1934) Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915) Jongen: Deux pièces en trio for Flute, Cello, and Harp, Op. 80 (1925) Tournier: Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 34 (1928)

Music from Three Centuries

Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Sooyun Kim, flute; Bridget Kibbey, harp

Inon Barnatan, piano; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Torleif Thedéen, cello; David Shifrin, clarinet

Romantic Transformations

5/16/2014 • 7:30 PM • $62/$48/$30 5/18/2014 • 5:00 PM • $70/$54/$37 Mendelssohn: Selected Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words) for Piano Mendelssohn: Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, Op. 87 (1845) Brahms: Selected Intermezzos for Piano Brahms: Quintet in G major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, Op. 111 (1890)

3/30/2014 • 5:00 PM • $70/$54/$37 Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet (1905) Berg: Quartet for Strings, Op. 3 (1910) Bartók & Ives: Selected Songs (1887-1929) Elgar: Quintet in A minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 84 (1918-19)

Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Amphion String Quartet (Katie Hyun, David Southorn, violin; Wei-Yang Andy Lin, viola; Mihai Marica, cello)

Destination America: 20th Century Masters

5/6/2014 • 7:30 PM • $62/$48/$30 Brahms: Sonata in E-flat major for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120, No. 2 (1894) Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 (1914) Zhou Long: New Work for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Piano (2013) (CMS Co-Commission, U.S. Premiere)

Schumann: Trio No. 3 in G minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 110 (1851)

Mendelssohn & Brahms

Gilbert Kalish, piano; Shmuel Ashkenasi, Philip Setzer, violin; Richard O’Neill, Arnaud Sussmann, viola; Paul Watkins, cello

4/6/2014 • 5:00 PM • $70/$54/$37 Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, Sz. 111, BB 116 (1938) Ives: Largo for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1934) Prokofiev: Sonata in D major for Violin and Piano, Op. 94a (1943, arr. 1944)

Gloria Chien, Wu Han, piano; Daniel Hope, Yura Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello; Romie de GuiseLanglois, clarinet

Quartet for the End of Time

4/11/2014 • 7:30 PM • $62/$48/$30 Jalbert: Visual Abstract for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, and Percussion (2002) Carter: Esprit rude/esprit doux II for Flute, Clarinet, and Marimba (1995) Widmann: Fantasie for Clarinet (1993) Rautavaara: Variations for Five Quintet No. 2 for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos (2013) (CMS Co-Commission, New York Premiere) Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano (1940-41)

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