MUSICFEST
Pictured above: Sharon Robinson and Jaime Laredo
july 31 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
First Parish Church, Brunswick
FRANCIS POULENC
Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Bassoon
Ronald Roseman, oboe
John Kehayas, bassoon
Jon Klibonoff, piano
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Books I and II
Abbey Simon, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Abbey Simon, piano
Cassatt Quartet
Muneko Otani, violin
Laura Goldberg, violin
Michiko Oshima, viola
Anna Cholakian, cello
july 24 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
First Parish Church, Brunswick
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Jon Klibonoff, piano
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Arias from “The Ghosts of Versailles”
(Maine Premiere)
Julianna Gondek, soprano
Barbara Ann Martin, soprano
STEPHEN ALBERT
“Ecce, puer”
Barbara Ann Martin, soprano
Ensemble to be announced
MAURICE RAVEL
String Quartet in F
Cassatt String Quartet
Muneko Otani, violin
Laura Goldberg, violin
Michiko Oshima, viola
Anna Cholakian, cello
july 17 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
St John’s Church, Brunswick
In Honor of Lyndel J. Wishcamper: Board President
ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH
Concerto for Violin and Violincello (1991)
Jaime Laredo, violin
Sharon Robinson, cello
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
FRANZ LISZT
Cantata “The Bells of the Strasburg Cathedral”
Prelude: “Excelsior”
“The Bells”
(Text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Robert Honeysucker, baritone
Barbara Ann Martin, mezzo-soprano
Oratorio Chorale
Peter Frewen, director
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102
Jaime Laredo, violin
Sharon Robinson, cello
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
july 10 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
First Parish Church, Brunswick
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Modinha
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, “Aria”
Barbara Ann Martin soprano
David Leisner, guitar
MAURICE RAVEL
Chansons madécasses
Barbara Ann Martin, soprano
Robert Willoughby, flute
John Whitfield, cello
Emma Tahmizian, piano
EDVARD GRIEG
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45
Michi Sugiura, violin
Constance Moore, piano
FRANZ SCHUBERT
String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163
Alexander Simionescu, violin
Alison Harney, violin
Jurgen Geise, viola
Wendy Sutter, cello
Andre Emelianoff, cello
july 3 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
First Parish Church, Brunswick
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Clarinet Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 34
Charles Neidich, clarinet
Alison Harney, violin
Michi Sugiura, violin
Jorgen Geise, viola
John Whitfield, cello
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Cantata No. 202,“Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten,” (Wedding Cantata)
Benita Valente, soprano
Ronald Roseman, oboe
Festival Ensemble
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313
Linda Chesis, flute
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
“Porgi, amor” from Le Nozze di Figaro
Benita Valente, soprano
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
june 26 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
First Parish Church, Brunswick
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Adagio and Allegro in A-flat Major for Horn and Piano, Op. 70
David Jolley, horn
Emma Tahmizian, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Soiree Stucke for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73
Charles Neidich, clarinet
Peter Basquin, piano
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Chaconne, from the Partita in D Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1005
Lewis Kaplan, violin
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 49
Aeolian Chamber Players:
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Peter Basquin, piano