For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Modney, Publicity Chair
Phone: (518) 475-1366
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Friends of Chamber Music 2013-2014
65th Season at Kiggins Hall, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
If you enjoy adventurous programming performed by outstanding artists, the known and
the new, in a unique ambience ... Friends of Chamber Music concerts are for you!
Friends of Chamber Music, Inc. founded in 1949 by composer and educator Martha Beck
Carragan, continues to present brilliant artists and ensembles.
Be here as the music is created, watch the ensemble work, hear the lines of each voice,
enjoy adventurous programming by outstanding artists in Kiggins Hall, the intimate,
acoustically superb setting for which chamber music is written. Friends of Chamber
Music presents a series of five concerts each year, building on our tradition of
showcasing world-class musicians and exceptional programming.
Chamber Music, that is music in which only one instrument plays each line, is often
called the music closest to the composer's heart because it is the music written to be
played and heard by confidants, friends, and peers. Although the String Quartet may be
the most familiar form for chamber music, our series presents many combinations of
strings, winds, and voice with music from the past 600 years.
Tickets and Information
Season Subscription of 5 Tickets: regular $110, student $50.
Mini-Subscription of 3 Tickets: regular $70, student $40.
Subscription tickets may be used for any combination of admissions.
Single Concert tickets: regular $25, student $15.
Ticket Discount for Groups of 6 or more: Call for further information.
Subscriptions may be ordered by mail:
Friends of Chamber Music, Inc.
1915 Burdett Avenue
Troy, NY 12180
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Tickets:
Information:
Publicity:
www.friendsofchambermusic.org
(518) 273-4843
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All programs are subject to change.
Concert Location
All concerts are held in Kiggins Hall on the beautiful campus of Emma Willard School,
285 Pawling Avenue (Rt. 66), Troy, NY 12180. Free on-site parking.
Friends of Chamber Music 2013-2014
65th Season at Kiggins Hall, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
Manhattan String Quartet
Saturday October 26, 2013 at 7 p.m.
The Ernest Livingstone Memorial Concert
Curtis Macomber, violin
Calvin Wiersma, violin
John Dexter, viola
Chris Finckel, cello
Mozart:
Britten:
DvoÍák:
String Quartet No. 20 in D Major, K. 499
String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36
String Quartet No. 11 in C Major, Op. 61
“A national treasure.” - The Boston Globe
“The players come to the music with circumspection and unflagging intensity.”
- The New York Times
Manhattan String Quartet website: www.manhattanstringquartet.com
REBEL
Saturday November 30, 2013 at 7 p.m.
Matthias Maute, recorder and traverso
Jörg-Michael Schwarz, violin and viola
Karen Marie Marmer, violin and viola
John Moran, cello
Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
“Irregular Pearls: Baroque Music from European Courts and Chambers”
The world-renowned ensemble performs music of Antonio Vivaldi, Salamone Rossi,
Arcangelo Corelli, Georg Philipp Telemann, Alessandro Scarlatti, William Boyce
and others.
“REBEL … performed with both precision and energy … sharp, crisp and clear …
a flawless performance … brilliant virtuosity … mesmerizing.”
- The Daily Gazette (Schenectady)
“Vital … dashing … with performances that lacked nothing in inwardness, charm,
or brilliance.” - The Boston Globe
REBEL website: www.rebelbaroque.com
Parker Quartet
Saturday February 1, 2014 at 7 p.m.
Daniel Chong, violin
Ying Xue, violin
Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
Shostakovich:
Adès:
Mendelssohn:
String Quartet No. 9 in E Flat Major, Op. 117
Arcadiana for String Quartet
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1
The Parker Quartet won a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance.
Their previous concert with Friends of Chamber Music was selected as a “2010 Pick of
the Year” by the Times Union.
“Passages that demand ensemble precision were flawlessly balanced, perfectly tuned
and sheathed in lustrous textures.” - The New York Times
Parker Quartet website: www.parkerquartet.com
Windscape
Friday March 14, 2014 at 7 p.m.
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
Randall Ellis, oboe
Alan R. Kay, clarinet
Frank Morelli, bassoon
David Jolley, horn
“The Roaring Twenties Revisited”
A wonderful program featuring traditional works for winds and exciting
arrangements by members of Windscape.
Armstrong:
Stravinsky:
Weill:
Hindemith:
Nazareth/Abreu:
Villa-Lobos:
Gershwin/Wild:
“Yes I’m in the Barrel” (arr. David Jolley)
Ragtime (arr. David Jolley)
The Threepenny Opera (excerpts) (arr. Alan R. Kay)
Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2
Three Brazilian Ch^ros (arr. Frank Morelli)
Quintette (en forme de Ch^ros)
Three Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin (arr. David Jolley)
“For many, the names of the players who make up the woodwind quintet Windscape
will have a certain aura – that of the fabulously skilled, much sought-after, and usually
footloose New York musician who can tackle anything – repeat, anything.”
- The Boston Globe
Windscape website: www.franksalomon.com/artist.php?aid=9
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Saturday April 5, 2014 at 7 p.m.
The Hildegard Medicus Memorial Concert
Alla Aranovskaya, violin
Evgeny Zvonnikov, violin
Boris Vayner, viola
Leonid Shukayev, cello
Shostakovich:
Tchaikovsky:
Walter Mays:
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
String Quartet No. 2 (2011) “Dreaming Butterfly”
“Masters of subtlety and refinement, the members of the St. Petersburg String Quartet
embodied the chamber music ideal of four voices speaking as one.” - Los Angeles Times
“Unassailable technique and intonation … luscious tonal blend and phrasing.”
- The Washington Post
St. Petersburg String Quartet website: www.stpetersburgquartet.com