Past Seasons: 2020-2021
We invite you to join us for a virtual season that brings our collective sentiments to the fore. Celebrate the essential Chameleon spirit of creativity and adventure in vibrant programs, as we sing with the birds, savor endless melodies, and revisit pockets of joy.
Our offerings include a virtual chamber music series of newly-recorded concerts and a “Chameleon Rewind” series featuring favorite performances from seasons past. Each will be available to stream for one week and include artist interviews, downloadable program books, and our much-loved essays on the music.
virtual series 1: communing with nature
- Saturday, October 24, 2020, 7 PM through Saturday, October 31, 2020, 11:59 PM
- Béla Bartók, Selections from 44 Duos for two violins, Sz. 98, BB 104
- Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3 “The Bird”
- John Luther Adams, songbirdsongs for two piccolos & three percussion
rewind 1: remembering joy
- Saturday, November 14, 2020, 7 PM through Saturday, November 21, 2020, 11:59 PM
- Francis Poulenc, Sextet in C Major for piano & winds, FP 100
- Felix Mendelssohn, Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
virtual series 2: interrupted and in between
- Saturday, December 5, 2020, 7 PM through Saturday, December 12, 2020, 11:59 PM
- Zoltán Kodály, Intermezzo for string trio
- Harrison Birtwistle, An Interrupted Endless Melody for oboe & piano
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ballade for violin & piano, Op. 73
- Johannes Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
rewind 2: remembering beauty
- Saturday, March 13, 2021, 7 PM through Saturday, March 20, 2021, 11:59 PM
- Claude Debussy, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune for flute & piano
- Elliott Carter, Tempo e Tempi for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello
- Johannes Brahms, String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
virtual series 3: through the looking glass
- Saturday, April 10, 2021, 7 PM through Saturday, April 17, 2021, 11:59 PM
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Duett mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern for viola & cello, WoO 32
- Andrea Clearfield, Three Songs after Poems of Pablo Neruda for oboe & double bass
- Leos Janáček, String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”
- Erik Satie, Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes) for violin & piano
- Robert Schumann, Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor, Op. 110
virtual series 4: songs of solitude
- Saturday, May 8, 2021, 7 PM through Saturday, May 15, 2021, 11:59 PM
- Felix Mendelssohn, Lied ohne worte in d minor for cello & piano, Op. 109
- John Luther Adams, Nunataks (Solitary Peaks) for solo piano
- Ernst von Dohnányi, Serenade in C Major for violin, viola & cello, Op. 10
- William Grant Still, Summerland for flute & piano
- Felix Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op. 49
Family Concert: portraits and places
- Sunday, May 23, 2021, 2 PM through Sunday, June 20, 2021, 11:59 PM
- Bela Bartok, Mosquito Dance for two violins
- Franz Joseph Haydn, Finale from String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3 “The Bird”
- Libby Larsen, Pedernal Hills from Black Birds, Red Hills for clarinet, viola & piano
- Marcos Balter, Descarga for solo percussion
- William Grant Still, Summerland for flute & piano
- William Grant Still, The Sentimental One from Lyric String Quartette
- David Ludwig, Asterope and Halcyone from Pleiades for oboe & piano
- John Luther Adams, Mourning Dove from songbirdsongs for two ocarinas and marimba
- Camille Saint-Saens, Scherzo from Piano Trio No. 1 in F Major Op. 18
virtual series 5: contour and counterpoint
- Saturday, June 5, 2021, 7 PM through Saturday, June 12, 2021, 11:59 PM
- Steve Reich, Clapping Music
- Per Nørgård, The Well-Tempered Percussionist
- Toru Takemitsu, Rain Tree for percussion trio
- Steve Reich, Drumming Part I for percussion quartet
- Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 92