CMNW 2023/24 Year Round Brochure

Come along on a journey of musical discovery…

MUSIC NORTHWEST GETS ‘‘CHAMBER MORE INTERESTING BY THE YEAR...

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— Oregon ArtsWatch

...such incredible variety…is one reason why CMNW is such an important part of the region’s cultural landscape...

— Northwest Reverb

CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST MAJOR SPONSORS Our 2023/24 Season is made possible by the generosity of individual, foundation, government, and corporate contributors, including grants from:

With a concert package enjoy a full year of music with all of the CMNW Family perks!

Join us for intimate musical adventures celebrating our favorite musicians, dynamic rising stars, timeless classics, and compelling new works.

Set off on an illuminating journey of musical discovery!

We have an exhilarating 2023/24 Season in store for you, with a dozen performances exploring an exciting variety of chamber music—including an epic week-long mini festival of Beethoven’s complete piano trios with our new Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio, formed with cellist Paul Watkins of the Emerson String Quartet!

Over the months ahead, you will enjoy magnetic musicians we know and love—including the Orion String Quartet on their farewell tour— experience next-generation virtuosos from Germany and Finland, be moved by an innovative Portland-rooted composer, and witness a new dance collaboration between Imani Winds and BODYVOX. From Haydn, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Beethoven, to Astor Piazzolla, George Gershwin, and Gabriel Kahane, we’ll take you through centuries of unforgettable music.

Plan your musical adventure now: a full package of all nine concerts, a half season of five concerts, the Beethoven Trios Mini Festival, or a Flex Pass to select your concerts later. As a subscriber, you get the lowest prices, best seats, no fees, and free exchanges—plus months of incredible concerts with some of the world’s greatest chamber musicians!

Reserve your seat for this musical journey today, and we look forward to having you along for the ride!

Yours,

Gloria Chien & Soovin Kim Artistic Directors

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2023/24 SEASON Friday, October 6, 2023 @ 7:30pm

Saturday, March 9 + Thursday, March 14 + Saturday, March 16, 2024 @ 7:30pm

Orion Quartet Farewell Tour with Ida Kavafian

Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio: Beethoven’s Complete Piano Trios

Thursday, November 9, 2023 @ 7:30pm

Friday, April 19 @ 7:30pm + Saturday, April 20 @ 2pm Saturday, April 20 @ 7:30pm + Sunday, April 21, 2024 @ 4pm

STRINGS

Anna Polonsky + Peter Wiley: Exquisite Pairings PIANO + CELLO

PIANO + VIOLIN + CELLO

Imani Winds + BODYVOX: Beautiful Everything WINDS + DANCE

Thursday, November 30, 2023 @ 7:30pm

Catalyst Quartet: ¡Viva la Música!

STRINGS

Saturday, May 4, 2024 @ 7:30pm

Gabriel Kahane + Pekka Kuusisto: In the Garden of the Gift PIANO + KEYS + GUITAR + ELECTRONICS + VOICE

Sunday, January 28, 2024 @ 4pm

Germany’s Dynamic Goldmund Quartet STRINGS

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Friday, October 6, 2023 @ 7:30pm The Old Church

ORION QUARTET FAREWELL TOUR WITH IDA KAVAFIAN STRINGS Reach for the stars with the world-renowned Orion String Quartet as they celebrate their 36th, and final, season together. Hailed as “consistently beguiling and technically impeccable” (The Los Angeles Times), don’t miss your last chance to hear violinists Daniel Phillips and Todd Phillips—brothers who share the first violin chair equally— violist Steven Tenenbom, and cellist Timothy Eddy in their final CMNW performance as an ensemble. Sensational CMNW favorite, violinist/ violist Ida Kavafian, returns with them for an evening of beloved classics

by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

HAYDN String Quartet in C Major “The Bird,” Op. 33 MOZART String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, Op. 16 SCHUBERT String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887

“The persuasive power of [their] performance came from the exquisiteness and eloquence the four players brought their lines…but it also came from how all of them phrased together—and, it seemed, breathed together. The Orion Quartet is a configuration of particular sensitivity and bravado.”

— The New York Times

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Thursday, November 9, 2023 @ 7:30pm The Old Church

ANNA POLONSKY + PETER WILEY: Exquisite Pairings PIANO + CELLO

BEETHOVEN 12 Variations on "See the conqu’ring hero comes" from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 58 MENDELSSOHN Lied ohne Worte (Songs Without Words), Op. 109

Join two of Chamber Music Northwest’s most beloved musicians, the brilliant pianist Anna Polonsky and legendary cellist Peter Wiley, for an intimate evening at the glorious Old Church Concert Hall. These two charismatic virtuosos bring their artistry, warmth, and insight to eloquently interpreted masterworks by Beethoven, Brahms, and Felix Mendelssohn.

“These performers exceeded all expectations as a dynamic duo. The selected repertoire of Beethoven, Schumann, Barber, Mendelssohn, and Franck showed their heartfelt passion, dedication, and commitment to making music that was rich in tone, technical mastery, and true artistry.”

— Chamber Music Society of Utica

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Thursday, November 30, 2023 @ 7:30pm The Old Church

CATALYST QUARTET: ¡Viva la Música!

STRINGS Hailed by The New York Times as “invariably energetic and finely burnished…playing with earthy vigor,” the Grammy Award-winning Catalyst Quartet combines a serious commitment to diversity, education, and contemporary works with virtuosic playing “reminiscent of great quartets of the past such as the Guarneri and Budapest” (Richmond Times). In this concert, Catalyst concludes their year as CMNW Artistsin-Residence with an exciting evening of Latin-inspired works by Paquito D’Rivera, Astor Piazzolla, and Maurice Ravel, along with George Gershwin’s gorgeous Lullaby.

“Some complain that classical music was written by dead white guys, is performed by white musicians, and listened to by white senior citizens.

Luckily, there are groups like the Catalyst Quartet to combat this trend.

They serve not only to foster performer diversity but also to promote works by non-white composers…”

— Oberlin Review

PAQUITO D’RIVERA But just a minute Farewell mambo Wapango ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Angel Suite GEORGE GERSHWIN Lullaby for Strings MAURICE RAVEL String Quartet in F Major, M. 35

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Sunday, January 28, 2024 @ 4pm The Old Church

GERMANY’S DYNAMIC GOLDMUND QUARTET STRINGS

HAYDN String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 ALEXANDER BORODIN String Quartet No. 2 in D Major BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

Hailed as one of the most exciting young string quartets in the world, the Goldmund Quartet brought the virtual house down during the pandemic with their CMNW AT-HOME concert debut from Germany’s Polling Abbey.

Now, finally, they will be performing live in Portland! The Goldmund Quartet’s exquisitely refined playing has made them the rising stars of the European chamber music scene. You can experience their power, grace, and precision in one of the only concerts of their second North American tour, performing masterworks by Haydn, Borodin, and Beethoven.

“The Goldmund Quartet has phenomenal control of dynamics and complex rhythmic demands, and offers a clear, thoughtful, and very convincing vision…”

— Mount Dela Review TICKETS: CMNW.org

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Saturday, March 9 + Thursday, March 14 + Saturday, March 16, 2024 @ 7:30pm The Old Church

CHIEN-KIM-WATKINS TRIO: Beethoven’s Complete Piano Trios PIANO + VIOLIN + CELLO Combine three of today’s most luminary chamber musicians with ALL NINE of Beethoven’s masterful Piano Trios, and there are sure to be fireworks! CMNW’s Artistic Directors, pianist Gloria Chien and violinist Soovin Kim, have joined forces with cellist Paul Watkins of the Emerson Quartet to create a new powerhouse: the Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio. Together, these three thrilling musicians will take us on a week-long musical journey exploring the genius and virtuosity of some of Beethoven’s greatest chamber works.

BEETHOVEN Saturday, March 9 Piano Trio in E-flat Major Op. 1, No. 1 (1792) Piano Trio in D Major, “Ghost” Op. 70, No. 1 (1808) Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2 (1808)

Thursday, March 14 Judas Maccabaeus Variations in E-flat Major, Op. 44 (1792) Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 (1794-95) Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2 (1794-95)

Saturday, March 16 Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11 (1798) Piano Trio Kakadu Variations in G Major, Op. 121a (1803, rev. 1816) Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke” (1810-11) TICKETS: CMNW.org

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Friday, April 19 @ 7:30pm + Saturday, April 20 @ 2pm Saturday, April 20 @ 7:30pm + Sunday, April 21 @ 4pm Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

IMANI WINDS + BODYVOX: Beautiful Everything WINDS + DANCE

“For most dancers, the laws of physics are restrictions to be observed. For BODYVOX, they are inconveniences to be ignored. With mischievous glee, the contemporary dance company defies the boundaries of flexibility and gravity, pushing its dancers to kinetic heights that sometimes look triumphantly impossible.”

— Oregon ArtsWatch

The dynamic Imani Winds return to collaborate with Portland’s own BODYVOX on our latest chamber music and dance creation! Beautiful Everything will be an extraordinary evening of inspiring music and innovative dance celebrating beauty, hope, optimism, and joy—something we all need more of after the many challenges of the past several years.

Don’t miss this sure-to-sell-out fusion of entertaining, moving music in motion at the glorious Patricia Reser Center for the Arts!

Celebrating over a quarter century of music making, the twice Grammynominated Imani Winds has led both a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their dynamic playing, adventurous programming, imaginative collaborations, and outreach endeavors that have inspired audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

CO-PRESENTED WITH BODYVOX

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Saturday, May 4, 2024 @ 7:30pm Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

GABRIEL KAHANE + PEKKA KUUSISTO: In the Garden of the Gift

PIANO + KEYS + GUITAR + ELECTRONICS + VOICE Portland’s award-winning composer and singer-songwriter, Gabriel Kahane, brings to us his multi-year creative collaboration, In the Garden of the Gift. He converges with internationally renowned violinist and Finnish musical innovator, Pekka Kuusisto, to create a wholly unique evening mixing chamber music, story, song, and improvisation. Kahane’s past creative partnerships include trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, multi-instrumentalists Nathalie Joachim and Caroline Shaw, Attacca Quartet, and Sandbox Percussion. Here, these two dynamic composers create a new “musical gift” combining strings, electronics, keyboards, vocals, guitar, and more, for a collaborative exploration of music and its relationship to community.

CO-PRESENTED WITH PATRICIA RESER CENTER FOR THE ARTS

GABRIEL KAHANE & PEKKA KUUSISTO In the Garden of the Gift “...an exercise in lyric beauty. He sings in a warm, resonant, melancholic baritone, which coasts upward into a plaintive falsetto. He plays the piano with a poetic touch—his father is the distinguished pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane— and his music is suffused with idiosyncratic, enriched tonal harmony.” — The New Yorker “Intensely virtuosic, the violin [Pekka Kuusisto's] is nonetheless always part of a greater whole: from folky, whistled tunes to roaring and growling on the detuned bottom string, storms of colour are unleashed for the orchestra to absorb and rework in surging textures.” — BBC Music Magazine

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— Rick Perdian, Seen and Heard International

— Angela Allen, Oregon ArtsWatch

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The powerhouse artistic directors are top musicians as well as leaders…

Chien and Kim were indefatigable.

...too much to cover...a testament to how damn good their programming is...

— Charles Rose, Oregon ArtsWatch Right page photography credits (left to right): Tom Emerson, Shawnte Sims, Tom Emerson

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