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The complete 2007-08 Season, in chronological order.
Here’s the complete CMS 2007-08 season, eight months jammed with concerts, events, lectures, and more. Single tickets go on sale September 1, but don’t wait to reserve tickets to the concerts you want to hear. It only takes three concerts to subscribe!
SEPTEMBER 2007
OPENING NIGHT: AMERICAN EXPLORATIONS
Wednesday, September 19 at 8 PM
Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Igor Stravinsky Ragtime for Eleven Players (1917-18)
Bruce Adolphe Crossing Broadway for Chamber Ensemble (2007) (CMS Commission, World Premiere)
Charles Ives Hallowe’en for Piano, String Quartet, and Drum (c. 1914)
Joan Tower And…They’re Off for Piano Trio (1997)
Antonin Dvorak String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “The American” (1893)
Alan Louis Smith Vignettes: Ellis Island, A Song Cycle in Six Parts for Voice and Piano (1999)
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Warren Jones, Wu Han pianos; Laurence Kaptain, cimbalom; Lily Francis, Ida Kavafian, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, Fred Sherry, cellos; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Guarneri String Quartet (Arnold Steinhardt, John Dalley, violins; Michael Tree, viola, Peter Wiley, cello); Ransom Wilson, flute; Jose-Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Frank Morelli, bassoon; William Purvis, French horn; Louis Hanzlik, trumpet; David Taylor, trombone; Ayano Kataoka, percussion
CHAMBER MUSIC ESSENTIALS
Sunday, September 23 at 3 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Getting to the Root of it All: Understanding the Essentials of Harmony with Bruce Adolphe
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BRUCE ADOLPHE
Wednesday, September 26 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Romantic masterpieces from the season by Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Rachmaninov – and Stravinsky’s remarkable cubist miniatures
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio (performed in concert Oct 12 and 14)
CHAMBER MUSIC ESSENTIALS
Sunday, September 30 at 3 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
The Shape of Things with Robert Winter
OCTOBER 2007
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BRUCE ADOLPHE
Wednesday, October 3 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Romantic masterpieces from the season by Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Rachmaninov – and Stravinsky’s remarkable cubist miniatures
Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet (performed in concert Oct 17); Ragtime (performed in concert Sept 19)
CHAMBER MUSIC ESSENTIALS
Sunday, October 7 at 3 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Four Centuries of Change… and Continuity with Miles Hoffman
MASTER CLASS
Wednesday, October 10 at 11 AM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Ralph Kirshbaum, cello
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BRUCE ADOLPHE
Wednesday, October 10 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Romantic masterpieces from the season by Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Rachmaninov – and Stravinsky’s remarkable cubist miniatures
Borodin String Quartet No. 1 in A Major (performed in concert Oct 17)
RUSSIAN ROMANTICS
Friday, October 12 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 14 at 5 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Anton Arensky Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35 (1894)
Modest Mussorgsky Pesni i plyaski smerti (Songs and Dances of Death) for Bass and Piano (1875, 1877)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 (1881-82)
Morris Robinson, bass; Ken Noda, Wu Han, pianos; Ian Swensen, Joseph Swensen, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Julie Albers, Ralph Kirshbaum, cellos
CHAMBER MUSIC ESSENTIALS
Sunday, October 14 at 3 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Modern Music: The Bold and the Beautiful with Alex Ross
INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET SERIES: ST. PETERSBURG STRING QUARTET
Wednesday, October 17 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 1 in A major (1874-79)
Zurab Nadareshjvili Quartet No. 2 (2003/2007) (East Coast Premiere)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (1871)
St. Petersburg String Quartet (Alla Aranovskaya, Alla Krolevich violins; Boris Vayner, viola; Leonid Shukayev, cello)
h4. CHAMBER MUSIC ESSENTIALSSunday, October 21 at 3 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
The Art of Interpretation: How Does It Go Again? with Ara Guzelimian
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BRUCE ADOLPHE
Wednesday, October 24 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Romantic masterpieces from the season by Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Rachmaninov – and Stravinsky’s remarkable cubist miniatures
Rachmaninov Trio Elegiaque in G major for Piano Trio (performed in concert May 9 and 11)
ROSE STUDIO CONCERT
Thursday, October 25 at 6:30 PM and 9:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Franz Schubert Octet in F major for Winds and Strings, D. 803 (1824)
Susie Park, Joseph Silverstein, violins; Teng Li, viola; Priscilla Lee, cello; DaXun Zhang, double bass; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; David Jolley, French horn
NOVEMBER 2007
NEW MUSIC IN THE ROSE
Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
George Perle BassoonMusic for Bassoon Solo (2004)
Lyric Piece for Cello and Piano (1946)
Thomas Ades Arcadiana for String Quartet, Op. 12 (1994)
Jennifer Higdon Dark Wood for Bassoon, Violin, Cello, and Piano (2001)
David Schiff Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano (1975-79)
Gilbert Kalish, piano; Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel violin; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough cello); Priscilla Lee, cello; David Shifrin, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon
COMPOSER SHOWCASE: GABRIEL FAURE
Sunday, November 11 at 5 PM
Tuesday, November 13 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Gabriel Faure Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 (1875-76)
Selected Songs
Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45 (1885-86)
Paul Groves, tenor; Inon Barnatan, Pedja Muzijevic, Andre-Michel Schub, pianos; Elmar Oliveira, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Andres Díaz, cello
INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET SERIES: ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
Wednesday, November 14 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
JUST ANNOUNCED: Pre-concert Composer Chat with Roberto Sierra, 6:45 PM. Free to all ticket holders.
Robert Schumann String Quartet in F major, Op. 41, No. 2 (1842)
Roberto Sierra Songs from the Diaspora for Soprano and Piano Quintet (2006) (CMS Co-commission, NY Premiere)
Ernest Chausson Chanson perpetuelle for Soprano and Piano Quintet, Op. 37 (1898)
Cesar Franck String Quartet in D major (1889)
St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall, Scott St. John, violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello); Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Kevin Murphy, piano
FAMILY SPECIAL
Composers Are Us! for Families with kids ages 6-10 with Bruce Adolphe, Director of Family Programs
Sunday, November 18 at 1 PM or 3 PM
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
ROSE STUDIO CONCERT
Thursday, November 29 at 6:30 PM and 9:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 (1891)
Carl Maria von Weber Rondo: Allegro giocoso from Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34 (1811-15)
David Shifrin, clarinet; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)
UNCONVENTIONAL CONCERT NO. 16
Friday, November 30 at 7 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Concert for teen audience, presented by the Student Producers. Featuring the always innovatove Imani Winds
DECEMBER 2007
THE ART OF FUGUE
Tuesday, December 4 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Samuel Baron) The Art of Fugue for String Quartet and Wind Quintet (Before 1742, rev. c. 1745 and 1748-49)
Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, violins; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello); Windscape (Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Randall Ellis, oboe; Alan R. Kay, clarinet; Frank Morelli, bassoon; David Jolley, French horn)
BAROQUE COLLECTION
Friday, December 7 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 9 at 5 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Francois Couperin Concert Royal No. 4 in E minor for Oboe d’Amore, Cello, and Harpsichord (1722)
Archangelo Corelli Christmas Concerto in G minor for Two Violins, Cello, Strings, and Continuo, Op. 6, No. 8, (published 1714)
Henry Purcell “When I am laid in earth” from Dido and Aeneas for Mezzo-Soprano, Strings, and Continuo (1689)
Georg Philipp Telemann Canary Cantata for Mezzo-Soprano, Strings, and Continuo, (1737)
Gulliver Suite in D major for Two Violins (1728)
Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Two Oboes, and Continuo (Before 1740)
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, Cello, Strings, and Continuo, Op. 3, No. 10, RV 580 (1711)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Newman, harpsichord; Lily Francis, Ida Kavafian, Erin Keefe, Arnaud Sussmann, violins; David Kim, Teng Li, violas; Julie Albers, Fred Sherry, cellos; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Stephen Taylor, oboe; David Washburn, trumpet
MASTER CLASS
Tuesday, December 11 at 11 AM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord
GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
Friday, December 14 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1741)
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
COMPLETE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
Sunday, December 16 at 5 PM
Tuesday, December 18 at 7:30 PM
Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Johann Sebastian Bach Complete Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-51 (1720)
Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord; Ani Kavafian, Yoon Kwon, Daniel Phillips, Kyoko Takezawa, violins; Beth Guterman, David Kim, Paul Neubauer, violas; Efe Baltacigil, Colin Carr, David Finckel, Priscilla Lee, cellos; DaXun Zhang, double bass; Paula Robison, Ransom Wilson, flutes; Randall Ellis, Mark Hill, Stephen Taylor, oboes; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Daniel Grabois, William Purvis, French horns; David Washburn, trumpet
JANUARY 2008
ROSE STUDIO CONCERT
Thursday, January 10 at 6:30 PM and 9:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Arnold Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for String Sextet, Op. 4 (1899)
Johannes Brahms String Sextet in G major, Op. 36 (1864-5)
Erin Keefe, Arnaud Sussmann, violins; David Kim, Teng Li, violas; David Finckel, Priscilla Lee, cellos
UNCONVENTIONAL CONCERT NO. 17
Friday, January 11 at 7 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Concert for teen audience, presented by the Student Producers. Featuring the Alash Ensemble performing with CMS Two artists Erin Keefe and Arnaud Sussmann, violins; Teng Li, viola; and Priscilla Lee, cello.
MOZART/MEYER
Sunday, January 13 at 5 PM
Tuesday, January 15 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade in E-flat major for Winds, K. 375 (1781)
Edgar Meyer Concert Piece for Double Bass and Wind Octet (2007) (NY Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade in C minor for Winds, K. 388 (c. 1782-83)
Edgar Meyer, double bass; Stephen Taylor, Allan Vogel, oboes; Jose Franch-Ballester, David Shifrin, clarinets; Peter Kolkay, Milan Turkovic, bassoons; David Jolley, William Purvis, French horns
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BRUCE ADOLPHE
Wednesday, January 16 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Music, Ho! Trail Blazers of American Music
Henry Cowell: Pioneer or Clusters Last Stand? (performed in concert Feb 8)
NEW MUSIC IN THE ROSE
Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Nicolas Scherzinger Elegy for Violin and Piano (2000)
Eric Tanguy Nocturne for Cello and Piano (1995)
Joan Tower For Daniel for Piano Trio (2004)
Paul Moravec Tempest Fantasy for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano (2004)
Anne-Marie McDermott, Gilles Vonsattel, pianos; Erin Keefe, violin; Julie Albers, cello; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BRUCE ADOLPHE
Wednesday, January 23 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Music, Ho! Trail Blazers of American Music
George Antheil: Bad Boy of Music? (performed in concert Feb 8)
MEET THE MUSIC! FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS AGES 6-10
Sunday, January 27 at 1 PM or 3 PM
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
EXPLORING AMERICA! A trip across musical borders – no passport required!
Inspector Pulse Investigates the Entire Country of America
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM – ELLIOTT CARTER: A CENTENNIAL INVESTIGATION
Tuesday, January 29, exact time TBD
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
A day-long workshop focusing on the work of Elliott Carter.
INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET SERIES: PACIFICA QUARTET
Wednesday, January 30 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Elliott Carter String Quartet No. 1 (1950-51)
String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
String Quartet No. 3 (1971)
String Quartet No. 4 (1985)
String Quartet No. 5 (1995)
Pacifica String Quartet (Simin Ganatra, Sibbi Bernhardsson, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello)
FEBRUARY 2008
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BRUCE ADOLPHE
Wednesday, February 6 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Music, Ho! Trail Blazers of American Music
Ruth Crawford Seeger: First Lady of American Composition (performed in concert Feb 12)
WINTER FESTIVAL: AMERICAN VOICES 1750-2008
Friday, February 8 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Benjamin Franklin Quartet No. 2 in F major for Three Violins and Cello (date unknown)
Henry Cowell The Aeolian Harp for Piano Strings (c. 1923)
The Banshee for Piano Strings (1925)
Quartet Euphometric for Strings (1919)
Louis Gruenberg Four Diversions for String Quartet, Op. 32 (1930)
George Antheil Sonata No. 2 for Violin, Piano, and Drums (1923)
Amy Cheney Beach Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67 (1907)
Gilbert Kalish, Anne-Marie McDermott, pianos; Daniel Phillips, violin; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Wu Jie, violin; Pierre Lapointe, violin/viola; Andrew Janss, cello)
WINTER FESTIVAL: AMERICAN VOICES 1750-2008
Sunday, February 10 at 5 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Edward MacDowell Piano Etudes (1887-94)
Aaron Copland Lento Molto from Two Pieces for String Quartet (1928)
John Cage Amores for Prepared Piano and Three Percussion Players (1943)
Mario Davidovsky Piano Septet (2007) (CMS Co-commission, World Premiere)
Charles Tomlinson Griffes Three Tone Pictures, Op. 5 (1910-12)
Lukas Foss Time Cycle for Soprano and Ensemble (1960)
Barbara Hannigan, soprano; Alan Feinberg, piano/celeste; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; David Kim, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; DaXun Zhang, double bass; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello); Ransom Wilson, flute; David Shifrin, clarinet; John Ferrari, Ayano Kataoka, Tom Kolor, percussion
WINTER FESTIVAL: AMERICAN VOICES 1750-2008
Tuesday, February 12 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
JUST ANNOUNCED: Pre-concert Composer Chat with Joan Tower, 6:45 PM. Free to all ticket holders.
John Antes Trio in D minor for Two Violins and Cello, Op. 3, No. 2 (c. 1790)
George Gershwin Lullaby for String Quartet (c. 1919-20)
Samuel Barber String Quartet, Op. 11 (1936)
Ruth Crawford Seeger String Quartet (1931)
Leonard Bernstein Clarinet Sonata (1941-42)
Joan Tower A Gift for Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn (2007) (World Premiere)
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel; violins; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello); Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; David Shifrin, clarinet; Milan Turkovic, bassoon; William Purvis, French horn
MASTER CLASS
Thursday, February 14 at 11 AM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM—AMERICAN FRONTIER
Tuesday, February 19 at 6 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Chamber Music Society Co-Artistic Director Wu Han leads an exploration with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and composer Alan Louis Smith about Covered Wagon Woman, the new work set to journal entries of a 19th century pioneer woman (performed in concert February 22 and 24)
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BRUCE ADOLPHE
Wednesday, February 20 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Music, Ho! Trail Blazers of American Music
Louis Gruenberg: Keeping up with the Emperor Joneses (performed in concert Feb 8)
WINTER FESTIVAL: AMERICAN VOICES 1750-2008
Friday, February 22 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 24 at 5 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
JUST ANNOUNCED: Pre-concert Composer Chat with Alan Louis Smith, 45 minutes prior to curtain. Free to all ticket holders.
Anthony Philip Heinrich Sylvan Scene in Kentucky, or the Barbecue Divertimento for Piano (1825-26)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk Union for Piano, Op. 48 (1852-62)
Charles Ives Piano Trio (c. 1909-10, rev. c. 1914-15)
Alan Louis Smith Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman (from the Daily Journal of Margaret Ann Alsip Frink, 1850) for Mezzo-Soprano, Piano, Violin, and Cello (2006)
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Alan Feinberg, Warren Jones, pianos; Ani Kavafian, violin; Priscilla Lee, Fred Sherry, cellos
INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET SERIES: ALBAN BERG QUARTET
Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in G major, Hob. III:81, Op. 77, No. 1 (1799)
Alban Berg String Quartet, Op. 3 (1910)
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (1825)
Alban Berg Quartet (Günter Pichler, Gerhard Schulz, violins; Isabel Charisius, viola; Valentin Erben, cello)
h4. ROSE STUDIO CONCERT
Thursday, February 28 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Franz Schubert Notturno in E-flat major for Piano Trio, D. 897, Op. 148 (1828)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D. 898, Op. 99 (1828)
Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Erin Keefe, violin; Efe Baltacigil, cello
MARCH 2008
MEET THE MUSIC! FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS AGES 6-10
Sunday, March 9 at 1 PM or 3 PM
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
EXPLORING AMERICA! A trip across musical borders – no passport required!
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
RACHMANINOV IN THE ROSE
Thursday, March 13 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 (1901)
Trio elegiaque for Piano Trio, Op. 9 (1893, revised 1907, 1917)
Gilles VonSattel, Orion Weiss, pianos; Ida Kavafian, violin; Julie Albers, Gary Hoffman, cellos
THE PRESSLER CONNECTION
Sunday, March 16 at 5 PM
Tuesday, March 18 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493 (1786)
Antonin Dvorak Terzetto in C major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74 (1887)
Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, Op. 114, “Trout” (1819)
Menahem Pressler, piano; Erin Keefe, Arnaud Sussmann, violins; Beth Guterman, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello; DaXun Zhang, double bass
MASTER CLASS
Tuesday, March 18 at 11 AM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Menahem Pressler, piano
THE SEVEN LAST WORDS
Friday, March 21 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Franz Joseph Haydn The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross for Ensemble (1787)
Lily Francis, Joseph Silverstein, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Colin Carr, cello; DaXun Zhang, double bass; Tara Helen O’Connor, Ransom Wilson, flutes; Randall Ellis, Stephen Taylor, oboes; Frank Morelli, Milan Turkovic, bassoons; Angela Cordell, Daniel Grabois, Stewart Rose, John David Smith, French horns; John Dent, Louis Hanzlik, trumpets; Ayano Kataoka, timpani
UNCONVENTIONAL CONCERT NO. 18
Friday, March 29 at 7 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Concert for teen audience, presented by the Student Producers. Featuring the fascinating and charismatic DBR.
APRIL 2008
ROSE STUDIO CONCERT
Thursday, April 3 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Franz Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor for Strings, D. 703 (1820)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929, Op. 100 (1828)
Inon Barnatan, piano; Lily Francis, Yoon Kwon, violins; Beth Guterman, viola; Julie Albers, cello
MEET THE MUSIC! FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS AGES 6-10
Sunday, April 6 at 1 PM or 3 PM
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
EXPLORING AMERICA! A trip across musical borders – no passport required!
The Bad Boy of American Music
NEW MUSIC IN THE ROSE Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 7:30 PM Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio*
Norio Fukushi Silica for Piano and Vibraphone (1977)
Gabriela Lena Frank Suenos de Chambi: Snapshots for an Andean Album for Violin and Piano (2002)
Elliott Carter Figment for Solo Cello (1995)
Figment No. 2—Remembering Mr. Ives for Solo Cello (2001)
Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord (1952)
Keeril Makan Target for Soprano, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Percussion (2004)
Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano/harpsichord; Wu Han, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Priscilla Lee, Fred Sherry cellos; Ransom Wilson, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Ayano Kataoka, percussion
ORION STRING QUARTET 20th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Sunday, April 13 at 5 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74, “Harp” (1809)
String Quartet in F major, Op. 135 (1826)
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 (1825-26)
Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, violins; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello)
INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET SERIES: ARTEMIS QUARTET
Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4 (1798-1800)
Nikolai Kapustin String Quartet, Op. 88 (1998)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 (1874)
Artemis Quartet (Heime Muller, Natalia Prischepenko, violins; Volker Jacobsen, viola; Eckart Runge, cello)
RACHMANINOV IN THE ROSE
Thursday, April 17 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5, “Fantaisie-tableaux” (1893)
Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos, Op. 45 (1940)
Inon Barnatan, Anne-Marie McDermott, Gilles VonSattel, Wu Han, pianos
PREMIERE PROGRAM: JOAN TOWER
Sunday, April 27 at 5 PM
Tuesday, April 29 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
JUST ANNOUNCED: Pre-concert Composer Chat with Joan Tower, 45 minutes prior to curtain. Free to all ticket holders.
Ludwig van Beethoven Variations in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 44 (1804)
Joan Tower Simply Purple for Viola Solo (2008) (CMS commission, World Premiere)
Wild Purple for Viola Solo (1998)
Franz Joseph Haydn String Trio in G major, Op. 53, No, 1 (Before 1784)
Joan Tower New Work for Piano Trio (CMS Co-commission, NY Premiere)
Antonin Dvorak Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (1883)
Andre-Michel Schub, piano; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello
MAY 2008
ROSE STUDIO CONCERT
Thursday, May 1 at 6:30 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80 (1847)
Johannes Brahms String Quintet in G major, Op. 111 (1890)
Ida Kavafian, viola; Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violins; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)
UNCONVENTIONAL CONCERT NO. 19
Friday, May 2 at 7 PM
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
Concert for teen audience, presented by the Student Producers. Exploring the concept of the “Growing Ensemble.”
COMPOSER SHOWCASE: SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Friday, May 9 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 11 at 5 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Sergei Rachmaninov Trio elegiaque in G minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1892)
Two Movements for String Quartet (1889)
Selected Songs
Romance and Oriental Dance for Cello and Piano (1880s, 1892)
Suite No. 2 in C minor for Two Pianos, Op. 17 (1900-01)
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Inon Barnatan, Kevin Murphy, Gilles Vonsattel, pianos; Joseph Silverstein, violin; Carter Brey, cello; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)
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