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Programs: 2006-2007 Season

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 8:00 pm

Beethoven Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.16
Adamopoulos Quintet for French Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano (World Premiere)*
Schumann Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44

Athena Adamopoulous, piano
Theodore Arm, violin
Laurie Smukler, Violin
Ira Weller, Viola
Ruth Sommers, Cello
David Jolley, French Horn

*Commissioned by Festival Chamber Music with the generous support of the Greenwall Foundation and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 8:00 pm

Hummel Trio in E Flat, Op. 96
Rachmaninoff Trio in G Minor, Op. Posthumus
Higdon Dark Wood for Bassoon, Violin Cello and Piano
Chopin Trio in G Minor , Op.8

Laurie Smukler, Violin
Ruth Sommers, Cello
Yuri Funahashi, Piano
Frank Morelli, Bassoon

Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 8:00 pm

Prokoffiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
Wilder Suite for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano
Elgar Romance, Op. 62 for Bassoon and Piano
Brahms Quintet in B Minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115

Theodore Arm, Violin
Katie Lansdale, Violin
Robert Rinehart, Viola
Ruth Sommers, Cello
David Oei, Piano
Charles Neidich, Clarinet
Frank Morelli, Bassoon

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 8:00 pm

Beethoven Trio in E Flat, WoO 38 Posthumus
Turina Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 67
Colgrass Variations for Viola and Four Drums
Brahms Trio in C Major, Op. 87

Eriko Sato, Violin
Richard O’Neill, Viola
Ruth Sommers, Cello
Luke Rinderknecht, Percussion
Mikhail Hallak, Piano

Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 8:00 pm

Mozart Trio B Flat K. 254
Schnyder Trio for Violin Cello and Piano
Tchaikowsky String Sextet “Souvenir de Florence” Op. 70

Theodore Arm, Violin
Calvin Wiersma, Violin
Eriko Sato, Violin/Viola
Ira Weller, Viola
Scott Ballantyne, Cello
Ruth Sommers, Cello
David Oei, Piano

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