2010-2011 Dates

 

 

Concert Schedule


LOUIS H. HAMEL, JR. SUMMER SERIES, 2010

Four Saturdays in August
Charles Mosesian Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown.

CHOPIN AND SCHUMANN

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. This summer we observe the 200th anniversary of the births of Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann with a four concert series in their honor. As two of the most revered Romantic composers, their lives in many ways mirrored each other. 

Tickets: $33, general admission.  Subscribe to all 4 for $100.
Seniors & WGBH members: $30; Students: $10 

AUGUST 7 / 8:00 p.m.

Schumann

Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 

Schumann

Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 105 

Liszt

Transcendental Etude No. 11 in D-flat major, "Harmonies du soir"

Chopin

Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8 

Jennifer Koh, violin   Wilhelmina Smith, cello   Benjamin Hochman, piano

AUGUST 14 / 8:00 p.m.

Chopin

Ballade in G minor, Op. 23 

Kodály

Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7

Schumann

Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 

Sheryl Staples, violin   Rebecca Young, viola   Julie Albers, cello   Mihae Lee, piano

AUGUST 21 / 8:00 p.m.

Chopin

Ballade in A-flat major, Op. 47 

Brahms

Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 99

Schumann

Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 110 

Erin Keefe, violin   Ronald Thomas, cello   Mihae Lee, piano

AUGUST 28 / 8:00 p.m.

Chopin

Introduction and Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3 

Beethoven

Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 23 

Schumann

Piano Trio in F major, Op. 80 

Steven Copes, violin   Ronald Thomas, cello   Rieko Aizawa, piano


2010-2011 Concert Season

Six Sundays, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge

Holiday Concerts: All Beethoven program on 
Saturday, December 11 at First Church in Boston
Sunday, December 12 at Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge

Single tickets: Sanders Theatre events: $20, $31, $42, $53
Dec. All Beethoven concerts: $35
Seniors & WGBH members: $3 off; Students: $10
Season tickets:  From $70 to $295.
Student package available from $32 for 4 concerts to 
$58 for the entire Concert Season

 

 

OCTOBER 17 / 7:30 p.m.

Beethoven

String Trio in D major, Opus 9, No. 2

Martinů

Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313 (1950)

Saint-Saëns

Piano Quartet in B-flat major, Opus 41

Harumi Rhodes, violin   Roger Tapping, viola
Michael Reynolds, cello   Randall Hodgkinson, piano

NOVEMBER 21 / 7:30 p.m.

Chopin

Cello Sonata in G minor, Opus 65

Schnittke

String Trio (1985)

Brahms 

String Quintet in F major, Opus 88

Ida Levin, Arnaud Sussmann, violins
Marcus Thompson, Roger Tapping, violas   
Ronald Thomas, cello   Mihae Lee, piano   

 

DECEMBER 11 / 8:00 p.m.

DECEMBER 12 / 3:00 p.m.

Beethoven

String Quartet in F minor, Opus. 95, “Serioso”

Violin Sonata in G major Opus. 96

Piano Trio in B-flat major, Opus. 97, “Archduke”

Ida Levin, Jennifer Frautschi, violin   Dimitri Murrath, viola   
Marc Johnson, cello   Benjamin Hochman, piano

FEBRUARY 13 / 7:30 p.m.

Schubert

Fantasy for Violin and Piano in C major, D. 934, “Sei mir gegrüsst”

Britten

Phantasy for Oboe and String Trio, Opus 2

Hindemith

Die Serenaden, Little Cantata on Romantic Texts for Soprano, Oboe, Viola and Cello, Opus 35

Elgar

Piano Quintet in A minor, Opus 84

Lisa Saffer, soprano   Keisuke Wakao, oboe   
Ida Levin, Yura Lee, violins   Roger Tapping, viola
Michael Reynolds,
cello  
Randall Hodgkinson, piano

MARCH 13 / 7:30 p.m.

Haydn

Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25, “Gypsy”

Kurtág

Hommage ŕ R. Sch., for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Opus 15d

Ligeti

Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano, Hommage ŕ Brahms

Dohnányi

Sextet in C major for String Trio, Clarinet, Horn and Piano, 
Opus 37

Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet   William Purvis, French horn
Jonathan Crow, violin  
Marcus Thompson, viola   
Ronald Thomas, cello   Mihae Lee, piano    

APRIL 10 / 7:30 p.m.

Mozart

Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285

Saint-Saëns

Fantaisie in A major for Violin and Harp, Opus 124

Makan

Nothing is More Important, for Flute, Viola, and Harp (2009)

Chausson

Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 30

Fenwick Smith, flute   Harumi Rhodes, violin   Marcus Thompson, viola   
Astrid Schween, cello   David Deveau, piano   Jessica Zhou, harp

MAY 15 / 7:30 p.m.

Schubert

Piano Trio in E-flat major, D. 897, “Notturno”

Mendelssohn

Piano Trio in D minor, Opus 49

Brahms

Piano Trio in B major, Opus 8

Arnaud Sussmann, violin   Ronald Thomas, cello   Mihae Lee, piano


 

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