Sunday, March 8- Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Arizona Friends of Chamber Music (AFCM), which has brought nationally and internationally renowned chamber music groups to perform in Tucson for 60 years, is pleased to present the Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival. This world-class musical event has been called "one of the best and most adventurous festivals in the US"! (American Record Guide), and a "jewel of a festival" by Chicago classical radio station WFMT.

AFCM presents our week long chamber music festival featuring 5 concerts: Sunday afternoons at 3PM, and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings at 8PM. We also have a wonderful gala dinner on Saturday evening at the elegant Arizona Inn, featuring music by our festival performers, along with champagne and dinner. Master classes for University music students are presented on Saturday afternoon. The master classes and open dress rehearsals are free and open to the public.

Arizona Friends of Chamber Music is proud to be one of the country's most active commissioning programs. This year's festival features AFCM commissions by Dominik Maican and Thomas Schuttenhelm. There are still opportunities to join us in supporting the living art of chamber music by sponsoring a new composition. Please visit our Commissioner's Circle.

Our thanks once again go to Peter Rejto, Artistic Director of all our Festivals, who has assembled some of the world's finest musicians and programmed a repertoire both contemporary and classic.

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	PETER REJTO - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Thomas Schuttenhelm - Composer Dominik Maican - Composer (see our commissioning program)
Pacifica String Quartet Simin Ganatra, violin --- Masumi Per Rostad, viola Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin --- Brandon Vamos, cello Jorge Osorio - Piano Bernadette Balkus - Piano John Milbauer - Piano Ani Kavafian - Violin Joseph Lin - Violin Paul Coletti - Viola Ed Reid - Trumpet Antonio Lysy - Cello Peter Rejto - Cello Volkan Orhan - Bass Richard Hawkins - Clarinet Ashu - Saxophone Gary Cook - Percussion Billy Collins - narrator

 

Programs

Open Dress Rehearsals 9AM – Noon on the day of the concert,

EXCEPT
the initial Sunday

Sunday, March 8, 2009- 3 PM
Beethoven	Quartet in B-flat Major, op.18 #6 "La Malinconia"	Pacifica String Quartet
Zwilich	Saxophone Quintet	Ashu, Pacifica String Quartet
Brahms	Quartet in A minor, op.51 #2	Pacifica String Quartet

 

Tuesday, March 10, 2009- 8 PM
Rossini	Quartet #3 in F Major for 2 violins, cello, bass	Ani Kavafian, Joseph Lin, Antonio Lysy, Volkan Orhan
Bloch	Suite 1919 for Viola/Piano	Paul Coletti, Bernadette Balkus
Jalbert	"The Invention of the Saxophone"	Ashu, Bernadette Balkus, with U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, narrator
Brahms	Trio in A minor for Piano, Cello & Clarinet, op.114	Richard Hawkins, Antonio Lysy, Jorge Osorio

Wednesday, March 11, 2009- 8 PM
Turina	"Scene de Andalous" for Piano Quintet & Viola	Pacifica String Quartet, Paul Coletti, Jorge Osorio
Dominik Maican	Quintet for Strings & Clarinet (premiere)	Pacifica String Quartet, Richard Hawkins
Ross Edwards	Binyang for Clarinet & Percussion	Richard Hawkins, Gary Cook
Faure	Piano Quartet #1 in C minor, op.15	Bernadette Balkus, Ani Kavafian, Paul Coletti, Peter Rejto

 

Friday, March 13, 2009- 8 PM
Mendelssohn	Capriccio Op.81	Pacifica String Quartet
Mustonen	Nonette II Strings	Tutti festival strings
P. Schickele	Serenade for Three for Clarinet, violin, piano	Richard Hawkins, Joseph Lin, John Milbauer
Brahms	Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34	Jorge Osorio, Ani Kavafian, Paul Coletti, Antonio Lysy, Joseph Lin

 

Saturday, March 14, 2009 Master Class in Cello with Antonio Lysy - 3 PM Master Class in Clarinet with Richard Hawkins - 4 PM The master classes and open dress rehearsals are free and open to the public. They are held at Leo Rich Theater. Gala dinner concert at the Arizona Inn 6PM cocktails, 7PM selections by festival musicians, 8PM dinner with entertainment

Sunday, March 15, 2009- 3 PM
Schuttenhelm	Duo for Violin and Bass, "Lyric Serenade" (Premiere)	Joseph Lin, Volkan Orhan
Messiaen	"Quartet for the End of Time"	Bernadette Balkus, Ani Kavafian, Antonio Lysy, Richard Hawkins
Golijov	"The Last Round" String Nonet	Tutti festival strings
Saint-Saens	Septet, op.65 for Trumpet, String Quartet, Bass, & Piano	Ed Reid, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Paul Coletti, Peter Rejto, Volkan Orhan, John Milbauer

Recent and Featured Releases
Now with online MP3 audio samples

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Our CD from the 2007 Festival Complete program notes Call 520-577-3769 to order now or ORDER HERE!

 

Our CD from the 2006 Festival Complete program notes Call 520-577-3769 to order now or ORDER HERE!

 

Our CD from the 2005 Festival Complete program notes Call 520-577-3769 to order now or ORDER HERE!

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