Music Under The Stars
Pictured above: Ruggiero Ricci
August 5 • musicfest friday
First Parish Church, Brunswick
ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ
Bowdoin Bicentennial Fanfare (world premiere)
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tales) Op. 132
Daniel McKelway, clarinet
Rami Solomonow, viola
Constance Moore, piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452
Peter Basquin, piano
Ronald Roseman, oboe
Daniel McKelway, clarinet
John Kehayas, bassoon
John Boden, horn
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Ruth Laredo, piano
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
august 3 • wednesday upbeat!
Moulton Union
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Lute Suite No. 1
David Leisner, guitar
CLARA SCHUMANN
Trio in G Minor, Op. 14
Lucie Robert, violin
Steven Doane, cello
Peter Basquin, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Symphonic Etudes
Peter Basquin, piano
ZOLTAN KODALY
Duo for Violin and Cello
Lucie Roberts, violin
Steven Doane, cello
july 29 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
First Parish Church, Brunswick
ROSEMAN, RONALD
Bowdoin Bicentennial Fanfare (World Premiere)
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Violin Sonata No. o in D Minor, Op. 121
Toshiya Eto, violin
Michael Eto piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Edith Chen, piano
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
Lucie Robert, violin
Karen Ritscher, viola
Steven Doane, cello
Jeffrey Cohen, piano
july 27 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Moulton Union
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105
Lucie Robert, violin
Jeffrey Cohen piano
ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ
Chamber Concerto V
John Kehayas, bassoon
Maria Schleuning, violin
Conrad Harris, violin
John Whitfield, cello
Peter Basquin, piano
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Cello Suite No, 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Sungwon Yang, cello
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Octet
Laura Gilbert, flute
Melissa Johnson, clarinet
John Kehayas, bassoon
Charles Bailey, bassoon
Ukay so de Marie, trumpet
Herb Smith, trumpet
Jim Miller, tenor trombone
Michael Seltzer, bass trombone
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
july 23 • gala concert
Bowdoin College Quadrangle
MUSIC UNDER THE STARS
Gala Concert Celebrating the Bicentennial of Bowdoin College and
The 30th Anniversary of the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 25
Lauren Flanigan, soprano
Yanyu Guo, mezzo-soprano
Jon Villars, tenor
Robert Perry, baritone
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
Bowdoin Festival Chorus
Anthony Antolini, director
July 22 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
First Parish Church, Brunswick
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Five Pieces in the Folk Style for Cello and Piano, Op. 102
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Peter Basquin, piano
RALPH SHAPEY
“Three for Six”
Aeolian Chamber Players
Laura Gilbert, flute
Jeffrey Milarsky, percussion
Ralph Shapey, conductor
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, in E-flat Major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
Russell Sherman, piano
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
july 15 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
First Parish Church, Brunswick
SEBASTIAN CURRIER
Bowdoin Bicentennial Fanfare (world premiere)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
History of the Tango
Bordello 1900
Café 1930
Night-club 1960
Laura Gilbert, flute
David Leisner, guitar
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Romances, Op. 94
Lisa Kozenko, oboe
Peter Basquin, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Carnaval, Op. 9
Emma Tahmizian, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Toshiya Eto, violin
Angela Eto, violin
Rami Solomonow, viola
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Peter Basquin, piano
july 13 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Moulton Union
BRIGHT SHENG
Seven Short YADHTRIB Variations for Solo Bassoon
John Kehayas, bassoon
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Lachrymae
Karen Ritscher, viola
Jeffrey Cohen, piano
GABRIEL PIERNE
Sonata for Flute and Piano
Laura Gilbert, flute
Constance Moore, piano
RICHARD STRAUSS
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Angela Eto, violin
Michael Eto, piano
BRIGHT SHENG
Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet
Daniel McKelway, clarinet
Owla String Quartet
Anna-Leena Haikola, violin
Virpi Raisanen, violin
Marja-Liisa Lieppinen, viola
Katri Ervanna, cello
july 8 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
First Parish Church, Brunswick
In Memory of Anne Bachrach
First President of the Board of Directors
BRIGHT SHENG
Bowdoin Bicentennial Fanfare (World Premiere)
JOHANNES BRAHMS
String Sextet No 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
Lynn Blakeslee, violin
Maria Schleuning, violin
Jurgen Geise, viola
Caroline Wolff, viola
Andre Emelianoff, cello
John Whitfield, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
JULY 6 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Moulton Union
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478
Lynn Blakeslee, violin
Jurgen Geis, viola
Steven Doane, cello
Constance Moore, piano
MAURICE RAVEL
Chansons madecasses
Kurt Ollmann, baritone
Laura Gilbert, flute
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Emma Tahmizian, piano
GEORGE CRUMB
Sonata for Solo Cello
Colin Carr, cello
BRIGHT SHENG
Two poems from the Sung Dynasty
Lauren Flanigan soprano
Battell Woodwind Quartet
Owla String Quartet
Nebojsa Slavic, double bass
Alison Nicholls, harp
Indrek Laul, piano
Jeffrey Milarsky, percussion
Bright Sheng, conductor
july 2 • Saturday UPBEAT!
Moulton Union
Special Concert of the Music of LUKAS FOSS
Capriccio for Cello and Piano (1948)
John Whitfield, cello
Jeffrey Cohen, piano
Round a Common Center (1979)
for Narrator, Piano Quartet, and Voice
Maria Schleuning, violin
Caroline Wolff, viola
John Whitfield, cello
Emma Tahmizian, piano
Lukas Foss, narrator
Three American Pieces for Violin and Piano (1944)
Early Song
Composer’s Holiday
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Lukas Foss, piano
13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (1978)
for Soprano and Small Ensemble
Lauren Flanigan, soprano
Laura Gilbert, flute
Peter Basquin, piano
Jeffrey Milarsky, percussion
Nicole Rosi, offstage soprano
july 1 • MUSICFEST FRIDAY
First Parish Church, Brunswick
LUKAS FOSS
Fanfare in honor of Bowdoin College’s Bicentennial
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Fantasiestucke for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73
Daniel McKelway, clarinet
Peter Basquin, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Liederkreis, Op. 2
Kurt Ollmann, baritone
Peter Basquin, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Caroline Wolff, viola
Colin Carr, cello
Emma Tahmizian, piano
june 29 • wednesday upbeat!
Moulton Union
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
Colin Carr, cello
KARL DITTER von DITTERSDORF
Concerto for Viola and Double Bass
James Dunham, viola
Deborah Dunham, double bass
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Jan Berlin, tenor
Jeffrey Cohen, piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonata to be announced
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Constance Moore, piano