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Choose any of these concerts (except Opening Night) as part of a Make Your Own series.

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) Antonín Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “The American” (1893)
  • Alan Louis Smith From 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; Ida Kavafian, Susie Park, 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, horn; Louis Hanzlik, trumpet; David Taylor, trombone; Ayano Kataoka, percussion


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

INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET SERIES: BORODIN QUARTET
Wednesday, October 17 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (1871)
  • Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914)
  • Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 1 in A major (1874-79)

Borodin Quartet (Andrei Abramenkov, Ruben Aharonian, violins; Igor Naidin, viola; Valentin Berlinsky, cello)

COMPOSER SHOWCASE: GABRIEL FAURÉ
Sunday, November 11 at 5 PM
Tuesday, November 13 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture

  • 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 Diaz, cello

INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET SERIES: ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
Wednesday, November 14 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture

  • 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


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, horn)

BAROQUE COLLECTION
Friday, December 7 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 9 at 5 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture

  • François 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

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, horns; David Washburn, trumpet


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, horns


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)


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

  • 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, horn

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

  • 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 (Gunter Pichler, Gerhard Schulz, violins; Isabel Charisius, viola; Valentin Erben, cello)

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)
  • Antonín 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


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, horns; John Dent, Louis Hanzlik, trumpets; Ayano Kataoka, timpani


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)

PREMIERE PROGRAM: JOAN TOWER
Sunday, April 27 at 5 PM
Tuesday, April 29 at 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture

  • 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)
  • Antonín Dvorak Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (1883)

Andre-Michel Schub, piano; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello

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)

Inon Barnatan, Gilles Vonsattel, pianos; Joseph Silverstein, violin; Carter Brey, cello; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)