MAY 23, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)

PROGRAM

Fanny Mendelssohn: Selections from Das Jahr (Ursula Oppens, piano)
Victoria Bond: Blue and Green Music (world premiere online) (Cassatt String Quartet) *
Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor Op.67 (Cassatt String Quartet with Ursula Oppens)

* This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

MAY 2, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)

“One of the biggest pianistic talents to have emerged in this country in the last 25 years” Baltimore Sun

PROGRAM

Haydn: Andante and Variations in f minor, Hob. XVII:6
Liszt: Funèrailles (from “Harmonies Poétiques et Réligieuses”)
Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor Op.67 (Cassatt String Quartet with Ursula Oppens)
Rachmaninoff: 4 Etudes tableaux from Op. 39 (Nos. 1, 2, 5, 9)

APRIL 11, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)

"With exhilarating teamwork, humor and educational instincts, the two musicians charmed an eager crowd..." Strad Magazine

PROGRAM

Original compositions by Lark and Thurber interspersed with 2-part Inventions by J. S. Bach

MARCH 21, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)

Grammy winning members of the Attacca and Harlem Quartets.

PROGRAM

Arthur Honegger: Sonatine for Violin and Cello, H. 80
Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Opus 7

FEBRUARY 21, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)

Noted as one of today's most stylistically versatile and musically satisfying orchestras.

Caterina Szepes, Violin
Stacey Shames, Harp
Bruno Eicher, Violin
Mary Hammann, Viola
Kari Jane Docter, Cello

PROGRAM

Camille Saint-Saëns: Fantasie in A Major, Op. 124 for violin and harp
Caterina Szepes, violin; Stacey Shames, harp

Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais Caterina Szepes, violin; Stacey Shames, harp

Gabriela Lena Frank: Zapatos de Chincha
Bruno Eicher, violin; Kari Jane Docter, cello

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3 Bruno Eicher, violin; Mary Hammann, viola; Kari Jane Docter, cello

JANUARY 24, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)

PROGRAM

Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (for piano four hands)

Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (complete original version for piano four hands)
SCENE I
The Shrove-Tide Fair
Russian Dance
SCENE II
Petrushka
SCENE III
The Blackamoor
Waltz (Blackamoor and Ballerina)
SCENE IV
The Shrove-Tide Fair (Towards Evening)
Wet-Nurses’ Dance
Peasant with Bear
Gypsies and a Rake Vendor
Dance of the Coachmen
Masqueraders
The Scuffle (Blackamoor and Petrushka)
Death of Petrushka
Police and the Juggler
Apparition of Petrushka’s Double

Encore: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6 — Vivace

NOVEMBER 15, 2020, 8:15 PM (ET)

Founding members of the Horszowski Trio

PROGRAM

Olivier Messiaen: Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 for Violin and Piano
Allegro moderato
Adagio espressivo
Scherzo: Allegro—Trio
Poco allegretto
Paul Chihara: "Storm" after The Tempest Sonata (from Four Reveries on Beethoven, 2018) for Solo Piano
Maurice Ravel: Sonata No. 2 in G Major for Violin and Piano
Allegretto
Blues Moderato
Perpetuum mobile. Allegro