Past Seasons: 2019-2020
Spring 2020 Concert Cancellations: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Chameleon’s concerts from mid-March through June, 2020 were canceled.
Chamber Series 1: to begin…
- Saturday, October 12, 2019, 8 PM, First Church in Boston
- Sunday, October 13, 2019, 4 PM, First Church in Boston
- Gustav Mahler, Piano Quartet in a minor
- Jeremy Gill, ..and everywhere the sea for clarinet and piano – world premiere
- Leoš Janácek, Mladi (Youth) suite for wind sextet, JW VII/10
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”
- Darius Milhaud, Le Creation Du Monde: Suite for piano quintet, Op. 81b
Chamber Series 2: slow dreams of eternity
- Saturday, December 7, 2019, 8 PM, First Church in Boston
- Sunday, December 8, 2019, 4 PM, First Church in Boston
- Gabriel Faure, La chanson d’Eve for soprano & piano, Op. 95
- Helen Grime, Luna for flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, piano & percussion.
- Arthur Benjamin, Le Tombeau de Ravel “Valses-caprices” for clarinet & piano (1949)
- Theo Verbey, Four Preludes to Infinity for oboe & string trio
- Robert Schumann, Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
On the Road: Salem State University
- Thursday, January 30, 2020, 7:30 PM, Salem State University Recital Hall
- Claude Debussy, Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune for flute & piano
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423
- Olivier Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps for clarinet, violin, cello & piano
Up Close 1: Deborah Boldin, flute; Scott Woolweaver, viola & Franziska Huhn, harp
- Sunday, February 9, 2020, 4 PM, Mary Norton Hall at Old South Church
- Maurice Ravel, Sonatine en Trio for flute, viola & harp
- Arthur Foote, At Dusk (1920)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau, Pièces de clavecin en concerts No. 5 in d minor
- Sofia Gubaidulina, Garden of Joy and Sorrow
- Claude Debussy, Sonata for flute, viola & harp, L. 137
Chamber Series 3: whose fragments we inherit
- Saturday, February 29, 2020, 8 PM, First Church in Boston
- Sunday, March 1, 2020, 4 PM, First Church in Boston
- Felix Mendelssohn, Variations Concertantes in D Major for cello & piano, Op. 17
- Steven Stucky, Serenade for Wind Quintet
- Franz Joseph Haydn, Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major Hob. XV:25 “Gypsy”
- Alfred Schnittke, Moz-Art for two violins
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
Up Close 2: Robyn Bollinger, violin; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello & Vivian Choi, piano
- Sunday, March 29, 2020, 4 PM, Mary Norton Hall at Old South Church
- Clara Schumann, Piano Trio in g minor, Op. 17
- Joan Tower, Big Sky (2000)
- Franz Schubert, Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 100 D. 929
Chamber Series 4: a legacy of fearless song – canceled
- Saturday, April 18, 2020, 8 PM, First Church in Boston
- Sunday, April 19, 2020, 4 PM, First Church in Boston
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 201, No. 2
- Pavel Haas, String Quartet No. 3 (1937-38)
- Arvo Part, Spiegel im Spiegel for clarinet & piano
- Shen Yiwen, Quintet: “Guo Shang: Hymn to the Fallen” for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano
- Dimitri Shostakovich, Piano Trio No. 2 in e minor, Op. 67
Chamber Series 5: a thousand tales sung
- Saturday, May 9, 2020, 8 PM, First Church in Boston
- Sunday, May 10, 2020, 4 PM, First Church in Boston
- Robert Schumann, Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tales) for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 132
- Miriam Gideon, Rhymes from the Hill for soprano, clarinet, cello & marimba
- Karol Szymanowski, Mythes for violin & piano, Op. 30 (1915)
- William Alwyn, Naiades – Fantasy Sonata for flute & harp
- Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 3 in c minor, Op. 60
Free Family Concerts: Tunes, Tales & Tricksters
- Saturday, May 30, 2020, 2 PM, Hyde Park Branch Library