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2020-2021 SEASON UPCOMING CONCERTS
SYBARITE5
Rescheduled date TBA
"Hyper-accurate yet fiercely vivacious," "Smart as a fox," and "More fascinating than a jar of lightning," Sybarite5 dazzles audiences around the world with their luxurious sound and unexpected programming. They will bring the art of the dance center stage for an evening of dance-inspired works.
Photo: Roy Cox
DOVER QUARTET
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021, 7:30 PM
through Monday evening May 3
Having catapulted to international stardom following a stunning sweep of the 2013 Banff Competition—they won every prize—the Dover has become one of the most in-demand ensembles in the world.
Mendelssohn, Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 12
Ligeti, Quartet no. 1, "Metamorphoses Nocturnes"
Dvorák, Quartet in G Major, op. 106
Due to illness that prevents the group from traveling at this time, Sybarite5 is having to reschedule their April 17 performance for a later date. Sybarite5 looks forward to joining us in Syracuse later this season. We will announce the new performance date as soon as we know it.
ANNOUNCING THE NEW SEASON!
Coming in 2021–2022
WU HAN-SETZER-FINCKEL TRIO
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2021, 7:30 PM
Violinist Philip Setzer and cellist David Finckel, who played together in the GRAMMY Award-winning Emerson String Quartet for more than three decades, join pianist Wu Han in this spectacular trio of world-renowned artists. Wu Han and David Finckel are co-artistic directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and they jointly received Musical America’s Musician of the Year award in 2012.
Beethoven: Trio in G Major, op. 1, no. 2
Mendelssohn: Trio in D Minor, op. 49
Dvořák: Trio in E Minor, op. 90, "Dumky"
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Photo: Matthew Holler
IMANI WINDS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2021, 7:30 PM
One of the most successful chamber ensembles in the country, the Imani Winds bring their outstanding skill and musicality to classics of the wind quintet literature, to newly commissioned works, and to their own compositions, while bridging European, American, African, and Latin American traditions.
Eugene Bozza: Scherzo
Elliott Carter: Quintet for Winds
Henri Tomasi: Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrées
Paquito D'Rivera: Wapango
Anders Hillborg: Six Pieces for Wind Quintet
Valerie Coleman: Afro-Cuban Concerto
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Photo: Pierre Lidar
ULYSSES QUARTET
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021, 7:30 PM
Winner of top awards at major chamber music competitions, the young Ulysses Quartet, founded in 2015, is now in residence at the Juilliard School.
Haydn: Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 76, no. 4, "Sunrise"
Janáček: Quartet no. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
Richter: On the Nature of Daylight
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 44, no. 3
INSPIRED BY SONG
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2022, 7:30 PM
We will continue our tradition of bringing some of Central New York's finest musicians together for a midwinter night of great music. This year we will feature strings with piano, clarinet, and horn, playing pieces inspired by song.
Vaughn Williams: Quintet in D Major
Wolf: Italian Serenade
Schubert: Piano quintet in A Major, D. 667, "Trout"
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Photo: Lucia Macedo
FRISSON ENSEMBLE
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2022, 7:30 PM
Frisson is explosive! The ensemble features the best and brightest of classical music's young talents in programs of rarely performed masterworks for various combinations of instruments. Six string players and an oboist will join us.
Britten: Phantasy Quartet
Piazzolla: Oblivion
Françaix: Quartet for English Horn and String Trio
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
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Photo: Dorothy Shi
HARLEM QUARTET
SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2022, 7:30 PM
Harlem Quartet engages new audiences with a varied repertoire that includes many works by minority composers. Their mission to share their passion with a wider audience has taken them around the world—from the White House to a highly successful tour of South Africa and numerous venues in between.
Joseph Bologne: String Quartet Concertante no. 5 in G Major
William Grant Still: Lyric Quartette
Jessie Montgomery: Strum
Ewin L Lewis: Fugato
George Walker: String Quartet no. 1
Wynton Marsalis: At the Octaroon Balls
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia
Billy Strayhorn: Take the "A" Train
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Photo: Amy Schroeder
VONSATTEL PIANO QUARTET
SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2022, 7:30 PM
Now a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, violinist Sarah Crocker Vonsattel grew up in Syracuse. She returns with multi award-winning pianist Gilles Vonsattel, fellow Met Orchestra member and co-artistic director of the Skaneateles Festival cellist Julia Bruskin, and GRAMMY-nominated violist Melissa Reardon for this concert of great works for strings and piano.
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478
Amy Beach: Piano Trio, op. 150
Dvořák: Piano Quartet no. 2 in E-flat Major, op. 87
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Photo: Christian Steiner