Chamber Music Society of Detroit Announces 68th Season

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, March 05, 2011 (Press-News.org) -2011-2012 Season Announcement-
• The Chamber Music Society of Detroit (CMSD) 2011-2012 season includes the Opus 9 Series and the Opus 3 Piano Series, a full September to May season of twelve concerts.
• 2011-2012 is CMSD's 68th season
• The series continues to offer the highest caliber of international chamber ensembles, recitalists and unique artistic collaborations.
• The Chamber Music Society of Detroit is the tenth oldest independent chamber music presenting organizations in the U. S.
• Subscription tickets go on sale Tuesday, March 1.
• There are no increases in subscription or single ticket prices for the fourth year in a row, since 1989-90.

-Unique Features of this Season-Many debuts on the CMSD series, world and metropolitan Detroit premieres of new works-
• Opening Night: James Ehnes, Violin with Andrew Armstrong, Piano, perform virtuoso works by Tartini (the "Devil's Trill" Sonata) and Paganini (Four Caprices from Opus 1) plus Beethoven's "Spring" Sonata and the Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor.
• Debut Performances: both notable emerging artists and distinguished international artists make their CMSD series debuts:
• Peter Serkin, Piano, performs works by Bright Sheng and Brahms with the Shanghai Quartet (2/11/12).
• Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano and Matthias Goerne, Baritone perform excerpts from song cycles by Mahler and Shostakovich (4/28/12).
• Nancy Allen, Harp and Carol Wincenc, Flute, make their debut as part of the trio Les Amies (3/31/12).
• Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan makes his Detroit area debut performing works of Beethoven and Shostakovich with his sister, pianist Lusine Khachatryan (11/12/11).
• Collaborative artists making their first appearances on the series include Eugene Izotov, Oboe (with the Tokyo String Quartet, 1/7/12), Harold Robinson, Bass (with the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, 9/17/11) and Connie Shih (with Steven Isserlis, Cello,12/3/11).
• Notable Returning Artists and Ensembles: include the Tokyo, Shanghai and Brentano String Quartets, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, pianists Richard Goode and Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the wind quintet Windscape.
• Local and World Premieres:
• The Shanghai Quartet and Peter Serkin will perform the world premiere performance of a new work for piano quintet by renowned Michigan-based composer Bright Sheng (2/11/12).
• The CMSD has co-commissioned "Fragments: Connecting Past and Present" in collaboration with a consortium of 13 other chamber music presenters nationwide. The project was conceived by the Brentano String Quartet in celebration of its 20th anniversary. The Quartet invited six contemporary composers: Charles Wuorinen, Solfia Gubaidulina, John Harbison, Vijay Iyer, Bruce Adolphe and Stephen Hartke, to engage with unfinished works by Dufay, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Shostakovich and to "respond" to them, weaving new works. The new compositions will be played alongside the original ones (10/1/11). The Chamber Music Society of Detroit's portion of the commission is sponsored by Ruth Rattner and Ann and Norman Katz.
• The CMSD has also co-commissioned Ellen Taaffe Zwilich to write a new work for the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson for piano trio, viola and contrabass. The September 17 program also includes another work written for the same instrumental combination, Schubert's great "Trout" Quintet. The CMSD's portion of the consortium commission is sponsored by Cecilia Benner.

-2010-2011 Season Programming-
All concerts take place on Saturday evenings, 8:00 PM:
Seligman Performing Arts Center
22305 West 13 Mile Road (corner of Lahser Road)
Beverly Hills, on the campus of Detroit Country Day School

-Opus 9 Series-

September 10, 2011
James Ehnes, Violin
Andrew Armstrong, Piano

Tartini/Arr. Kreisler: Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 4, "The Devil's Trill"
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, "Spring"
Paganini: Four Caprices from Op. 1
Elgar: Violin sonata in E minor, Op. 82

September 17, 2011
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
with Michael Tree, Viola and Harold Robinson, Bass

Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 11
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Quintet for Contrabass, Cello, Viola, Violin and Piano
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, "Trout"

October 1, 2011
Brentano String Quartet

Fragments: Connecting Past and Present
Dufay: Fragment
Charles Wuorinen: Marian Tropes

Bach: Art of the Fugue, last contrapunctus
Sofia Gubaidulina: Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H

Haydn: Quartet No. 68 in D minor, Op. 103 (incomplete)
John Harbison: Finale, Presto

Mozart: String Quartet fragment
Vijay Iyer: Mozart Effects

Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703, Andante (fragment)
Bruce Adolphe: Fra(nz)g-mentation

Shostakovich: Quartet movement
Stephen Hartke: Responding new work

November 12, 2011
Sergey Khachatryan, Violin
Lusine Khachatryan, Piano

Program includes sonatas by Beethoven and Shostakovich

December 3, 2011
Stephen Isserlis, Cello
Connie Shih, Piano

Mendelssohn: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 45
Liszt: Romance oubliee, La Lugubre gondola
Schumann: Stűcke im Volkston, Op. 102
Franck: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major

January 7, 2012
Tokyo String Quartet with Eugene Izotov, Oboe

Haydn: Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370
Takemitsu: Entre-temps
Debussy: Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

February 11, 2012
Shanghai Quartet with Peter Serkin, Piano

Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat major, K. 458 "Hunt"
Bright Sheng: New work (world premiere)
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

March 31, 2012
Les Amies
Carol Wincenc, Flute
Nancy Allen, Harp
Cynthia Phelps, Viola

Bax: Elegaic Trio
J.S. Bach: Sonata in G minor, BWV 1030 (arr. for flute and harp by Nancy Allen) Musgrave: Sunrise for Trio
Ravel: Sonatine for Trio (arranged by Salzedo)
Three Operatic Selections:
Massanet: Meditation from Thais
Mozart: The Magic Flute, excerpt
Bizet: Entr-acte, from Carmen

Joan Tower: Wild Purple for Viola Solo
Debussy: Syrinx
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp

May 19, 2012
Windscape
Tara Helen O'Connor, Flute
Randall Ellis, Oboe
Alan R. Kay, Clarinet
Frank Morelli, Bassoon
David Jolley, Horn

J. C. Bach: Quintet in C Major, Op. 11, No. 4
Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 4
J. S. Bach: Organ Prelude, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731
J. S. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Mozart: Serenade No. 11 in C minor; K. 406


-Opus 3 Piano Series-

March 24, 2012
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano

Schumann: Selections TBA
Kurtag: Selections TBA
Debussy: Preludes, Book II (complete)

April 14, 2012
Richard Goode, Piano

Program includes works by Schumann and Chopin

April 28, 2012
Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Matthias Goerne, Baritone

Excerpts from song cycles by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):

Mahler: Ich atmet' einen linden Duft!, from "Rückert-Lieder"
Shostakovich: Der Morgen, Michelangelo-Suite, Op. 145, No. 2
Mahler: Wo die schönen Trompten blasen, from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
Shostakovich: Trennung, Michelangelo-Suite, Op. 145, No. 4
Mahler: Es sungen drei Engel einen süßen Gesang, from Symphony No. 4
Mahler: Das irdische Leben, from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
Mahler: Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen, from "Kindertotenlieder "
Mahler: Wenn dein Mütterlein, from "Kindertotenlieder"
Mahler: Urlicht, from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
Shostakovich: Nacht, Michelangelo-Suite, Op.145, No. 9
Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, from "Rückert Lieder"
Shostakovich: Unsterblichkeit, Michelangelo-Suite, Op. 145, No. 11
Shostakovich: Dante, Michelangelo-Suite, Op. 145, No. 6
Mahler: Revelge, from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
Shostakovich: Tod, Michelangelo-Suite, Op.145, No. 10
Mahler: Der Tamboursg'sell, from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"

-Pre-Concert Talks-
• Take place on concert nights from 6:45-7:30 PM at Seligman Performing Arts Center
• Pre-Concert Talks are open to ticket holders at no extra charge.
• Hosts: Steven Rings, Associate Professor of Music, University of Chicago, Michael Steinberg, Violin, and the members of Les Amies
• Sponsor: Fidelity Investments
• Schedule:
-September 17, 2011: Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio with Michael Tree, Viola and Harold Robinson, Bass
Speaker: Steven Rings
-October 1, 2011: Brentano String Quartet
Speaker: Michael Steinberg, Violin
-February 11, 2012: Shanghai Quartet with Peter Serkin, Piano
Speaker: Steven Rings
-March 31, 2012: Les Amies
Speakers: Nancy Allen, Harp, Cynthia Phelps, Viola, Carol Wincenc, Flute
-April 28, 2012: Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano and Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Speaker: Steven Rings

-Sponsors/Supporters-

Corporate Support
Aldingbrooke Terrace & Townhome Rentals, a Beztak Development
CN - Canadian National, North America's Railroad
Fidelity Investments
Fifth Third Bank
Key Foundation
Northern Trust
PNC Wealth Management

Foundation and Government Support
Mandell L. & Madeleine H. Berman Foundation
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
George S. and Helen G. Deffenbaugh Foundation
Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation
Kresge Foundation
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
National Endowment for the Arts
Performing Arts Fund, a Program of Arts Midwest

Support for the Concert Experience
Cadillac Coffee Company
Echo Publications
Masuda Design
Sweet Lorraine's Cafe & Bar

Season Media Sponsors
HOUR Detroit
Dbusiness

-Special Features of Seligman Performing Arts Center-
• Free Parking
• Easy Accessibility
• Intimate Chamber Music Venue (seats 724)
• Excellent acoustics, Kirkegaard Associates acoustician
• Society Cafe open before the concerts and during intermission with support from Sweet Lorraine's Cafe & Bar and Cadillac Coffee Company

-Ticket Information-
• Opus 9 series subscriptions: $261 - $630
• Opus 3 series subscriptions: $87 - $210
• Subscribers receive many benefits, including savings of up to $37% over single ticket prices, preferred seating and a flexible ticket exchange policy.
• Single tickets to all concerts: $43 - $75; students $25. Single tickets go on sale June 6, 2011 for the general public and June 3, 2011for Chamber Music Society subscribers.

-Subscription Purchase Information-
• By phone: Chamber Music Society of Detroit Ticket Service: 248-855-6070
• Online: http://www.ComeHearCMSD.org
• By mail: Please call 248-855-6070 to request a season brochure, or download an order form from the Chamber Music Society's web site (www.ComeHearCMSD.org) and mail to 31731 Northwestern Highway, Suite 259W, Farmington Hills, MI 48334.
• By Fax: Printable order forms may be downloaded from the Chamber Music Society of Detroit's web site and faxed to 248-737-9981.

The Chamber Music Society of Detroit is a non-profit organization committed to presenting the highest quality chamber music performed by musicians of international stature in acoustically outstanding venues. The Chamber Music Society of Detroit is recognized locally, nationally and internationally for the high caliber of its presentations.