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JOIN US FOR OUR 75th ANNIVERSARY SEASON!

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2024-2025

Concerts will be held at GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
2400 Grant Boulevard, Syracuse, NY 13208

Programs subject to change

Photo: Luke Ratray

Photo: Victoria Cadisch

PARKER QUARTET with FLEUR BARRON

Saturday, November 23, 2024, 7:30 pm

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Mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron has been creating quite a sensation internationally. The London Times called her a “knock-out performer.” The excellent Parker Quartet together with Fleur have devised this contemplative program celebrating the natural environment, “ecopoetry”, and their primarily Asian heritage. They join forces in the world premiere of a piece co-commissioned by SFCM in which Anthony Cheung explores the many ways music can facilitate cross-cultural dialogue.

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Brahms: “Im Herbst” from Fünf Gesänge, op. 104

John Luther Adams: The Wind in High Places

Anthony Cheung: the field remembers

Mahler: “Der Einsame im Herbst” from Das Lied von der Erde

Brahms: String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat Major, op. 67

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FRAUTSCHI-NAKAMATSU-MANASSE

TRIO

Saturday, April 5, 2025, 7:30 pm

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A Van Cliburn Piano Competition Gold Medal Winner playing a thrilling Chopin work! Three superb musicians bringing to life Stravinsky at his most inventive! Join us as we welcome back pianist Jon Nakamatsu, two-time GRAMMY nominee violinist Jennifer Frautschi, and clarinetist Jon Manasse, former first chair of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Their program spotlights their individual talents and explores some musical gems.

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Debussy: Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Piano

Debussy: Première rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano

Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande polonaise brillante, op.22

Khatchaturian: Trio in G Minor

Stravinsky: Suite from L’Histoire du soldat

Novacek: Two Rags for Violin, Clarinet and Piano

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Photo: Shervin Laine

IMANI WINDS

Saturday, May 10, 2025, 7:30 pm

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When this splendid woodwind quintet returns to close our series, they will perform a new work commissioned by SFCM. The composer is Loren Loiacono of Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music, a prolific composer of orchestral, chamber, and choral music. A fitting culmination of our 75th Anniversary celebration!

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THE FRENCH CONNECTION: Tout le monde

Lina Mathon Blanchet: A Haitian Tale, arr. Gil DeJean

Jean Françaix: Wind Quintet no. 2 (1987)

Lalo Shifrin: La Nouvelle Orleans

Loren Loiacono: New Work (World premiere)

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring arr. Jonathan Russell

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Cremona
Parker
TSO
Naughton
FNM
Imani

This project is made possible through the CNY Arts Grants for Regional Arts and Cultural Engagement regrant program thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.

THE SYRACUSE ORCHESTRA

Saturday, January 18, 2025, 7:30 pm

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A chamber orchestra drawn from The Syracuse Orchestra joins forces with Syracuse Vocal Ensemble to present this program of uplifting music.

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Mozart: Solemn Vespers, K.339

C.P.E. Bach: Symphony in D Major, H.663 (W.183/1)

Mendelssohn: String Symphony no. 12 in G Minor

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THE NAUGHTON PIANO DUO

Saturday, March 15, 2025, 7:30 pm

Sponsored by FLX TAX

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Twin sisters Christina and Michelle Naughton have captivated audiences around the world with their seemingly mystical communication. “They have to be heard to be believed,” raved the Washington Post. Their performance at Tanglewood "lit up the stage, leaving the audience calling for more." Boston Globe. As the sisters join two hearts and four hands at two pianos, be prepared for an electrifying experience.

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Mozart: Sonata K. 358 in B-flat Major

Debussy: Petite Suite

Jennifer Higdon: “Jumble Dance” from Dance Card no. 3

Tania Leon: Satine

Beethoven: Sonata for Piano Four Hands in D Major, op. 6

Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven

Ravel: La Valse

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Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

Photo: Nikolaj Lund

QUARTETTO DI CREMONA

Saturday, November 2, 2024, 7:30 pm

Sponsored by Dr. Joseph W. Flanagan, M.D.

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The internationally-acclaimed Cremona Quartet does full justice to the name it bears – the town in Italy that was home to the golden age of violin makers. After one of the Quartet's London concerts, the critic of The Strad called their playing “as sleek and elegant as an Armani suit, with the music tailored to perfection.” And what music we will hear!

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Ravel: String Quartet in F Major

Bartók: String Quartet no. 4

Schumann: String Quartet op. 41, no. 1

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