Crooker Theater

FRANCIS POULENC
Sonata for Flute and Piano
Joshua Smith, flute
Emma Tahmizian, piano

ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Maria Schleuning, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Elizabeth Simkin, cello
Constance Moore, piano

DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Seven Romances for Soprano and Piano Trio, Op. 127
Lisa Graf, soprano
Jan Repko, violin
Nicholas Jones, cello
John Root, piano

BÉLA BARTÓK
Contrasts
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Peter Basquin, piano

Crooker Theater

AARON COPLAND
Sextet for Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet
(Arrangement of Symphony No. 2)
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Emma Tahmizian, piano
Cassatt Quartet

ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG
Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Gregor Kalinovsky, violin
Jan Repko, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Joy Fellows, viola
Nicholas Jones, cello
Elizabeth Simkin, cello

Crooker Theater

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Christina Jennings, flute
Tawnya Popoff, viola
June Han, harp

MAURICE RAVEL
String Quartet in F Major
Cassatt String Quartet

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Souvenir de Florence, Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70
Sergiu Schwartz, violin I
Muneko Otani, violin II
Michael Klotz, viola
Joy Fellows, viola
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Elizabeth Simkin, cello

Crooker Theater

ROBERT SCHUMANN
Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
David Jolley, French horn
Emma Tahmizian, piano

BRIGHT SHENG
Postcards for Chamber Orchestra
Bowdoin Festival Chamber Orchestra
Bright Sheng, conductor

OLIVER MESSIAEN
Quartet for the End of Time
Aeolian Chamber Players:
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Peter Basquin, piano

Kresge Auditorium

BRIGHT SHENG
Two Poems from the Sung Dynasty
for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
Juliana Gondek, soprano

Crooker Theater

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Maria Schleuning, violin
Peter Basquin, piano

JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
Chants d’Auvergne
(Chamber arrangement by Juliana Gondek/Maria Newman)
Julia Gondek, soprano
Gregory Kalinovsky, violin
John Root, piano

BRIGHT SHENG
String Quartet No. 4, “Silent Temple”
(in four movements played without pause)
Cassatt Quartet

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
Sergiu Schwartz, violin
Gregory Kalinovsky, violin
Joy Fellows, viola
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Constance Moore, piano

Crooker Theater

GYÖRGY KURTÁG
Six Bagatelles
Christina Jennings, flute
Kurt Muroki, double bass
Peter Basquin, piano

PERRY TOWNSEND
Journey for Piano and Ensemble
(Bowdoin Festival Commission and Premiere Performance)
Maria Alanen, violin I
Hilary Castle, violin II
Matthew Barwegen, viola
Rachel Arnold, cello
Christina Jennings, flute
Sarah Huebsch, oboe/English horn
Ryan Jure, clarinet/bass clarinet
John Hunt, bassoon
John Root, piano
Joshua Gates, percussion

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8
Gregory Kalinovsky, violin
Nicholas Jones, cello
Emma Tahmizian, piano

Crooker Theater

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Variations on a Rococco Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Steven Doane, cello
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
Orli Shaham, piano
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor

Crooker Theater

DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Sonata in C Major, K. 513 (Pastorale)
Sonata in C Minor, K 126

SEBASTIAN CURRIER
Scarlatti Cadences
(Maine Premiere)

DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Sonata in D Minor, K. 141
Emma Tahmizian, piano

VINEET SHENDE
Music for a Summer Monsoon
(Bowdoin Festival Commission and Premier Performance)
Gregory Kalinovsky, violin
Christina Jennings, flute
Igor Begelman, clarinet
John Root, piano
Joshua Gates, percussion

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 87
Yair Kless, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Rosemary Elliott, cello
Martin Canin, piano

Crooker Theater

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Chaconne (from the Partita in D Minor)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”
Ying Quartet

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Maria Schleuning, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello

Crooker Theater

ZOLTAN KODALY
Sonata for Cello Solo, Op. 8
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 61
Ying Quartet

ROBERT X. RODRIGUEZ
Song of Songs
(Maine Premiere Performance)
Linda Larson, soprano
Lewis Kaplan, narrator
Igor Begelman, clarinet
John Root, piano
Joshua Gates, percussion
Robert X. Rodriguez, conductor

Crooker Theater

ROBERT SCHUMANN
Three Romances, Op. 94
Katherine Needleman, oboe
Peter Basquin, piano

FRANCIS POULENC
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Ani Schnarch, violin
Emma Tahmizian, piano

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Three Etudes, Three Preludes:
– Prelude No. 2 in E Major (Melodie capoeira)
– Etude No. 10 in B Minor (The Storm)
– Prelude No. 1 in E Minor (Melodie lyrique)
– Etude No. 2 in A Major (Etude des arpèges)
– Prelude No. 3 in A Minor (Hommage a Bach)
– Etude No. 12 in A Minor
Richard Iznaola, guitar

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Steven Doane cello
Julian Martin, piano

Crooker Theater

LEOŠ JANÁČEK
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Maria Schleuning, violin
Elinor Freer, piano

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Ying Quartet

ANTONIO VIVALDI
The Four Seasons

Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, “Spring”
Eric Hui-Yi Wang, violin
Sam Hayward, reader

Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, “Summer”
Sergiu Schwartz, violin
Nancy Connery, reader

Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, “Autumn”
Grigory Kalinovsky, violin
Linda Cronkhite Johnson, reader

Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, “Winter”
Ani Schnarch, violin
Bill Rogers, reader
Bowdoin Festival Chamber Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor