Chamber Music Society of Detroit Presents the 2009 KLRITA Award Winners, the Morgenstern Trio
The trio will play three piano trios by Beethoven, Ravel and Brahms
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, April 14, 2011
-Artists/Date/Concert Location-Morgenstern Trio
Saturday, May 21, 2011, 8:00 PM
Seligman Performing Arts Center
Located on the campus of Detroit Country Day School
22305 West 13 Mile Road, Beverly Hills
-Artist Bio-
Please see: http://www.marianneschmockerartists.com/morgensterntrio.shtml
-Repertoire-
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
-Unique Features of this Concert/Story Line-
• The Morgenstern Trio is the winner of the 2009 Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award (KLRITA) and appears on the Chamber Music Society of Detroit series as part of the 20-concert Award Tour. The KLRITA was founded and is managed by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit.
• Debut Performance: The Morgenstern Trio marks its metro Detroit area debut and its debut on the CMSD series.
• First U. S. Tour by the Morgenstern Trio
• Pre-Concert Talk, 6:45 - 7:30: Steven Rings, Assistant Professor of Music, University of Chicago, will discuss the concert repertoire and take questions from the audience.
• Pre-Concert Dinner: Bacco Ristorante, with special reduced dinner price for CMSD ticket-holders, 5:00 - 6:15 PM
-Sponsorship-
• All Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award concerts on the CMSD series are sponsored by Lee and Paul Blizman, Barbara and Edward Klarman and Miriam Sandweiss.
• The Pre-Concert Talk is sponsored by Fidelity Investments.
-Special Features of Seligman Performing Arts Center-
• Free Parking
• Easy Accessibility
• Intimate Chamber Music Venue (seats 724)
• Excellent acoustics; Kirkegaard Associates, acoustician
-Special Offering by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit-
• Society Cafe open before the concerts and during intermission with support from Sweet Lorraine's and Cadillac Coffee
-Ticket Purchase Information-
• Single tickets for this concert: $43 - $75; students $25.
• By phone: Chamber Music Society of Detroit Ticket Service: 248-855-6070
• Online: http://www.ComeHearCMSD.org
-2011-2012 Season-
Subscriptions to the 2011-2012 season are now available. For more information and to purchase subscriptions to the Opus 9 and Opus 3 series, please call 248-855-6070 or visit http://www.ComeHearCMSD.org.
-2011-2012 Artists and Programs-
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"
Charles Wuorinen: Marian Tropes (incorporating a fragment by Dufay)
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 24, 2012
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano
Schumann: Selections TBA
Kurtag: Selections TBA
Debussy: Preludes, Book II (complete)
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:
Massenet: 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
April 14, 2012
Richard Goode, Piano
Schumann: Kinderscenen
Brahms: Seven Fantaisies, Op. 116
Chopin: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
Chopin: Two Works TBA
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"
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
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