November 18, 2003
Barenboim, Starker Perform at Chamber Music
Festival
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Pianist Daniel Barenboim, cellist Janos Starker
and the Vermeer Quartet are among the distinguished array of artists
who will perform chamber music by Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky,
Beethoven, Mozart and five other leading composers during the Northwestern
University 2004 Winter Chamber Music Festival (Jan. 9 to 25).
Other artists slated to perform include the Chicago String Quartet,
Evanston Chamber Ensemble, Lincoln Quartet and members of the Northwestern
University School of Music faculty.
Presented
by the University’s School of Music, the six-concert
series will be held at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle
Drive, on the Evanston campus.
The first five concerts will be Friday or Sunday evening events,
and the final program of the series is a Sunday matinee.
“This year we are presenting two works of Mozart and three
of Schubert that are each in turn described by both performers
and listeners as the most beautiful works ever written,” said
Blair Milton, music faculty violinist and director of the chamber
festival for the eighth consecutive year. “From another ‘pair’ of
composers, we have two mature works of Brahms, who was a mentor
of Dvorák, here represented by three large works.”
This year’s
festival is made possible in part by the continuing generosity
of the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. Details regarding
the six 2004 Winter Chamber Music Festival concerts follow:
• 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 -
Performers: Vermeer Quartet (violinists Shmuel Ashkenasi and
Mathias Tacke,
violist Richard Young and cellist Marc Johnson), pianist Andrea
Swan and clarinetist Russell Dagon. Program: Schubert’s String
Quartet in E flat major, D. 87; Brahms’ Trio in A minor for
Piano, Clarinet and Cello, op. 114; and Tchaikovsky’s String
Quartet No. 2 in F major, op. 22.
• 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11 -
Performers: Evanston Chamber Ensemble (pianist Andrea Swan, violinist
Blair
Milton and cellist Stephen Balderston); the Lincoln Quartet (violinists
Lei Hou and Qing Hou, violist Lawrence Neuman and cellist Brant
Taylor), harpsichordist David Schrader, flutist Richard Graef,
oboist Michael Henoch, clarinetist J. Lawrie Bloom and double bassist
Michael Hovnanian. Program: Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B flat
major (“Archduke”), op. 97, Falla’s Concerto
for Harpsichord, Oboe, Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Cello; and Dvorák’s
String Quintet in G major, op. 77.
• 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16 -
Performers: Pianist Alan Chow, flutist Richard Graef, oboist
Scott Hostetler,
clarinetists J. Lawrie Bloom and Larry Combs, bassoonist Robert
Barris, French horn player Gail Williams, violinists Russell Hershow,
Gerardo Ribeiro and Yuan-Qing Yu, violist Diane Mues and cellist
Stephen Balderston. Program: Poulenc’s Sextet for Piano and
Winds, Grieg’s Sonata No. 3 in C minor for Violin and Piano,
op. 45; and Brahms’ Quintet in B minor for Clarinet and Strings,
op. 115.
• 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18 -
Performers: Pianist Daniel Barenboim, clarinetist Matthias Glander,
violinists
Robert Chen and Blair Milton, violist Felix Schwartz, cellist Kyril
Zlotnikov, and double bassist Nabil Shehata. Program: Mozart’s
Quintet in A major for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581; Schubert’s
Quintet in A major for Piano and Strings (“Trout”),
D. 667; and Dvorák’s Quintet in A major for Piano
and Strings, op. 81.
• 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23 -
Performers: Chicago String Quartet (violinists Joseph Genualdi
and Jasmine
Lin, violist Rami Solomonow, and cellist Marina Hoover), pianist
Deborah Sobol, oboists Michael Henoch and Scott Hostetler, clarinetists
J. Lawrie Bloom and Russell Dagon, bassoonists Lewis Kirk and Dennis
Michel, French horn players Oto Carrillo, James Smelser and Gail
Williams, cellist Gary Stucka and double bassist Michael Hovnanian.
Program: Mozart’s Quintet in E flat major for Horn and Strings,
K. 407; Schumann’s Quartet in E flat major for Piano and
Strings, op. 47, and Dvorák’s Serenade in D minor
for Winds and Strings, op. 44.
• 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 -
Performers: cellist Janos Starker, violinists Robert Chen and
Blair Milton,
violist Yukiko Ogura and cellist Stephen Balderston. Program: Mozart’s
Divertimento in E flat major for String Trio, K. 563 and Schubert’s
String Quintet in C major, D. 956.
“Chamber music has been a lifelong passion for me,” said
Toni-Marie Montgomery, new dean of Northwestern’s School
of Music. ”I am very pleased that this important art form
figures so prominently on the Pick-Staiger season. I am looking
forward to these concerts.”
A subscription to all six 2004 Winter Chamber Music Festival
concerts is $112 for the general public; $101 for senior citizens
and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $54 for full-time students.
Single tickets for each of the Jan. 9, Jan. 11, Jan. 16 and Jan.
23 concerts are $22 for the general public; $18 for senior citizens
and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $10 for full-time students.
Single tickets for the Jan. 18 concert featuring guest pianist
Daniel Barenboim are $28 for the general public; $22 for senior
citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $10 for full-time
students.
Single tickets for the Jan. 25 matinee concert featuring guest
cellist Janos Starker are $25 for the general public; $20 for senior
citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $10 for full-time
students. To purchase a series subscription or single tickets by
phone, call the Pick-Staiger Ticket Office at (847) 467-4000. |