Masterpiece Series
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Program I: “In Sickness and in Health”
Friday, October 26, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
The Great Hall of Annie Wright School, Tacoma
PROGRAM:
Jean Sibelius: String in D minor, ‘Voces Intimae’
Franz Schubert: Quartet in G Major, D. 887
The award-winning AeolusQuartet begins the 2012-2013 Masterpiece Series by bringing us music from turbulent periods in the lives of Schubert and Sibelius...
AeolusQuartet:
Nicholas Tavani & Rachel Kitagawa Shapiro, violins;
Gregory Luce, viola; Alan Richardson, cello
Program II: “Zen Pathways”
Friday, November 9, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
PROGRAM
Alan Hovahness: The Garden of Adonis
Sophia Gubaidulina: The Garden of Joys and Sorrows
Michio Miyagi: Haru No Umi (The Sea in Springtime)
Claude Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
The beauty of the Tacoma Art Museum and the visiting portraits of photographer Michael Kenna form the backdrop for this program. Come hear Mr. Kenna’s photography, exploring the “Zen Pathways” of Japan, Russia, France, and the Northwest, expressed in music. An exclusive tour of the photography of Michael Kenna displayed in the Museum will be part of the event!
Jennifer Rhyne, flute; Jeanne Rogers, viola;
Catherine Barrett, harp
Program III: “Sophisticated Lady”
SUNDAY, March 10, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.
The Great Hall of Annie Wright School, Tacoma
PROGRAM
Phillipe Gaubert: Three Watercolors
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W.A. Mozart: L'amero, saro costante
Luigi Boccherini: Sonate in A major
Felix Mendelssohn: Three songs
John Rutter: Suite Antique
Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Sigmund Romberg: Songs
Howard Hanson: Serenade
Second City Chamber Series lost a great friend of music in 2011 with the passing of our former President of the Board of Directors, Gail Elliott. Come and enjoy a program put on by her musical friends featuring some of this sophisticated lady’s favorite musical works!
Karen Urlie, soprano; Darrin Thaves, flute;
Svend Rønning, violin; Richard Treat, cello;
Sandra Bleiweiss, piano
Program IV: “Je ne sais quoi”
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
The Great Hall of Annie Wright School, Tacoma
Cindy Renander, clarinet; Svend Rønning, violin; Roberta Hansen-Downey, cello; Amy Grinsteiner, piano
Erik Satie/arr. Jerry Kracht: Three Gymnopedies
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
After the Franco-Prussian War, France’s confidence as the supreme continental European power was shattered. Yet, out of this difficult time came the birth of a distinctly French modernism in music, art, poetry, and even architecture that has repeatedly re-invented itself in ways that are hard to define—they all have that most amazing French “Je ne sais quoi.” In this program, we’ll explore three “incarnations” of the French phrase meaning literally “I don’t know what,” but meaning much more than that, although none of us are quite sure what!
Cindy Renander, clarinet; Svend Rønning, violin;
Roberta Hansen-Downey, cello; Amy Grinsteinter, piano
Programs and artists subject to change
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