 |
|
|
|
| |
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival for August 26, 2012
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Today's Highlight: SOLOISTS: Todd Levy, clarinet; Julie Landsman, horn; Ronald Thomas, cello; David Tolen, percussion
Martinu: Quartet, H 139
SOLOISTS: Johannes String Quartet: Soovin Kim and Jessica Lee violins; Choong-Jin (C.J.) Chang, viola; Peter Stumpf, cello; John Dalley, viola
Dvorak: String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 97
THE SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
ALL NEW 13 week series will feature performances from the celebrated Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.
One of the world's leading performing arts festivals, The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is known for its enduring commitment to tradition, artistic excellence, innovation, and vision. Our weekly radio series reflects the Festival's varied repertoire by presenting superbly recorded concerts and recitals by some of today's greatest musical artists.
With two to four performances per program, there's lots of great music. In addition to the great classics of the chamber music repertoire, the series will also offer some outstanding, though lesser known works. Some of the many musical selections heard during the 13 weeks will include:
Beethoven's Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano & Winds, Op. 16 and String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135
H.K. Gruber's Frankenstein!! as performed by the composer as chansonnier in the company of a large ensemble
Mezzo-Soprano, Susanne Mentzer, sings songs by Alma Mahler & Clara Schumann
Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in C Minor and Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20
Messaien's Quartet for the End of Time
Mozart's Divertimento No. 17 for Horns and Strings
Milan Turkevic, bassoon, joins forces with the Miro String Quartet for Wynton Marsalis' Meelaan
Popper's Requiem, Op. 66 for Three Cellos and Piano
Tchaikovsky's Trio in A Minor, Op. 50 with Pinchas Zukerman, Gary Hoffman and Jon Kimura Parker
Each concert was recorded by Grammy award-winning engineer, Matt Snyder.
The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Artistic Director, Marc Neikrug, and WFMT program host, Kerry Frumkin, co-host this dynamic series, which also incorporates remarks by many of the musicians.
|
|
|
