40th Anniversary
Pictured above: Sharon Robinson
august 6 • Festival Friday
Crooker Theater
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Emma Tahmizian, piano
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Seven Romances for Soprano and Piano Trio, Op. 127
Lisa Graf, soprano
Jacqueline Ross, violin
Nicholas Jones, cello
John Root, piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127
Cassatt String Quartet
august 4 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Crooker Theater
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96
Maria Schleuning, violin
Constance Moore, piano
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Quintet No. 4 in D Major for Guitar & Strings, C. 448,“Fandango”
Richardo Iznaola, guitar
Grigory Kalinovsky, violin
Jacqueline Ross, violin
Graham Oppenheimer, viola
Nicholas Jones, cello
LUCIANO BERIO
Sequenza IV
Brendan Nguyen, piano
SAMUEL ADLER
Four Composer’s Portraits
Milton Babbitt
Ned Rorem
Gunther Schuller
David Diamond
Timothy Andres, piano
july 30 • FESTIVAL FRIDAY
Crooker Theater
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493
Jan Repko, violin
Carol Rodland, viola
Nicholas Jones, cello
John Root, piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost”
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Fred Sherry, cello
Emma Tahmizian, piano
EDWARD ELGAR
Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
Grigory Kalinovsky, violin
Jan Repko, violin
Graham Oppenheimer, viola
Nicholas Jones, cello
Peter Basquin, piano
july 28 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Crooker Theater
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Clarinet Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Graham Oppenheimer, viola
Peter Basquin, piano
ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ
Bellagio Variations
Cassatt String Quartet
ANTHONY BRANDT
The Dragon and the Undying
(Bowdoin Festival Commission and Premiere Performance)
Karol Bennett, soprano
Cassatt String Quartet
WILLIAM BOLCOM
12 New Etudes for Piano (Selections)
Emma Tahmizian, piano
Whisper Moon
(Bowdoin Festival Commission, 1971)
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Susannah Loewy, flute
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Peter Basquin, piano
Cabaret Songs (Selections)
Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano
William Bolcom, piano
july 23 • FESTIVAL FRIDAY
Crooker Theater
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Peter Basquin, piano
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043
Jaime Laredo, violin
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Festival Orchestra
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102
Jaime Laredo, violin
Sharon Robinson, cello
Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
july 21 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Crooker Theater
VINEET SHENDE
Music for a Summer Monsoon
(Bowdoin Festival Commission and Premiere Performance)
Gregory Kalinovsky, violin
Nicholas Jones, cello
Susannah Loewy, flute
Igor Begelman, clarinet
John Root, piano
Joshua Gates, percussion
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15
Sergiu Schwartz, violin
Carol Rodland, viola
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Peter Basquin, piano
ALEXANDER BORODIN
String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
Cassatt String Quartet
july 16 • FESTIVAL FRIDAY
Crooker Theater
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Violin Sonata in Minor, Op. 9
Ani Schnarch, violin
Elinor Freer, piano
GEORGE CRUMB
Eleven Echoes of Autumn
(Bowdoin Festival commission and premiere in 1966)
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Christine Jennings, flute
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Peter Basquin, piano
JOHANNES BRAHMS
String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36, “Agathe”
Yair Kless, violin
Irina Muresanu, violin
Christof Huebner, viola
Ralph Fielding, viola
Steven Doane, cello
Rosemary Elliott, cello
july 14 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Crooker Theater
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Trio No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 110
Maria Schleuning, violin
Rosemary Elliott, cello
Emma Tahmizian, piano
DAVID CRUMB
Hearing Bells
(Bowdoin Festival Commission and Premiere Performance)
Ann Crumb, soprano
Christina Jennings, flute
Joshua Gates, percussion
GEORGE CRUMB
Eine Kleine Mitternacht Musik
Peter Basquin, piano
GEORGE CRUMB
Night of the Four Moons
Ann Crumb, soprano
Christina Jennings, flute
Joshua Gates, percussion
Benjamin Cantu, banjo
Simone Fontanelli, conductor
july 9 • FESTIVAL FRIDAY
Crooker Theater
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Timothy Ying, violin I
Grigory Kalinovsky, violin I
Janet Ying, violin II
Jacqueline Ross, violin II
Phillip Ying, viola
Christof Huebner, viola
David Ying, cello
Rosemary Elliott, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
Emma Tahmizian, piano
Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
july 7 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Crooker Theater
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370
Joseph Robinson, oboe
Mary Kay Robinson, violin
Christof Huebner, viola
Peter Howard, cello
DALIT WARSHAW
Tehinnot
(Bowdoin Festival Commission and Premiere Performance)
Re’ut Ben-Ze’ev, soprano
Christine Jennings, flute
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Jacqueline Ross, violin
Laura Jensen, cello
John Root, piano
Simone Fontanelli, conductor
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, “Trout”
Sergiu Schwartz, violin
Christof Huebner, viola
Rosemary Elliott, cello
Jeremy McCoy, double bass
John Root, piano
july 5 • monday Bach showcase
Kresge Auditorium
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010
No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello
july 2 • FESTIVAL FRIDAY
Crooker Theater
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 50, No. 1, “First Prussian”
Ying Quartet
MAURICE RAVEL
Introduction and Allegro
June Han, harp
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Irina Muresanu, violin
Ralph Fielding, viola
Rosemary Elliott, cello
FRANZ SCHUBERT
String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Maria Schleuning, violin
Christof Huebner, viola
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello
Steven Doane, cello
In Memory of Robert K. Beckwith
june 30 • wednesday upbeat!
Crooker Theater
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Steven Doane, cello
Julian Martin, piano
ROBERTO X. RODRIGUEZ
The Food of Love – for Violin, Actor and Piano – dedicated to Lewis Kaplan
(Bowdoin Festival Commission and Premiere Performance)
Barclay Palmer, narrator
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Peter Basquin, piano
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
Ying Quartet