Welcome to Festival Chamber Music

Programs: 2008 - 2009 Season

All Concerts are held at Weill Hall (in Carnegie Hall). 154 West 57th Street

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 8:00pm

Mozart Duo in G Major for Violin & Viola, K. 423
Saint-Saens Sonata in D Major for Oboe and Piano, Op. 166
Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps for Piano, Four Hands

Calvin Wiersma, Violin
Ira Weller, Viola
Stephen Taylor, Oboe
David Oei and Hélène Jeanney, Piano

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 8:00pm

Devienne Quartet #2 in F Major for Bassoon and Strings, Op. 73
Ginastera Pampeana #1 for Violin and Piano, Op. 16
Faure Quartet in C Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 15

Eriko Sato, Violin
Katie Lansdale, Violin/Viola
Ruth Sommers, Cello
Yuri Funahashi, Piano
Frank Morelli, Bassoon

Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 8:00pm

Haydn Trio in G Major, Hob.X:25
Martinu Serenade IV for 2 Clarinets, Violin, Viola, and Cello
D'Indy Quartet in A Minor for Piano and Strings, Op.7

Theodore Arm, Violin
Ira Weller, Viola
Ruth Sommers, Cello
Athena Adamopoulis, Piano
Charles Neidich, Clarinet
Ayako Oshima, Clarinet

Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 8:30pm

An Evening of Romantic Music for Cello and Piano

Beethoven Judas Maccabaeus Variations WoO 45
Bloch Prayer from “The Jewish Life”
Schumann Fantasiestücke, op. 73
Brahms Sonata in F Major, Op. 99

Ruth Sommers, Cello
David Oei, Piano

Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 2:00pm

Mozart Quintet for Horn, Violin, 2 Violas, and Cello, K. 407
Frank Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Brahms String Sextet #1 in B Flat, Op. 18

Theodore Arm, Violin/Viola
Eriko Sato, Violin/Viola
Laurie Smukler, Violin
Ira Weller, Viola
Ruth Sommers, Cello
Laua Metcalf, Cello
David Jolley, French Horn

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 8:00pm

Mozart Quartet in G Minor for Piano and Strings, K. 478
Piazzolla L'Histoire du Tango for Violin and Guitar
Saint-Saens Quartet in B Flat Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 41

Katie Lansdale, Violin
Calvin Wiersma, Viola
Ruth Sommers, Cello
Yuri Funahashi, Piano
Oren Fader, Guitar

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