melvin kaplan inc.
2015–2016 artist list
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For more than fifty years, Melvin Kaplan Inc. has represented many of the world’s most imaginative musicians, specializing in the best chamber music and soloists. We are often asked what sets our artists apart, and we’ve realized that it’s because we expect the artists to be absolutely true to what drives them and to constantly strive to create innovative programs, special projects, and unique collaborations. It is with great pride that we use our own imaginations and musical backgrounds to help all of our artists dream up groundbreaking programs and travel unfamiliar paths. We encourage you to explore the following pages so that you too can experience what makes them so distinctive. 2
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John Zion
Over the past six decades, Mel Kaplan has become one of the most influential forces in classical music, both as a manager and performer, building Melvin Kaplan Inc. into the respected firm that it is today. We are pleased to announce that following the 2015-16 season John Zion will assume the role as President of Melvin Kaplan Inc. Until then, Mel Kaplan will continue in the role as President with John acting as Managing Director. John joined MKI in 2008 and was recognized last year by Musical America as one of the “Rising Stars in the Performing Arts.” Mel Kaplan says, “I felt that the mixture of his inventive ideas and natural instincts for the business were so perfect that I immediately could see it might be possible for him to take over the business.” John has a clear vision of where he wants to take the company in the future: “I’m deeply honored to continue working with all of our extraordinary artists, while continuing to expand our roster and activities. Above all, I’m committed to maintaining the artistic integrity and passion for music that Mel has always brought to this business and that has made it unique.”
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North America American String Quartet Ariel Quartet Dover Quartet Fine Arts Quartet Gryphon Trio Hermitage Piano Trio New Orford String Quartet New York Chamber Soloists Pacifica Quartet Ying Quartet
Europe Borciani String Quartet Competition Winner | October 1-11, 2015 Quatuor Danel - France |
February 12-28, 2016
Leipzig String Quartet - Germany | January 22-February 15, 2016 Meccorre Quartet - Poland | March 4-16, 2016 Pasquier Trio - France | April 8-24, 2016 Talich Quartet - Czech Republic | November 5-22, 2015
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Orion Weiss Rachel Barton Pine Menahem Pressler Jennifer Grim
Mozart Orchestra of New York New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra
Salzburg Marionette Theater January 25-March 16, 2016
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Inaugurate Representing the thrilling moment when a new ensemble bursts on the scene, full of hope and brimming with talent, the Ariel, Dover, and Meccorre Quartets have won a host of prestigious international prizes.
Ariel Quartet
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In January 2014, the Ariel Quartet was awarded the Cleveland Quartet Award by Chamber Music America. Recent highlights include two recordsetting performances of the complete Beethoven cycle, performed – for the first time ever – before all the members of a quartet turned thirty; a series of performances with the superstar cellist Alisa Weilerstein; a performance at New York’s 92nd Street Y; a collaborative concert with the brilliant pianist Orion Weiss; and three residencies for the Perlman Music Program.
Cleveland Quartet Award “... a blazing, larger-thanlife performance that seemed to celebrate the triumph of the human spirit…” -The Washington Post
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Dover Quartet Banff International String Quartet Competition “The young American string quartet of the moment.” - The New Yorker
*** The Dover Quartet made history when it swept the Banff International String Quartet Competition in September 2013, winning not only the Grand Prize but all three Special Prizes as well. Since then the Quartet has exploded onto the international scene, becoming one of the most in-demand groups performing today with over a hundred concerts scheduled during the 2014-15 season throughout North America and Europe.
Borciani String Quartet Competition Having launched the career of almost every major European quartet in the past 15 years, we’re honored to be able to tour the winner in North America. The Competition (this edition held in June 2014) takes place in every three years in Reggio Emilia, Italy, with a dozen leading young quartets from around the world vying for the grand prize that includes €20,000 and tours of Europe, Japan, and the United States.
Meccorre Quartet Judged by the most influential musicians performing today, the Borciani Competition is the most important European string quartet competition; past winners include the Artemis and Pavel Haas Quartets. The Meccorre Quartet, from Poland, won top prizes at the 2011 Borciani Competition, followed quickly by a second-place win at the Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition.
Borciani String Quartet Competition and Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition “...burnished-toned serenity.” -The Strad
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Immortalize
The complete Beethoven string quartet cycle offers for every audience a time of deep reflection and an understanding of the pieces considered by many to be the pinnacle of the quartet form.
Beethoven Cycle: The Sixteen Quartets This series brings a refreshing variety to the Beethoven works and imposes a unifying purpose on the parade of quartets.”
- The New York Times
“... a sure-fire programming device…”
-The Washington Post
“This Beethoven series is one of the most interesting innovations of the season.”
-The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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The sixteen quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven provide a complete picture of this great composer’s development over the course of his creative life. For a number of years, we have been offering a presentation of the complete Beethoven Quartets in six concerts, featuring three quartets from North America and three from Europe—an exceptional journey for any audience. The concerts can be presented over the course of a single season or divided into two seasons with three concerts in each, at a total fee of $45,000-$65,000, depending on routing and the artists involved.
Recent Cycles include:
Metropolitan Museum of Art National Gallery of Art Seattle Symphony University of Florida Candlelight Concerts - Columbia, MD Friends of Chamber Music - Portland, OR The Da Camera Society - Los Angeles, CA Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, CA 9
Ignite The devastating upheaval of World War I represented the transformational moment when Romanticism and Impressionism were confronted by Modernism and Expressionism, and sparked one of the most thrilling and diverse periods in composition.
World War One Centennial Project We are offering a sequence of five programs timed to coincide with the World War I centennial, with one program scheduled each season between 201415 and 2018-19. Performed by five different string quartets - Ariel, American, Ying, Dover and Pacifica each program features works written during just one year of the war that would be performed exactly one hundred years after their composition. Each program is also available by itself or in a smaller combination.
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1914 Ariel Quartet with Orion Weiss Schulhoff: Divertimento for String Quartet, Op. 14 Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet ****** Dohnányi: Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 26
1915 American String Quartet with Roberto and Andrés Díaz Villa-Lobos: Quartet No. 1 Ives: Quartet No. 2 ****** Korngold: Sextet in D major, Op. 10
1916 Ying Quartet with Adam Neiman Bridge: Two Old English Songs for String Quartet Bartók: Suite for Piano, Op. 14 ****** Hanson: Concerto da Camera Delius: String Quartet
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1917 Dover Quartet Tailleferre: Quartet Bart贸k: Quartet No. 2 ****** Loeffler: Music for Four Stringed Instruments
1918 Pacifica Quartet Saint-Sa毛ns: Quartet No. 2 Hindemith: Quartet No. 2 ****** Elgar: Quartet in E minor, Op. 83
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Around the Great War - Gryphon Trio Rebecca Clarke: Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano Charles Ives: Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano ****** Ravel: Trio in A minor
Black Mass - Orion Weiss, piano Granados: Goyescas ****** Janácek: In the Mists Scriabin: Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, “Black Mass”
The Great Wars - Hermitage Piano Trio John Ireland: Trio No. 2 in E Major (1917) Ravel: Trio in A minor (1914) ****** Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (1944)
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Influence The Pacifica Quartet and Rachel Barton Pine have both delved deeply into the complete output of a composer’s works. Each artist’s projects explore the music that influenced the composers when creating some of their most important works.
Carter in Context: Pacifica Quartet The Pacifica Quartet captivated audiences in New York, London, Tokyo, Chicago, and San Francisco with single-concert performances of Elliott Carter’s cycle of five quartets. The performances attracted headlines, with critics calling the groundbreaking concerts “brilliant” and “astonishing.” The Quartet maintained a close relationship with Carter until his death in 2012, and is offering a special project commemorating Elliott Carter’s life featuring three programs that trace the arc of his career. The project begins with a program focusing on his neo-classical beginnings, moves to his dramatic break from that style, and concludes with a program featuring his final quartet. Each of the programs feature repertoire that is related conceptually to Carter’s musical development, that is representative of one of the three periods from his life, and that
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places his quartet in a larger musical context.
Program I: Beginnings (1908-1950) Opening with a work written by Carter in his early neo-classical style, the program also includes the first quartet by Charles Ives – who was one of Carter’s most important influences – and Shostakovich’s third quartet, written the same year as Carter’s Elegy.
Elliott Carter 1908-2012
Carter: Elegy Ives: Quartet No. 1 ******
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3
Program II: Turning Point (1951-1995) Both Carter and Beethoven made dramatic changes to their compositional style that marked the end of their early periods and that made a revolutionary break from the kind of music being written by their contemporaries. The two pieces featured on this program are representative of that turning point. Carter: Quartet No. 1 ******
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1
Program III: Last Words (1995-2012) The final program features Carter’s last quartet along with two fragments he wrote in his final years paired with the last quartets of Mendelssohn and Beethoven. Carter: Two Fragments for String Quartet Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 80 ******
Carter: Quartet No. 5 Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 135
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Bach & Before Rachel Barton Pine Hailed as the zenith of solo violin repertoire, Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas are divided between these back-to-back programs that are performed and interspersed with works by composers who lived just before Bach and influenced his compositions. In addition to this project, Rachel recently recorded the complete Mozart violin concertos with Sir Neville Mariner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and continues to perform with major orchestras around the world.
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Program I: Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor Baltzar: Prelude in G major Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor ***** Pisendel: Sonata in A minor Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor
Program II: Westhoff: Suite in A major Biber: Passacaglia in G minor Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor ***** Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C major Bach: Partita No. 3 in E major
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Inspire The Salzburg Marionette Theater is the oldest and most renowned company of its kind in the world, and, as one of the only touring marionette theaters, has brought this rare, magical art form to countless people worldwide for generations.
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“In an age of ubiquitous digital animation, it remains one of the most elegant advocates of marionettes’ ability to communicate with audiences in a number of idioms, ranging from children’s comedies to spoken theater and opera.” - The New York Times
Salzburg Marionette Theater
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Tour: January 25-March 16, 2016 The legendary Salzburg Marionette Theater, which recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, returns in 2015-16, bringing Alice in Wonderland, The Sound of Music, The Barber of Seville, and a new version of Peter and the Wolf featuring puppets on short strings held in front of the curtain, which allows the audience a unique perspective on the inner workings of their dazzling craft.
La Boîte à Joujoux The brilliant pianist Orion Weiss is teaming up with the Marionette Theater to present a program that includes Schumann’s Papillons and Debussy’s La Boîte à Joujoux (“The Toy Box”), with Orion performing on stage together with four masterful puppeteers.
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Invent The idea of using music as a reflection of one’s times is as old as music itself. Our artists have a long and successful history of commissioning relevant and accessible works from contemporary composers.
LifeMusic Ying Quartet For the past fifteen years, the Ying Quartet has offered the groundbreaking project LifeMusic which commissions important contemporary American composers to write a work inspired by life in modern America. With the support of the Institute of American Music, the Quartet commissions two works per year, one each from an established and an emerging composer.
Awakening (2012) – Billy Childs
“The idea of LifeMusic grows directly from the experience of the Ying Quartet. Our mission has always been twofold: to make classical music a relevant and vital part of American culture in all its diversity, and to do so with the highest standards of artistic integrity. Whether we are performing in Carnegie Hall or the White House, teaching at the Eastman School of Music or spending a week in Helena, Montana, the Quartet is committed to exploring the many ways in which great music can impact and transform our daily lives.”
Quartet No. 2, “Concussion Theory” (2013) – Kenji Bunch
- Phillip Ying
Each composer is asked to write a quartet that is inspired by some dimension of the American experience – perhaps a literary, historical, or musical source, or a significant and enduring issue. LifeMusic works are intended to be suitable both in the concert hall and in community settings. Select previous works include: Dark Vigil of Youth (1999) – Kevin Puts The Village Street Quartet (2000) – Paquito d’Rivera Eagle at Sunrise (2001) – Augusta Read Thomas Icefield Sonnets (2004) – Pierre Jalbert ...but not simpler… (2005) – Tod Machover Quartet No. 6 “Addio” (2009) - Richard Danielpour Three Rags for String Quartet (2010) – John Novacek
Quartet No. 8, “Sylvia’s Diary” (2014) – Lera Auerbach
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New Music by Living Composers
Mohammed Fairouz: Violin Concerto “Al-Andalus” Rachel Barton Pine The Arab-American composer Mohammed Fairouz previously wrote a violin sonata inspired by the Arab Spring for Rachel Barton Pine and has now written a large-scale violin concerto for her that was premiered with the Alabama Symphony under the direction of Fawzi Haimor. The epic first movement is inspired by an account of a poet-philosopher from the 9th century - the first person to make a significant attempt at flight. The slow movement is based on a love treatise written in 1082, and the wild and fast last movement draws on a homoerotic poem from 1205.
Christopher Rouse: Seeing (Concerto for piano and orchestra) Orion Weiss Commissioned for Emanuel Ax and the New York Philharmonic, Orion Weiss had the pleasure of making the first recording of this fascinating work together with David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony. Orion has a close relationship with Emanuel Ax, who was his teacher at the Juilliard School, and Orion now has the privilege of touring this wonderful work throughout the world. Seeing, a monumental work for piano and orchestra, is an explanation of the music and mental illnesses of Robert Schumann and Skip Spence (of the band Moby Grape).
György Kurtág: Impromptu—al Ongherese for solo piano Menahem Pressler A piece written by one of the giants of modern composition for one of the giants of modern pianism, György Kurtag’s Impromptu—al Ongherese is a tribute to Menahem Pressler’s remarkable career. “György Kurtág is one of the most important composers of the day and one of the finest musicians I know,” Pressler said. “I love him, respect him, fear him.”
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Inflate These artists combine forces with more than one additional musician to offer larger-scale and lesser-heard works, pushing chamber music to its largest, most orchestral form. Sextets The American String Quartet and their longtime collaborators Roberto and Andrés Díaz are available with a blockbuster sextet program featuring major works by Brahms and Strauss, as well as Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. Brahms: Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85 ***** Tchaikovsky: Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence
VII & VIII The New York Chamber Soloists perform important but rarely heard pieces as part of this audiencepleasing program. Beethoven: Septet in E-flat major, Opus 20
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Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803
Chausson: Concerto for violin, piano, and string quartet The New Orford String Quartet, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, and pianist Orion Weiss team up to present a program built around Chausson’s Concerto for violin, piano, and string quartet. The remainder of the program will feature French works that demonstrate the smaller combinations that can be made with the participating artists. Ravel: Sonata for violin and piano Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 ***** Chausson: Concerto in D major for violin, piano, and string quartet, Op. 21
Flute, Harp, and String Quartet The American String Quartet will be offering a unique program together with the dynamic flutist Jennifer Grim and the New York Philharmonic’s principal harpist Nancy Allen. Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major Debussy: Sonata for flute, harp, and viola Debussy: Danses Sacres et Profanes ***** Ravel: Quartet in F Major
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Import
Artists take great pride in performing music of their native country; there is something about having been steeped in those sounds, those rhythms, that history, during one’s development as both a person and a musician that inform a performance in a special way.
Quatuor Danel France The Quatuor Danel has been at the forefront of the European music scene for over twenty years and will be making its long-awaited North American debut tour in March 2016. The Danel draws on its French heritage to perform a program featuring lesser-known works by Onslow and Franck together with Debussy’s masterful quartet. Onslow: Quartet No. 28, Op. 54 Debussy: Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 ******
Franck: Quartet in D major
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Leipzig String Quartet Germany Germany’s prized Leipzig String Quartet has been called “one of the towering and most versatile quartets of our time.” Known for its vast repertoire, the Leipzig offers a program featuring the three Schumann quartets performed in a single evening. Robert Schumann, Opp. 41 Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1 Quartet in F Major, Op. 41, No. 2 ****** Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3
Russia Descending from the great Russian musical tradition, the Hermitage Piano Trio is made up of three soloists originally from Russia who are now based in New York City. Following a recent performance, The Washington Post raved, ”three of Russia’s most spectacular young soloists… turned in a performance of such power and sweeping passion that it left you nearly out of breath.” The Hermitage offers a program celebrating their shared heritage. Rachmaninov: Trio No. 1 in G minor, “Elégiaque” Arensky: Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 ***** Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor, Op. 50
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France The three great French soloists who have comprised the Pasquier Trio for more than three decades have been united by their love of chamber music since they were students together at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris. The Pasquier draws on the lesser-known string trio repertoire
Pasquier Trio
to offer an all-French program that concludes with Fauré’s piano quartet together with a guest pianist. Roussel: Trio for violin, viola and cello in A minor, Op. 58 Françaix: Trio for violin, viola and cello in C major ****** Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Poland Praised for its breathtaking performances, flawless technique, and visionary interpretations, the Meccorre Quartet is made up of four of Poland’s leading young musicians. The Meccorre offers a program featuring repertoire by their fellow countrymen Szymanowski and Lutosławski in a program that also features works by Haydn and Schumann. Haydn: Quartet in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1 Szymanowski: Quartet No. 2 ****** Lutosławski : String Quartet Schumann: Quartet in A major, Op. 41, No. 3
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Talich Quartet Czech Republic For several decades the Talich Quartet has been recognized internationally as one of Europe’s finest chamber ensembles, and as the embodiment of the great Czech musical tradition. The Talich offers a program featuring works by three Czech masters. Dvorák: Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 51, “Slavonic” Janácek: Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters” ***** Smetana: Quartet No. 1, “From My Life”
Israel
Canada
Formed in Israel, the Ariel Quartet
Consisting of the concertmasters
moved to the United States in 2004
and principal cellist and violist of the
to continue its studies and was recently
Montreal and Toronto Symphonies, the
named the faculty quartet-in-residence
New Orford String Quartet has seen
at the prestigious University of
astonishing success, giving annual
Cincinnati College-Conservatory
concerts for national CBC broadcast
of Music. The Ariel offers a fascinating
and receiving unanimous critical
program featuring works by
acclaim. The New Orford is dedicated
Israeli composers.
to promoting Canadian works, both new commissions and neglected repertoire
Paul Ben-Haim: Prelude for String Quartet
from the previous century.
Paul Ben-Haim: Quartet, Op. 21
Ana Sokolovic: Blanc Dominant
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R. Murray Schafer: Quartet No. 1
Marc Kopytman: Quartet No. 3
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Menachem Wiesenberg: Between the Sacred and the Profane
Airat Ichmouratov: Quartet No. 4
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Intimate These programs represent the heart of music-making to these artists, projects and composers that symbolize their deepest feelings and are the closest to their hearts.
Old World, New World The violinist Rachel Barton Pine has long been interested in exploring how music from other genres has influenced the classical tradition, and she strives to reach new audiences that are not yet familiar with classical music. She offers a program entitled “Old World, New World” together with the leading alternative-styles cellist Mike Block (a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble). The program is designed to explore traditional styles from Bach to Metallica, including works by Bartók, Vieuxtemps, and Led Zeppelin interspersed with traditional music from Scotland and Appalachia.
Russian Roulette Russian composers have always held a special place in the Quatuor Danel’s repertoire. They have put together a program entitled “Russian Roulette,” which surveys the history of Russian music by featuring a selection of short pieces by Borodin, Glazunov, Gubaidulina, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Tishchenko, Weinberg, and others. The pieces can be chosen by the promoter or by the audience from a list of a dozen pieces.
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Broken Hearts and Madmen
The Golden Age
The Gryphon Trio, committed to redefining
The Fine Arts Quartet, “one of the gold-plated
chamber music for the 21st century,
names in chamber music” (The Washington
has been particularly successful at
Post), ranks among the most distinguished and
establishing connections with non-classical
authoritative ensembles of our time, with an
musicians and designing programs with them
illustrious history of performing success and
that can be successfully programmed on
an extensive recording legacy. Throughout their
a standard chamber music series. “Broken
career, the Fine Arts has remained dedicated
Hearts & Madmen” features the Gryphon
to honing a sound evocative of the great string
performing together with opera-turned-
players of the past like Fritz Kreisler and
cabaret singer Patricia O’Callaghan singing
Jascha Heifitz, and have created a beautiful
love songs from South America, as well as
program honoring the most enduring works of
covers of songs by Leonard Cohen, Laurie
that era.
Anderson, and Elvis Costello. Kreisler: Quartet in A minor
Choose-Your-OwnBeethoven
Rachmaninov: Quartet No. 1 in G minor ******* Zimbalist: Quartet in E minor
The Leipzig String Quartet offers a fascinating “Choose-Your-Own-Beethoven” program in which, before the concert, the audience chooses one Beethoven from each of his early, middle, and late periods. The Leipzig is one of the very few quartets in the world able to perform this feat on such short notice.
Appalachian Spring The New York Chamber Soloists has commissioned over fifty works from some of the most influential composers of the last sixty years. This all-American program is built around Copland’s masterpiece Appalachian Spring in its original 13-musician instrumentation, and includes a commission by Mel Powell. Berger: Quartet in C for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon Powell: Eight Miniatures for baroque ensemble Piston: Divertimento for nine instruments ******* Carter: Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord
New York Chamber Soloists
Copland: Appalachian Spring
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The Ying Quartet offers a program together with the
All artists spend so much time rehearsing on their own, that it is always exhilarating to introduce a new artist to the mix with one of these unique collaborative programs.
Integrate
fascinating cellist Zuill Bailey built around a new version of the Schumann cello concerto arranged for cello and string quartet. This arrangement fulfills an intention that Schumann had proposed but that was rejected by his publisher.
The American String Quartet performed the Korngold piano quintet together with Anton Nel at the Aspen Festival last summer. The artists enjoyed the repertoire and collaboration so much that they’ll be taking it on the road in 2015-16.
A consortium of presenters from the United States and Europe have come together to commission a new work from Julia Wolfe for the Pacifica Quartet together with the exhilarating German cellist Johannes Moser for performances in the 2015-16 season. Written in response to the Schubert cello quintet, the new work will be composed with a similar scope and structure. Named the first-ever quartet-in-residence for the Curtis Institute, the Dover Quartet has been collaborating closely with Curtis’ President Roberto DĂaz, a renowned violist in his own right. The Dover has performed with Roberto throughout North America and Europe and will continue to do so
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in 2015-16.
The Leipzig String Quartet has had the privilege of collaborating with the renowned German actress Dietlinde Turban-Maazel in both North America and Europe. The Leipzig offers a program built around Thomas Mann’s Dr. Faustus featuring revelatory music by Schubert, Webern, Adorno, Beethoven, and Cage interspersed by Dietlinde reading the English translation of Mann’s famous “Talk With the Devil.”
The Gryphon Trio performs a program together with the Metropolitan Opera star and bass-baritone Robert Pomakov entitled Slavic Expressions. The program is built around Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, and also features music by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich.
Combining decades of combined musical knowledge, the Fine Arts Quartet and Menahem Pressler offer a gorgeous program featuring either the Dvorak or the Brahms piano quintets.
The inimitable Menahem Pressler is available in a program together with the radiant soprano Heidi Grant-Murphy in a program featuring songs by Schumann and Strauss.
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Mozart Orchestra of New York Gerard Schwarz, Music Director The Mozart Orchestra of New York is a touring 45-piece orchestra formed by some of New York City’s finest musicians. Led by the renowned Gerard Schwarz, the Mozart Orchestra performs a wide range of repertoire from Mozart and Beethoven to Prokofiev and Stravinsky. The Mozart Orchestra will tour with soloists including Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg with the Mendelssohn violin concerto, Cho-Liang Lin with the Beethoven violin concerto, the Hermitage Piano Trio performing the Beethoven triple concerto, and Julian Schwarz performing Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme.
Indulge We’re thrilled to be able to offer extraordinary programs with two orchestras ranging in size from 25-45.
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New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra Over the past few seasons, the New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra - an elite conductor-less chamber orchestra - has been performing concerts featuring multiple concertos from prominent soloists at major venues like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, UCLA Live, and the Kravis Center. Programs have featured the violinist Rachel Barton Pine (performing all five Mozart concertos), pianist Menahem Pressler (performing concertos by Mozart and Beethoven), clarinetist Richard Stoltzman (performing works by Mozart and Rossini), and the guitarist Sharon Isbin (performing concertos by Rodrigo and Vivaldi).
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We encourage you to visit our website to discover more about all of these remarkable artists. Recordings and videos, reviews, and additional program ideas can all be found at www.melkap.com
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