2007-2008 Dates

Hamel Summer Series

August 4

August 11

August 18

August 25

 

Concert Season

October 19 & 21
November 16 & 18

December 15

February 8 & 10

March 28 & 30

April 25 & 27

May 18

 

Concert Schedule

LOUIS H. HAMEL, JR. SUMMER SERIES, 2007

Four Saturdays in August
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge

Romantic Triad
A Festival of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms

The Hamel Summer Series brings vibrant, incisive chamber music to the city.  There is a stellar line-up of musicians joining BCMS members at 8 p.m. each Saturday in August.  Join us at the Longy School of Music's Pickman Hall for superb chamber music in air conditioned splendor.

Tickets: $25, general admission.  Subscribe to all 4 for $85.

AUGUST 4 / 8:00 p.m.

Schumann

Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102

Brahms

Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 100

Mendelssohn

Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 40

Jennifer Frautschi, violin   Wilhelmina Smith, cello   Pedja Muzijevic, piano

AUGUST 11 / 8:00 p.m.

Mendelssohn

Viola Sonata in C minor

Schumann

Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63

Brahms

Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

Harumi Rhodes, violin   Marcus Thompson, viola   
Wilhelmina Smith, cello   Benjamin Hochman, piano

AUGUST 18 / 8:00 p.m.

Mendelssohn 

Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4

Schumann

Adagio and Allegro in A-flat major, Op. 70

Brahms

Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40

William Purvis, French Horn   Erin Keefe, violin   Mihae Lee, piano

AUGUST 25 / 8:00 p.m.

Mendelssohn

Cello Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 45

Schumann

Dichterliebe, Op. 48

Brahms

Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 26

Chris Pedro Trakas, baritone   Steven Copes, violin   Cynthia Phelps, viola   
Ronald Thomas, cello   Mihae Lee, piano

2007-2008 
Silver Jubilee Concert Season

Friday Series at NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston
Sunday Series at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge

An Evening with Schubert
 Saturday, December 15 at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

Single ticket prices are $17, $27, $37, $47 for our 
Jordan Hall and Sanders Theatre concerts; and $38, $28 at First Church.

Season tickets from $63 to $270.

OCTOBER 19 & 21 / 7:30 p.m.

Beethoven

Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 96

Kodaly

Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7

Schumann

Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

Ida Levin and Harumi Rhodes, violins   Marcus Thompson, viola
Rhonda Rider, cello   Mihae Lee, piano

NOVEMBER 16 & 18 / 7:30 p.m.

Roussel

Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello, Op. 40

Bernstein

Clarinet Sonata (1942)

Tchaikovsky

Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50

Thomas Hill, clarinet   Fenwick Smith, flute   Ida Levin, violin
Marcus Thompson, viola   Ronald Thomas, cello   Randall Hodgkinson, piano

 

DECEMBER 15 / 7:30 p.m.

Schubert

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 (The Shepherd on the Rock)

Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821

Piano Trio in B-flat major, D. 898

Amanda Forsythe, soprano   Thomas Hill, clarinet
Erin Keefe, violin   Ronald Thomas, cello   Mihae Lee, piano

FEBRUARY 8 & 10 / 7:30 p.m.

Messiaen

Quartet for the End of Time (1940)

Schubert

Piano Trio in E-flat major, D. 929

Jo-Ann Sternberg, clarinet   Erin Keefe, violin   Ronald Thomas, cello   Mihae Lee, piano

MARCH 28 & 30 / 7:30 p.m.

Beethoven

Serenade in D major for Flute, Violin and Viola, Op. 25

Brahms

Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38

Mozart

Viola Quintet in G minor, K. 516

Fenwick Smith, flute   Ida Levin and Jennifer Frautschi, violins
Marcus Thompson and Mark Holloway, violas   Ronald Thomas, cello   Mihae Lee, piano

APRIL 25 & 27 / 7:30 p.m.

Prokofiev Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56

Brahms

Viola Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2

Dvorak

Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81

Irina Muresanu and Lily Francis, violins   Marcus Thompson, viola   
Wilhelmina Smith, cello   Randall Hodgkinson, piano

MAY 18 / 7:30 p.m.

Mozart

Piano Trio in C major, K. 548

Brahms

Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60

Mahler/Schoenberg

Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)

Sarah Heltzel, mezzo-soprano  Marc Deaton, tenor
Fenwick Smith, flute   Peggy Pearson, oboe   
Thomas Hill, clarinet   Sally Merriman, bassoon   William Purvis, French horn
Ida Levin and Harumi Rhodes, violins   Marcus Thompson, viola
Ronald Thomas and Rhonda Rider, cellos   Thomas Van Dyck, double bass
Jessica Zhou, harp   Randall Hodgkinson and Mihae Lee, pianos   John Grimes, percussion

 

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