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Master Classes
Master Class with Philip Setzer, Violin
Taped 5/17/2011
Master Class with Ida Kavafian, Violin
Taped 3/22/2011
Master Class with Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Taped 2/7/2011
Master Class with Steve Taylor, Oboe
Taped 11/10/2010
Master Class: Shmuel Ashkenasi
Taped 10/25/2010
Shmuel Ashkenasi instructs students playing works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Schubert.
Master Class with the Orion String Quartet
Taped March 12, 2009
Recently celebrating their 20th anniversary as a quartet and their 10th season with CMS, the four extraordinary members of the Orion String Quartet coach two young ensembles in works of Brahms and Smetana.
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Master Class Program
Master Class: Angela Hewitt
Taped December 11, 2008
Acclaimed as the pre-eminent Bach pianist of our time, Angela Hewitt explores interpretation of Bach keyboard masterpieces with a group of outstanding young pianists.
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Master Class Program
Master Class: Menahem Pressler
Taped March 18, 2008
One of the most beloved chamber musicians of our time, Menahem Pressler is best known as the pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio, which he helped found in 1955 and anchored until their final season in 2008. This class provides an insider’s view of his extraordinary work as teacher and coach.
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Master Class Program
Master Class: Daniel Hope
Taped October 6, 2008
The art of interpretation and fine points of technique are revealed as CMS Artist Daniel Hope coaches young chamber musicians works of Schubert, Debussy, and Brahms.
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Master Class Program
Inside Chamber Music Lectures
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped 2/16/2011
Brahms: Janus of Music
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped 2/9/2011
Brahms: Janus of Music
Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 34
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped 2/2/2011
Brahms: Janus of Music
Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Opus 18
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped 1/26/2011
Brahms: Janus of Music
Trio in C major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 87 (1880-82)
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped 10/27/2010
Unity in Diversity: The Harmony of Counterpoint
The Point of Counterpoint: An exploration of the meaning of contrapuntal technique in the music of Bach and other great composers.
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped 10/20/2010
Unity in Diversity: The Harmony of Counterpoint
Classical Counterpoint: from Bach to Mozart
Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat major for Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 563 (1788)
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped 10/13/2010
Unity in Diversity: The Harmony of Counterpoint
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846-893 (selections)
Inside Chamber Music with Guest Lecturer Orli Shaham
Taped 10/6/2010
Bach: Selections from the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped 9/29/2010
Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Violin, Strings, and Continuo, BWV 1041
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Olivier Messiaen - Nature and Theology
Assisted by Benjamin Hochman, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Julie Albers, cello; Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; and Preeti Vasudevan, dancer
This first lecture of a series on the evolution of modernism in music focuses on Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”.
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Lecture Program
Musical Exerpts
Indian Classical Rhythms
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Claude Debussy: Languorous Ecstasy
Assisted by the Escher String Quartet
A continuing exploration of modernism in music focuses on the musical innovations of Claude Debussy including a performance of excerpts from his String Quartet.
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Debussy Vocabulary and String Quartet Excerpts
Lecture Program
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Leoš Janáček: A Chord is Alive
Assisted by Benjamin Hochman, piano and Sophie Shao, cello
This lecture on modernism in music focuses on Leoš Janáček and includes a performance of his “Fairy Tales” for cello and piano.
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Lecture Program
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Alexander Scriabin: Musical Mysticism
Assisted by Adrienne Kim, piano
The idiosyncratic music of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin is the focus of this lecture on musical modernism. The presentation includes a performance of Scriabin’s Poème-nocturne for Piano.
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Lecture Program
Scriabin Handout
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped Fenruary 25, 2009
Schoenberg/Webern/Berg: The Liberation of Dissonance
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped February 18, 2009
Igor Stravinsky: Time Future Contained in Time Past
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped March 11, 2008
The Music of Bartok
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped February 6, 2008
Henry Cowell- Pioneer, or Cluster’s Last Stand?
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped January 23, 2008
George Antheil- Bad Boy of American Music
Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
Taped January 16, 2008
Ruth Crawford Seeger- First Lady of American Composition
Chamber Music Essentials Lectures
Chamber Music Essentials with Orli Shaham
Assembling the Ingredients
The first installment of a series devoted to understanding the basics of music. Lecturer and pianist Orli Shaham discusses the foundations of melody. The presentation includes violinists Arnaud Sussmann and Harumi Rhodes performing five violin duos by Bela Bartok.
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Glossary of Tempo Markings
Basic Music Terms
Tools of the Trade
In this second of a series devoted to understanding the basics of music, lecturer and pianist Orli Shaham discusses harmony and form. The presentation includes violinist Arnaud Sussmann and Orli Shaham performing Tzigane by Maurice Ravel.
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Key Concepts of Basic Harmony
Weights & Measures
In this installment of a series devoted to understanding the basics of music, lecturer and pianist Orli Shaham discusses sonata form. The presentation includes a performance of the first movement of Brahms’s Trio in B Major with pianist Benjamin Hochman, violinist Arnaud Sussamann, and cellist Julie Albers.
Musical Feasts for Intimate Gatherings
In this final installment of a four-part series devoted to understanding the basics of music, lecturer and pianist Orli Shaham investigates how members of an ensemble interpret, communicate, and collaborate to create an exciting performance. The presentation includes a performance of excerpts from Mozart’s String Quintet in D Major with the Escher String Quartet and violist Mark Holloway.
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CME Program
Mozart Manuscript
