2013-2014 Concert Series
Music Director's Introduction to the 2013-2014 Season
Welcome to the 55th season of Chamber Music Corvallis. For over half a century, CMC has brought world-class chamber music to Corvallis. Our motto is “Music Up Close,” which we believe emphasizes the unique personal experience of chamber music. The only way to get closer to music than chamber music is to play it yourself. Read more...
Ariel Quartet: From Israel to America
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in A, Op. 18, No. 5
Benjamin Britten: Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 Claude Debussy: Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 Grand Prize Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
First Prize International Competition Graz, Austria Szekely Prize Banff International String Quartet Competition “A tour de force” (Frankfurter Allgemeine) |
Previously this season:
Jasper Quartet: Young Masters of Old and New
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Josef Haydn: Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5
Aaron Jay Kernis: Sarabande from Quartet No. 2, “Musica Instrumentalis” Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131 Winner of the 2012 Cleveland Quartet Award
Silver Medal at Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition First Recipient of the Yale School of Music Horatio Parker Memorial Prize “Technically delightful and expressively compelling” (The Strad) |
Daurov/Myer Cello Piano Duo
Friday, November 22, 2013
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Beethoven: 7 Variations in E-flat Major on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe
fühlen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Debussy: Sonata in d minor for Cello & Piano (1915) Rorem: Dances for Cello & Piano (1983) Rachmaninoff: Sonata in g minor for Cello & Piano, Op. 19 “The beauty of Adrian Daurov’s playing and the marvelous collaboration by
Spencer Myer was enchanting, not only to us musicians, but to the entire audience. They tore down the house with their brilliant playing.” - Jerome Barry, Director/Founder, The Embassy Series (Washington, DC) |
Atos Piano Trio: Genius of Bohemia
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
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Josef Suk: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2
Bedrich Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 Antonin Dvorak: Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65 Winner of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award
First Prize Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition BBC New Generation Artists “World-class level playing” (Ruhr Nachrichten) “Following the retirement of the Beaux Arts Trio, the Atos Trio may take over as the premier piano trio of today” (New York critic) |
Ebène Quartet: Mozart Meets Lennon and McCartney
Thursday, March 6, 2014
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Wolfgang A. Mozart: Quartet in E-flat, K. 428
Bela Bartok: Quartet 4 Arrangements of Jazz and Popular Songs by Arlen, Shorter, Corea, Springsteen, Lennon-McCartney and others Winners of the Gramophone Record of the Year and Echo Klassik Best Chamber Music Recording for their 2009 recording of Faure, Debussy, and Ravel
Winner of the ARD (Germany) International Competition BBC New Generation Artists “They play with a rare degree of expressive subtlety and electrifying joy” (London Times) |
Ying Quartet: Music for Healing
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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Samuel Barber: Quartet Op. 11 (original version of Adagio for
Strings/Agnus Dei) Randall Thompson: Alleluia Billy Childs: Awakening Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 Multiple Nominees and Winners of Grammy Awards
Quartet in Residence at the Eastman School of Music “Sustained quietude, peacefulness, and serenity” (New York Times) |
