2009 Summer Chamber Series, June 14 - Sept. 6, 2009
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Music Mountain is the home of the oldest continuing summer chamber music festival in this country. Founded in 1930 as the permanent home for the Gordon String Quartet, one of the leading string quartets of its time, Music Mountain is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2009.
Each season we offer a Chamber Music Series of 16 concerts. This season's theme is
Looking to the Future, Honoring the Past
In our schedule, we have included a number in parentheses after each work. It demonstrates how many times this work has been performed in Music Mountain's 80 years of concerts.
SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 3 PM - Opening Benefit Concert & Reception
THE 80TH SEASON OPENING BENEFIT CONCERT & RECEPTION
Masterpieces for Piano Trio
Peter Serkin, Piano
Madalyn Parnas, Violin
Cicely Parnas, Cello
Schubert: Piano Trio in B Flat Major, Opus 99. D. 893 (1827) (5)
Beethoven: Piano Trio WoO 39 in B Flat Major, (1812) (1)
Brahms: Piano Trio in B Major, Opus 8 (1890) (9)
(Program subject to change)
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 3 PM
Arianna String Quartet
Timothy Cobb, Bass
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 12 (1829) (5)
Janacek: String Quartet #2 “Intimate Letters” (1928) (3)
Dvorak: Quintet for Bass and Strings in G, Opus 77 (1875,rev.1888) (5)
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 3 PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Mark Peshkanov, Violin
Doris Stevenson, Piano
Beethoven, String Quartet in E Minor, Opus 59 #2 (1806) (22)
Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923) (1)
Chausson: Concerto in D for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Opus 21 (1889-1891) (12)
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 6:30 PM - *Twilight Concert*
Avalon String Quartet
Soyeon Lee, Piano
A Salute to Independence Day:
God Bless America Sing-A-Long
H. Waldo Warner: A Pixy-Ring. Opus 23 # 1 (1923) (7)
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 18 # 1 (1798-1800) (29)
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major, Opus 81 (1887) (40)
SUNDAY, JULY 5, 3 PM
The Zimro Project
Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet
Sharon Roffman, Violin
Alexis Sykes, Viola
Steven Beck, Piano
Lily Francis, Violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, Cello
Prokofieff: Overture on Hebrew Themes for Clarinet, Piano & String Quartet (1919) (3)
Mozart: Quintet in A for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581 (1789) (14)
Golijov: the Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind for Clarinet & String Quartet (1994) (2)
SUNDAY, JULY 12, 3 PM
Amernet String Quartet
Toby Appel, Viola
Loeffler: String Quintet for 3 Violins, Viola & Cello (1894) (3)
Haydn: String Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 9#2 (1768-1771) (1)
Mendelssohn: Viola Quintet in B Flat Major, Opus 87 (1845) (1)
SUNDAY, JULY 19, 3 PM
The Cassatt String Quartet
Marc Johnson, Cello
Dvorak: String Quartet in A Flat Major, Opus 105 ( 1895) (3)
Schubert: Cello Quintet in C Major, Ous 163,D.956 (1828) (24)
SUNDAY, JULY 26, 3 PM
Penderecki String Quartet
Daniel Epstein, Piano
Beethoven: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 18 # 6 (1798-1800) (18)
H. Waldo Warner: Suite in the Olden Style, Opus 34 (1929) (9)
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34 (1864) (40)
SATURDAY AUGUST 1, 6:30 PM - *Twilight Concert*
A Piazzolla Weekend
The Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Daniel Binelli, Bandoneon
Villa-Lobos: String Quartet #1(1917) (1)
Binelli: Preludio y Candombe (1998) (1)
Cobian: Los Mareados (Bandoneon Solo) (1942) (1)
Piazzolla: Adios Nonini (arr. Binelli) (1959) (1)
Palacio: Desarraitango (1979) (2)
Binelli: Metropolis (1999) (1)
Piazzolla: Oblivion (arr. Binelli) (1984) (2)
Piazzolla: Fuga y Misterio (arr. Olguin) (1967) (2)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 3 PM
A Piazzolla Weekend
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Daniel Binelli, Bandoneon
Mignone: String Quartet # 1 (1957) (1)
Piazzolla: Anxiety (Arr.Olguin) (1989) (2)
Piazzolla: Fear (Arr. Olguin) (1989) (2)
Binelli: Un Bandoneon en Paris ((2006) (1)
Delfino: Recuerdos de Bohemia (Bandoneon Solo) (1935) (1)
Binelli:Tango in the Night (2008) (1)
Piazzolla: Tristeza de un Doble A (arr. Binelli) (1972) (1)
Piazzolla:Milonga del Angel (arr. Olguin) (3)
Piazzolla: Muerte del Angel (arr.Olguin) (1962) (2)
Piazzolla: Fuga 9 (arr. Olguin) (1972) (3)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 3 PM
Alla Aranovskaya, Violin
Boris Vayner, Viola
Daniel Khalikov, Violin
Sami Merdinian, Violin
Milan Milisavljevic, Viola
Adrian Daurov, Cello
Schubert: Quartetsatz in C Minor, D. 703 (14)
Turina: L’Oracion del Torero (1927) (23)
Mozart:Duo Concertante for Violin, Viola and String Quartet,
in E Flat Major,K. 364, (1779) (2)
Dvorak: Viola Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 97 (1893) (2)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 3 PM
Bergonzi String Quartet
Tanya Bannister, Piano
Ginastera: String Quartet # 1, Opus 20 ( 1948) (5)
Arrangements for String Quartet by Scott Flavin:
Puccini: Morire (1917) (1)
Gershwin: Fascinatin’ Rhythm/I Got Rhythm (1924/1928) (1)
Mahler: Schneiden und Meiden (1888-1889) (1)
Dohnanyi : Piano Quintet # 1 in C Minor Opus 1 ( 1895) (21)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 3 PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Pamela Mia Paul, Piano
Mendelssohn: String Quartet # 3 in D Major, Opus 44 # 1 (1838) (11)
Arensky: String Quartet # 2 for 2 cellos in A Minor, Opus 35 (1896)
arranged for String Quartet (1)
Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor (1878-79) (35)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 3 PM
Daedalus String Quartet
Jonathan Yates, Piano
Beethoven: String Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 74 (1809) (20)
Kodaly: String Quartet # 2, Opus 10 (1909) (1)
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 47 (1842) (12)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 6:30 PM - *Twilight Concert*
Shanghai String Quartet
All Beethoven Program
String Quartet in F Minor, Opus 95 (1810) (27)
Grosse Fugue, Opus 133, (1825) (7)
String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 130 (1826) (14)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 3 PM
80th Anniversary Celebration Concert & Reception
A Re-creation of Music Mountain’s Inaugural Concert on August 22, 1930
Shanghai String Quartet
Juana Zayas, Piano
Beethoven: String Quartet in C Major, Opus 59 # 3 (1806) (36)
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major (1903) (40)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 44 ( 1842) (36)