Concerts will be held at H.W. Smith School
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MANHATTAN CHAMBER PLAYERS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2023, 7:30 PM
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In memory of David H. Stam, from his loving family
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We open with a string sextet drawn from the Manhattan Chamber players, whose roster comprises some of New York City's most sought-after chamber performers. The ensemble has been praised for its "mellifluous blend of vigorous intensity" Classical Source.
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Richard Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio
Boccherini: String Quintet in D Major, “Del Fandango”
Brahms: String Sextet in G Major, op. 36
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Photo: Sophie Zhai
DUBLIN GUITAR QUARTET
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2023, 2:00 PM
"A quartet with a difference" said the Irish Times, and that difference is these Dubliners' unique devotion to performing contemporary music. With the help of their eight and eleven string guitars, they create, "a near orchestral palette of sound backed up by hall-filling power" Washington Post. Their program includes some composers new to us, and others we have already grown to love.
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Bryce Dessner: Aheym
Wojciech Kilar: Orawa
Philip Glass: Piano Etudes nos. 2, 9, 16, 20
Rachel Grimes: Book of Leaves
Marc Mellits: (New arrangement)
Arvo Pärt: Summa
Philip Glass: String Quartet no. 3, “Mishima”
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DANISH STRING QUARTET
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2023, 7:30 PM
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Sponsored by Dr. Joseph W. Flanagan, M.D.
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These three Danes (plus their Swedish cellist) quip that only rarely these days do they raid the English coast. Nevertheless, they have succeeded in conquering the world of chamber music. Named "Ensemble of the Year" in 2019 by Musical America, the DSQ were part of Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Society for three seasons. "Nobody could have prepared me for the tornado of energy the quartet unleashed...The players seemed to dance in their seats" Boston Globe.
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Purcell: Chaconne in G Minor
Haydn: String Quartet op. 20, no. 3
Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 7
Traditional: Folk music
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MIDWINTER CONCERT:
A QUARTET OF TRIOS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2024, 7:30 PM
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Is three a crowd? You won’t think so when you hear threesomes of Central New York’s finest musicians perform these intimate gems.
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Max Bruch: Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano (selections)
Jean Françaix: String Trio in C Major, op. 2
Schubert: String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 471
Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, op. 114
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ATOS TRIO
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2024, 7:30 PM
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Sponsored by FLX TAX
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When violinist Annette von Hehn, pianist Thomas Hoppe, and cellist Stefan Heinemeyer formed a trio in Berlin in 2002, they bonded together so closely that they chose an acronym of their names as the group's title. Two decades of triumph on the world's concert stages have only intensified this artistic unity.
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Mozart: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, K. 502
Korngold: Piano Trio in D Major, op. 1
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 2, op. 66
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WINDSYNC
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024, 7:30 PM
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The lively musicians of this Houston-based group strive for immediacy with their audience by playing all their repertoire--wind quintet classics and adaptations of other beloved music--from memory. "Staunchly dedicated to pushing the boundaries...with youthful, pop-rock sensibility" Winnipeg Free Press.
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Viet Cuong: Flora
Ravel/WindSync: Bolero
Miguel del Aguila: Sambeada
Gershwin: Summertime
Mozart/Rechtman: Serenade in C Minor, K. 388
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AMERICAN STRING QUARTET
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024, 7:30 PM
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For our season finale we welcome back the American, surely one of the finest string quartets performing today. Now celebrating their 50th anniversary season, the ASQ has performed worldwide and recorded the complete string quartets of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Bartók. "The finesse, the thoughtfulness and depth of the performance could not be surpassed." Berliner Morgenpost.
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Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 18, no. 6, “La Malinconia”
Caroline Shaw: Blueprint
Vivian Fung: Pizzicato
Schubert: Quartet in A Minor, D. 804, “Rosamunde”
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Photo: Peter Schaaf
Photo: Julian Hernandez
John Copley
Dublin Guitar Quartet's international touring is supported by Culture Ireland.
Photo: Caroline Bittencourt