Programs
JUNE 21 |
8PM
Weiss-Kaplan-Newman
Trio
Yael Weiss,
piano
Mark Kaplan,
violin
Clancy
Newman, cello
AN EVENING
OF BEETHOVEN
Variations
in G Major, Op. 121a, "Kakadu"
Trio in D
Major, Op. 70 No. 1, "Ghost"
Trio in
E-flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2
Combining
the talents of three award-winning soloists, the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio
embraces the music of the future while offering fresh insights into three
centuries of masterworks. The Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio was founded in 2001, and
has presented concerts throughout the US, Europe and the Middle East. Other
international festival performances have included appearances at the Jeju Island Music Festival in Korea and the Festival of the
Sound in Canada. Among upcoming performances are appearances for Baltimore’s
Shriver Hall Concert Series and at Washington’s National Gallery – the latter
concert to include the premiere of a new Piano Trio by Clancy Newman. The Trio
will be presenting Beethoven’s complete works for piano trio in three concerts
this summer.
A recent
release (2008) from Bridge Records presents the Trio's recording of Paul Chihara’s trio, “Ain’t No
Sunshine”. The Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio commissioned this work, and performed
its World Premiere in 2006 at the Kennedy Center. The Trio’s appearance on St.
Paul Sunday has been broadcast nationally several times, and was selected for
St. Paul Sunday's “Best of the Year” CD. Highlights of the 2010-11 season
feature several world premier performances, including Joel Feigin’s
Piano Concerto, dedicated to Ms. Weiss.
JULY 6 | 8PM
Dolce Suono Ensemble
Mimi Stillman, flute
Burchard
Tang, viola
Coline-Marie
Orlian, harp
PROGRAM
Sonatine en
Trio Maurice Ravel
Sonatine
for Solo Harp, Op. 23 (world premiere) Benjamin C.S. Boyle
Sonata for
Flute, Viola and Harp Claude Debussy
Larkspur for
Flute, Viola and Harp (Princeton Premiere) Fang Man
Suite of
Songs Ginastera and Piazzolla
JULY 14 |
8PM
Voxare
Quartet
Emily Ondracek, violin
Galina Zhdanova, violin
Erik
Petersen, viola
Adrian Daurov, cello
PROGRAM
String
Quartet, Op. 11 (1936) Samuel Barber
String
Quartet Set (1978-79) Lou Harrison
String
Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 Dmitri Shostakovich
The Voxare String Quartet was formed in 2008 and has since
received critical praise for its inventive programming, technical prowess,
attention to detail, and passionate performances. The New York Times recently
declared that Voxare plays with “penetrating tone and
lucid textures,” and has on numerous occasions chosen Voxare
as its Classical Pick of the Week. Voxare is a
frequent performer at Bargemusic in New York City
where they have been quartet-in-residence. Voxare has
been featured live on WNYC’s Soundcheck, and its
concerts broadcast on WQXR. Voxare’s unique
performing activities earned the quartet Chamber Music America’s 2010 ASCAP
Award for Adventurous Programming. Voxare has studied
with the Juilliard String Quartet at its String Quartet Seminar and with the Kronos Quartet through Carnegie Hall.
With a
repertoire spanning five centuries, Voxare has
frequently worked closely with leading composers, including Pulitzer Prize
winners Ned Rorem and David Del Tredici. In 2010, Voxare was Quartet-in-Residence at the International
Computer Music Conference, and presented a three day Mostly Riley Festival to
celebrate the 75th birthday of Terry Riley at Bargemusic.
This season, Voxare performs works by living
composers at its residency series, DIG IT! New Music, at Teachers College,
Columbia University, and a residency at Dartmouth College, as well as a series
of concerts for Columbia University’s Lunchtime Series featuring works of
Barber, Copland, Ives, and Thomson. Their debut recording project, for the
Naxos label, will feature works of Daron Hagen.
Voxare is
not afraid to break down the boundaries of classical music; they have made and
performed their own transcriptions of popular and rock music and often perform
in alternative concert venues, presenting innovative concerts focused on unique
and accessible presentations of contemporary chamber music while assimilating
classical standards and popular music. Voxare can be
heard on the soundtracks of several films shown at festivals such as Sundance
and Tribeca.
JULY 26 |
8PM
Linden
Quartet
Sarah McElravy, violin
Catherine Cosbey, violin
Eric Wong, viola
Felix Umansky, cello
PROGRAM
String
Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 428 Wolfgang Amadeua
Mozart
String
Quartet in F Major Maurice Ravel
String
Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1 Robert Schumann
Currently
the Graduate String Quartet-in-Residence at the Yale School of Music, the
Linden String Quartet has been praised for its "remarkable depth of
technique and brilliantly nuanced, sumptuous tonality…delivered with a
palpable, infectious joy." The Quartet is the gold medalist and grand prize-winner
of the 2009 Fischoff National Chamber Music
Competition as well as winner of the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition. Other awards include first prize at
the Sixth Hugo Kauder International Competition and
the Coleman-Barstow prize at the 2009 Coleman National Chamber Ensemble
Competition. The Quartet previously served both as apprentice to the Cavani String Quartet at the Cleveland Institute of Music
(CIM) and as Quartet-in-Residence of the Canton Symphony Orchestra. Dedicated
to community outreach and education, the Linden String Quartet regularly
performs for elementary through high school audiences around the United States.
The
Quartet’s principle mentors are the Cavani and Tokyo
String Quartets, Peter Salaff, and Paul Kantor. Other
influential teachers include Donald Weilerstein and
William Preucil of the Cleveland Quartet, Joel
Smirnoff of the Juilliard String Quartet, and members of the St. Lawrence
String Quartet. The Quartet has collaborated with guitarist Jason Vieaux, mezzo-soprano Jana Baty,
violinist Geoff Nuttall, and pianist Peter Frankl. The Quartet has spent summers in residence at the
Norfolk and Emilia-Romagna Music Festivals, the Banff Centre, and the Music at
Port Milford Chamber Music Festival in Ontario, Canada.
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