Summer 2008

08/09 Season

October 4 & 5, 2008

November 8, 2008

February 14 & 15, 2009

March 28, 2009

May 16 & 17, 2009

Family Concert

Concert Archive

2008-2009 chamber music season

All concerts are at the Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street in Boston's Back Bay

Saturday evening performances begin at 8pm
Sunday afternoon performances begin at 3pm

Single tickets are $38, $28, or $18 with $5 off for students and seniors.

Subscriptions range from $152 to $49.

To purchase tickets, please use our 08-09 printable order form or call 617-427-8200.

Tickets will be available online beginning June 2.

Concert 1

transcendent music I have heard

Saturday, October 4, 2008, 8pm
Sunday, October 5, 2008, 3pm

Claude Debussy, Sonate for flute, viola & harp
Krzysztof Penderecki, Sextet for clarinet, horn, string trio & piano (2000)
Johannes Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8

Concert 2

a hundred onward years

Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8pm

Ludwig van Beethoven, Serenade in D Major, Op. 25 for flute, violin & viola (1801)
Robert Schuman, Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 for violin & piano (1851)
Charles Martin Loeffler, Deux Rhapsodies for oboe, viola & piano (1901)
Lou Harrison, Songs from the Forest for flute, violin, vibraphone & piano (1951)
Aaron Jay Kernis, Trio in Red for clarinet, cello & piano (2001)

Concert 3

a tale that's told in ancient song

Saturday, February 14, 2009, 8pm
Saturday, February 15, 2009, 3pm

Maurice Ravel, Tzigane Rhapsody de Concert for violin & piano
Manuel de Falla, Siete Canciones Populares Españolas for soprano & piano
Judith Weir, Airs from Another Planet (Traditional Music from Outer Space)
for woodwind quintet & piano
Chen Yi, Qi for flute, cello, percussion & piano
Bedrich Smetana, Piano Trio in g minor, Op. 15

Concert 4

like woven sounds of streams

Saturday, March 28, 2009, 8pm

Franz Schubert, Quintet in A Major, Op. 114 for piano & strings The Trout
Dan Welcher, Mill Songs after Schubert for oboe & bassoon
Dominick Argento, To Be Sung Upon the Water for soprano, bass clarinet & piano
Hanns Eisler, Fourteen Ways to Describe Rain for flute, clarinet, string trio & piano

Concert 5

of spirits voices ecstatic

Saturday, May 16, 2009, 8pm
Sunday, May 17, 2009, 3pm

Robert Schumann, Fantasiestuckefor cello & piano, Op. 73
Toru Takemitsu, Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, piano, vibraphone & harp
Shirish Korde World Premiere for voice, flute, string trio, harp, tabla & percussion
Arvo Part, Spiegel im Spiegel for clarinet & piano
Gabriel Faure, Piano quartet in g minor, Op. 45

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