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This is the work of The TABLE OF CONTENTS
President’s Welcome...... 7 Chamber Music Artistic Director Profiles...... 9 Artist Profiles...... 11–21 Artist Showcase I | Trinity Cathedral: June 7...... 23 Artist Showcase II | Academy Art Museum: June 9...... 25 Artist Showcase III | Oxford Community Center: June 11...... 27 Avalon Theatre: June 12...... 29 Judy Collins Program Notes for June 12 Concert...... 30–32 St. Paul’s Church: June 13...... 33 Program Notes for June 13 Concert...... 34–36 The Talbot Country Club: June 14...... 37 Program Notes for June 14 Concert...... 38–40 Lee Ann Womack Artist Showcase IV | Trinity Cathedral: June 16...... 41 Artist Showcase V | Academy Art Museum: June 18...... 42 Avalon Theatre: June 19...... 43 Program Notes for June 19 Concert...... 44–46 St. Michaels High School: June 20...... 47 Program Notes for June 20 Concert...... 49 Leo Kottke Angels Concert – Halcyon: June 21...... 51 Program Notes for June 21 Concert...... 52–53 The 21st Century Fund/Founders Club...... 55 Board of Directors, Staff, Volunteers...... 56–58 A Special Thank You...... 59 More information at 2014–15 Chamber Music Competition Donors...... 61 avalonfoundation.org The 2015 Annual Appeal...... 62–63 410-822-7299 Discography for Festival 30...... 65–68 List of Advertisers...... 69
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ts that June 2015 Gif Give ack B Dear Friends:
Welcome to the 30th Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival! We are very proud to have reached this milestone and prouder still that our Festival continues to be led by our Founding Artistic Directors, Lawrie Bloom and Marcy Rosen, and our Executive Director, Don Buxton. These three have been the heart and soul of our festival since its modest start in 1986.
This year we will again present eleven performances and two open rehearsals over two weeks. Most will be in familiar venues, but two in exciting new ones: the Oxford Community Center and Talbot Country Club. The recently renovated Oxford Community Center is considered one of the finest performance spaces in the region. The Talbot Country Club concert will be presented in the gorgeous River Room and be followed by a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception.
We love welcoming our returning musicians and meeting those coming for the first time. It’s always a great pleasure to see them spend a week or two together enjoying playing great music with other great musicians.
Marcy and Lawrie have designed a spectacular program and added a twist: many The Italian word affettuoso (ah-fett’-oo-OH-soh) of the programs include works written by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and others means to play “with love and warm affection.” when they were 30! Another age-30 composition is a new work by Roger Zare titled “New Horizons.” It celebrates the spacecraft launched nine years ago that will Why not approach giving in the same manner? encounter the dwarf planet Pluto this July. For 30 years Chesapeake Chamber Music has added greatly to the quality of life on the Eastern Shore. Our Chamber Music Festival opens the summer season in great What is it that defines your passion for music and how will you style and our Monty Alexander Jazz Festival will wind up the season in similar style on Labor Day Weekend. As most of you know, ticket sales cover only about ensure that the music you love continues for years to come? one-third of our costs. We rely strongly on financial support of our community and There are three simple ways that you can support Chesapeake are very grateful for it. Chamber Music with gifts that give back: We are also very grateful to our countless volunteers and wonderful part-time staff: • Include Chesapeake Chamber Music in your will or trust; Don Buxton and Executive Assistant Lois Campbell. • Make Chesapeake Chamber Music a beneficiary in your life Happy 30th! insurance policy, IRA, 401(k), or other retirement plan; and • T ake advantage of a Charitable Gift Annuity through our partnership with Mid-Shore Community Foundation.
Are you considering remembering Chesapeake Chamber Music Michael B. Bracy President, Board of Directors in your estate plans? Phone or write Executive Director, Donald Buxton, 410-819-0380 or [email protected]. PO Box 461, Easton, MD 21601 • 410-819-0380 • ChesapeakeChamberMusic.org 6 7 =
Marcy Rosen J. Lawrie Bloom
Cello, Artistic Director Clarinet, Artistic Director ™ Chesapeake Chamber Music Chesapeake Chamber Music Cellist MARCY ROSEN has established Returning for his 30th season as one of our two herself as one of the most important and Artistic Directors, J. LAWRIE BLOOM has respected artists of our day. The Los Angeles been called a “super soloist…crisp, intense The Smith Island Times has called her “one of the intimate art’s indeed” by the Chicago Tribune. Mr. Bloom Baking Company is abiding treasures.” She has performed in is a versatile player who has been heard in proud to support recital and with orchestras throughout Canada, chamber, orchestral, and concerto appearances England, France, Japan, Italy, Switzerland, and on soprano clarinet, basset clarinet, basset Chesapeake Chamber all fifty of the United States. In recent seasons horn, and bass clarinet. He has been with the Music she has appeared on stage in Beijing and Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1980, when Shanghai, the Seoul Arts Center in Korea, and Sir Georg Solti invited him to join the orchestra in Cartagena, Colombia. in the position of clarinet and solo bass clarinet. 20926 Caleb Jones Road 410-425-2253 Bloom frequently performs in the Ewell, Smith Island, MD 21824 SmithIslandCake.com A consummate soloist, Ms. Rosen’s superb musicianship is enhanced by her many Northwestern University Winter Chamber chamber music activities. She has collaborated Festival and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with the world’s finest musicians, including chamber and MusicNOW series. In a recent Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode, Andras Schiff, tour to Asia with the Chicago Symphony Mitsuko Ushida, Peter Serkin, and Isaac Stern, Orchestra, Mr. Bloom presented a master class among others, and with the Juilliard, Emerson, in Taipei and a chamber concert in Beijing. and Orion Quartets. She was a founding Two of his recent performances received member of La Fenice, as well as the world- particular recognition. A pairing of renowned Mendelssohn String Quartet. With Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat and Wynton the latter, she was Blodgett Artist-in-Residence Marsalis Fiddler’s Tale was included in a at Harvard. Since first attending Marlboro Chicago Tribune list of jazz highlights. His in 1975, she has taken part in more than 20 performance of the Musgrave Autumn Sonata, “Musicians from Marlboro” tours and has bass clarinet concerto, with the Chicago performed in concerts celebrating the 40th, 50th, Symphony was chosen as a top-10 concert in and 60th Anniversaries of the Festival. by Chicago Classical Review. Her performances can be heard on recordings Mr. Bloom has been a featured performer at from the BIS, Bridge, Deutsche Grammophon, numerous International Clarinet Association Sony Classical, CBS Masterworks, Musical conferences and at the Ambler, Grand Teton, Heritage Society, Phillips, Nonesuch, Pro Arte, Ravinia, Skaneateles, Spoleto, and New York’s and Koch labels, among others. Mostly Mozart Festivals. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, A founding member of the Chicago-based Ms. Rosen is currently Professor of Cello at chamber group Civitas Ensemble, Mr. Bloom the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens continues as a Senior Lecturer in Clarinet at College, serving as Artistic Coordinator of the Northwestern University and as an Artist Chamber Music Live concert series. She also Performer and consultant for RICO reeds and serves on the faculty at the Mannes College of Buffet Crampon Group, USA, maker of his Music in New York City. clarinets. 8 9 = GOOD
THINGS CAN Rebecca Albers Edward Arron FOLLOW YOU VIOLA CELLO Violist REBECCA ALBERS received her first Cellist EDWARD ARRON has garnered musical instrument, a plastic violin, when she recognition worldwide for his elegant ANYWHERE. was 10-months-old. The youngest child in a musicianship, impassioned performances, Life doesn’t sit still. A new house, a family, a boat, a car - they’re all good family of musicians, she quickly realized this and creative programming. Mr. Arron made things, especially if you have a financial partner that understands your instrument was not the real deal and harassed his New York recital debut in 2000 at the dreams and goals. her older sisters for theirs. Her parents took Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since then, pity a year and half later, presenting her with he has appeared in recital, as a soloist with a real violin, and thus, with her mother Ellie major orchestras, and as a chamber musician LeRoux as her Suzuki violin teacher, Rebecca’s throughout North America, Europe and Asia. musical life began. In 2013, Mr. Arron completed a ten-year A native of Longmont, CO, Rebecca doesn’t residency as the artistic director of the critically remember a time when she wasn’t sure she acclaimed Metropolitan Museum Artists in would grow up to be a musician. The only Concert. Currently, he is the artistic director talbot-bank.com | 410.822.1400 thing in question was what she would end up of the Musical Masterworks concert series in doing in music. At age nine, after her mother Old Lyme, CT, as well as the Festival Series in had for seven years put up with teaching and Beaufort, SC and Chamber Music on Main in practicing with one of the most distracted Columbia, SC. Additionally, Mr. Arron curates children in history, Rebecca continued her a series, “Edward Arron and Friends,” at the studies with James Maurer at the University Caramoor International Music Festival, and of Denver. Around this time, she picked up is the co-artistic director along with his wife, the viola for the first time and it was love at pianist Jeewon Park, of the new Performing first play. She went on to study viola with Artists in Residence series at the Clark Art Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang at the Institute in Williamstown, MA. Juilliard School. Mr. Arron has performed frequently at While in school, she formed the Albers Trio Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, New York’s with her two sisters, Laura and Julie, and Town Hall, and the 92nd Street Y, and is a still performs regularly with the group. After frequent performer at Bargemusic. Festival graduating from Juilliard with her BM and appearances include Ravinia, Salzburg, Mostly Suzanne Brigham Residential Design MM, she moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan Mozart, BRAVO! Colorado, Tanglewood, where she became the youngest string Bridgehampton and Spoleto USA, among Remodeling and New Construction department faculty member at the University many others. He has participated in Yo-Yo of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Ma’s Silk Road Project as well as Isaac Stern’s PO Box 1047 St. Michaels, MD 21663 Dance. In 2010, she joined the awesome Jerusalem Chamber Music Encounters. 410.745.6877 [email protected] viola section of the Minnesota Orchestra as Edward Arron began playing the cello at age Assistant Principal, and has subsequently sbresidentialdesign.com seven in Cincinnati and continued his studies fallen in love with both the orchestra and the in New York with Peter Wiley. He is a graduate Twin Cities. Rebecca lives in Saint Paul with of the Juilliard School, where he was a student her partner, Maiya Papach, their dog Billie, of Harvey Shapiro. Mr. Arron has served on the and their cats, Jack, Henry, and Polly. faculty of New York University since 2009.
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Catherine Cho Ieva Jokubaviciute David Jolley Anthony Manzo VIOLIN, VIOLA PIANO FRENCH HORN BASS
CATHERINE CHO is recognized for her Lithuanian pianist IEVA JOKUBAVICIUTE’s DAVID JOLLEY has thrilled audiences Despite the obvious challenges of traveling remarkable violin virtuosity, combining powerfully and intricately crafted throughout the world with his “remarkable with a double bass, ANTHONY MANZO technical mastery with distinctive musicality. performances have earned her critical acclaim virtuosity” (New York Times), and has remains a sought-after chamber musician She has performed with major symphony throughout the U.S. and Europe. Her ability been hailed as “a soloist second to none” who performs at such noted venues as The orchestras worldwide and with distinguished to communicate the essential substance by Gramophone Magazine. Mr. Jolley has Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, conductors, such as Mstislav Rostropovich, of a work has led critics to describe her as frequently collaborated with such groups the Spoleto Festival in Charleston South Robert Spano, Sixten Ehrling, and possessing “razor-sharp intelligence and wit” as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Carolina, Bay Chamber Concerts in Rockport Franz-Paul Decker. (The Washington Post) and as an “artist of the Guarneri Quartet, the American String Maine, and the Chesapeake Chamber Music She has appeared on the prestigious stages of commanding technique, refined temperament Quartet, and many others. Mr. Jolley is Festival. Mr. Manzo is also the Solo Bassist New York’s Lincoln Center, the Mozarteum and persuasive insight” (The New York Times). currently a member of the virtuoso wind of San Francisco’s New Century Chamber in Salzburg, Casals Hall in Tokyo and the In 2006, she was honored as a recipient of a quintet Windscape, the Trio Valtorna, and Orchestra and a regular guest artist with Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. She also Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. The New York Brass Arts Trio (NYBAT). the National Symphony Orchestra and the has played at the Metropolitan Museum of Art He was also a founding member of the Smithsonian Chamber Society near his home nd Labor Records released Jokubaviciute’s and the New York 92 Street Y, the Gardner Alban Berg Tribute CD to critical acclaim Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. in Washington, DC. Museum in Boston, and on Ravinia’s “Rising in 2010. The New York Times described her A frequent soloist with orchestra, Mr. Jolley Formerly the Solo Bassist of the Munich Stars” series in Chicago. In collaboration with as “an authoritative and compelling guide has appeared with symphonies across the pianist Mia Chung, she has performed the Chamber Orchestra, he still returns often throughout this fascinating disc.” She has US; internationally, he has appeared with the complete cycle of Beethoven’s violin sonatas to Europe, frequently performing with recently given solo recitals in New York City, National Symphony of Brazil, the Kamerata in the U.S. and Asia. the Camerata Salzburg in Austria, where Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Orchestra of Athens, the Israel Sinfonietta, collaborations have included their summer Ms. Cho was a participant in the Marlboro DC, Vilnius, and Toulouse, France. Over and the Israel Kamerata. He most recently residency at the Salzburg Festival, as well as Music Festival from 1993 to 2001 and toured the last seasons, she also made her Chicago peformed with the Netherlands Symphony two tours as double bass soloist alongside with them nationally. She has performed at Symphony debut and her orchestral debut Orchestra in Enschede. bass/baritone Thomas Quasthoff in many chamber music festivals and was a in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Her piano trio, Mr. Jolley’s keen interest in enlarging the solo Mozart’s Per questa bella mano (with founder of the chamber ensemble La Fenice Trio Cavatina, won the 2009 Naumberg horn literature has led to the composition of performances in Salzburg, Paris, Vienna, and a member of the Johannes String Quartet. International Chamber Music Competition many new works for him, including Ellen Budapest, and Istanbul). A winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, and made its Carnegie Hall debut in 2010. Taaffe Zwilich’s Concerto, which Mr. Jolley He is also an active performer on period Ms. Cho won top prizes at the Montreal, A much-sought-after chamber musician and premiered with Orpheus at Carnegie Hall. Hanover, and Queen Elizabeth International instruments with groups including The collaborator, Ms. Jokubaviciute’s chamber Other memorable works have been composed Handel & Haydn Society of Boston and Opera Violin Competitions. She has judged music endeavors have brought her to major for Mr. Jolley by John Harbison, George international competitions and taught master Lafayette in Washington, DC, and is a member stages around the world, such as Carnegie Tsontakis, George Perle and Lawrence Dillon. of the double bass and chamber music faculty classes worldwide. She is a member of the Hall’s Stern Auditorium and Washington, He has performed in many summer festivals, of the University of Maryland. His double violin and chamber music faculty at Juilliard DC’s Kennedy Center. She appears regularly and has taught at numerous chamber music including Marlboro, Aspen, Sarasota, Mostly bass, made in Paris around 1890, now has a at international music festivals, including foundations and symposia. Devoted to Mozart, Caramoor, and the Music Academy removable neck for travel! Marlboro, Ravinia, Bard, Caramoor, promoting peace through music, she is vice of the West, to name just a few. Mr. Jolley has Chesapeake Chamber Music, Prussia Cove in president of the Board of Musicians For six solo recordings under the Arabesque label. England, and the Katrina Festival in Finland. Harmony. He serves on the faculties of the Manhattan Earning degrees from the Curtis Institute of School of Music, the Mannes College of Music, Music and from Mannes College of Music, her Queens College of the City University of New principal teachers have been Seymour Lipkin York, and the University of North Carolina and Richard Goode. School of the Arts. 12 13 = =
Robert McDonald Adrian Morejon Dimitri Murrath Tara Helen O’connor PIANO BASSOON VIOLA FLUTE
Pianist ROBERT MCDONALD has played Praised by the New York Times for his “teeming Born in Brussels, Belgian violist Flutist TARA HELEN O’CONNOR is a extensively as a soloist and chamber musician energy” and “precise control,” bassoonist DIMITRI MURRATH has made his mark charismatic performer sought after for her throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, ADRIAN MOREJON has established himself as a viola soloist on the international scene, unusual artistic depth, brilliant technique and South America. He has appeared with as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. performing regularly in venues including and colorful tone in music of every era. The major orchestras in the United States and As a soloist, Mr. Morejon has appeared Jordan Hall, Kennedy Center, Wigmore composer William Babbitt commented about Latin America and was the recital partner for throughout the United States and Europe with Hall, Purcell Room and Royal Festival Hall her playing, “Brilliant virtuosity, knowing many years to Isaac Stern, as well as other the Talea Ensemble, IRIS Orchestra, Boston (London), Kioi Hall (Tokyo), the National musicianship and freshness of conception…” celebrated instrumentalists. Mr. McDonald Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), and the Auditorium (Madrid), and Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels). Ms. O’Connor is a member of the innovative also has performed with the Takács, Vermeer, Miami Symphony. woodwind quintet Windscape, a founding Juilliard, Brentano, Borremeo, American, and An active chamber musician, he is a Mr. Murrath recently received a 2014 Avery member of the 1995 Naumburg Award- Shanghai string quartets, and on tours with member of the Dorian Wind Quintet and Fisher Career Grant. This grant, worth winning New Millennium Ensemble, and the “Music from Marlboro.” Talea Ensemble, and has appeared with the $25,000, gives professional assistance to flute soloist of the world-renowned Bach Aria His discography includes recordings for Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, instrumentalists judged to have exceptional Group, as well as an Artist of the Chamber Sony Classical, Bridge, Vox, Musical Heritage the Boston Chamber Society, Chamber Music career potential. He graduated from the New Music Society of Lincoln Center. England Conservatory in 2008, the same Society, ASV, and CRI. Mr. McDonald’s Northwest, the Portland Chamber Music Ms. O’Connor recently premiered a new prizes include the Gold Medal at the Busoni Festival, and others. Mr. Morejon is co- year he won First Prize at the Primrose Viola Competition. chamber work by John Zorn, gave her debut International Piano Competition, the William principal bassoonist of IRIS Orchestra and has performance at the Mainly Mozart festival, With a repertoire that extends from Bach Kapell International Competition, and the performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, performing a concerto with Windscape to contemporary music, Mr. Murrath is Deutsche Schallplatten Critics Award. He has the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Orpheus Chamber under Maestro David Atherton, and made particularly keen on performing new work. studied with Theodore Rehl, Seymour Lipkin, Orchestra, and others. appearances at a number of chamber music Rudolf Serkin, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, He has collaborated with musicians including He was a recipient of the Theodore Presser Richard Goode, Miriam Fried, Gidon Kremer, festivals. She also premiered Jonathan Berger’s Beveridge Webster, and Gary Graffman, and Foundation Grant, second prize at the new opera with the Saint Lawrence String holds degrees from Lawrence University, The Laurence Lesser, Menahem Pressler, David Fox-Gillet International Competition, and a Soyer, Mitsuko Uchida, Donald Weilerstein, Quartet in Stanford. Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, shared top prize at the Moscow Conservatory and the Manhattan School of Music. and Kim Kashkashian, his tutor at the New Winner of a 2001 Avery Fisher Career International Competition. An alumnus of England Conservatory. He has performed in Grant and a two-time Grammy nominee, A member of the piano faculty at The Juilliard the Curtis Institute and Yale School of Music, festivals that include Ravinia’s Steans Institute Ms. O’Connor has recorded for Deutsche School since 1999, Mr. McDonald joined the Mr. Morejon is currently on the faculties at for Young Artists, Verbier Festival Academy, Grammophon and EMI Classics, among faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2007. the Boston Conservatory, the Longy School of Caramoor, Marlboro Music Festival, and others. She was the first wind player to In addition to coaching piano at Taos School of Music, and Purchase College. Gstaad Festival. participate in the Chamber Music Society Two Music, he is also the school’s artistic director. Mr. Murrath is currently on the faculties program for emerging artists. of the New England Conservatory and the Ms. O’Connor received a Doctorate from the Longy School of Music at Bard College. He State University of New York at Stony Brook participates in the Music for Food project, and currently teaches at the Bard College that raises awareness of the hunger problem Conservatory and the Manhattan School of faced by a large percentage of the world’s Music, and is professor of flute and head of population, and provides an opportunity to the wind department at Purchase College experience the powerful role music can play Conservatory of Music. She holds a summer as a catalyst for change. flute master class at the Banff Centre in Canada program. 14 15 = =
Peggy Pearson Daniel Phillips Todd Phillips Robin Scott OBOE VIOLIN VIOLIN VIOLIN
Oboist PEGGY PEARSON has performed solo, DANIEL PHILLIPS began studying violin Violinist TODD PHILLIPS has been a member At home as a soloist, chamber musician, chamber, and orchestral music worldwide. She at age four with his father, a violinist in the of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra since 1983, and concertmaster, violinist ROBIN SCOTT is a winner of the Pope Foundation Award for Pittsburgh Symphony. He studied with Ivan and is also a member of the highly acclaimed enjoys a broad musical career. He has Outstanding Accomplishment in Music. Lloyd Galamian and Sally Thomas of Juillard and Orion String Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence competed internationally, winning first prizes Schwartz, the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, later with Sandor Begh and George Neikrug. at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln in the California International Young Artists called her “my favorite living oboist.” Ms. He won the Young Concert Artists Audition Center. Mr. Phillips made his solo debut with Competition and the WAMSO Young Artist Pearson gave her New York debut with soprano in 1976. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in the Pittsburgh Symphony at the age of thirteen Competition, and various second prizes in Dawn Upshaw in 1995, featuring the premiere 1982 with the New York String Orchestra. Solo and has since performed as guest artist with international violin competitions. performances in Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully leading orchestras throughout North America, of John Harbison’s Chorale Cantata, written He has soloed with the Minnesota Orchestra, Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Europe, and Japan, including the Orpheus specifically for them. Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the and Boston’s Symphony Hall soon followed. Chamber Orchestra with whom he has She is solo oboist with the Emmanuel Chamber Orchestre National de Lille, the Fort Wayne recorded for Deutsche Grammophon. Orchestra and a member of the Bach Aria Group. He is a founding member of the 27-year-old Philharmonic, the Montgomery Symphony According to Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe, Orion String Quartet, in residence at the He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1982 Orchestra, and others. He has given numerous “Peggy Pearson has probably played more Bach Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The with the New York String Orchestra, and solo recitals and performances throughout the than any other oboist of her generation; music Quartet has recorded the complete Beethoven performances in Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully United States and France, in such venues as she plays in a state of eloquent grace.” quartets and the four quartets of the great Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Weill Hall and the Schubert Club in St. Paul. recently deceased American composer, Leon and Boston’s Symphony Hall soon followed. Mr. Ms. Pearson is the founding director and oboist Kirchner. Works written for the Quartet by Phillips has appeared extensively in chamber As a chamber musician, he has performed at of Winsor Music, Inc., and a founding member Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, John Harbison, music activities, including performances at the the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, of La Fenice. She has toured internationally and Marc Neikrug are available on CD. They Marlboro, Spoleto, Santa Fe, Aspen, Mozart, the Smithsonian Institution, Jordan Hall, and recorded extensively with the Orpheus recently played a week of concerts devoted to Ravinia, and Lockenhaus Festivals, and the and many others. Mr. Scott has appeared at Chamber Orchestra and has appeared with the Brahms at the new King Place Concert Hall New York 92nd Street Y. He has collaborated various festivals, including Marlboro Music Boston Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber in London. Last spring they collaborated in a with such renowned artists as Rudolph Serkin, and Ravinia’s Steans Institute for Young Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln two-week run with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Jaime Laredo, Richard Stolzman, Peter Serkin, Artists, under whose auspices he toured. Center, and Music from Marlboro, among others. Dance Company and completed their first tour and Pinchas Zukerman and has participated in Mr. Scott serves as concertmaster of In addition, Peggy Pearson has been an active of Japan. They appeared at the legendary court eighteen “Musicians From Marlboro” tours. the New York Classical Players and is exponent of contemporary music. She was a of Esterházy in Austria, where Haydn wrote Mr. Phillips began violin studies at age four visiting concertmaster of the Fort Wayne fellow of the Radcliffe Institute in contemporary most of his string quartets. with his father, Eugene Phillips, a composer Philharmonic. He has played as visiting music and has premiered numerous works, Mr. Phillips appears regularly at the Santa and former violinist with the Pittsburgh principal second violin of the St. Paul many written specifically for her. As director Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Symphony, and later with Sally Thomas at Chamber Orchestra. From 2011-2013 he was of Winsor Music, Inc., Ms. Pearson organized Northwest, Spoleto USA, and the International the Juilliard School and Sandor Vegh at the concertmaster of and Artist-in Residence with the Winsor Music Consortium, a project to Musicians Seminar in Cornwall, England. In 1985, Mozarteum in Salzburg. the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra. commission works for oboe. he toured and recorded a string quartet with In addition to Deutsche Grammophon, he Recently a student of Donald Weilerstein She has been on the faculties at Songfest, the Gidon Kremer, Kim Kashkashian, and Yo-Yo Ma. can be heard on the Sony Classical, RCA Red and Kim Kashkashian at the New England Tanglewood Music Center (Bach Institute), Boston He is professor of violin at the Aaron Copland Seal, Koch International, Delos, Arabesque, Conservatory in Boston, where he received Conservatory, MIT, the Conservatory of Music School of Music at Queens College, CUNY, and Bridge, Finlandia, NY Philomusica Records, his Bachelor’s Degree under Miriam Fried, (University of Cincinnati), Wellesley College, the is on the faculty of the Mannes College of Music and Marlboro Recording Society labels. Mr. Mr. Scott was the recipient of the Presidential Composers Conference at Wellesley College, and and Bard College Conservatory. Currently, he Phillips is on the chamber music faculties at the Award. He performed at the 2010 Chesapeake the Longy School of Music of Bard College. She is also is visiting international Violin Chair at the Mannes College of Music and the Mason Gross Chamber Music Competition as a member of on the faculty of the Emmanuel Bach Institute. Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. School for the Arts at Rutgers University. the Klimt Trio. 16 17 = =
Peter Stumpf Steven Tenenbom Diane Walsh Carmit Zori CELLO VIOLA PIANO VIOLIN
PETER STUMPF is professor of cello at the Violist STEVEN TENENBOM has established In her more-than forty years before the concert Violinist CARMIT ZORI came to the United Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. a distinguished career as a chamber musician, public, DIANE WALSH, whose many awards States from her native Israel at the age of Prior to his appointment, he was principal soloist, recitalist and teacher. He has worked include the top prizes at the Munich ARD fifteen to study with Ivan Galamian, Jaime cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. with composer Lukas Foss and jazz artist International Piano Competition and the Laredo, and Arnold Steinhardt at the Curtis Chick Corea, and appeared as guest artist with Salzburg International Mozart Competition, has Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Ms. Zori is Stumpf’s tenure in Los Angeles followed such eminent ensembles as the Guarneri and performed solo recitals, chamber music, and the recipient of a Levintritt Foundation Award 12 years as associate principal cellist of the Emerson String Quartets, the Beaux Arts and concertos worldwide in the major concert halls and the top prize in the Walter W. Naumberg Philadelphia Orchestra. His professional Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trios, and the around the world. International Violin Competition. She has orchestral career began at age 16 when he joined Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. appeared as a soloist with the New York the cello section of the Hartford Symphony She has appeared with the radio symphonies Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic, Orchestra. He received a bachelor’s degree from Mr. Tenenbom has performed as soloist with of Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Berlin, the and the Philadelphia Orchestra, among others, the Curtis Institute of Music and an Artist’s the Utah Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic American Symphony and the symphonies of San and has given solo recitals at Lincoln Center, Diploma from the New England Conservatory. and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and toured Francisco, Indianapolis, Austin, Delaware and with the Brandenburg Ensemble throughout Syracuse. Her recitals include engagements in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the A dedicated chamber music musician, he is a the United States and Japan. His festival major venues in the United States, Canada, Europe Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the member of the Johannes String Quartet and has credits include Mostly Mozart, Aspen, Ravinia, and South America, and her many summer festival Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts. appeared in chamber music series at Carnegie Marlboro, June Music Festival, Chamber appearances include Marlboro, Santa Fe, Bard, She has performed throughout Latin America Hall, Kennedy Center, Concertgebouw, Casals Music Northwest, Music from Angel Fire, and Chesapeake, and Skaneateles, where she was the and Europe, as well as in Israel, Japan, Hall in Tokyo, and at the concert halls of Bravo! Colorado. A recipient of the prestigious artistic director from 1999 to 2004. Taiwan, and Australia, where she premiered Cologne. He has performed with the chamber Coleman Chamber Music award and a former Ms. Walsh has performed Beethoven’s the Violin Concerto by Marc Neikrug. In music societies of Boston and Philadelphia and member of the Galimir Quartet, he is currently addition to her appearances with the Chamber at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, as well as at Variations on a Waltz of Diabelli well over a member of the renowned group TASHI and 200 times, in the Broadway production of 33 Music Society of Lincoln Center, Ms. Zori has the Marlboro, Santa Fe, Bridgehampton, Ottawa, the piano quartet OPUS ONE. been a guest at chamber music festivals and Great Lakes, Ojai, Spoleto, and Aspen Festivals. Variations, a play by Moisés Kaufman starring Mr. Tenenbom is on the faculties of The Curtis Jane Fonda, and in three other productions in concert series around the world, including the He has toured with Music from Marlboro, and Chamber Music at the “Y” series in New York with pianist Mitsuko Uchida in performances Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, The Washington, La Jolla, and Los Angeles. Bard College Conservatory of Music and City, the Marlboro Festival, Festival Casals of the complete Mozart Piano Trios. She has released 17 recordings for labels that in Puerto Rico, and chamber music festivals New York’s Mannes College of Music. He has include Bridge, Newport, Sony, Nonesuch, Concerto appearances have been with the recorded on RCA Records with TASHI and the in Bridgehampton, Bard, Santa Fe, Seattle, Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Koch Stereophile, CRI and Naxos labels. Her Cape Cod, and Chamber Music West, and the Guarneri String Quartet, and can also be heard latest recording, Bach Suites, includes a French the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Boston on the Arabesque, Delos, ECM, Marlboro Bach Dancing and Dynamite chamber music Philharmonic among many others. As a recitalist, Suite, Partita, and English Suite by J. S. Bach. festival in Madison, Wisconsin. Recording Society and Sony Classical labels. She has commissioned and/or premiered he has performed at the Universities of Hartford, Ms. Zori, who for ten years was an artistic Syracuse, and Delaware, at Jordan Hall in Mr. Tenenbom’s instrument is a Gasparo da works by such composers as William Bolcom, Salò viola dating from the late 16th century. Barbara Kolb, Nathan Currier, and Hugh director at Bargemusic, founded the Boston, and at the Philips and Corcoran Galleries Brooklyn Chamber Music Society in 2002. in Washington, D.C. Most recently, he performed Aitken. She has served on the juries of national and international piano competitions. She has recorded on the Arabesque, Koch Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello on the Philadelphia International, and Elektra-Nonesuch label. Chamber Music Society Series and on the Historic A graduate of the Juilliard School, where she Currently, she is a professor of violin at Sites Series in Los Angeles. His awards include studied with Irwin Freundlich, she holds a Master’s Rutgers University and at SUNY Purchase, first prize in the Washington International Degree from Mannes College, where she studied where she also serves on the chamber music Competition, the Graham-Stahl Competition, with Richard Goode. She is an associate professor at faculty. and the Aspen Concerto Competition. Mannes College, and is a Steinway Artist.
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James Primosch Roger Zare COMPOSER COMPOSER
When honoring him with its Goddard ROGER ZARE has been praised for his Lieberson Fellowship, the American Academy “enviable grasp of orchestration” (New of Arts and Letters noted that “A rare economy York Times) and for writing music with of means and a strain of religious mysticism “formal clarity and an alluringly mercurial distinguish the music of JAMES PRIMOSCH surface.” He has written for a wide variety ...through articulate, transparent textures, he of ensembles, from solo instruments to creates a wide range of musical emotion.” full orchestra. Often inspired by science, Andrew Porter stated in The New Yorker that mathematics, literature, and mythology, his Primosch “scores with a sure, light hand” and colorfully descriptive and energetic works critics for the New York Times, Chicago have been performed in five continents by Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Dallas such ensembles as the American Composers Morning News have characterized his music Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the as “impressive,” “striking,” “grandly romantic,” Sarasota Orchestra, the Australian-based Trio “stunning,” and “very approachable.” Anima Mundi, the Donald Sinta Quartet, and Born in Cleveland, Ohio, James Primosch the New York Youth Symphony. studied at Cleveland State University, the An award winning composer, Zare has University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia received the ASCAP Nissim Prize, three University. He counts Mario Davidovsky, BMI Student Composer Awards, an ASCAP George Crumb and Richard Wernick among Morton Gould award, a New York Youth his principal teachers. His works have been Symphony First Music Commission, the 2008 performed by ensembles including the Los American Composers Orchestra Underwood Angeles Philharmonic, the St. Paul Chamber Commission, a 2010 Charles Ives Scholarship Orchestra, Collage, the New York New Music from the American Academy of Arts and Ensemble, and the 21st Century Consort. Letters, and many other honors. An active Commissioned works by Primosch have been pianist, Zare performed his chamber work, premiered by the Chicago Symphony, the Geometries, with Cho-Liang Lin, Jian Wang, Cantata Singers, and pianist Lambert Orkis. and Burt Hara at the 2014 Hong Kong He is presently at work on a song cycle for International Chamber Music Festival. He has soprano and orchestra on texts by former been composer in residence at the Chesapeake MacArthur fellow Susan Stewart. Chamber Music Festival, the Salt Bay James Primosch is also active as a pianist, Chamber Music Festival, the Chamber Music particularly in the realm of contemporary Festival of Lexington and currently serves music. He was a prizewinner at the with the SONAR new music ensemble. Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition in Mr. Zare’s commission for the 30th anniversary Rotterdam, and appears on recordings under of the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival a number of labels. He has worked as a jazz is entitled “New Horizons,” commemorating pianist and a liturgical musician. Since 1988 the historic fly-by of Pluto by NASA’s New he has served on the faculty of the University Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015—less of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Presser than a month from the work’s inaugural Electronic Music Studio. performance. 20 21 = experience | savor | realize ARTIST SHOWCASE I | TRINITY CATHEDRAL Easton, Maryland Sunday, June 7, 2015 5:30 p.m.
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Johannes Brahms Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in e minor, (1833-1897) Op. 38* Allegro non troppo Allegretto quasi Menuetto - Trio Allegro Peter Stumpf, Diane Walsh
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in f minor, (1891-1953) Op. 80 Andante assai Allegro brusco Andante Allegrissimo Carmit Zori, Robert McDonald
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24 25 = Senior High. ARTIST SHOWCASE III | OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER Whether it’s hobbies, travel, Oxford, Maryland Thursday, June 11, 2015 5:30 p.m. volunteerism,Whether it’s hobbies, cultural travel,excursions orvolunteerism, sports, live lifecultural on your excursions terms. Robert McDonald or sports, live life on your terms. Daniel Phillips Dimitri Murrath We offer a lifestyle of flexibility Marcy Rosen andWe offerchoice a lifestylethat provides of flexibility you new Q opportunities.and choice that Experience provides you your new independence,opportunities. Experienceenrich your yourlife Franz Joseph Haydn Trio No. 40 in f-sharp minor, Hob. XV:26 andindependence, let the spirit moveenrich you your. life and let the spirit move you. (1732-1809) Allegro Adagio cantabile Tempo di Menuetto
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AVALON THEATRE Easton, Maryland Friday, June 12, 2015 8:00 p.m. Delmarva Public Radio Q Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major (1732-1809) (The Miracle), Hob. I:102, arr. J. P. Salomon Largo - Vivace Adagio Menuet (Allegro) - Trio Finale (Presto) Tara Helen O’Connor, Carmit Zori, Robin Scott, Daniel Phillips, Marcy Rosen, Anthony Manzo, Robert McDonald
Leoš Janáček Concertino for Piano, two Violins, Viola, (1854-1928) Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon JW 7:11 Moderato Più mosso Con moto PROGRAMS • FORMAT Allegro Diane Walsh, Robin Scott, Carmit Zori, Dmitri Murrath, J. Lawrie Bloom, Adrian Morejon, WAY TO EXPERIENCE RADIO David Jolley With exciting new programs and a bold new format, Delmarva Public Radio has rededicated itself to providing you with the best news, music, arts and culture from INTERMISSION Delmarva – and around the world. Ludwig van Beethoven Septet for strings and woodwinds in E-flat (1770-1827) Major, Op. 20* We are asking all Delmarva residents, natives and new arrivals, to support DPR and Adagio - Allegro con brio take this opportunity to redefine and rebuild the stations, and help keep them Adagio cantabile running strong. Tempo di Menuetto Tema Andante con Variazioni Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace Andante con moto alla Marcia - Presto WSCL 89.5 Fine Arts&Culture Daniel Phillips, Dimitri Murrath, Peter Stumpf, Anthony Manzo, J. Lawrie Bloom, Adrian Morejon, WSDL 90.7 Rhythm & News David Jolley www.delmarvapublicradio.net • 410-543-6895 This concert is generously underwritten by Richard Marks and Amy Haines Serving the Delmarva Peninsula from Salisbury University Chesapeake Chamber Music is grateful for their support. SU is an Equal Opportunity/AA/Title IX university and provides reasonable accommodation given sufficient notice to the University office or staff sponsoring the event or program.
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Franz Joseph Haydn Written in standard four-movement form, piano concerto dedicated to the pianist Jan Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major is scored Heřman with whom Janáček was deeply Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major (The Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 for two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons, two impressed. Later, it grew into a small chamber Miracle), Hob. I:102, arr. J. P. Salomon horns, two trumpets, timpani, and strings. concerto first entitled, Spring. The piece was First performed in 1800 as a dual premiere Haydn’s infamous London Symphonies, The opening movement is slow and lyrical at premiered in February 1926 at the Moravian with his Symphony No. 1, Septet in E-flat written for his trips to London in 1791 and first before bursting into a jubilant, driving Composer’s Club. Its initial success led to a major, Op. 20 was dedicated to Empress 1795, were the last symphonies he wrote. Vivace that resembles something between a second performance at the premiere and soon Maria Theresa, the second wife of Franz II. Intended for public performances rather roller coaster and a steamroller. The Adagio received wide acclaim in Europe. In 1927, the This represented a calculated political move than the aristocracy, these were none the is an orchestrated version of the second composer added a commentary to the work on the part of the 30-year old Beethoven who less directed toward a musically educated movement of the Piano Trio in F-sharp minor depicting himself as a child surrounded by stood to benefit from ties to Vienna’s elite. audience capable of understanding and Hob. XV:26 transposed from F-sharp major animals with whom he was communicating. It is a lighthearted work in the style of the appreciating the composer’s originality, his to F-major. Unlike the trio, the repeats in the According to the commentary, the opening eighteenth century serenade but expanded juxtaposition of expectation and surprise, and symphony are actually written out making movement in sonata form is a depiction through substantial introductions to the first his instinctive ability to manipulate genre, alterations possible the second time through. of a hedgehog and his futile attempts at and final movements and altered by replacing affect, and expressivity. Their characteristically Of particular interest is the idyllic cello getting into his lair. Young Janáček and his the second minuet with a scherzo. obbligato belying the ornamented principal contemporary accomplices have blocked off bold and monumental quality makes them The opening movement of the Septet in E-flat natural precursors to the work of many melody which is accented by the gentle pulses the entrance, and the rising theme in the piano of the timpani. The following Menuet features and later horn concluding with a frustrated major is reminiscent of Mozart in its charm composers to follow including Beethoven, and elegance with the violin and clarinet Schubert, and Webber. a languid trio whose chromaticism in the turn represents the hedgehog. second section is particularly interesting. The serving as principle cast members. The second In contrast to his first London visit, Haydn Throughout the development section, the subject brings other instruments into the Finale, a single theme sonata form, brings the theme appears to morph into a kinder theme was much more familiar with his audience on symphony to a jubilant conclusion leaving the musical conversation but is rather ignored his return. With his celebrity status elevated though the hedgehog never gets his way. in the development. The initial movement most esteemed judges doubtful that Haydn Rapid piano chords broken by long rests and higher than before, the composer expanded himself ever surpassed it. concludes with an elaboration on a fragment previous parameters taking the genre from accompanied by a frantic clarinet characterize from the main theme in somewhat of a quasi a courtly entertainment to public spectacle. a squirrel darting from tree branch to tree recapitulation. The pastoral quality of the Indeed, a new high water mark had been set Leoš Janáček branch in the second movement. The squirrel ensuing Adagio gives the listener a rather is eventually caged by Janáček though the for the symphony. Concertino for Piano, two Violins, Viola, antithetical view of Beethoven’s style. Here, two chord theme landing on a trill suggests the composer shifts to the key of A-flat and While it might be an exaggeration to compare Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon, JW 7:11 the squirrel never stops running. Movement introduces a tranquil and lilting melody which the premiere of Symphony No. 102 in B-flat three is compared to a night owl among It has been said that few composers wait as places the violin and clarinet center stage once major to one of the notorious rock concerts other nocturnal animals. Its march-like theme long to be recognized for their work as the again. While the other instruments lend their of the 1960’s and 70’s, records suggest that derived from the three-note descending Czech composer, Leoš Janáček. While he was support giving color to the movement, the Haydn at the age of 62 commanded such motif in the second movement frames this a successful teacher and head of the organ horn does lend a melodic lead if only for a phenomenal appeal that the crowd had movement while a more lyrical theme school in Brno until 1919, it wasn’t until he was brief moment. pressed toward the orchestra to get a better comprised of arching wind lines supported by sixty-two years of age before his compositional glimpse of the composer who was to conduct strings makes up the middle section. The Menuet, characterized by its rather from the pianoforte. Little did anyone know career began to flourish. This pivotal chapter chipper melody played over a clocklike that only moments later a chandelier would in the composer’s life came when in 1916 his The Allegro represents a discussion among all accompaniment, uses as its main theme fall conveniently into the empty chairs opera, Jenǔfa, was accepted by the National of the animals. The featured descending motif, material from Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in below leaving the wigs of the audience fully Theatre in Prague and rose to a proliferation of retort, and gallop theme signify a collegial G-major, Op. 49. Despite its higher opus intact! Following the incident, it is said that creativity in Janáček’s later years. competition between the animals which number, the sonata is actually an earlier work. later develops when the piano, acting as an “Miracle, Miracle!” was shouted from among Concertino for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, Movement four is a set of variations based observer, combines all of the themes into a the audience consequently naming Haydn’s Clarinet, French Horn, and Bassoon has been on the Rhenish folk tune Ach Schiffer, lieber stunning climax united by a full cast. Symphony No. 102, The Miracle. described as an infectious work, skillfully Schiffer, another playful melody that yields crafted and wrought with wit. It began as a (continued)
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PROGRAM NOTES FOR JUNE 12, 2015 ST. PAUL’S CHURCH the composer ample opportunity for melodic Centreville, Maryland Saturday, June 13, 2015 4:00 p.m. excursions while featuring the other members of the ensemble. “Winds Off the Bay, Part II” The Scherzo in the fifth movement opens with a hunt-like atmosphere created by the horn Q motif. Contrast follows with the delightful Theodor Blumer Wind Quintet, Op. 52 cello solo accompanied by the bassoon and (1881-1964) Sehr frisch und feurig strings. The concluding movement, though Romanze: Sehr ruhig und innig it begins with a rather ominous introduction, Leicht fließend, Äußerst lebhaft quickly gives way to the vivacious Presto Sehr schwingvoll which features fanfares, prominent solos, and a magnificent cadenza for the violin. T ara Helen O’Connor, Peggy Pearson, J. Lawrie Bloom, Adrian Morejon, David Jolley While Beethoven regretted the popularity of Septet in E-flat major, it circulated in a Katherine Ann Murdock Postcards from the Center number of editions and in a wide variety Prairie Sentinel of arrangements for various instrumental Traveling on Beautiful Interstate 70 ensembles. Today, it is regarded as, perhaps, Kansas Winter the finest septet ever written. Punching Cattle on a Jackrabbit Tara Helen O’Connor Fireworks over Kansas / Kansas Tornado Tara Helen O’Connor, Peggy Pearson, J. Lawrie Bloom, Adrian Morejon, David Jolley
INTERMISSION Greetings to my friends Pavel Haas Dechový kvintet, Op. 10* (1899-1944) Preludio: Andante ma vivace at Chesapeake Chamber Preghiera: Misterioso e triste Ballo eccentrico: Ritmo marcato Music! Epilogo: Maestoso T ara Helen O’Connor, Peggy Pearson, J. Lawrie Bloom, Adrian Morejon, David Jolley
Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel Einmal Anders! arr. Franz (1864-1949) Hasenöhrl for Violin, Bass, Clarinet, Bassoon, Anna C. Larkin th Benson and Mangold LLC In honor of his 150 birthday French Horn Robin Scott, Anthony Manzo, J. Lawrie Bloom, 410-770-9255 or 410-829-3549 Adrian Morejon, David Jolley [email protected] * Written when the composer was 30 years old.
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Theodor Blumer Katherine Ann Murdock Pavel Haas safety, Haas and other participants were sent Wind Quintet, Op. 52 Postcards from the Center Dechovy Kvintet, Op. 10 to Aushwitz at the conclusion of the project and executed. Born in Dresden in 1881, Theodore Blumer Katherine Ann Murdock grew up in Born into the family of a Jewish shoemaker in Wind Quintet, Op. 10, completed in 1929 attended Dresden Conservatory where he California’s “Silicon Valley” and earned Brno, Czechoslavakia in 1899, Pavel Haas was, when Haas was 30 years old, and dedicated to studied composition under Felix Draeseke, an her first degrees in music (piano and voice) perhaps, the most notable student of Leoš the Moravian Wind Quintet, is comprised of important figure in German composition from and theatre arts from Humboldt State and Janáček. Following his enrollment at Brno four movements. The rather moody Preludio the turn of the twentieth century until the San Francisco State Universities. In 1986 she Conservatory which spanned the years 1919- is followed by a contrasting and prayer- 1930’s. In addition to having works performed received a Ph.D. in composition from the 1921, Haas went on to complete two years of like second movement. The third contains, by leading conductors of the time including Eastman School of Music, where she studied study in the masterclass of Janáček. perhaps, the strongest tie to Janáček. Here, with Samuel Adler, Joseph Schwantner, and Hans von Bülow, Fritz Reiner, and Karl Böhm, In the writing of Haas, one finds comingled some listeners hear references to the esteemed Warren Benson. She spent the major part of Draeseke was a major influence on Strauss. the traditions of Czech and Moravian professor’s March of the Bluebirds. The her professional career teaching music theory Later in the century, his music fell largely into folksong, Jewish chant, and jazz. The jazz concluding Epilogo brings the quintet to an and composition at Wichita State University, disuse, perhaps due to the fact that he was influence may be attributed to his early optimistic and triumphant finish. retiring as a full professor in 2010 after twenty- supported by the Nazi regime. Interestingly, exposure to radio and film. Ironically, at least five years. when the Nazis held a festival of music in the three film scores and incidental music for 1930’s, Strauss was quoted as sarcastically Murdock’s works include vocal and choral numerous stage plays are among his surviving Richard Strauss suggesting that he should have been included music, chamber music, works for string works. Perhaps true of many composers, Till Eulenspiegel Einmal Anders! since in Salome he had the Jews singing orchestra and symphonic band, and a one-act Haas was his own greatest critic. Of the Arr. Franz Hasenöhrl for Violin, Bass, atonal music. opera. She has had numerous commissions, more than fifty works written during the Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn Blumer, whose musical career included and performances of her works have occurred last couple decades of his life, only eighteen conducting the Dresden Radio Orchestra in many venues across North America, were assigned opus numbers. These works Till Eulenspiegel, for whom the work is and the Middle German Radio Orchestra Europe, Asia, and Australia. Dr. Murdock has included symphonies, choral pieces, lieder, named, is a prominent character in German in Leipzig, composed a variety of works. received numerous honors and awards during chamber music, and scores for cinema, theatre, folklore. Whether Till was an actual person or Included in his catalogue are works for a her career, including being chosen as the and opera including The Charlatan which merely a fictitious individual is not for certain. solo piano, string orchestra, chamber music, first (and only) Kansas Master Artist Fellow premiered in Brno in 1938 to enthusiastic It is probable, however, that the original and larger ensembles. Numerous works in Music Composition by the Kansas Arts acclaim. This opera also led to the Smetana poem was based to some degree on an actual include music for winds such as the Septet Commission in 2010, and winning an Artist Foundation Award. personality. The work, originating from Fellowship in Music Composition from the Strauss, stands as the sole claim to fame of the for Piano and Wind Quintet, Op. 22 and In 1941, Haas was deported to Theresienstadt, four wind quintets of which Op. 52 is the Arkansas Arts Council 2012. Austrian Franz Hasenöhrl who arranged it the “model” Nazi concentration camp. While under the pseudonym Franz Hörhl. last. This particular quintet owes much to the Katherine Murdock’s woodwind quintet, there, he composed at least eight works influence of Strauss particularly with regard “Postcards from the Center,” is a set of of which only a few have survived. These Despite leanings in either direction, the poetic to expression and gesture. It has even been melodic and textural landscapes based on include a set of Four Songs on Chinese Poetry context involves a delinquent youth who suggested that the work’s heroic horn figures actual Kansas postcards, of which she is an for baritone and piano, a work for male taunts the ecclesiastical and secular authorities could have been designed by Strauss himself. avid collector. The work is available on a CD chorale, Al s’fod, and his most known work, as well as social customs of the medieval of the same name by the Moran Woodwind Study for String Orchestra. Three years later, period. He goes so far as to play pranks on Quintet, issued by Crystal Records. prior to a visit from the Red Cross, the Nazis the elite and powerful, many of which are remodeled Theresienstadt, and a propaganda quite cruel. film,Der Führer schenkt den Judan eine Richard Strauss, well noted for his exquisite Stadt (The Fuhrer Gives the Jews a City) was tone poems, originally composed the piece released. Within the film, Haas can be seen for an orchestra of at least seventy players. He taking a bow following a performance of his introduces Till through a theme played by the Study for Strings. Despite Nazi promises of (continued)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Throughout the trio, Mozart balances the Hampshire. Founded as a retreat in 1907 Johannes Brahms piano with the violin and cello in a most by Edward MacDowell, this idea brought Piano Trio in B-Flat, Major, K.502 String Sextet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 delicate and sensitive fashion. He furthermore artists of many kinds to the New Hampshire The piano trio, after the string quartet, is demonstrates another interesting fact about countryside to create work of their own and In 1857, at the young age of 24, Brahms the most significant chamber ensemble the texture of the piano trio—that quite to interact with others who had come for like accepted the first official position of his of the post-Classical era. Its development frequently there are not three but four voices; reasons. The idea of bringing artists together musical career. Employed in the princely as a major form came as the piano and its the two hands of the piano which speak gained support from President Grover Court of Detmold, his responsibilities technique were emerging simultaneously with independently of each other while interacting Cleveland and many wealthy industrialists included giving lessons to Princess Friederike the compositional approaches to blending with the equally independent violin and cello. marking the beginning of the MacDowell and to conduct the choral society. The young instruments of differing tonal and dynamic Colony. Since then, many of the nation’s finest composer found the setting quite satisfying, properties. Tison Street composers have taken part in this retreat having lost his devout friend and supporter, including Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Schumann, a year earlier, and the Teutoburger By the time Mozart composed Piano Trio in Adagio for Oboe, String Quartet, Bass Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, and others. B-flat majorat age 30, it was apparent that Forest near which he was known to take frequent walks was a source of great solace. the genre was well on the way to becoming Tison C. Street, an American composer of Street’s music is sometimes labeled as This tranquil environment was the a standard form. In fact, this particular trio contemporary classical music and violinist, Neo-Romantic and that would apply to environment in which String Sextet, Op. 18 along with four others is considered to be was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1943. many aspects of his Adagio for Oboe, String was born and where Brahms marked his among the first of the mature piano trios. During his youth, he studied violin with Quartet and Bass. In discussing his own beginning in orchestral composition with two While there is evidence from the original then concertmaster of the Boston Symphony works however, Street admits his affection for Serenades, Op. 11 and Op. 16, and his manuscripts that even Mozart wrestled to Orchestra, Einar Hansen. He went on to study bringing different musical idioms together. premier Piano Concerto, Op. 15. produce an acceptable result, he undoubtedly composition at Harvard University with Leon In this rather Romantic work one will find achieved in this piano trio a flawless addition Kirchner and David Del Tredici. In 1973 he snippets of more atonal styles in a number of First performed on October 20, 1860, with short interludes, while observing prominent to the chamber music repertoire in every sense won the Rome Prize allowing him to spend a th the composer’s good friend and esteemed of the word. year at the American Academy in Rome. quotes by the 15 -century composer Johannes violinist Joseph Joachim as part of the sextet, Ockeghem. In talking about the Adagio, Street Brahms was quite pleased with String Sextet, Piano Trio in B-flat major is comprised of As a composer, Street’s compositions have states the following: Op. 18. So satisfied was he with the final three movements that establish a fast-slow- been performed by many of the nation’s result that he later arranged it for four-hand fast tempo scheme. The first of these is a leading orchestras including the New York “The work is based on two main themes piano and transcribed the second movement monothematic sonata form which would and Los Angeles Philharmonic, the American with episodes, one ethereal, the other con for solo piano, a forty-first birthday gift have been quite common for Haydn but Composers Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber amore. Together with the opening scale and to Clara Schumann. It is also known that highly unusual for Mozart. The development Orchestra, the New Hampshire Symphony a transitional sequence having the quality Brahms received great pleasure when a friend begins with an entirely new theme which is Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, and of a distantly remembered folk tune, they arranged a piano trio version of the sextet contrastingly warm. When the main theme the Boston Classical Orchestra. In 1981, he was progressively evolve through extensions of sometime later. returns, it is a moment of great drama as it the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and their implied harmonic areas until extremes reappears in a minor key. The recapitulation in 1994 he won the second prize for a Kennedy meet when the remotest tonal region, D String Sextet, Op. 18 is written in the extends and elaborates on the original Center Friedheim Award for his orchestral Major, brings the return of the opening traditional four-movement form. It comes material to conclude with bold resolution. The work Bright Sambas. He is also a recipient of scales, con passione, at the climax. An as no surprise that Brahms who favored the Larghetto section is one of exquisite grace. a Naumberg Recording Award, an American extended coda includes a three-bar quotation bold, gutsy strength of the lower instruments, It is said that the instrumental voices unite Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (in harmonics) from an Ockeghem Agnus would introduce the opening movement with with every note in such a way that should Award, an NEA grant, and the Brandeis Dei, which, reflecting on the whole piece, a cello assigned to the main theme. Here, any of them be removed, the piece would University Creative Arts Award. transforms it at that moment into something while the time signature is three beats to the collapse. The Rondo is an awakening moment like an elaborate and romantic reliquary for measure, the main theme falls into four per Street wrote Adagio for Oboe, String Quartet, filled with animation, drama, and marvelous this fragment of ancient music.” measure. This was quite innovative at the and Bass in 1977 when he was a fellow of the counterpoint. time as composers rarely used differing time MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New
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PROGRAM NOTES FOR JUNE 14, 2015 ARTIST SHOWCASE IV | TRINITY CATHEDRAL signatures in the same piece, though the use of Rondo, while more rustic in atmosphere, Easton, Maryland Tuesday, June 16, 2015 5:30 p.m. cross rhythms was not atypical of Brahms. It is feels much like Schubert though it contains all also interesting to note the wealth of thematic the compositional invention and sonority one J. Lawrie Bloom material in this movement, though it appears would expect from Brahms. Steven Tenenbom elsewhere as well, and the skillful way in Diane Walsh which the composer unifies this material Q through thematic transformation and through use of melodic motifs to intersperse familiarity through the movement while achieving Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 “Kegelstatt”* cohesion throughout. (1756-1791) Andante The second movement Andante in duple Menuetto & Trio meter is a theme with six variations with the Rondeaux. Allegretto main theme written in a minor key. This is a classical variation form which many critics Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola & believe to be quintessential not only to Brahms (1810-1856) piano, Op. 132 but among any composer before or after. The Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell third movement Scherzo sees once again the Lebhaft und sehr markirt main theme given to the cello. The closing Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck Lebhaft sehr markirt Daniel Phillips David Ludwig Flowers in the Desert (1974-) I. Blue with all malice… II. …I hear the irregular snap! snap! III. Mille regretz de vous abandonner… IV. …five more bullets V. Oseh shalom bim’romav hu ya’aseh shalom
Max Bruch From Acht Stücke, Op. 83 (1838-1920) No. 6, Nachtgesang No. 3, Andante con moto No. 4, Allegro agitato
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ARTIST SHOWCASE V | ACADEMY ART MUSEUM AVALON THEATRE Easton, Maryland Thursday, June 18, 2015 5:30 p.m. Easton, Maryland Friday, June 19, 2015 8:00 p.m. Q Q
James Primosch (1956-) Oboe Quartet (CCMF Premier) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493* (1756-1791) Allegro Peggy Pearson, Robin Scott, Steven Tenenbom, Larghetto Marcy Rosen Allegretto Gabriel Fauré Piano Quartet No. 2 in g minor, Op. 45 Ieva Jokubaviciute, Robin Scott, Rebecca Albers, (1845-1924) Allegro molto moderato Edward Arron Allegro molto Adagio non troppo Roger Zare “New Horizons” (Commission for Festival 30)* Allegro molto (1985-) January 19, 2006 February 28, 2007 Ieva Jokubaviciute, Todd Phillips, Rebecca Albers, July 14, 2015 Edward Arron Diane Walsh, Peggy Pearson, J. Lawrie Bloom, Marcy Rosen
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Antonín Dvořák Piano Trio No. 3 in f minor, Op. 65 (1841-1904) Allegro ma non troppo Allegretto grazioso - Meno mosso Poco adagio Allegro con brio Ieva Jokubaviciute, Catherine Cho, Marcy Rosen
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“New Horizons” (Credit: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute) * Written when the composer was 30 years old.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Roger Zare Roger Zare says of his composition: movements. Full of hope and excitement, the music explodes with fiery rising Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493 ”New Horizons” “I have always been inspired by science gestures after this introduction, ascending (Commission for Festival 30) and astronomy, and have vivid memories into the stratosphere. Once in the air, the By the year 1786 Mozart already faced of seeing the space shuttle launch from three main musical ideas are developed in financial difficulties stemming from a growing An award-winning composer, Roger Zare my home in Florida despite being over turn, continually building in energy. family, a lavish lifestyle and dwindling has written works for a variety of ensembles 150 miles away from Cape Canaveral. The audiences. Nonetheless, at the time of writing including solo, chamber, choral and full title of this work, New Horizons, refers to “The second movement, February 28, the Piano Quartet in E flat Major K. 493, the orchestra works. Born in Sarasota Florida, he the NASA space probe that will reach the 2007, describes the probe’s encounter with 30-year old composer was relatively stable began playing the piano at the age of five and dwarf planet Pluto on July 14, 2015, and Jupiter. Flying by the largest and by far and happy after the success of his new opera, violin at the age of 11; he started composing each of the three movements is about a key the most massive planet, New Horizons The Marriage of Figaro. at age 14. Roger holds a doctorate of musical event in the probe’s journey. gained an incredible burst of speed. To arts (2012) from the University of Michigan, represent Jupiter’s immense gravity, this His first piano quartet, (K. 478), written a “The first movement, January 19, a master of music (2009) from the Peabody movement is framed as a passacaglia, few months earlier, had been refused by 2006, represents the launch from Cape Conservatory of music, and a bachelor of with a repeating harmonic progression his publisher. Franz Anton Hoffmeister Canaveral. The introduction features an music (2007) from the University of Southern over which a series of variations proceed declared the piece too technically difficult unwavering repeated note in the piano California. and grow. Starting with a mysterious for a public who, unfamiliar with the genre, that represents the pulses of data that cello solo, I envisioned seeing Jupiter were unlikely to take an interest in buying Embracing his love of science, in July 2014, the probe sends back to Earth. Presented approaching from the distance, beginning copies. It was intended to be the first of a set Zare participated in a workshop presented along with this ostinato is a fragmented as a bright speck of light. As we approach of three piano quartets, but Herr Hoffmeister by CERN at the Montreux International Jazz chorale and cello melody, previewing the closer, the music gets heavier and heavier, quickly excused Mozart from having to write Festival, “The Physics of Music and the Music main musical ideas that permeate all three any others. Admirably dauntless and newly of Physics.” Across the lake from the Large until it is overwhelmed with Jupiter’s energized by his success with “Figaro”, Hadron Collider, the Donald Sinta Quartet majesty and luminosity. Finally, Jupiter Mozart decided to forge ahead with the E flat joined him in Switzerland and performed fades away in the distance and the cello Major Quartet despite the publisher’s lack his saxophone quartets, L H C and Z (4430). solo returns. of interest. Also during the summer of 2014, Zare was “This cello solo leads straight into the final With its freshness and inventiveness, the a participant in the inaugural Dulwich movement without a pause. Reminiscent quartet became instantly popular with International Music Academy in Beijing, of the first movement, rising gestures contemporary audiences, notwithstanding China, where the cellist Jacob Shaw premiered return, as well as the chorale. This extended and intricate passages, occasional his work for six cellos, “Chameleon.” Along movement, titled July 14, 2015, represents dark moments and the considerable virtuosity with two commissions from the SONAR the flyby of Pluto, the mission’s primary required for its performance. Lyricism New Music Ensemble, current projects goal. I wanted to capture the energy and predominates throughout, and in the third include this commission from the Chesapeake excitement of discovery, as well as the movement can be heard one of the composer’s Chamber Music Festival for oboe, clarinet, probe’s incredible speed at 32,600 mph. A loveliest melodies. cello and piano. Amazingly, the composer of rush of unrelenting fast notes pours out of Chesapeake Chamber Music’s commission is the ensemble as the music builds. The data only 30 years old. pulses return as the movement reaches its climax, before finally fading away into the distance.”
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PROGRAM NOTES FOR JUNE 19, 2015 ST. MICHAELS HIGH SCHOOL Antonín Dvořák A suppressed, dotted-rhythm main theme begins in the strings and then the piano St. Michaels, Maryland Saturday, June 20, 2015 5:30 p.m. Piano Trio No. 3 in f minor, Op. 65 unleashes the principal theme in all its dynamic “A Celebration in C” Begun on February 4, 1883 only six weeks intensity. The cello presents the second theme, after the death of his mother, and completed a lovely melody in a major mode moved by Q chromatic changes. The development section, on 31 March, the trio received the brunt of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515 full of rich configurations, carries on the Dvořák’s turbulent feelings. Perhaps it is (1756-1791) Allegro indicative of his state of mind at the time that interplay of the themes in moods ranging from sullen to defiant. Menuetto & Trio. Allegretto the phrase, Bohu diky, (“Thanks to God”), did Andante not appear at the end of the manuscript, an The second movement takes the form of a Allegro uncharacteristic omission. Bohemian folk dance full of bouncy rhythms with a suggestion of a bagpipe drone beneath T odd Phillips, Catherine Cho, Steven Tenenbom, Dvořák took special care with this trio, the Rebecca Albers, Edward Arron two months required for its composition also the piano’s rather melancholy little tune. A uncharacteristic, since generally he composed full stop marks the entrance to the central trio his chamber works in two or three weeks. and then the opening section is repeated. The After its premiere on October 27, 1883 he Adagio that follows is certainly one of Dvořák‘s INTERMISSION revised it so thoroughly that he was obliged to most subjective creations. Its beautiful line and write out a completely new score. rich sonority crown the entire movement. The finale is a Czech dance (called a furiant) and The opening movement, in sonata form, is the piece settles on the heroic major tonality to Franz Schubert Cello Quintet in C Major, D. 956, almost symphonic in its passion and strength. end in a mood of affirmation. (1797-1828) (Op. Posth. 163)* Allegro ma non troppo Adagio Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Andante sostenuto Allegretto Catherine Cho, Todd Phillips, Rebecca Albers, Edward Arron, Marcy Rosen
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* Written when the composer was 30 years old.
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PROGRAM NOTES FOR JUNE 20, 2015 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Franz Schubert String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515 Cello Quintet in C Major, D. 956, (Op. Posth. 163) The C Major Quintet was composed in the spring of 1787, as was the G minor Quintet, its This magnificent Quintet, written at the very somber younger sibling. The composer was at end of Schubert’s life when he was but 30 the height of his mature period, an absolute years old, was finally performed twenty years master of his art. Adding a voice to the after his death. It had been presented to his already well-known musical structure of the publisher just before the composer’s death, string quartet seems to have interested him and at that time was not taken up. in his later years, because of an enrichment of Marcel Schneider, writing on Schubert the counterpoint, or perhaps simply because said, “We can see without any difficulty Mozart himself played the viola. He wrote why Schubert chose to have a second cello four major works for viola quintet during to form his Quintet. It plays a role entirely this time. Charles Rosen has somewhat independent of the first cello; sometimes disingenuously pointed out that Mozart playing in unison to create a vibrant sonority returned to the quintet after a long period of full of dark grandeur, sometimes playing quartet writing—“always directly after having counterpoint with the first cello and the other written a series of quartets as if the experience instruments. Finally, by the color and by of composing for only four instruments the amplitude of its voice, it accentuates the prompted him to take up the richer medium.” troubling romantic atmosphere of the work.” The quintet begins with a sonata of Mozart, in his seven quintets written for extraordinary proportions, including what two violas, demonstrated to Schubert what Rosen called “the longest Sonata exposition could be gained by doubling an instrument, before Beethoven’s ninth Symphony.” The thereby enhancing or accompanying the music is built from a wealth of melodic melody of the first instrument, and what an material and a remarkable process of orchestral result would ensue when applied elongation in phrase length. to chamber music.” It is important to point The slow movement Andante is one of out the symphonic writing, which Schubert Mozart’s matchless heartbreakers – a dialogue deliberately adopted—by doubling the two between first violin and first viola. The exterior voices (two violins contrasting with Minuet follows with a succession of dynamic two cellos), consistently provides an orchestral surprises, and is followed by the Trio, which depth. Loving the sumptuous sonority of the shifts into F major, an unusual modulation for cello with its lyric possibilities, he gave lots of trios at this time. vivacious activity to the lower register. The finale ends with the exuberant finality of a forte unison.
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Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No. 43 in G Major, Op. 54 No. 1 (1732-1809) (arr. Pearson) Allegro con brio Allegretto Menuetto & Trio Presto Peggy Pearson, Catherine Cho, Rebecca Albers, Marcy Rosen
Emil Hartmann Serenade for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in (1836-1898) A Major, Op. 24 Romance J. Lawrie Bloom, Marcy Rosen, Ieva Jokubaviciute
Aram Khachaturian T rio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano in (1903-1978) g minor Andante con dolore, con molto espressione Allegro Moderato J. Lawrie Bloom, Robin Scott, Diane Walsh
Franz Schubert Allegro for Piano, 4 hands in a minor (1797-1828) (“Lebensstürme”), D. 947 Diane Walsh and Ieva Jokubaviciute
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PROGRAM NOTES FOR JUNE 21, 2015 PROGRAM NOTES FOR JUNE 21, 2015 Franz Joseph Haydn Emil Hartmann Aram Khachaturian Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 43 in G Major, Op. 54 Serenade for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano Allegro for Piano, 4 hands in a minor No. 1 (arr. Pearson) A Major, Op. 24 in g minor (“Lebensstürme”), D. 947
The quartet in G major, Op. 54 No.1 is one of Emil Hartmann was a Danish composer who Aram Khachaturian’s parents made certain The title of this work, signifying “storms of the most often played of Haydn’s quartets. lived from 1836 to 1898, the eldest son of that his childhood was immersed in the folk life,” might seem almost too deliberately Along with the six quartets of Op. 64, the Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann and brother- music of their homeland. Consequently, romantic. Chosen by his publisher, Diabelli, six string quartets of Haydn’s Op. 54/55 in-law to Niels Gade and August Winding. although the composer never actually lived in when the work appeared in 1840, it certainly belong to the group of works known as the It seems that in his day he was somewhat Armenia, his cultural identity was so strong captures the spirit of the piece written in May Tost quartets. Although there is no specific overshadowed by his better-known relatives, that he was honored posthumously with his of 1828 during the spring of the composer’s dedication attached to this work, it has always but with the passage of time, he has firmly image on Armenian currency. final year. From the opening thunderclap of been associated with the name of Johann Tost. maintained his place in the repertoire. Although this trio was written while the “Lebensstürme” we are in no doubt that Tost was second violin in the Esterhazy He began composing while very young, Khachaturian was a student at the Moscow we are in for an exciting ride. orchestra from 1783 to 1789 during the last learning from his father and brother-in- Conservatory, it demonstrates the marked Schubert never composed any work more two years of Haydn’s tenure as Kapellmeister law, and then studied at the University of influence of the Armenian folk music that orchestral for four hands, and never came of that court. Haydn, having just finished Copenhagen. In 1858 he performed his first fascinated him as a child and continued to closer to a sort of Brucknerian amplitude. composing six quartets, Op. 54/55, gave them major work when he and August Winding color his mature compositions. The piece begins symphonically, employing to Tost to take to Paris for publication. They were given the task of composing music The repetition of the material in the rhapsodic sonata form in which the structural regularity belong to Haydn’s experimental, transitional for a Bournonville ballet. He later studied first movement creates a colorful and provides a counterweight to the audacious period during which he searched for newer in Germany and then returned to Denmark somewhat hypnotic atmosphere. The second tonal plan. harmonies, newer ways to treat individual where he was organist at the St. Johan movement begins like a scherzo, but soon a In the year 1828 the composer wrote three instruments within the quartet structure and Church in Copenhagen, as well as at the folk tune on the clarinet relaxes the tempo. wonderful works for four-hand piano: the new ways to manipulate form. Christiansborg Palace Chapel. The following section combines those two Fantasy in f minor D. 940; the Allegro in In this quartet, the first violin maintains ideas and then we return to an ornamented a minor, “Lebensstürme,” D. 947; and the dominant brilliance, no doubt to gratify Tost version of the folk melody. The movement Rondo in A Major, D. 951. Schubert scholar (who eventually ceased to be a musician concludes, scherzando. Christopher H. Gibbs states that these three and became a wealthy textile merchant), but The finale is a set of variations inspired by works are proof that the composer meant to also because quartets at this time frequently a folk tune. It is joined by another rhythmic “transcend the confines of the salon.” He goes present the first violin with the strongest figure and the two gather strength before a on to say that, “Schubert’s music for piano thread in the instrumental fabric. quiet ending. duet is among not only his greatest but also his most original.” The arrangement by Peggy Pearson, presented here, alters that tradition somewhat by including the oboe in place of one of the two violins.
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THE 21ST CENTURY FUND
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COMMUNICATIONS Discography COMPETITION COMMITTEE 2014-2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MARKETING COMMITTEE Harold Quayle Robert Burger, Chair Michael Bracy, President William Geoghegan, Chair Nancy Larson, Co-Chair Robert Burger, Vice President Layout Anna Larkin, Chair Emeritus Marty Sikes, Secretary INTERLUDE Joanne Shipley Donald Buxton Courtney Kane, Treasurer Susan Koh, Editor Norma Berlin Nancy Graham, Copy Editor Ad Sales Debra Crouch Betty Anderson Diane Rohman Frances Forster Donald Berlin Writers William Geoghegan William Geoghegan Patricia Q. Barbis OTHER COMMUNICATIONS Elizabeth Koprowski AND MARKETING Susan Koh Donald R. Berlin Mariana Lesher Wes Lockfaw J. Lawrie Bloom Photographers Penny Proserpi Bernice Michael Mike Bracy Steve Aprile Hanna Woicke Mark Nestlehutt Bob Burger William Geoghegan Janet Pfeffer Chloe Pitard Donald Buxton Jerry Michael Brenda Bedea Diane Rohman Lin Clineburg Amy Steward F. Elizabeth Spurry William Edgar Blake Wise DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Carolyn Thornton Nancy Graham Chloe L Pitard, Chair John Waterston Susan Koh Publicity Distribution Mike Bracy Margaret Welch Ron S. Liebman Julie Durhan Donald Buxton Kathleen Wise Judy Madole George Durhan Courtney Kane Hanna Woicke John Malin Elizabeth Koprowski Bernice Michael Broadcast Media Mark Nestlehutt Artistic Directors Jerry Michael Robert B. Amdur Diane Rohman J. Lawrie Bloom, Chamber Music Mark Nestlehutt Beth Spurry Marcy Rosen, Chamber Music Barbara Parker Press Relations Sam Trippe Monty Alexander, Jazz Chloe Pitard Amy Steward, Steward Writing John Waterston Mary Riedlin Phil Webster Executive Director Marcy Rosen Graphic Design Donald Buxton Beth Schucker Shannon McNary FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Al Sikes Joanne Shipley Bernice Michael, Chair Marty Sikes Tim Young, Eclectic Graphics Michael Bracy Assistant to the Executive Director Michael Silver Suzanne Brigham Lois Campbell Amy Blades Steward IT Operations Donald Buxton Gayle Jayne, Monarch Web Services Carolyn Thornton Lois Campbell Cassidy Mister, Diving Dog Productions Bookkeeper Margaret Welch George Durhan Joel Shilliday, Diving Dog Productions Cynthia Quast Kathleen Wise Julie Durhan Liz Shilliday, Diving Dog Productions William Geoghegan House Manager Layout Courtney Kane On-Line Marketing Mariana Albert Lesher Tim Young, Eclectic Graphics Elizabeth Koprowski Kaye Dutrow Brenda Latka Jerry Jana House Manager Assistant CCM FESTIVAL PROGRAM BOOK Mary Riedlin Gayle Jayne, Monarch Web Services Diane Rohman Janet Pfeffer William Geoghegan, Editor Courtney Kane Carolyn Rugg Program Notes Brenda J. Latka Carolyn Thornton Wes Lockfaw Joel Shilliday, Diving Dog Productions Margo Tilghman Cecily Lyle Blake Wise Margaret Welch Hanna Woicke (continued)
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Concert Series Chesapeake Chamber Music would like to thank the following for their All concerts on generous support of CCM’s biennial Chamber Music Competition. It is through Sundays at 4 p.m. your donations and pledges that we can help bring the next generation of superb Admission $10 chamber musicians to the concert halls of the world. Thank you! Students Free Donald and Norma Berlin Tim and Anna Larkin Reception after concert Michael and Ella Bracy Marion Ein Lewin Bob and Karen Burger Rush and Ann Moody October 11, 2015 Thomas Pandolfi—Piano Tom and Debra Crouch Chance Negri and Jeffrey Parker November 15, 2015 Pax Dei Trio—Harp, Flute & Soprano George P. and Jocelyn Eysymontt Martin Hughes and Mary Ann Schindler December 13, 2015 Tidewater Singers—Christmas Choral Concert Fred and Lesley Isreal Thomas and Alexa Seip April 9, 2016 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition Winner Courtney and Scott Kane St. John Foundation Susan and Barry Koh Carolyn and Charlie Thornton May 8, 2016 Lafayette Square Duo—Organ & Harp Elizabeth Koprowski Bob Welte Christ Episcopal Church, Church and High Streets, Cambridge, Maryland Lynn and Jeff Lang Peter and Hanna Woicke 410-228-3161, christchurchcambridge.org Marvin and Delia Lang
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We thank you for your support of Chesapeake Chamber Music. Your generosity Marcia and Nicholas Fidis Contributor: up to $99 makes the difference in our ability to bring great performances to our region, Patricia Keller Katharine Draper keep ticket prices affordable, and offer free events and outreach programs Peter and Rita Gross Patricia Shehan throughout the year. Deidre and Tony Kelly Barbara Viniar Robert and Cecilia Nobel George N. and Lynda T. Carlson Martha Horner Susan and Jim Blankner Nancy Lewis Marilyn and Robert Barrett ThankYou! Rebecca Byrd William G. Thomas Impresario: $10,000 and above First Chair: $500 to $999 Garry E. and Melissa Clarke Elsa Ford Anonymous Judith and Robert Amdur Susan and Paul Carroll Janice Gordon Carolyn and Charles Thornton Siegfried Gerstung Anna Snow James and Mary Campbell Marcy Rosen Brenda Crabbs Lise and John Valliant Underwriter: $5,000 to $9,999 Judith and Jack Harrald Screenscope Inc. David M. Post and Barry S. Weyburn Michael and Ella Bracy Earl A. and Christina Furman Myra Goldgeier Bruce and Lee Thomas Marty and Al Sikes Nan and J. Lawrie Bloom Rabbi Peter Hyman Bill and Barbara Edgar Ira and Edgar Ringler George and Patricia Betz Robert Nordhaus Dr. and Mrs. Richard Mayer Bernice and Jerry Michael Karl and Anne Lemp Vincent and Caroline Manganiello Maestro: $2,000 to $4,999 The Revs. Mark and Abigail Nestlehutt Patricia C. and Richard Schramm Margaret and Sanford Young Michael and Susan Silver Paul and Linda Makosky Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Doherty Deborah A. Kennedy Ed Delaney and Elizabeth Anderson Robert H. and Susan B. Feldhuhn Chloe and David Pitard Soloist: $250 to $499 Donald and Jenny Sue Dunner We also thank those generous donors whose St. John Foundation Maika Siebeck Pat and Seymour Strongin contributions to Chesapeake Chamber Music’s Diane Rohman and Charles Monet Julie C. and William G. Harris Richard and Janice Gnospelius 2015 Annual Appeal were received after our Claude and Elizabeth Koprowski Anthony and Camille Passarella Doreen C. Getsinger press deadline of May 22, 2015. Thank you! Pam and Jerry Jana Patricia Barbis Concertmaster: $1,000 to $1,999 Wes Lockfaw Carol and John McMurtrie Nancy Graham Philip and Irmy Webster Lynn Freeburger Bob Welte Mariana and Pete Lesher Thomas and Barbara Roberts John and Lily Waterston William H. and Judith A. Geoghegan Frances Forster and David Danner Susan and Barry Koh Kathleen Wise and Douglas Ridley Neil A. Hoffman, MD Martin Hughes and Mary Ann Schindler Chuck and Betsy Petty Kathleen M. Linehan Ensemble Player: $100 to $249 Davis B. Bobrow and Gail Benjamin Stephen R. and Linda M. Clineburg Diana Sable Adrienne K. Nassau Thomas and Laura Hollingshead Herbert and Patrice Miller Doris Hughes Richard and Susan Granville Lawrence and Ann Wood Antoine and Emily Van Agtmael Edwin and Ruth Decker Dr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Brigham Hans J. Oser Ann and Rush Moody Beth H Schucker Samuel and Rosemary Trippe Shayna and Michael Green Jeffrey Parker Elizabeth and Garrett Layton Laurence L. Driggs III Julie and George Durhan Ronya J. Driscoll
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LIST OF RECORDINGS FROM CCMF 2015
If, after you leave this year’s festival, you feel that you would like to revisit some of the music that you enjoyed this June, here follows a list of recordings that may interest you. If these recordings cannot be found at your local retail outlet they should be available at websites such as arkivmusic.com, hbdirect.com, cduniverse.com, and amazon.com. Harold Quayle
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN SEPTET IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 20 Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Septet / Shaham, Bronfman, et al ARTE NOVA 640150 Beethoven: Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20, Serenade in D Major, Op. 25 / Ensemble 360 NIMBUS 6112
THEODOR BLUMER WIND QUINTET, OP. 52 Wind Chamber Music of Theodor Blumer / Moran Woodwind Quintet CRYSTAL 753
JOHANNES BRAHMS STRING SEXTET IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 18 Brahms: The String Sextets / Nash Ensemble ONYX 4019 Brahms: String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2 / Talich Quartet, Kanka, Kluson 28248 St. Michaels Road, Easton LA DOLCE VOLTA 253 JOHANNES BRAHMS SONATA IN E MINOR, OP. 38 FOR CELLO AND PIANO Brahms: The Cello Sonatas / Rostropovich, Serkin Finest Selection of Wine on the Eastern Shore DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 410510 Yo-Yo Ma Plays Great Cello Masterworks Micro Brews SONY 438572 Single Malts & Single Barrels MAX BRUCH NACHTGESANG, NO. 6 FROM EIGHT PIECES, OP. 83 FOR CLARINET, VIOLA AND PIANO Autumn - Bruch, Brahms / B3 Classic Trio Specialty Foods • Full Service Deli • Artisinal Cheeses NON PROFIT MUSIC 1010 Zemlinsky, Bruch: Clarinet Trios Cigars & Coffee ONDINE 760
Gourmet Goodies FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN SCHERZO NO. 1 IN B MINOR, OP. 20 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN SCHERZO NO. 2 IN B-FLAT MINOR, OP. 31 Gift Baskets FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN SCHERZO NO. 3 IN C-SHARP MINOR, OP. 39 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN SCHERZO NO. 4 IN E MAJOR, OP. 54 Catering Rubinstein Collection Vol 45 - Chopin: Ballades, Scherzos RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 63045 Lortie Plays Chopin Vol. 1 / Louis Lortie CHANDOS 10588
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ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK PIANO TRIO IN F MINOR, OP. 65 ARAM KHATCHATURIAN TRIO FOR CLARINET, VIOLIN, AND PIANO Dvořák: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4 / Tempest Trio Refuge / Divan Consort NAXOS 573279 ALBANY 1484 Dvořák: Piano Trios / Trio Solisti Clarinet Trios: Stravinsky, Khachaturian, Milhaud, Bartok BRIDGE 9393 SUPRAPHON 3481
GABRIEL FAURÉ PIANO QUARTET IN G MINOR, OP. 45 FRITZ KREISLER LIEBESLEID AND LIEBESFREUD Saint-Saens: Piano Trio No. 1; Fauré: Piano Quartet / Beaux Arts Trio, Dutton Kreisler: Violin Music / Jack Liebeck PHILIPS 434071 HYPERION 68040 Suk, Fauré: Piano Quartets / Fauré Piano Quartett Selections - The Best of James Ehnes ARS MUSICI 23234 ANALEKTA 29768
PAVEL HAAS DECHOVÝ KVINTET FOR WINDS, OP. 10 DAVID LUDWIG FLOWERS IN THE DESERT Turbulent Winds - Music of Eastern Europe / The Prairie Winds No recording exists but a link to a live performance may be found online by Googling the ALBANY RECORDS 1193 composer’s name followed by the title of the piece. A Recital Experience / Weimarer Blaserquintett GENUIN MUSIKPRODUCTION 12225 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART PIANO QUARTET IN E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 493 Mozart: Piano Quartets / The Nash Ensemble EMIL HARTMANN SERENADE FOR CLARINET, CELLO AND PIANO, OP. 24, ASV GOLD 4015 ROMANCE Mozart: Piano Quartets / Badura-Skoda, Festetics Quartet (period instruments) Copenhagen Clarinet Trio Performs Beethoven, Glinka, Brahms, Hartmann ARCANA 350 SCANDINAVIAN CLASSICS 220588 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART TRIO IN E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 498 “KEGELSTATT” FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN TRIO IN F-SHARP MINOR, HOB.XV:26 Mozart: The Complete Piano Trios / Beaux Arts Trio (also contains K.502 as seen below) Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol. 1 / Kungsbacka Trio PHILLIPS DUO 446154 NAXOS 8572040 Dieter Klöcker Edition - Mozart, Beethoven Haydn: The Heart Of Invention / Trio Goya (period instruments) CPO 777010 CHANDOS 771 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART PIANO TRIO IN B-FLAT MAJOR, K. 502 FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN SYMPHONY NO. 102 IN B-FLAT MAJOR (THE MIRACLE), Mozart: The Complete Piano Trios / Beaux Arts Trio (also contains K.498 as seen above) HOB.I:102 FLUTE, STRING QUARTET, BASS, AND PIANO, ARR. SALOMON PHILLIPS DUO 446154 There appear to be no recordings of any of Salomon’s chamber arrangements of Haydn Mozart: Piano Trios, Divertimento in B Flat K 254 / Kungsbacka Trio symphonies NAXOS 8570518
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN QUARTET IN G MAJOR, OP. 54, NO. 1 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART VIOLA QUINTET IN C MAJOR, K. 515 Haydn: String Quartets Op. 54 / Kodaly Quartet Mozart: Complete String Quintets / Grumiaux Trio, et al NAXOS 8550395 PHILIPS 470950 Auryn’s Haydn Vol 8 of 14 - Op. 54 Nos. 1-3 / Auryn Quartet The Guarneri Quartet Plays Mozart Quartets & Quintets TACET 176 RCA 1918042
LEOŠ JANÁČEK CONCERTINO FOR PIANO, TWO VIOLINS, VIOLA, CLARINET, WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART SONATA IN D MAJOR, K. 576 FRENCH HORN, AND BASSOON Mozart: 3 Piano Sonatas: K.279, K.475, K.576 / Mitsuko Uchida Janáček: Piano Works / Palenicek, et al PHILIPS 412617 SUPRAPHON 3812 Claudio Arrau Live At Tanglewood 1964 Prokofiev, Janáček / Linos Ensemble MUSIC & ARTS 1274 CAPRICCIO 10576
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KATHERINE MURDOCK POSTCARDS FROM THE CENTER LIST OF ADVERTISERS Postcards From The Center / Moran Woodwind Quintet CRYSTAL 754 (This is not Katherine Murdock, former violist of the Mendelssohn Quartet) Academy Art Museum...... 50 JAMES PRIMOSCH OBOE QUARTET ( CCMF PREMIERE) New work no recording yet Anna Larkin, Benson & Mangold...... 32 Avalon Foundation...... 4 SERGEI PROKOFIEV SONATA IN F MINOR, OP. 80 FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO Brahms, Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas / Oistrakh, Richter Benson & Mangold Real Estate...... Inside front cover ORFEO D’OR 489981 Chesapeake Bay Properties...... 61 Prokofiev: Works For Violin And Piano / Gil And Orli Shaham CANARY CLASSICS 2 Chesapeake Chamber Music Planned Giving...... 6 Christ Church Cambridge Concert Series...... 60 FRANZ SCHUBERT CELLO QUINTET IN C MAJOR, D. 956, OP. POSTH. Marlboro Festival 40th Anniversary - Schubert: Quintet In C Delmarva Public Radio...... 28 SONY 45901 (Steven Tenenbom, 2015 CCMF participant plays on this recording) Dobson Lawn & Landscape...... 54 Schubert: String Quintet / Alban Berg Quartet, Heinrich Schiff WARNER CLASSICS 23079 Doncaster...... 40 Dr. Computer...... 46 FRANZ SCHUBERT ALLEGRO IN A MINOR, “LEBENSSTÜRME” D. 947 Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands / Kissin, Levine Easton Bank & Trust...... 60 RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 69282 Gourmet by the Bay...... 22 Piano Duets / Christina & Michelle Naughton ORFEO 859121 Higgins and Spencer...... 36 Inn at Perry Cabin...... 24 ROBERT SCHUMANN PIANO QUARTET IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 47 Schumann: Piano Quintet, Piano Quartet / Alexander Melnikov, Jerusalem Quartet Integrace Bayleigh Chase...... 26 HARMONIA MUNDI 902122 Jean McHale Interior Design...... 48 Auryn Series 25: Piano Quartet Op. 47 & Piano Quintet Op. 44 / Auryn Quartet, Peter Orth TACET 144 McHale Landscape Design...... 3 Mid-Shore Symphony Society (BSO)...... 20 ROBERT SCHUMANN MÄRCHENERZÄHLUNGEN, OP. 132 Schumann: Chamber Music With Winds Monty Alexander Jazz Festival...... Inside back cover INDESENS 48 Queenstown Bank...... 8 Brahms, Schumann, Frühling: Trios / Isserlis, Collins, Hough RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 63504 Salisbury Gift & Garden...... 22 Smith Island Baking Company...... 8 RICHARD STRAUSS TILL EULENSPIEGEL - EINMAL ANDERS! ARR. FRANZ HASENÖHRL Star Democrat...... 70 Beethoven / Strauss: Septet Op. 20 / Till Eulenspiegel - Einmal Anders! Op. 28 Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & Blayney...... 26 ADES 20408 Suzanne Brigham Residential Design...... 10 TISON STREET ADAGIO FOR OBOE, STRING QUARTET, BASS The Talbot Bank...... 10 Alchemy - Oboe and English Horn Works / Mark Hill, et al ALBANY 890 (Mark Hill is a past participant at CCMF) Town & Country...... 64
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