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Tucson |
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Sunday, March 8- Sunday, March 15, 2009
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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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"A jewel of a festival", Kerry Frumkin, WFMT/Chicago "Australia's Synergy Percussion Quartet gets standing ovation" Winter
Chamber Music Fest is best game in town |
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Festival Musicians |
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PETER REJTO - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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String Quartet Simin Ganatra, violin --- Masumi Per Rostad, viola Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin --- Brandon Vamos, cello
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Programs
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Open Dress Rehearsals 9AM Noon on the day of the concert,
EXCEPT
the initial Sunday
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Sunday,
March 8, 2009- 3 PM
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| 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 |
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Tuesday,
March 10, 2009- 8 PM
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| 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 |
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Wednesday,
March 11, 2009- 8 PM
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| 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 |
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Friday,
March 13, 2009- 8 PM
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| 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 |
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Saturday, March 14, 2009 Master
Class in Cello with Antonio Lysy - 3 PM
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Sunday,
March 15, 2009- 3 PM
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| 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 |
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Recent and Featured
Releases
Now with online MP3 audio samples
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Browse
CD's from our prior Festivals
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Arizona Friends of Chamber MusicP.O.Box 40845, Tucson, AZ 85717 520-577-3769
Order forms
for Piano & Friends and the Festival are available online, * For individual
concerts, seats will be assigned 1 month before the Festival. Tickets
will be held at the Will Call window for pickup on the day
of the concert, beginning 90 minutes prior. |