Program Notes

Program notes from our past concerts

JEHAN ALAIN (1911 – 1940)

LITANIES FOR SOLO ORGAN

FERNANDO ALTUBE (b. 1960)

'CANTOS TONALES' FOR MARIMBA AND STRING QUARTET

BACH, HANDEL, VIVALDI: THE BAROQUE ERA

THE BAROQUE ERA

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)

STRING QUARTET NO. 13 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 130

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)

CANTATA BWV 82a FOR SOPRANO AND STRINGS 'iCH HABE GENUNG'

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)

SUITE NO. VI IN D MAJOR, BWV 1012

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)

TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR, BWV 565

SAMUEL BARBER (1910 – 1981)

STRING QUARTET, Opus 11 and 'DOVER BEACH' for string quartet and baritone, Opus 3

JEAN-BAPTISTE BARRIÈRE (1707 – 1747)

SONATA FOR TWO CELLOS, NO. 10 IN G MAJOR

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881 – 1945)

STRING QUARTET NO. 2

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881 – 1945)

STRING QUARTET NO. 4

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)

STRING QUARTET IN A MINOR, OpUS 132

VICTORIA BOND (B. 1945)

'RASHŌMON' FOR SHAKUHACHI & STRING TRIO

ROBERT J. BRADSHAW (b. 1970)

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF NEWBURYPORT

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)

CLARINET QUINTET IN B MINOR, OPUS 115 (1890)

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)

HUNGARIAN DANCES, WoO 1, Nos. 6, 8, 7, 4, & 5

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)

PIANO QUINTET IN F MINOR, OPUS 34

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)

STRING SEXTET IN G MAJOR, OPUS 36

GASPAR CASSADÓ I MOREU (1897 – 1966)

SUITE FOR SOLO CELLO

REBECCA CLARKE (1886 – 1979)

THREE OLD ENGLISH SONGS for voice and violin and THREE IRISH COUNTRY SONGS for voice and violin

ANDREA CLEARFIELD (b. 1960)

'THREE TENSES OF LIGHT' FOR CHORUS AND STRING QUARTET (World Premiere)

GEORGE CRUMB (B. 1929)

'BLACK ANGELS (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land)' for Electric String Quartet (in tempore belli, 1970)

JON DEAK (b. 1943)

'B.B. WOLF' FOR SOLO BASS/NARRATOR & 'SHERLOCK HOLMES IN "THE SPECKLED BAND”' (Scene I) FOR SOLO BASS/NARRATOR

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918)

STRING QUARTET IN G MINOR, OPUS 10

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918)

SUITE BERGAMASQUE

HENRI DUTILLEUX

STRING QUARTET "AINSI LA NUIT"

SIR EDWARD WILLIAM ELGAR (1857 – 1934)

PIANO QUINTET IN A MINOR, OpUS 84

FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN (1732 – 1809)

STRING QUARTET IN A MAJOR, OpUS 20, No.6

FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN (1732 – 1809)

STRING QUARTET IN B MINOR, Opus 33, NO. 1

FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN (1732 – 1809)

STRING QUARTET IN D MAJOR, OPUS 20, NO. 4

FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN (1732 – 1809)

STRING QUARTET IN F MAJOR, OpUS 74, No. 2

FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN (1732 – 1809)

STRING QUARTET IN F MINOR, OPUS 20, NO. 5

FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN (1732 – 1809)

STRING QUARTET IN G MAJOR, OPUS 76, NO. 1

LEOŠ JANÁČEK (1854 – 1928)

STRING QUARTET NO. 1 'Kreutzer Sonata'

GYÖRGY KURTÁG (B. 1926)

'HOMMAGE À MIHÁLY ANDRÁS,' 12 MICROLUDES FOR STRING QUARTET, OpUS 13

ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882 – 1967)

DUO FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO, OPUS 7

MARTIN KUTNOWSKI (b. 1968)

CLARINET QUINTET 'EN LA MAR HAY UNA TORRE' (In the Sea There is a Tower) (WORLD PREMIERE)

ROBERT MAGGIO (b. 1964)

TRIANGLE TRADE (World Premiere)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809 – 1847)

STRING QUARTET NO. 6 IN F MINOR, OPUS 80

OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908 – 1992)

ABÎME DES OISEAUX' (Abyss of the Birds) for solo clarinet from 'Quatuor pour Fin du Temps'

W.A. MOZART (1756 – 1791)

STRING QUARTET IN D MINOR, K. 421

W.A. MOZART (1756 – 1791)

STRING QUARTET IN F MAJOR, K. 590

MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839 – 1881)

'PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION'

SCOTT ORDWAY (b. 1984)

'MARE VITALIS' (World Premiere)

ASTOR PANTALEÓN PIAZZOLLA (1921 – 1992)

'FOUR FOR TANGO' FOR STRING QUARTET

SERGEI SERGEYEVICH PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953)

SONATA FOR TWO VIOLINS, OPUS 56

SERGEI SERGEYEVICH PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953)

STRING QUARTET NO. 2, Opus 92

ARVO PÄRT (b. 1935)

'DA PACEM DOMINE' (2006) 'PSALOM' (1985)

MAURICE RAVEL (1875 – 1937)

SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO

STEVE REICH (b. 1936)

'DIFFERENT TRAINS' FOR STRING QUARTET AND ELECTRONIC TAPE

JAY REISE (B. 1950)

'URASHIMA TARŌ' FOR SHAKUHACHI & STRING TRIO (World Premiere)

OTTORINO RESPIGHI (1879 – 1936)

'IL TRAMONTO' for SOPRANO AND STRING QUARTET

JAMES SCHLEFER (B. 1956)

'CHIDORI' FOR UNACCOMPANIED SHAKUHACHI

ALFRED SCHNITTKE (1934 – 1998)

'MOZ-ART, (on K. 416d)' FOR 2 VIOLINS

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874 – 1951)

'VERKLÄRTE NACHT' (TRANSFIGURED NIGHT), OPUS 4

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828)

FANTASIA IN F MINOR, D. 940 (Op. posth. 103)

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856)

'WALDSZENEN' (FOREST SCENES), Op. 82

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906 – 1975)

STRING QUARTET NO. 6 IN G MAJOR, OPUS 101

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906 – 1975)

STRING QUARTET NO. 5 IN Bb MAJOR, Opus 92

KILE SMITH (b. 1956)

'PLAIN TRUTHS' for baritone and string quartet (World Premiere)

KILE SMITH (b. 1956)

BALLAD AND MARCH FOR ORGAN (world premiere)

KILE SMITH (b. 1956)

'I COULD SEE THE SKY' for chorus, children’s choir, organ, and string quartet (WORLD PREMIERE)

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882 – 1971)

'RITE OF SPRING'

DMITRI TYMOCZKO (b. 1969)

'TINY LITTLE BOXES' (World Premiere)

HEITOR VILLA LOBOS (1887 – 1959)

SUITE PARA VOZ E VIOLIN

ANDREW WAGGONER (B. 1960)

'THE APPROACH' FOR SOPRANO AND STRING QUARTET (World Premiere)

MENACHEM ZUR (b.1942)

PRELUDE FOR SOLO VIOLIN

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