Welcome to Festival Chamber Music

Programs: 2013 - 2014 Season

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

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 8pm

François Devienne (1759-1803) Quartet in C Major for Bassoon and Strings, Op. 73 #1
Béla Bartok (1881-1945) Romanian Dances for Violin and Piano
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Befreit for Mezzo Soprano and Piano
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Quartet in A Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 26

Solomiya Ivakhiv, Violin
Calvin Wiersma, Violin/Viola
Ruth Sommers, Cello
Mikhail Hallak, Piano
Frank Morelli, Bassoon
Christine Antenbring, Mezzo-Soprano

Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 8pm

Max Bruch (1838-1920) Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Ferdinand Rebay (1880-1953) Sonata for Oboe and Guitar
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67

Charles Neidich, Clarinet
James Austin Smith, Oboe
Katie Landsdale, Violin
Ruth Sommers, Cello
David Oei, Piano
Oren Fader, Guitar

Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 8pm

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Trio in G Major, Op. 1, #2
Roger Boutry (1932- ) Interferences 1 for Bassoon and Piano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Trio No. 1 in G Major

Calvin Wiersma, Violin
Ruth Sommers, Cello
Yuri Funahashi, Piano
Frank Morelli, Bassoon

Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 8pm

The Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38
Sonata in D Major, Op. 78
Sonata in F Major, Op. 99

Ruth Sommers, Cello
Mikhail Hallak, Piano

Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 8pm

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Guitar Quintet #1 in D Minor, G. 445
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) Five Pieces for String Quartet
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

Oren Fader, Guitar
Katie Lansdale, Violin
Solomiya Ivakhiv, Violin
Eriko Sato, Viola
Ruth Sommers, Cello
David Oei, Piano

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