Chamber Music Society of Minnesota 2007 - 2008 Season

“...a jewel in the state’s cultural crown.”

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Free Concert, Sunday May 25 @ 4 p.m.

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 322 2ND STREET EXCELSIOR, MN Maria Jette, Soprano Young-Nam Kim, Violin

In a unique program of Songs For Voice and Violin, Featuring Vaughan Williams' ALONG THE FIELD (settings of John Houseman  Poems) and the U.S. Premiere of THE SOLITARY REAPER by British compose Alan Bullard and American Folksong Settings by Howard Boatwright and Vaughan Williams, and favorite Stephen Foster Songs in new arrangements by Minneapolis Composer Nancy Grundahl.

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Concert I

Minnesota History Center
345 Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN

Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. with Stanislav Skrowaczewski Maestro as Our Guest Composer

Fanfare for Ken for String Quartet

Trio for clarinet, bassoon, piano

Fantasie per Sei for oboe, violin, viola, cello, bass, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata Arias

Maria Jette, soprano

Anton Bruckner: Adagio for String Quintet

Jean Philip Rameau: Pieces de clavecin en concert

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Viennese New Year’s Eve Gala Benefit

December 31, 2007 — 8:00 pm

At the beautiful St. Paul College Club

990 Summit Avenue . Saint Paul, MN 55105

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Concert II

First Lutheran Church
1555 40th Ave. NE
Columbia Heights, MN

Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. with Pro Arte Piano Trio

The CMSM at “Music At First” Pro Arte Trio, CMSM debut

Antonio Vivaldi:  Concerto Grosso in d minor for Strings and Continuo

Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op.50

Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op.57

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Carnegie debut preview recital by violinist Ariana Kim EVENT:       Chamber Music Society of Minnesota invites you to a free   recital by its artist member, violinist Ariana Kim, with pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute. The concert, presented by Augstana Concert Series, will be a preview of  Ariana’s upcoming Carnegie debut recital at Weill Hall, as a winner of the Artists International Special Presentation Award. WHEN:           Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 8:00 pm WHERE:        Augustana Lutheran Church                         1400 S. Robert St.                         West St. Paul, MN 55118  WHOM:        Ariana Kim, violin                         Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano

Ariana is a St. Paul native and made her solo debut with the Saint Paul Chamber  Orchestra at age 16. Since then she has performed all the major concertos as well as a new concerto, written for her by the late Andrew Imbrie, with orchestras  both in the U. S. and Europe. This recital will be one of her three Minnesota appearances- the others are: Mozart Concerto with Dakota Valley Symphony on Feb. 23/24 and Beethoven Concerto with the Austin Symphony on April 4. Ariana is also the newly appointed concertmaster of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans and co-resides there and New York where she is completing her Doctoral dissertation at Juilliard and performs with a very innovative new music group Ne(x)tworks which records for MODE records.                              PROGRAM:   W. A. Mozart: Sonata in G major for violin and piano, K. 27                         Bela Bartok: Sonata for Solo Violin                         W. A. Mozart: Sonata in D major for violin and piano, K. 29                         Robert Schumann: Sonata in A minor for violin and piano, Op. 105  TICKETS:      Free admission Call: (651) 450-0527

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Concert III

Minnesota History Center
345 Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN

Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. with Robert Mann, Eminent Violinist of the Juilliard Quartet

Robert Mann: Bombax for violin and viola

Premiere TBA

Bela Bartok/Robert Mann: StringTrio

Cesar Franck: Piano Quintet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet in Bb major, K.178

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Concert IV

Minnesota History Center
345 Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN

Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. with Gary Hoffman

Distinguished cellist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Gary Hoffman, Guest Cellist

Richard Strauss: String Sextet from Capriccio

Max Reger: Sonata for solo cello

Johanes Brahms: String Sextet in G major, Op.36

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Master Classes

The CMSM proudly presents – in partnership with the Schubert Club and MacPhail Center for the Performing Arts – a series of master classes by our distinguished guest artists.

October 27, 2007 – Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

composition and conducting

March 29, 2008 – Robert Mann

violin and chamber music

May 4, 2008–Gary Hoffman

cello and chamber music

Classes are held on Saturdays at 3:00pm At MacPhail Center for the Performing Arts 1128 Lasalle Avenue, Minneapolis

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