Quintets 63rd Season
2022/23
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Dear Friends, We are so pleased to share our 2022–2023 season with you! Preparations for this amazing season began over two years ago, at a time when our lives were forever impacted by a pandemic. The beauty of the 2022–2023 season is attributed to the perseverance and meticulous selection by the CMH Artistic Directors, our Board of Directors, in planning this season for you, in honor of the resilience of music audiences everywhere. Highlights of our 63rd season include seven quintets: Brahms, Shostakovich, Dohnányi, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn — quintets for piano, for winds, and strings! For these, celebrated guests will lend us their artistry: pianists Garrick Ohlsson and Roman Rabinovich and violist Matthew Lipman. The wind ensemble of the renowned Academy of St Martin in the Fields will offer us two quintets for winds and piano. This nine-concert season also features the premiere of a new piano trio by Shepherd School of music composer Karim Al-Zand, co-commissioned by Chamber Music Houston for this season’s Emerging Young Ensemble, the Merz Piano Trio. New to our series: the British vocal ensemble Voces8 and, from Poland, the Apollon Musagète Quartet. And making a welcome return to our Houston stage: the Pavel Haas Quartet from Prague, Cuarteto Casals from Barcelona, and the USA’s own Escher Quartet, Calidore Quartet, and the legendary Emerson String Quartet in its farewell season. There is so much to be enjoyed here and we look forward to experiencing it all with you! Sincerely,
KERRYN BOOTH Executive Director
Special thanks to the following organizations for their support.
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ESCHER QUARTET with ROMAN RABINOVICH, piano Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Haydn
Quartet in D major op.71/2
Dohnányi
Piano Quintet in C minor op.1
Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor op.34
“Escher Quartet demonstrated committed, sincere playing throughout, with a passionate but sophisticated interpretation of each work” THE STRAD
“The elegance and liveliness of Rabinovich’s keyboard style are, indeed, a joy to listen to...” MISHA DONAT, BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
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APOLLON MUSAGÈTE QUARTET with GARRICK OHLSSON, piano Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Bach
Selections from The Art of Fugue
Penderecki
Quartet #3 Leaves from an Unwritten Diary
Shostakovich
Piano Quintet op.57
“If Apollo had played the violin instead of the lyre, this is exactly how it would have sounded.”
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
“…Ohlsson’s every phrase illuminated important aspects of this rich body of piano music, amplifying the sheer joy…”
SAN DIEGO STORY
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VOCES8 Tuesday, November 1, 2022
A diverse a cappella program of contemporary and classical song, to be announced.
“The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word ‘ensemble’ with meticulous timing and tuning.” GRAMOPHONE
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EMERSON STRING QUARTET Thursday, December 8, 2022 Mozart
Quartet in D minor K.421
Mendelssohn
Quartet #1 in E-flat major op.12
Brahms
Quartet #3 in B-flat major op.67
“…everything we have come to expect from this superb ensemble: technically resourceful, musically insightful, cohesive, full of character and always interesting.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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MERZ PIANO TRIO Tuesday, January 17, 2023 CHAMBER MUSIC HOUSTON’S EMERGING YOUNG ENSEMBLE OF THE 2022-2023 SEASON
Rachmaninoff
Piano Trio (Trio élégiaque) #1 in G minor
Al-Zand
New work—CMH co-commission
Shostakovich
Piano Trio #1 op.8
Brahms
Piano Trio #2 in C major op.87
“Riveting” … “stunning virtuosity and ensemble work” … “fresh and surprising interpretations”
SUSAN PENA, READING EAGLE
“The trio’s playing is impeccably elegant, earmarked by unmannered musicianship and sui generis stylistic versatility.” RAFAEL DE ACHA, ALL ABOUT THE ARTS
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CUARTETO CASALS Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Haydn
Quartet in E-flat major op.20/1 (“Sun”)
Ligeti
Quartet #1 Métamorphoses nocturnes
Schubert
Quartet in D minor (“Death and the Maiden”)
“No other quartet can match this group’s four-voiced marriage” (WIGMORE HALL, LONDON) BY THE INDEPENDENT
“…virile, clean, surging with expression, the Cuarteto Casals’ sound is so arresting that any scientist would be itching to put it under the microscope.” GEOFF BROWN, THE TIMES (LONDON)
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PAVEL HAAS QUARTET Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Suk
Meditation on St. Václav Chorale
Korngold
Quartet #3 in D major op.34
Dvorák
Quartet in G major B.192
“There’s a special pleasure in watching a seasoned string quartet at the top of their game.”
THE TIMES (LONDON)
“The attention to detail that they displayed was admirable in its own right, but all the more so for the way in which it was complemented by thoughtful, often original, interpretation and crafting.” SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL
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ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS WIND ENSEMBLE Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Reinecke
Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano in A minor op.188
Mozart
Quintet for Winds and Piano in E-flat K.452
Brahms
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E-flat op.120/2
Beethoven
Quintet for Winds and Piano in E-flat op.16
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields was founded by Sir Neville Marriner in 1958 and is currently led by Music Director Joshua Bell. Members of London’s famous chamber orchestra, the Academy’s Wind Ensemble will be performing with pianist and conductor Simon Crawford-Phillips.
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CALIDORE QUARTET with MATTHEW LIPMAN, viola Tuesday, May 2, 2023 Smetana
String Quartet #1 From my life
Mozart
String Quintet in C major K.515
Mendelssohn
String Quintet in B-flat major op.87
“The recorded sound is translucent and upfront but the individual players repeatedly find a sweetness of expression”
GRAMOPHONE
“…the Calidores were remarkable for the precision of their expression, their understated but relentless intensity…”
LOS ANGELES TIMES
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S E AS O N A T A G L A N C E
ESCHER QUARTET WITH ROMAN RABINOVICH* tuesday September 20, 2022
MERZ PIANO TRIO* tuesday January 17, 2023
CUARTETO CASALS APOLLON MUSAGÈTE QUARTET WITH GARRICK OHLSSON* Tuesday October 11, 2022
VOCES8*
Tuesday february 21, 2023
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET tuesday March 21, 2023
tuesday November 1, 2022
ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS WIND ENSEMBLE*
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
tuesday April 11, 2023
Thursday December 8, 2022
CALIDORE QUARTET WITH MATTHEW LIPMAN* tuesday May 2, 2023
* CMH DEBUT
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