You don't have to go to Aspen this summer (all the more space for me...:)
to hear great chamber music. The usual list of suspects will show up
right in our neighborhood, on the SF Peninsula, at the Music@Menlo
Festival (http://www.musicatmenlo.org/, a site *without* an HTML or TXT
list such as the one below, hence this message). Behold:
I - Aug. 5, 6 - The Gilded Century
CAROL WINCENC flute
ALLAN VOGEL oboe, oboe d'amore
KENNETH COOPER harpsichord
GEOFF NUTTALL violin
PHILIP SETZER violin
BARRY SHIFFMAN violin
LESLEY ROBERTSON viola
COLIN CARR cello
DAVID FINCKEL cello
ALBERTO PARRINI cello
CHARLES CHANDLER bass
FRANCOIS COUPERIN (1668-1733) Concert Royal No. 4 in e minor (1722)
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767) 'Gulliver' Suite for two violins (1728)
MARIN MARAIS (1656-1728) 'Le Tableau de l'Operation de la Taille' (1725)
ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto in D Major, RV 95 'La Pastorella' (1729)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D
Major, BWV 1050 (1721)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 (1721)
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II - Aug. 8, 9 - The Age of Reason
ANTHONY McGILL clarinet
JEFFREY KAHANE piano
WU HAN piano
PHILIP SETZER violin
GERALDINE WALTHER viola
COLIN CARR cello
THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN (1732-1809) String Quartet in C Major, Op. 1 no. 6
Hob. III:6 (1760)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Quartet in F Major, K. 370 for
oboe, violin, viola, and cello (1781)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Trio in Eb Major, K. 498 'Kegelstatt' for
clarinet, viola, and piano (1786)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Trio No. 7 in Bb Major, Op. 97
'Archduke' (1811)
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III - Aug. 11, 12 - Emotion Unbound
GILBERT KALISH piano
WU HAN piano
JORJA FLEEZANIS violin
PHILIP SETZER violin
GERALDINE WALTHER viola
DAVID FINCKEL cello
THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Sonata in A Minor, D 385 (Op. posth.
137, no. 2) for violin and piano 1817
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Selections from 'Lieder ohne worte'
(Songs Without Words) for solo piano (1841)
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Quartet in Eb Major, op. 47 for piano,
violin, viola, and cello (1842)
ANTONIN DVORAK (1841-1904) Quintet in A Major, op. 81 for piano,
two violins, viola, and cello (1887)
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IV - Aug. 14, 15 - New Dimensions
ANTHONY McGILL clarinet
GILBERT KALISH piano
JORJA FLEEZANIS violin
GERALDINE WALTHER viola
CARTER BREY cello
THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Sonata for cello and piano (1915)
ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945) Langsamer Satz for string quartet (1905)
CHARLES IVES (1874-1954) Scherzo 'Holding Your Own' (From A Set of
Three Short Pieces) (1903-04)
ANTON WEBERN Six Bagatelles for string quartet, op. 9 (1911-13)
IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Suite from 'L'Histoire du Soldat' for
clarinet, violin, and piano (1919)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) 'Verklarte Nacht' (Transfigured Night),
op. 4 (1899)
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V - Aug. 17, 18 - Voices of Our Time
NATHANIEL WEBSTER baritone
GILBERT KALISH piano
WU HAN piano
JORJA FLEEZANIS violin
ANI KAVAFIAN violin
GERALDINE WALTHER viola
CARTER BREY cello
DAVID FINCKEL cello
THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
JOHN CORIGLIANO (b. 1938) Fancy on a Bach Air for solo cello (1997)
JOHN HARBISON (b. 1938) 'November 19, 1828' for piano and string trio (1988)
BRIGHT SHENG (b. 1955) Four Movements for Piano Trio (1990)
OSVALDO GOLIJOV (b. 1960) 'Yiddishbbuk' Inscriptions for string quartet (1992)
NED ROREM (b. 1923) 'Aftermath' for medium voice, violin, cello,
and piano (2002)
Janos Gereben/SF
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