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Classical Music Series
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 Opening Night ~ Strings Festival Orchestra featuring Elmar Oliveira, violin
Saturday June 27, 2009
Andrés Cárdenes, conductor Elmar Oliveira, 2009 Grammy Award Nominee for the Best Instrumental Solo Performance with Orchestra, is one of the most distinguished violinists in the world today. Don't miss the unsurpassed combination of elegance and impeccable artistry he brings to Mendelssohn's thrilling Violin Concerto. Click here for ticket information.
THEOFANIDIS Visions and Miracles
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 |
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Wednesday Classical
Wednesday July 01, 2009
Don't miss Chee-Yun on electric violin playing "Who Let the Cat Out Last Night?" and other short and showy pieces. Click here for ticket information.
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 8 in G Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 30, No. 3
BACH (arr. Premo/Bonhag) Two Inventions
PREMO Seasonal Song Cycle
BERNSTEIN Dream With Me
BOLLING Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio
SCHOENFIELD Who Let the Cat Out Last Night?
WIENIAWSKI Polonaise Brillante in D Major, Op. 4
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Wednesday Classical
Wednesday July 08, 2009
Spend the evening in the gardens of Spain and Italy. Click here for ticket information.
PUGNANI Sonata No. 1 in E Major for Violin and Piano
TARREGA Capricho Arabe
ALBÉNIZ (arr. Vieaux) Capricho Catalan
PAGANINI Quartet No. 15 in A minor for Guitar and Strings, Op. 4
DOHNANYI Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1
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 Strings Festival Orchestra featuring Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Saturday July 11, 2009
Andrés Cárdenes, conductor This evening's Strings Festival Orchestra concert opens with Mozart's lyrical Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, featuring Andrés Cárdenes and Arturo Delmoni. It is followed by Respighi's Trittico Botticelliano, inspired by the beautiful paintings of Botticelli. Jon Kimura Parker performs Beethoven's gripping First Piano Concerto. Click here for your chance to win tickets to this performance! Click here for ticket information.
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K. 364
RESPIGHI Trittico Botticelliano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
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Wednesday Classical
Wednesday July 15, 2009
Feel the driving rhythms of tangos by Piazzolla and Villa-Lobos. Click here for ticket information.
VILLA-LOBOS Jet Whistle for Flute and Cello
PIAZZOLLA Tango-Etudes Nos. 3 and 4 for Flute Solo
MARTINŮ Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano, H. 340
DVOŘÁK Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87
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 Saturday Classical ~ Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Saturday July 18, 2009
This award-winning ensemble has recorded almost the entire Latin American string quartet repertoire and has been nominated for a Grammy Award and a Latin Grammy. They will perform tangos and other energetic pieces by Latin American composers. Featured is Piazzolla's Four for Tango, full of inventive rhythms and classical avant-garde techniques. Cuarteto Latinoamericano:
Saúl Bitrán, Arón Bitrán, violins
Javier Montiel, viola
Alvaro Bitrán, cello Click here for ticket information.
VILLA-LOBOS String Quartet No. 1
TURINA Scene Andalouse
MIGNONE String Quartet No. 2
ÁLVAREZ Metro Chabacano
GINASTERA Impresiones de la Puna for Flute and String Quartet
RODRIGUEZ (arr. Montiel) La Cumparsita
GARDEL (arr. Lopez) Por Una Cabeza
GARDEL (arr. Lopez) Volver
PIAZZOLLA Four for Tango
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Wednesday Classical
Wednesday July 22, 2009
Hear the two-time nominee for the 2009 Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year Gryphon Trio:
Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin
Roman Borys, cello
Jamie Parker, piano Click here for ticket information.
HATZIS Old Photographs
HINDEMITH Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 25, No. 1
DVOŘÁK Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola in C Major, Op. 74
MOZART Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493 |
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 Gryphon Trio ~ Saturday Classical
Saturday July 25, 2009
This performance features multimedia elements to enhance the musical experience. From contemporary composer Ka-Nin Chan's "and the masks evoke..." to Liszt's poetic Consolation performed by our Music Directors, this performance is sure to delight. Also featured is Brahms' powerful Piano Quintet. Gryphon Trio:
Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin
Roman Borys, cello
Jamie Parker, piano Click here for ticket information.
CHAN "and the masks evoke..." for Piano Trio (Multimedia Experience)
MOZART Duo No. 1 for Violin and Viola in G Major, K. 423
LISZT (arr. Barlowe) Consolation
BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 |
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 Haochen Zhang ~ 13th Annual Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Co-Gold Medalist ~ Wednesday Classical
Wednesday July 29, 2009
Once every four years, one young pianist emerges victorious from the most prestigious piano competition in the world, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Strings is honored to present Haochen Zhang, this year's co-Gold Medalist performing a solo recital as well as Schumann's fresh and buoyant Piano Quintet in E-flat Major. Click here for ticket information.
Recital Program TBD SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
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 Saturday Classical
Saturday August 01, 2009
The erhu, a traditional Chinese instrument made of wood and python skin, can be traced back to instruments introduced in China more than a thousand years ago. This concert will feature erhu virtuoso Karen Han, performing Horse Race by composer Hai-Huai Huang. Also featured is Brahms' exhilarating String Quintet in F Major. Click here for ticket information.
MOSZKOWSKI Suite for Two Violins and Piano in G minor, Op. 71
BACH Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Piano in G Major, BWV 1027
HUANG Horse Race
BRAHMS String Quintet in F Major, Op. 88
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Wednesday Classical
Wednesday August 05, 2009
Enjoy spirited music by old friends and jazzy highlights with erhu and clarinet. Click here for ticket information.
BACH Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
GERSHWIN Three Preludes for Piano
GERSHWIN Walking the Dog
HINDEMITH Sonata in E Major for Violin and Piano
LIU Birds Sing in Empty Forest (Multimedia Experience)
HAN/OTTOSON Dynamic Dreams
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Quartet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 41
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Classical Finale
Saturday August 08, 2009
Long-time Strings favorites Mark Nuccio and David Deveau are joined by Andrés Cárdenes to perform Libby Larsen's Slang. With an eclectic mix of classical, jazz, blues and boogie, it brings an exciting end to Strings' Classical season. Also featured are Schumann's charming Fairytale Pictures for Clarinet and Piano, and Dvořák's famed Piano Quintet. Click here for ticket information.
SCHUMANN Fairytale Pictures for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 113
LARSEN Slang for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
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