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EMERSON STRING QUARTET tuesday September 19, 2023
SCHUMANN QUARTET* Tuesday February 13, 2024
JERUSALEM QUARTET
CASTALIAN STRING QUARTET
Tuesday October 10, 2023
thursday February 29, 2024
QUATUOR MODIGLIANI with ROMAN RABINOVICH
FAURÉ PIANO QUARTET
tuesday November 14, 2023
tuesday March 19, 2024
QUATUOR ÉBÈNE THE KING’S SINGERS Special Holiday Concert
tuesday April 9, 2024
TuEsday December 12, 2023
HAN – SETZER – FINCKEL PIANO TRIO
Emerging Young Ensemble
tuesday April 30, 2024
of the 2023-2024 Season tuesday January 23, 2024
* CMH DEBUT
BALOURDET QUARTET*
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Dear Friends, Chamber Music Houston’s 64th Season brings a series of stories told through the music, as lines in motion, each with a diversity of style, rhythm and texture. Composer Karim Al-Zand inspired us with his CMHcommissioned lines in motion, recently given its world premiere for us by the Merz Trio. Another commissioned new work by Al-Zand awaits us next season, with the awardwinning young Balourdet Quartet, formed at the Shepherd School, in its CMH début. The stories we will share with you are written by nineteen composers: from the Classical period with Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn; through the Romantic and Post-Romantic periods of Smetana, Dvořák, Grieg, and Debussy; on to the Modern period of the 20th century with Stravinsky and Britten; and up to Contemporary composers of today with Karim Al-Zand and Sarah Kirkland Snider. The storytellers are ten superb ensembles, including nine string ensembles, three with piano, and The King’s Singers in a special holiday concert. The quartets returning to the CMH stage are Jerusalem, Modigliani, Castalian, Fauré, and Ébène. The Balourdet Quartet and the Schumann Quartet will make its CMH début. Our season finale will feature some of the best storytellers – Wu Han, Philip Setzer, and David Finckel! Last but certainly not least, we are delighted to announce that the legendary Emerson String Quartet will grace us for one more performance, a CMH special, as their tribute to a beloved Houston audience and to friendships forged over the decades. The lines are in motion – come and experience these stories with us!
KERRYN BOOTH Executive Director Special thanks to the following organizations for their support.
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EMERSON STRING QUARTET Tuesday, September 19, 2023 Works by Mendelssohn and Beethoven With a New Work by Sarah Kirkland Snider, Commissioned for the Emerson String Quartet’s Retirement Offered by these legendary artists in tribute to a beloved Houston audience and to friendships forged over the decades.
“America’s greatest quartet.” TIME MAGAZINE
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JERUSALEM QUARTET Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Haydn
Quartet in E-flat op.76/6
Paul Ben-Haim
Quartet #1 op.21 (1937)
Debussy
Quartet in G minor
“An absolute triumph. Their playing has absolutely everything you could wish for.” BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
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QUATUOR MODIGLIANI with ROMAN RABINOVICH, piano Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Stravinsky
Three Pieces for String Quartet
Beethoven
Quartet #7 in F op.59/1
Schumann
Piano Quintet in E-flat major op.44
“A gripping and persuasive performance, played with awesome individual and communal brilliance.” THE STRAD
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THE KING’S SINGERS Special Holiday Concert TuEsday, December 12, 2023 The King’s Singers have represented the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages for over fifty years. They are renowned for their unrivalled technique, versatility and skill in performance, and for their consummate musicianship, drawing both on the group’s rich heritage and its pioneering spirit to create an extraordinary wealth of original works and unique collaborations. “Subversive and open-minded beneath a honeyed veneer … The King’s Singers sound is immediately distinctive, in any repertoire.” THE GUARDIAN This concert is a special offering in addition to the nine-concert season. Purchase with your season subscription or CYO package for preferential pricing.
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BALOURDET QUARTET Emerging Young Ensemble of the 2023-2024 Season Tuesday, January 23, 2024 This brilliant ensemble is shining brightly with Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild and the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition! Formed at the Shepherd School of Music in 2018, these young performers are coming home for their CMH debut. Haydn
Quartet in C op.33/3 “Bird”
Nielsen
Quartet #1 in G minor
Al-Zand
Quartet #4, “Strange Machines” (2022)
Mendelssohn
Quartet #4 in E minor op.44/2
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SCHUMANN QUARTET Tuesday, February 13., 2024 Mozart
Quartet in A K.464
Janá ek
Quartet #1 “Kreutzer Sonata”
Beethoven
Quartet in E-flat op.127
“Fire and energy. The Schumann Quartet plays staggeringly well…with sparkling virtuosity and a willingness to astonish” HARALD EGGEBRECHT IN SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
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CASTALIAN STRING QUARTET Thursday, February 29, 2024
Haydn
Quartet in A op.20/6
Britten
Quartet #3 op.94 (1975)
Beethoven
Quartet in B-flat op.130
“full of poetry, joy and sorrow” and “realised to such perfection.” THE OBSERVER
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FAURÉ PIANO QUARTET Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Schubert
Adagio & Rondo Concertante in F D.487
Dvo ák
Piano Quartet #2 in E-flat B.162
Enescu
Piano Quartet #1 in D op.16
“the German foursome played on an almost superhuman level of tonal refinement, technical and ensemble precision, and expressive generosity.” DALLAS NEWS, SCOTT CANTRELL
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QUATUOR ÉBÈNE Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Mozart
Quartet in D K.575
Schnittke
Quartet #3 (1983)
Grieg
Quartet #1 in G minor op.27
“a mix of soft elegance, joie de vivre and exquisite tuning – as gorgeous as any ensemble in recent memory.” THE STRAD, BRUCE HODGES
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WU HAN, PHILIP SETZER, and DAVID FINCKEL PIANO TRIO Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Debussy
Piano Trio in G
Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor op.15
Mendelssohn
Piano Trio #2 in C minor op.66
“The music unfolded like a spontaneous, heady conversation among three intimate friends.” CHICAGO CLASSICAL REVIEW
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The Music of Friends
The English composer and pianist, Richard Walthew, described chamber music as “the music of friends.” Over 60 years ago, a group of friends playing quartets in their homes made the decision to create Houston Friends of Music with the intent of bringing the very best string quartets from the concert halls of Europe and New York to perform for Houston audiences. Imagine what Houston was like in 1960. With a population of less than one million, central air conditioning was found in fewer than half of all homes. NASA did not exist in Houston, nor did the Astrodome, and there was only one airport. While the Houston Symphony was 47 years old, the Houston Grand Opera was only five years old. There were no other professional classical music organizations in Houston at that time. Beginning with a four-concert season at an extremely reasonable rate of $6 ($3 for students), Houston Friends of Music presented the Hungarian Quartet and many more world-renowned ensembles. After more than ten years of presenting events in the Cullen Auditorium at the University of Houston, Houston Friends of Music moved to Rice University’s Hamman Hall until the Shepherd School of Music building was built in 1991. Stude Concert Hall has been the home to Chamber Music Houston events for the past three decades, and with a couple of name changes over the years, Chamber Music Houston continues to provide a nine-concert season of world class chamber music performances. Houston has now become a hub of cultural activity, with a full calendar of activities in the arts. Chamber Music Houston is proud to have been a pioneer in this successful endeavor. Today’s Board of Directors, as passionate and dedicated as the founding group of friends, is committed to the mission of presenting world-renowned chamber music to a broad audience for their enjoyment, education and cultural enrichment.
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