Program

• Giacomo Puccini, Crisantemi for string quartet

• Charlotte Bray, Fire Burning in Snow for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello – US premiere

• Gordon Jacob, Sextet in B-flat Major for piano & winds, Op. 6

• Sergei Rachmaninoff, Trio élégiaque No. 2 in d minor, Op. 9

Puccini shares a musical bouquet in memory of a friend, and Charlotte Bray reflects on obsession, desire, solitude, and lost love. Dedicated “to the memory of a great artist,” Rachmaninoff’s tribute to Tchaikovsky was composed in a flurry of emotion in just five weeks, revealing celestial glimpses of his mentor in a rapturous outpouring of pathos and passion.

Program

• Giacomo Puccini, Crisantemi for string quartet

• Charlotte Bray, Fire Burning in Snow for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello – US premiere

• Gordon Jacob, Sextet in B-flat Major for piano & winds, Op. 6

• Sergei Rachmaninoff, Trio élégiaque No. 2 in d minor, Op. 9

Puccini shares a musical bouquet in memory of a friend, and Charlotte Bray reflects on obsession, desire, solitude, and lost love. Dedicated “to the memory of a great artist,” Rachmaninoff’s tribute to Tchaikovsky was composed in a flurry of emotion in just five weeks, revealing celestial glimpses of his mentor in a rapturous outpouring of pathos and passion.

Brahms, String Sextet in G Major, Op. 3

Program

• Lili Boulanger, Nocturne et cortège for violin & piano

• Eric Moe, Frozen Hours Melt Melodiously into the Past for flute, clarinet, string trio & piano

• Zoltán Kodály, Duo for violin & cello, Op. 7

• Claude Debussy, Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé for soprano & piano

• Ernest Chausson, Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 30

From the streets of Paris to the Hungarian countryside, we begin our second quarter-century with a program of beauty, light, and joie de vivre. Kodály’s fiddler greets us with wild abandon, Eric Moe transports us to a luminous, glowing past, and Debussy conjures a universe of shifting color and sensual dreams. Chausson’s piano quartet is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece of elegance, warmth, and endless mélodie.

Program

• Lili Boulanger, Nocturne et cortège for violin & piano

• Eric Moe, Frozen Hours Melt Melodiously into the Past for flute, clarinet, string trio & piano

• Zoltán Kodály, Duo for violin & cello, Op. 7

• Claude Debussy, Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé for soprano & piano

• Ernest Chausson, Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 30

From the streets of Paris to the Hungarian countryside, we begin our second quarter-century with a program of beauty, light, and joie de vivre. Kodály’s fiddler greets us with wild abandon, Eric Moe transports us to a luminous, glowing past, and Debussy conjures a universe of shifting color and sensual dreams. Chausson’s piano quartet is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece of elegance, warmth, and endless mélodie.

“We celebrate the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s birth with a performance of his passionate and nearly symphonic Cello Sonata, paired with the works of Ludwig van Beethoven, Nadia Boulanger, and George Crumb.”

Program

• Erich Korngold, Suite from Much Ado About Nothing for violin & piano, Op. 11

• Ralph Vaughan Williams, Six Studies in English Folk Song for English horn & piano (1926)

• David Matthews, Terrible Beauty for soprano, flute, clarinet, harp & string quartet, Op. 104

• Thomas Adès, Court Studies from The Tempest for clarinet, violin, cello & piano

• Edward Elgar, Piano Quintet in a minor, Op. 84 (1918)

The Bard takes center stage as Korngold channels Shakespeare’s story of courtship, crossed wires, and mistaken identities; Adès creates vivid character sketches of the Court of Naples; and David Matthews gives voice to Antony and Cleopatra. Elgar offers an Edwardian masterpiece of epic scope, embodying the gilded age and filled with unabashed romanticism and the pastoral grace of the English countryside.

Program

• Erich Korngold, Suite from Much Ado About Nothing for violin & piano, Op. 11

• Ralph Vaughan Williams, Six Studies in English Folk Song for English horn & piano (1926)

• David Matthews, Terrible Beauty for soprano, flute, clarinet, harp & string quartet, Op. 104

• Thomas Adès, Court Studies from The Tempest for clarinet, violin, cello & piano

• Edward Elgar, Piano Quintet in a minor, Op. 84 (1918)

The Bard takes center stage as Korngold channels Shakespeare’s story of courtship, crossed wires, and mistaken identities; Adès creates vivid character sketches of the Court of Naples; and David Matthews gives voice to Antony and Cleopatra. Elgar offers an Edwardian masterpiece of epic scope, embodying the gilded age and filled with unabashed romanticism and the pastoral grace of the English countryside.

Faculty Quartet: Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

Carlos Simon (b. 1986): “be still and know” for piano trio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Abendempfindung “Evening Thoughts” (K. 523)
Zufriedenheit “Contentment” (K. 473)

Franz Schubert (1979-1828): Du bist die Ruh “You are Repose” (D. 776)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Adelaide, op. 46

Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-flat “Archduke,” op. 97

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 No. 7 (“Archduke”)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332/300k
Carlos Simon: “Be still and know”

Program

• Robert Schumann, Drei Fantasiestücke for clarinet & piano, Op. 73

• Andrew List, The Gargoyles of Notre Dame for flute, clarinet, string trio, piano & percussion

• Andre Caplet, Conte fantastique d’après “Le Masque de la Mort Rouge” for harp & strings

• Cynthia Lee Wong, Piano Quartet (After Poe)

• Robert Schumann, Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor, Op. 110

Join us for a whimsical program of fantastical visions and striking scenes, inspired by the secret lives of gargoyles, the master of the macabre, and the richly imagined inner world of Robert Schumann. All hail: “To a new world of Gods and Monsters!”

Program

• Robert Schumann, Drei Fantasiestücke for clarinet & piano, Op. 73

• Andrew List, The Gargoyles of Notre Dame for flute, clarinet, string trio, piano & percussion

• Andre Caplet, Conte fantastique d’après “Le Masque de la Mort Rouge” for harp & strings

• Cynthia Lee Wong, Piano Quartet (After Poe)

• Robert Schumann, Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor, Op. 110

Join us for a whimsical program of fantastical visions and striking scenes, inspired by the secret lives of gargoyles, the master of the macabre, and the richly imagined inner world of Robert Schumann. All hail: “To a new world of Gods and Monsters!”