2008 Summer Chamber Series, June 15 - Sept. 7, 2008

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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 78th anniversary in 2007.

Each season we offer a Chamber Music Series of 16 concerts

SUNDAY JUNE 15, 3 PM - Special Benefit Concert

Special Benefit Concert for the Operating Fund
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Charles Rosen, Piano
Shostakovich: String Quartet #12 in D Flat Major, Opus 133 (1968)
Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, Opus 10 (1893)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 44 (1842)

SUNDAY JUNE 22, 3 PM

Penderecki String Quartet
Mihai Tetel, Cello
Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Opus 76 #3, "Emperor" (1796- 1797)
Janacek: String Quartet #1, "Kreutzer" (1923)
Beethoven, Anon: Cello Quintet in A Major, Opus 47 "Kreutzer" (1802-03/1833)

SATURDAY JUNE 28, 6:30 PM

Hugo Wolf String Quartet of Vienna
Andreas Klein, Piano
All Schubert
String Quartet #10 in E Flat Major, Opus 125 #1, D. 87 (1813)
Piano Quartet: Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F Major, D. 487 (1816)
String Quartet #15 in G Major, Opus 161, D. 887 (1826)
Special Encore from Valses sentimentales, D. 779, Opus 50 in A Major, (1823)
(arr. Hugo Wolf Quartet)

SUNDAY JUNE 29, 3 PM

Avalon String Quartet
Daniel Epstein, Piano
Timothy Cobb, Bass
Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor, D. 703 (1820)
Beethoven: String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132 (1825)
Schubert Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, Opus 114, D. 667 "Trout" (1819)

SUNDAY JULY 6, 3 PM

Avalon String Quartet
Jonathan Yates, Piano
Mozart: String Quartet in F Major, K. 590 (1790)
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major (1903)
Brahms: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F Minor, Opus 34 (1864)

SUNDAY JULY 13, 3 PM

Arianna String Quartet
Vanessa Perez, Piano
Beethoven: String Quartet in G Major, Opus 18 #2 (1798- 1800)
Janacek: String Quartet #2, "Intimate Letters" (1928)
Dvorak: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, Opus 81 (1887)

SUNDAY JULY 20, 3 PM

Formosa String Quartet
Pamela Mia Paul, Piano
Wolf: Italian Serenade (1887)
Shih-Hui Chen: Mai-Hua (Plum Blossom) (2007)
   Written for the Formosa String Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 130 (1825)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, Opus 26 (1861)

SUNDAY JULY 27, 3 PM

Chiara String Quartet
Soyeon Lee, Piano
Mozart: String Quartet in E Flat Major, K. 428 (1783)
Mozart: String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 (1783)
Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor (1878-1879)

SATURDAY AUGUST 2, 6:30 PM

Daedalus String Quartet
David Shifrin, Clarinet
Haydn: String Quartet in A Major, Opus 20 #6 (1772)
Shostakovich: String Quartet #3 in F Major, Opus 73 (1946)
Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings in B Minor, Opus 115 (1891)

SUNDAY AUGUST 3, 3 PM

St. Petersburg String Quartet
Jan Opalach, Bass-Baritone
Ted Taylor, Piano
All Schubert
Lieder: "Die Götter Griechenlands" (1819)
"Gretchen am Spinnrade" (1814)
String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 29. D. 804 “Rosamunda” (1824)
Lied: “Der Tod und das Mädchen” (1817)
String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden" (1824)

SUNDAY AUGUST 10, 3 PM - Special Benefit Concert

Special Benefit Concert for the Operating Fund
Rossetti String Quartet
Eugenia Zukerman, Flute
Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orpheus & Eurydice
   for Flute & String Quartet (1762)
Dvorak: String Quartet #14 in A Flat Major, Opus 105 (1895)
Debussy: Syrinx for Unaccompanied Flute (1912)
Piazzola: Tango Ballet for String Quartet (1956)
Foote: Nocturne & Scherzo for Flute & String Quartet (1918)
Ginastera: Impresiones De La Puna for Flute & String Quartet (1934)

SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 3 PM

Bergonzi String Quartet
Tao Lin, Piano
Mozart: String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 (1785)
Arrangements for String Quartet by Scott Flavin:
   Alma Schindler Mahler: “Laue Sommernacht” (1910)
   Johannes Brahms: “Minnelied”, Opus 71, #5 (1877)
   Rene Touzet: “Siempre en Clave” (1930)
   Franz Schubert: “Der Erlkönig” (1815)
   Leonard Bernstein: “Glitter and be Gay” (1956)
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Opus 57 (1940)

SUNDAY AUGUST 24, 3 PM

Blair String Quartet
Sally Pinkas, Piano
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 18 #1 (1798- 1800)
Ives: Quartet #1, “ A Revival Service” (1896)
Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet in C Minor, Opus 1 (1895)

SATURDAY AUGUST 30, 6:30 PM

The Shanghai String Quartet
Sophie Shao, Cello
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 59 #1 (1806)
Schubert: Cello Quintet in C Major, Opus 163, D. 956 (1828)

SUNDAY AUGUST 31, 3 PM - Special Benefit Concert

Special Benefit Concert for the Operating Fund
The Shanghai String Quartet
The Amernet String Quartet
Yiwan Jiang: Selections from“China Song” (2002)
Beethoven: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 18 #6 (1798- 1800)
Brahms: Viola Quintet in G Major Opus 111 (1890)
Mendelssohn: String Octet in E Flat Major, Opus 20 (1825)

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 3 PM

St. Petersburg String Quartet
Alexander Mekinulov, Piano
Mozart: Trio for Violin,Viola & Piano in E Flat, K. 498 “Kegelstatt” (1786)
Shostakovich: String Quartet #8, Opus 110 (1960)
Piazzolla: Trio for Violin, Viola & Piano: “Winter”, “Autumn” (1964-1970)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Opus 25 (1861)

 

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