Past Seasons: 2016-2017
Chamber Series 1: moon dreams
- Saturday, October 1, 2016, 8 PM, First Church in Boston
- Sunday, October 2, 2016, 4 PM, First Church in Boston
- Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus for viola & piano (1917)
- Brett Dean, Night Window for clarinet, viola & piano
- Ernest Bloch, Violin Sonata No. 2 “Poème mystique”
- John Woolrich, In the Mirrors of Asleep for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano
- Arnold Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht for string sextet, Op. 4 “Transfigured Night” (1899)
Chamber Series 2: with infinite refrain
- Saturday, November 5, 2016, 8 PM, First Church in Boston
- Sunday, November 6, 2016, 4 PM, First Church in Boston
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Variations for cello & piano on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen,” Op.66
- Elliott Carter, Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for woodwind quartet (1949)
- Michael Colgrass, Variations for four drums & viola
- Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1 in g minor, Op. 25
Up Close 1: Deborah Boldin, flute & Vivian Choi, piano
- Sunday, February 12, 2017, 4 PM, Goethe-Institut, Boston
- Samuel Barber, Canzone, Op. 38a
- Francis Poulenc, Sonata, FP 164
- Jeremy Gill, Parabasis
- Claude Debussy, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arr. Gustave Samazeuilh)
- Franz Schubert, Variations on Trockne Blumen from Die schone Mullerin, Op. 160, D. 802
Chamber Series 3: shadows of their voices
- Saturday, March 4, 2017, 8 PM, First Church in Boston
- Sunday, March 5, 2017, 12 AM, Goethe-Institut, Boston
- Gordon Jacob, Sextet in B-flat for piano & winds, Op. 6
- Luciano Berio, O King for voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano
- Simon Bainbridge, Four Primo Levi Settings for voice, clarinet, viola & piano
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 “In memory of a great artist”
Up Close 2: Ayano Ninomiya, violin; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello & Elizabeth Schumann, piano
- Sunday, March 26, 2017, 4 PM, Goethe-Institut, Boston
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1
- Leon Kirchner, Trio I (1954)
- Johannes Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Chamber Series 4: proud music of the storm
- Saturday, April 22, 2017, 8 PM, First Church in Boston
- Sunday, April 23, 2017, 4 PM, First Church in Boston
- Gerald Finzi, Five Bagatelles for clarinet & piano, Op. 23 (1945)
- Erwin Schulhoff, Concertino for flute, viola & double bass (1925)
- David Bruce, Gumboots for clarinet & string quartet
- Michael Berkeley, Fierce Tears I for oboe & piano
- Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 “The Storm”
Chamber Series 5: from the painter’s hand
- Saturday, May 20, 2017, 8 PM, First Church in Boston
- Sunday, May 21, 2017, 4 PM, First Church in Boston
- Francis Poulenc, Le travail du peintre for soprano & piano, FP. 161
- Laura Schwendinger, The Artist’s Muse for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion – world premiere
- Maurice Ravel, Sonata for violin & cello
- Morton Feldman, For Franz Kline for soprano, violin, cello, French horn, chimes & piano
- Robert Schumann, Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Free Family Concerts:
- Saturday, June 3, 2017, 2 PM, Hyde Park Branch Library