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Michael Tree Viola -40%6.- York Franz Josef Haydn Quartet for Strings, in New The NEW in F Major, Op. 3, No. 5 It's kissable Presto Andante Cantabile (Serenade) I Menuetto Scherzando - 7 Serge Slonimsky Antiphones ark New EW in The N I Intermission earful -- It's an Wolfgang AmadeusMozart Quintet for Strings, in D Major, K. 593 Larghetto Adagio The Menuetto Finale-Allegro NEW a -AO in New York .. A&S FABULOUS NEW Scott Nick renz STREET Director for the Chamber Music Series . FLOOR (A&S Brooklyn store) The place About the artists . to come... 'Donald Weilerstein, violin, has been guest artist with orchestras in the United States, Canada and Europe. for low-cost, He made his New York debut in 1967 and has given recitals in many cities including Boston, Baltimore and high-quality San Antonio. A graduate of Juilliard, Mr. Weilerstein studied violin with Ivan Galamian and chamber music with the Juilliard Quartet. In 1968 he won the highest family protection! prize in the Munich International Competition. He has appeared as guest artist in the Music from Marlboro series. The Peter Salaff, violin, studied at the Eastman School of Music and at the Yale University School of Music where he was concertmaster and soloist with the Col- Williamsburgh legium Musicum. His teachers were Cedric Bennett, Sophia Pimenides, Joseph Knitzer and Broadus Er le. Savings Mr. Salaff spent three years in Chile where he taught at the Universidad de Concepcion and performed as Bank soloist with orchestra and in chamber music recitals. Incorporated 1851 Martha Strongin Katz, viola, was the highest prizewin- Brooklyn Offices: ner at the 1968 Geneva International Viola Competi- ! Hanson Place at Flathush Ave., tion and soloist with l'Orchestre de la Suisse-Romande. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11243 At that time she was also the recipient of the Max Re- Broadway at Driggs Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11211 86th St. and 23rd Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11214 ger Award. She studied with Raphael Bronstein, Ivan New Lots and Pennsylvania Ayes., Galamian, Lillian Fuchs and William Primrose. She has Brooklyn N.Y. 11207 participated in the Music from Marlboro tours and was a member of the University of Southern California Nassau Offices: String Quartet, which was an international prizewinner Hempstead Turnpike at Center Lane, at the 1965 Munich Competition. Levittown, N.Y. 11756 682 Dogwood Ave., Franklin Square, N.Y. 11010 Paul Katz, cello, has studied with Gregor Piatigorsky, Gabor Rejto, Janos Starker, Bernard Greenhouse, Leo- Queens Offices: nard Rose, and in 1962 was selected nationally to per- 63rd Drive at Saunders St., Rego Park, N.Y. 11374 form in the Pablo Casals Master Class at Berkeley, 136-65 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, N.Y. 11354 California. Mr. Katz also was a member of quartets 107-15 Continental Ave.. Forest Hills N.Y. 11375 that were international prizewinners in the Munich and Geneva Competitions. He has appeared as recitalist in Manhattan Offices: New York, Los Angeles and other cities throughout 74 Wall St. at Pearl St. New York, N.Y. 10005 the United States, and was honored to perform before 345 East 86th St., New York, N.Y. 10028 the Violincello Society of New York. He has spent several summers at the Marlboro Music Festival. Michael Tree was born February 19,1934 in Newark, New Jersey. He started to study the violin with his father at the age of 5. At 12 he attended the Curtis Inquire about Institute of Music where he continued his studies with Efrem Zimbalist, Madame Lea Luboshutz, and Vida Reynolds. In 1954 Mr'. Tree gave his recital debut at Savings Bank Carnegie Hall and received rave reviews. Subsequent to his debut Mr. Tree appeared as violin soloist with the Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Baltimore, New Jersey, and Life Insurance other major orchestras. He has participated in leading music festivals including Spoleto, Casals, Marlboro and Israel. As a founding member of the Guarneri Spring at any office Quartet, which is now in its 12th season, Mr. Tree ap- pears as a violinist in major cities throughout the world. without He has recorded for RCA, Columbia, and VanGuard labels, and serves on the faculty of the Curtis Institute obligation! of Music. Mr.Tree and his family reside in Manhattan. 2 3 The Program . The veryfarnous restaurant Quartet for Strings, in F Major, Op. 3 No. 5 Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809) in I Haydn's legendary total of 104 plus symphonies (a few more In 1879 Brooklyn was a separate city and we began a New York were either lost or unclassified) is nearly equaled by his grand dining tradition. The distinction of the food, the unhurried service and the elegant atmosphere total of eighty-three string quartets. Again there is some confu- attracted patrons from far and wide. Now we are a Landmark. a sion as to the quantity: modern nostalgic scholarship has conjectured example of a golden era in New York's that history. Today, as other composers may have had a hand in some of the in the past. our patrons arrive with anticipation and oeuvres formerly attributed to the master under discussion. Not leave warm and happy. Its our claim to fame. only that, some of the earlier "quartets", it now turns out, were Brooklyn's Landmark Seafood and Steak actually symphonies. House (Est 1879) GAGE& 1; be It should remembered that Haydn was one of the pioneering 372 Fulton Street (nr. Boro Hall) 875-5181. Lunch and Dinner except Sunday. forces of so-called "Classical" style. When he was born, J.S. Amex, Diners & Master Charge. Bach had twelve more years to live and Handel had seventeen. Domenico Scarlatti was still composing harpsichord sonatas and the long lived Telemann (born four years before Bach and Handel) was practically in mid-career. At the beginning, Haydn probably made little distinction between quartets and sympho- nic works: if the exigencies so dictated, he would add wood- wind parts and multiply those for the stringed instruments. He was nothing if not a practical man. What we associate as typical Haydn comes chiefly from the lattermost years of a lengthy and productive creative span. It is a somewhat sobering realization that much of the familiar Haydn was strongly influenced by Mozart and that some of it was even touched by Beethoven C°5 (Haydn's Op. 77 quartets, for example, came after Beethoven's Op. 18). 515 ATLANTIC AVENUE The F Major Quartet, however, is one of the few early works of (Corner of Third Avenue) Haydn that made it to the Hall of Fame. Its reason for celebrity BROOKLYN, NEW YORK is, of course, the second movement - a lovely serenade which Telephone: 625-0984 has been subjected to every sort of arrangement imaginable. Open 7 days/5:30 AM to Midnight Op. 3 No. 5 is typical of early Haydn in that its style is more a- kin to Boccherini and other rococo masters than to the grander, reasonable prices for more earthy things associated with the composer in his later Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner stages. In terms of actual technique, Haydn gives pride of place . Cocktails to the primo violino. The viola and cello's hapless lot is to pro- Baking done on Premises vide bass support in doubled octaves (how different the eman- Bring in this ad for a complimentary cipated instrumental writing of Haydn's later quartets!). The glass of house wine with your meal. unequal situation is particularly evident in the cited Serenade, which is nothing more than a two-part vocal area "sung" by the violin and accompanied at a respectful distance by gentle pizzicatos. Be that as it may, the F Major Quartet has a fragile kl beauty and though overshadowed by subsequent efforts, it is nevertheless a work of incipient mastery and melodic genius. The four movements are 1) Presto, 2) Andante cantabile (Sere- A rich Sunday: nade), 3) Menuetto and 4) Scherzando. Oriental rugs, Baklava, Turkish Antiphones coffee, Serge Slonimsky (1932- ) Brooklyn Academyof Music To make your Sunday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music even richer, stop by Antiphones for string quartet is obviously avant-garde in many the Kalfaian Oriental Rug Gallery located just two short blocks away from the Academy. At Kalfaian, you'll find one of the most renowned collections of ways. The work begins from backstage and the performers are Oriental rugs in the New York area, beautifully displayed for leisurely inspection. specifically directed to play from various corners of the audi- While there, savor Turkish coffee and Baklava as you browse amid hundreds of torium and the stage during the course of the performance. A hand-crafted Oriental masterpieces. good deal of artistic freedom is given to the instrumentalists It's an enriching way to spend your day. by the composer.
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