 Director Lewis Kaplan with Jamie Laredo following their performance of the Bach Double Concerto |
Festival Fridays
2010: Schumann & Chopin
Our 2010 Festival Fridays season presented Frédéric Chopin's 24 Preludes, Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto and several of his major chamber works, and renowned works by other classical masters, including the violin concertos of Brahms and Beethoven. We again featured the Ying and Shanghai Quartets, violinist Glenn Dicterow, oboist Liang Wang, and many other distinguished Bowdoin Festival artists. We also host the North American debuts of violinists Ray Chen, the 2009 winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, and Suyoen Kim, also a 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition prizewinner.
Festival Fridays
All performances Fridays, 8:00 PM at Crooker Theatre, Brunswick High School.
Concert dates for 2010 are: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, and August 6.
Tickets
- Individual tickets are $35; season tickets (6 concerts) $175.
- 2010 Season tickets may be purchased using our printable online form at any time.
- All seats reserved
For more information, please call (207) 725-3895 or email info@bowdoinfestival.org.
Program Notes, written this summer by intern Durrell Bowman, through a collaboration with the American Musicological Society, may be reached by clicking the  icon.
2010 Festival Fridays Programs
| Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m. |
ALL SCHUMANN PROGRAM
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Three Romances, Op. 94
Liang Wang, oboe; Elinor Freer, piano
Quintet in E Flat Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 44
Glenn Dicterow, violin; Ray Chen, violin
Karen Dreyfus, viola; Steve Doane, cello
Emma Tahmizian, piano
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Olivier Gardon, piano
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra, Lewis Kaplan, conductor |
Location: Crooker Theater
Concert sponsor:
Bath Savings Trust Company
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| Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73
Igor Begelman, clarinet;
Peter Basquin, piano
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
Ying Quartet; Carol Rodland, viola; Keiko Ying, cello
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 47
Mikhail Kopelman, violin; Carol Rodland, viola;
Steven Doane, cello; Barry Snyder, piano |
Location: Crooker Theater
Concert sponsors:
L. L. Bean
Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
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| Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m. |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 (“Rasoumovsky”)
Ying Quartet
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Ray Chen, violin
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra, Lewis Kaplan, conductor |
Location: Crooker Theater
Concert sponsors:
Downeast Energy
H.M. Payson & Co.
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| Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m. |
XAVIER MONTSALVATGE
Fantasia
June Han, harp; Ricardo Iznaola, guitar
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Trio in E Flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Horn, Op. 40
Lewis Kaplan, violin; Richard King, horn; Emma Tahmizian, piano
FRANZ SCHUBERT
String Quartet in D Minor, D810 (“Death and the Maiden”)
Shanghai Quartet |
Location: Crooker Theater
Concert sponsors:
Acadia Trust
The Highlands
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| Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m. |
TORU TAKEMITSU
And Then I Knew ‘Twas Wind
Christina Smith, flute; Roger Chase, viola
June Han, harp
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major, op. 80
Renee Jolles, violin; Andre Emelianoff, cello
Edward Auer, piano
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Quintet in A Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 81
Shanghai Quartet; Constance Moore, piano |
Location: Crooker Theater
Concert sponsors:
Maine Street Station
Comcast
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| Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m. |
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
24 Preludes
Edward Auer, piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 61
Suyoen Kim, violin
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra, Lewis Kaplan, conductor |
Location: Crooker Theater
Concert sponsor:
Down East - Books • Magazine • Online
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