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Walden Chamber Players 2011/12 Season Schedule
Join the celebration!
The 2011/12 season marks a milestone for the Walden Chamber Players-our 15th season of performances! We are celebrating this important anniversary with a busy season of concerts and in-depth outreach projects!
Beyond the ordinary . . .
This season we continue to present concerts that surprise and delight and allow audiences to make new connections and relationships with chamber music. Once again we will present works by important contemporary composers such as Gerhard Schedl, Kaija Saariaho, Krysztof Penderecki and Augusta Read Thomas. We balance this adventurous fare with some of the most beloved works of the chamber music canon such as the clarinet quintets by Mozart and Brahms, Haydn's "Gypsy" piano trio, some delightful early pieces for string trio and piano by Beethoven and other works by Brahms, Dohnanyi and Schubert, among others.
Beyond the stage . . .
Thanks to a generous donor, we will be able to continue our Albany Chamber Music Initiative in the Albany, NY Public Schools which got off to a successful start last season, reaching over 450 students from elementary school through high school. We will also be returning to our residencies at Concord Academy in Concord, MA; Trinity University in San Antonio, TX; and the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science in Worcester, MA. In addition, we are increasing our "home-town" presence by adding a second concert in Newton, MA, one of which will feature 12-year-old cellist Zlatomir Fung, the winner of our 6th Young Artists Competition in performance with the Walden Chamber Players, performing Borodin's beautiful 2nd string quartet with us!
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· September 23 & 25, 2011
Nantucket Historical Association
Whaling Museum, 15 Broad Street, Nantucket, MA
September 23, 2011 @ 7 pm
Mozart I Clarinet quintet in A Major, KV 581
Brahms | Clarinet quintet in B Minor, op. 115
September 25, 2011 @ 12 pm
Special lecture concert: "Tracing sources of inspiration....."
Cooman I Sankaty Dreaming, for string quartet
Mendelssohn I String quartet op. 44 Nr. 2 in E Minor
· October 30, 2011 @ 4 pm
Wilson Chapel, Andover Newton Theological School
210 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA
Dvorak I Terzetto in C major. op. 74
Borodin I String quartet Nr. 2 in D Major
(with cellist Zlatomir Fung, winner of the 2011 Walden Chamber Players Young Artist Competiton)
Mendelssohn I String quartet op. 44 Nr. 2 in E Minor
This concert is funded, in part, by a grant from the Mass. Cultural Council, as administered by the Newton, MA, Cultural Council. Additional funding provided by Johnson String Instrument of Newton, MA, the official sponsor of the Walden Chamber Players Young Artist Competition.
· November 19, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
Trinity University
Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, San Antonio, TX
Beethoven I Serenade for string trio in D Major, op.8
Penderecki I Clarinet quartet
Brahms I Clarinet quintet in B Minor, op. 115
· January 23, 2012 @ 6:15 pm
Concord Academy
Chapel, 166 Main Street, Concord, MA
Schedl I String trio
Augusta Read Thomas I Silent Moon, for violin & viola
Saariaho I Je sens un deuxieme coeur, for viola, 'cello and piano
Schedl I A Cinque for clarinet, violin, viola,'cello and piano
· February 4, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
Beethoven I String trio in D Major, op. 9 Nr. 2
Beethoven I Piano quartet in C Major, WoO 36 Nr. 3
Dvorak I Piano quartet in D Major, op. 23
· March 26, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
deBlasiis Chamber Music Series
The Hyde Collection, 161 Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY
Mozart I Piano quartet in E flat major, KV 493
Saariaho I Je sens un deuxieme coeur, for viola, 'cello and piano
Handel/Halvorsen I Passcaglia for violin and 'cello
Schumann I Piano quartet in E flat Major, op. 47
· March 29, 2012 @ 12 pm
Music at Noon, The Logan Series
McGarvey Commons, Reed Union Building, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA
Schubert I Adagio and Rondo Concertante for piano and string trio
Penderecki I Clarinet quartet
Kodaly I Intermezzo for string trio
Dohnanyi I Sextet in C Major, op. 37, for clarinet, horn, violin, viola, 'cello and piano
· April 7, 2012 @ 8 pm
South Berkshire Concerts/Bard College at Simon's Rock
McConnell Auditorium of the Daniel Arts Center, 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington, MA
Bach/Mozart I Preludes and Fugues 404a
Schoenberg I String trio op. 45
Kodaly I Intermezzo for string trio
Dohnanyi I Serenade in C Major op. 10, for string trio
· April 8, 2012 @ 2 pm
Currier Museum
150 Ash Street, Manchester, NH
Mozart I Piano quartet in E flat Major, KV 493
Dohnanyi I Serenade in C Major, op. 10, for string trio
Modest Mussorgsky I Pictures at an Exhibition, for piano solo
with special guest Sergey Schepkin, piano
· April 14, 2012 @ 8 pm
Dumbarton Concert Series
Historic Dumbarton Church, 3133 Dumbarton St., NW, Washington, DC
Haydn: I Piano trio in G Major, Hob. 15/25 "Gypsy"
Brahms I Trio for violin, horn and piano in E flat Major, op. 40
Schedl I String trio
Schumann I Piano quartet in E flat Major, op. 47
· April 15, 2012 @ 3pm
Albright College Concert Series
Roop Hall, Center for the Arts, Albright College, 13th & Bern Streets, Reading, PA
Bach/Mozart I 2 Preludes and Fugues for string trio, KV 404a
Schedl I String trio
Krenek I Parvula Corona Musicalis op. 122, for string trio
Beethoven I Serenade in D Major, op. 8, for string trio
· May 13, 2012 @ 4 pm
Wilson Chapel, Andover Newton Theological School
210 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA
"Music from the Underworld": works by Stravinsky, Ysaye, Pergolesi
About Walden Chamber Players
Walden Chamber Players is comprised of twelve dynamic artists in various combinations of string, piano, and wind ensembles. The wide variety of instrumental groupings possible with this ensemble allows for great versatility and eclectic programming, a hallmark of the Walden Chamber Players. Members of the ensemble are versatile chamber artists and soloists who often perform at leading festivals throughout the United States and abroad. They are also sought-after teachers and lecturers and serve on the faculty of some of the country's premier musical teaching institutions, such as the New England Conservatory of Music, University of Michigan, Boston University, Longy School of Music and the Boston Conservatory.
Founded in 1997, the Boston-based Walden Chamber Players has garnered a reputation for being one of the most exciting and versatile chamber groups performing today. Critics have hailed its performances of everything from Bach to Schoenberg, and Chamber Music America Magazine raves: "A season spent with the Walden Chamber Players is a time for discovery." The success of its performances, recordings and educational curricula has earned it a place as one of the most sought-after chamber ensembles in the United States.
For more information, visit www.waldenchamberplayers.org, email
info@waldenchamberplayers.org , or call 617/744-0452.
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