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CMSCVA 2015-16 Season Ticket Package
Concert 1: "Schubert's Inspiration"
To begin its 11th season, the Society brings together five outstanding musicians for a performance of Franz Schubert's famous string quintet in C major, the "cello" quintet. The concert also includes a dramatic quintet by French 19th century composer Georges Onslow, which inspired Schubert to write his own quintet with two cellos.
Program:
Franz Schubert, String Quintet in C major
Georges Onslow, String Quintet no. 12
Date: Sunday October 4
Time: 3:30pm pre-concert talk, 4:00pm concert
Venue: First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond
1000 Blanton Ave., Richmond
Performers:
Nurit Pacht, violin
Kyu Young Kim, violin
Amadi Azikiwi, viola
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello
James Wilson, cello
(Pre-concert lecturer, James Wilson)
Concert 2: "Baroque at Wilton"
CMSCVA returns to the historic Wilton House for a beautiful and intimate recital of Baroque chamber music on period instruments. [;;;;;;;Please note that the venue is not handicapped accessible.];;;;;;;
Program:
Sonatas for recorder and violin by Handel, Telemann and Corelli
Date: Sunday December 13
Time: 7:00pm pre-concert talk, 7:30pm concert
Venue: Wilton House Museum
215 S. Wilton Rd., Richmond
Performers:
Tricia van Oers, recorder
Fiona Hughes, Baroque violin
James Wilson, Baroque cello
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
Concert 3: "Brandenburgs Plus"
The Society brings many of its favorite Baroque players together for a performance of three of Bach's famous Brandenburg concertos. Also included is the famous B-minor Orchestral Suite for wooden traverso flute and strings.
Program:
J. S. Bach, Brandenburg Concertos numbers 2, 4, and 5
Bach, B-minor orchestral suite
Date: Tuesday, December 15
Time: 7:00pm pre-concert talk, 7:30pm concert
Venue: Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
4819 Monument Ave., Richmond
Performers:
Martin Davids, Baroque violin
Fiona Hughes, Baroque violin
June Huang, Baroque violin
Kyle Miller, Baroque viola
James Wilson, Baroque cello
Mary Boodell, traverso flute
Tricia van Oers, recorder
Margaret Owens, recorder and Baroque oboe
Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
(Pre-concert talk by CMSCVA Artistic Director James Wilson)
Concert 4: "Different Voices"
CMSCVA performs music from differing perspectives - from the "suppressed music" of 1920's Europe, to a Romantic trio by Fanny Mendelssohn, to a chamber opera about two gay men in the Holocaust.
Program:
Fazil Say, "Sivas" from "Four Cities"
Erwin Schulhoff, Duo for violin and cello
Valerie Coleman, "Portraits of Langston"
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Piano Trio in D minor
Date: Sunday February 28
Time: 3:30 pre-concert talk, 4:00pm concert
Venue: First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond
1000 Blanton Ave., Richmond
Performers:
Daisuke Yamamoto violin
Mary Boodell, flute
Terrance Patterson, clarinet
James Wilson, cello
Carsten Schmidt, piano
(Dr. Jeffrey Riehl, lecturer)
Concert 5: "For a Look or a Touch"
The Society presents the Richmond premiere of American composer Jake Heggie's chamber opera "For a Look or a Touch," a dramatic and haunting story of two gay men in Nazi Germany. The evening includes a talk by Dr. Waitman Beorn, Executive Director of the Virginia Holocaust Museum.
Program:
Jake Heggie, chamber opera "For a Look or a Touch"
Date: Monday February 29, 7:30pm
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond
1000 Blanton Ave., Richmond
Performers:
John Taylor Ward, baritone
Grant Mudge, actor
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Mary Boodell, flute
Terrance L. Patterson, clarinet
James Wilson, cello
Carsten Schmidt, piano
Concert 6: "Beethoven Sonatas"
CMSCVA Artistic Director James Wilson and pianist Carsten Schmidt end the 2015-16 with an afternoon of classic and iconic chamber music - three of the cello sonatas by Beethoven. The music will be performed on period instruments, including a reproduction of an early 19th century Broadmore fortepiano.
Repertoire:
L. van Beethoven, Cello Sonata in A major
Beethoven, Cello Sonata in C major
Beethoven Cello Sonata in D major
Date: Sunday April 17
Time: 3:30pm, pre-concert talk, 4:00pm concert
Venue: 2nd Presbyterian Church
5 N. 5th street, Richmond
Performers:
James Wilson, cello
Carsten Schmidt, fortepiano
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Richmond, VA 23226
United States
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