August 11, 2008 (1)
Schumann: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Paris Piano Trio
with Bruno Pasquier, viola
Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
Zuill Bailey, violoncello (pictured left)
Awadagin Pratt, piano
Off the Beaten Track:
Dana Wilson: Masks
James Thompson, trumpet
Rebecca Wilt, piano
Milhaud (arr. Danny Seidenberg): La Creation du Monde
Turtle Island String Quartet and Ying Quartet
August 18, 2008 (2)
Maurice Ravel/arr. Frank Morelli: Mother Goose Suite
Windscape (pictured)
Off The Beaten Track:
David Loeb: Yoru ga Mau
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Parker String Quartet
Turtle Island Quartet
August 25, 2008 (3)
Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes, Op. 17
Zuill Bailey, violoncello; Awadagin Pratt, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich: Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49
Borromeo String Quartet (pictured)
Off The Beaten Track:
Dennis Riley: Trio The Household Muses (1999)
Kelly Burke, clarinet; Scott Rawls, viola; Arthur Tollefson, piano
Kenji Bunch: Danceband (World Premiere - Commissioned by Wolf Trap Foundation)
Ahn Trio
September 1, 2008 (4)
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, K. 458, “Hunt”
Ying Quartet
Anton Webern: Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
Parker String Quartet (pictured)
Off The Beaten Track:
Ross Bauer: Motion (1998)
The Triple Helix Trio
David Balakrishnan: Tremors, Skylife
Ahn Trio
Parker String Quartet
September 8, 2008 (5)
Toru Takemitsu: Itinerant
Windscape
Off The Beaten Track:
Jennifer Higdon (pictured): wissahickon poeTrees - Autumn
Cynthia Folio, flute; Arne Running, clarinet; Larry Thompson, bass clarinet;
Hirono Oka, violin; Ohad Bar-David, cello; Don Liuzzi, percussion;
Susan Nowicki, piano; Jan Krzywicki, conductor
Ernest Chausson: Quartet in A Major, Op. 30
Paris Piano Trio
Kurt Weill, music; Bertolt Brecht, lyrics: Nanna’s Lied
Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano; Stephen Blier, piano
September 15, 2008 (6)
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3 “The Rider”
Parker String Quartet
Benjamin Britten (arr. Paul Galbraith): Nocturnal after John Dowland
Paul Galbraith, guitar
Off The Beaten Track:
Milos Raickovich: B-A-G-D-A-D, Music on a six-note theme (2003)
The Arco String Quartet
Turtle Island String Quartet: Model Trane
Turtle Island String Quartet (pictured) and Ying Quartet
September 22, 2008 (7)
Ronn Yedidia: Song on the Land
Ahn Trio (pictured)
Claude Debussy (arr. David Jolley): Voiles (from Prelude Book 1), Pagodes and Poissons d’Or
Windscape
Off The Beaten Track:
Eric Moe: Sonnets to Orpheus
Christine Brandes, soprano
The Group of Contemporary Music
Steve Mackey: Ars Moriendi (Nine Tableaux on the Art of Dying Well)
Borromeo String Quartet
September 29, 2008 (8)
J.S. Bach (arr. Paul Galbraith): Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010
Paul Galbraith, guitar (pictured)
Off The Beaten Track:
Kevin Puts: SIMAKU (1996)
Nilolai Kapustin: Divertissement for Violin, Cello, and Piano Op. 126
Ahn Trio
Paquito DeRivera: Yuapango
Turtle Island String Quartet and Ying Quartet
Ahn Trio