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CMS and Drew University Announce 2007-08 Season

Madison, NJ is very special to Artistic Director David Finckel – it is his hometown, where he grew up in a musical household, and it is where he met his future colleagues in the Emerson Quartet. So one of his first ideas, upon taking the helm of CMS, was to bring CMS – his metaphorical home – to his hometown. An idea quickly took shape and an active partnership between Drew University in Madison and CMS was launched during the 2006-07 season.

And now, CMS and Drew are proud to announce the second season of concerts at the beautiful Concert Hall at Drew University. The concerts are straight from the New York stage, performed by the extraordinary artists of the Chamber Music Society.

The 2007-08 season at Drew University at a glance:

Monday, November 12, 2007 at 8:00 PM—All Faure Program

GABRIEL FAURE
Sonata No. 1 in A major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13

GABRIEL FAURE
Dolly Suite for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 56

GABRIEL FAURE
Quartet No. 2 in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 45

INON BARNATAN, ANDRÉ-MICHEL SCHUB, pianos; ELMAR OLIVEIRA, violin; RICHARD O’NEILL, viola;
ANDRÉS DÍAZ, cello

Monday, March 3, 2008 at 8:00 PM—American Chamber Music

ANTHONY PHILIP HEINRICH
Sylvan Scene in Kentucky, or the Barbecue Divertimento for Piano

LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
Union for Piano, Op. 48

CHARLES IVES
Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello

ALAN LOUIS SMITH
Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman (from the Daily Journal of Margaret Ann Alsip Frink, 1850) for Mezzo-Soprano, Piano, Violin, and Cello

STEPHANIE BLYTHE, mezzo-soprano; ALAN FEINBERG, WARREN JONES, pianos; ANI KAVAFIAN, violin; PRISCILLA LEE, FRED SHERRY, cellos

Monday, May 12, 2008 at 8:00—All Rachmaninov Program

SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Trio elegiaque in G minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello

SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninoff songs

SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Romance and Oriental Dance for Cello and Piano

SERGE RACHMANINOV
Suite No. 2 in C minor for Two Pianos, Op. 17

HEIDI GRANT MURPHY, soprano; INON BARNATAN, KEVIN MURPHY, GILLES VONSATTEL, pianos; JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN, violin; CARTER BREY, cello

More information is available at the Drew University website.

















In addition to these concerts, CMS’ imaginative and entertaining Chamber Music Beginnings program for students grades 3-6 is also coming to Drew. Two concerts in the spring of 2008 bring the magic of live performance to New Jersey students. For more information, visit the Learning section of our website, or call our Education Department at 212-875-5793.

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