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CMS Radio Programming for the 2008-09 Season

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s 2008-2009 radio season features 26 one hour programs drawn from live performances recorded during the Chamber Music Society’s 2007-2008 season. Programs, hosted by Elliott Forrest and produced by WQXR-FM, include commentary by the performers and CMS Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han.

The thrilling theme music for the program is the final variation of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50, performed by violinist Da-Hong Seetoo, and CMS Artistic Directors cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han. You can buy the recording for this particular performance from ArtistLed.com. In addition, this piece is featured in its entirety on the 5th program.

Program 1: Courageous Women

Ruth Crawford Seeger: String Quartet
Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee, Meg Frievogel, violins; Liz Freivogel, viola, Daniel McDonough, cello)

Alan Louis Smith: Vignettes – Covered Wagon Woman
bq. Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Warren Jones, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Priscilla Lee, cello

This performance also featured on the CMS Studio Recordings label.

Program 2: American Diversity

Mario Davidovsky: Piano Septet
Gilbert Kalish, piano; Yoon Kwon, violin; David Kim, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Daxun Zhang, double bass; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; David Shifrin, clarinet; Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor

Alan Louis Smith: Vignettes – Ellis Island
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Warren Jones, piano

Program 3: Rachmaninov 1: Suites for Piano

Sergei Rachmaninov: Suite No. 1
Wu Han, Inon Barnatan, pianos

Rachmaninov: Suite No. 2
Gilles Vonsattel, Inon Barnatan, pianos

This performance is also featured in a video, available for viewing on YouTube.

Program 4: Stravinsky/Franck

Igor Stravinsky: Ragtime
Ida Kavafian, Lily Francis, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; , cimbalom; Ayano Kataoka, percussion; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Ransom Wilson, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; William Purvis, horn; Louis Hanzlik, trumpet; Laurence Kaptain, cimbalom; Ayano Kataoka, percussion

Cesar Franck: Quartet in D Major
St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttal, Scott St. John, violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello)

Program 5: Tchaikovsky’s Lament

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor
Wu Han, piano; Joseph Swenson, violin; Ralph Kirshbaum, cello

Program 6: All-Schubert

Franz Schubert: Notturno
Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Erin Keefe, violin; Efe Baltacigi, cello

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, Op. 114, “Trout”
Menahem Pressler, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Beth Guterman, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello; Daxun Zhang, double bass

This performance also available through DG Concerts on iTunes.

Program 7: Russian Dolor

Modest Mussorgski: Pesni i plyaski smerti
Morris Robinson, bass; Ken Noda, piano

Anton Arensky: Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
Ian Swenson, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Ralph Kirshbaum, Julie Albers, cellos

Program 8: American Spirit 1: Rugged Individualism

John Antes: Trio in D minor
Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violins; Daniel McDonough, cello

Joan Tower: Wild Purple
Paul Neubauer, viola

George Antheil: Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano
Daniel Phillips, violin; Gilbert Kalish, piano

Anthony Philip Heinrich: Sylvan Scene in Kentucky or the Barbecue Divertimento

Alan Feinberg, piano

Bruce Adolphe: Crossing Broadway
Warren Jones, piano; Ida Kavafian, Lily Francis, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Ransom Wilson, flute; Stephen Taylor oboe; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Frank Morelli, bassoon; Louis Hanzlik, trumpet; Ayano Kataoka, percussion

Program 9: Rachmaninov/Tchaikovsky

Sergei Rachmaninov: From Six Songs, Op. 38

No. 3 Margaritki (Daisies)

No. 4 Krïsolov (The Rat-Catcher)

No. 5 Son (A Dream)

No 6 A-u!

Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Kevin Murphy, piano

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2
Artemis String Quartet (Natalia Prischepenko, Gregor Sigl, violins; Friedemann Weigle, viola; Eckart Runge, cello)

Program 10: Distinctive Voices

Thomas Ades: Arcadiana
Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violins; Liz Frievogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)

Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major
Elmar Oliveira, violin; Inon Barnatan, piano

Program 11: Art of the Fugue – Part I

J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus I-XI
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)

This performance also available through DG Concerts on iTunes.

Program 12: Art of Fugue – Part II

J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus XII-Chorale Prelude
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)

This performance also available through DG Concerts on iTunes.

Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Two Oboes, and Continuo
David Washburn, trumpet; Stephen Taylor, Elizabeth Koch, oboes; Julie Albers, cello; Anthony Newman, harpsichord

Program 13: All-Fauré

Gabriel Fauré: Songs (Le Papillon, Mai, R’eve D’amour, L’aurore, Dans les ruines d’une abbaye, L’absent)
Paul Groves, tenor; Pedja Muzijevic, piano

Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2
Andre-Michel Schub, piano; Elmar Oliveira, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Andres Diaz, cello

Program 14: Rachmaninov 2

Sergei Rachmaninov: From Six Songs, Op. 38

No. 1 Noch’yu v sadu u menya (In my Garden at Night)

No. 2 K ney (To Her)

Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Kevin Murphy, piano

Rachmaninov: Trio elegiaque in D minor
Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello

Program 15: American Spirit 2

Benjamin Franklin: Quartet No. 2 for Three Violins and Cello
Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)

Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Union for Piano, Op. 48
Alan Feinberg, piano

Louis Gruenberg: Four Diversions for String Quartet
Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)

Charles Ives: Piano Trio
Alan Feinberg, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Fred Sherry, cello

Program 16: Focus on Clarinet

Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
David Shifrin, clarinet; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
David Shifrin, clarinet; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)

Program 17: Baroque Collection

Georg Philipp Telemann: Gulliver Suite in D major for Two Violins
Arnaud Sussmann, Ida Kavafian, violins

Archangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G minor
Lily Francis, Arnaud Sussmann, Ida Kavafian, Erin Keefe, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Julie Albers, Fred Sherry, cellos; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Anthony Newman, harpsichord

Telemann: Trauer-musik eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano; Ida Kavafian, Lily Francis, violins; David Kim, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Anthony Newman, harpsichord

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, Cello, Strings, and Continuo
Ida Kavafian, Erin Keefe, Lily Francis, Arnaud Sussmann, violins;
David Kim, Paul Neubauer, violas; Fred Sherry, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Anthony Newman, harpsichord

Program 18: Jupiter String Quartet

George Gershwin: Lullaby for String Quartet

Samuel Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violins; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)

Program 19: Dvorak/Borodin

Antonin Dvorak: Terzetto in C major, Op. 74
Arnaud Sussmann, Erin Keefe, violins; Beth Guterman, viola

_This performance also featured on the CMS Studio Recordings label_.

Alexander Borodin: Quartet No. 1 in A major
St. Petersburg String Quartet (Alla Aranovskaya, Alla Krolevich, violins; Boris Vayner, viola; Leonid Shukayev, cello)

Program 20: Germanic Tradition

Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations in E-flat major for Piano Trio, Op. 44
Andre-Michel Schub, piano; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello

Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor for Strings, D. 703
Yoon Kwon, Lily Francis, violins; Beth Guterman, viola; Julie Albers, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Menahem Pressler, piano; Erin Keefe, violin; Beth Guterman, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello

This performance also available through DG Concerts on iTunes.

Program 21: Russian Composers

Sergei Rachmaninov: Oriental Dance for Cello and Piano
Carter Brey, cello; Inon Barnatan, piano

Zurab Nadarejshvili: Quartet No. 2
St. Petersburg String Quartet (Alla Aranovskaya, Alla Krolevich, violins; Boris Vayner, viola; Leonid Shukayev, cello)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.1 in D major, Op.11
St. Petersburg String Quartet (Alla Aranovskaya, Alla Krolevich, violins; Boris Vayner, viola; Leonid Shukayev, cello)

Program 22: Artemis String Quartet Program

Nikolai Kapustin: String Quartet Op. 88

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Artemis String Quartet (Natalia Prischepenko, Gregor Sigl, violins; Friedemann Weigle, viola; Eckart Runge, cello)

Program 23: Mozart Serenades

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in E-flat major for Winds, K. 375
Allan Vogel, Stephen Taylor, oboes; David Shifrin, Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinets; Peter Kolkay, Milan Turkovic, bassoons; David Jolley, William Purvis, horns

Mozart: Serenade in C minor for Winds, K. 388
Allan Vogel, Stephan Taylor, oboes; Jose Franch-Ballester, David Shifrin, clarinets; Milan Turkovic, Peter Kolkay, bassoons; David Jolley, William Purvis, horns; Edgar Meyer, double bass

Program 24: American Spirit 3

*Roberto Sierra: Songs from the Diaspora for Soprano and Piano Quintet
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Kevin Murphy, piano; St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall; Scott St. John; violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello)

Amy Cheney Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)

This performance also featured on the CMS Studio Recordings label.

Program 25: Schumann/Brahms

Robert Schumann: String Quartet in F major, Op. 41, No. 2
St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall; Scott St. John; violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello)

Johannes Brahms: String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111
Ida Kavafian, viola; Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violins; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)

Program 26: Rachmaninov 3: Early/Late

Sergei Rachmaninov: Trio elegiaque in G minor for Piano Trio
Inon Barnatan, piano; Joseph Silverstein, violin; Carter Brey, cello

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos, Op. 45
Gilbert Kalish, Gilles Vonsattel, pianos