One World
Pictured above: Orli Shaham
august 5 • festival friday
Crooker Theater
FRANCIS POULENC
Sonata for Flute and Piano
Joshua Smith, flute
Emma Tahmizian, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Maria Schleuning, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Elizabeth Simkin, cello
Constance Moore, piano
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Seven Romances for Soprano and Piano Trio, Op. 127
Lisa Graf, soprano
Jan Repko, violin
Nicholas Jones, cello
John Root, piano
BÉLA BARTÓK
Contrasts
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Peter Basquin, piano
august 3 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Crooker Theater
AARON COPLAND
Sextet for Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet
(Arrangement of Symphony No. 2)
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Emma Tahmizian, piano
Cassatt Quartet
ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG
Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Gregor Kalinovsky, violin
Jan Repko, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Joy Fellows, viola
Nicholas Jones, cello
Elizabeth Simkin, cello
july 29 • festival friday
Crooker Theater
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Christina Jennings, flute
Tawnya Popoff, viola
June Han, harp
MAURICE RAVEL
String Quartet in F Major
Cassatt String Quartet
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Souvenir de Florence, Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70
Sergiu Schwartz, violin I
Muneko Otani, violin II
Michael Klotz, viola
Joy Fellows, viola
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Elizabeth Simkin, cello
july 27 • wednesday upbeat!
Crooker Theater
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
David Jolley, French horn
Emma Tahmizian, piano
BRIGHT SHENG
Postcards for Chamber Orchestra
Bowdoin Festival Chamber Orchestra
Bright Sheng, conductor
OLIVER MESSIAEN
Quartet for the End of Time
Aeolian Chamber Players:
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Peter Basquin, piano
july 25 • special monday event
Kresge Auditorium
BRIGHT SHENG
Two Poems from the Sung Dynasty
for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
Juliana Gondek, soprano
july 22 • FESTIVAL FRIDAY
Crooker Theater
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Maria Schleuning, violin
Peter Basquin, piano
JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
Chants d’Auvergne
(Chamber arrangement by Juliana Gondek/Maria Newman)
Julia Gondek, soprano
Gregory Kalinovsky, violin
John Root, piano
BRIGHT SHENG
String Quartet No. 4, “Silent Temple”
(in four movements played without pause)
Cassatt Quartet
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
Sergiu Schwartz, violin
Gregory Kalinovsky, violin
Joy Fellows, viola
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Constance Moore, piano
july 20 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Crooker Theater
GYÖRGY KURTÁG
Six Bagatelles
Christina Jennings, flute
Kurt Muroki, double bass
Peter Basquin, piano
PERRY TOWNSEND
Journey for Piano and Ensemble
(Bowdoin Festival Commission and Premiere Performance)
Maria Alanen, violin I
Hilary Castle, violin II
Matthew Barwegen, viola
Rachel Arnold, cello
Christina Jennings, flute
Sarah Huebsch, oboe/English horn
Ryan Jure, clarinet/bass clarinet
John Hunt, bassoon
John Root, piano
Joshua Gates, percussion
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8
Gregory Kalinovsky, violin
Nicholas Jones, cello
Emma Tahmizian, piano
july 15 • FESTIVAL FRIDAY
Crooker Theater
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Variations on a Rococco Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Steven Doane, cello
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
Orli Shaham, piano
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor
july 13 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Crooker Theater
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Sonata in C Major, K. 513 (Pastorale)
Sonata in C Minor, K 126
SEBASTIAN CURRIER
Scarlatti Cadences
(Maine Premiere)
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Sonata in D Minor, K. 141
Emma Tahmizian, piano
VINEET SHENDE
Music for a Summer Monsoon
(Bowdoin Festival Commission and Premier Performance)
Gregory Kalinovsky, violin
Christina Jennings, flute
Igor Begelman, clarinet
John Root, piano
Joshua Gates, percussion
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 87
Yair Kless, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Rosemary Elliott, cello
Martin Canin, piano
July 8 • FESTIVAL FRIDAY
Crooker Theater
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Chaconne (from the Partita in D Minor)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”
Ying Quartet
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Lewis Kaplan, violin
Maria Schleuning, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello
july 6 • WEDNESDAY UPBEAT!
Crooker Theater
ZOLTAN KODALY
Sonata for Cello Solo, Op. 8
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 61
Ying Quartet
ROBERT X. RODRIGUEZ
Song of Songs
(Maine Premiere Performance)
Linda Larson, soprano
Lewis Kaplan, narrator
Igor Begelman, clarinet
John Root, piano
Joshua Gates, percussion
Robert X. Rodriguez, conductor
june 29 • wednesday upbeat!
Crooker Theater
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Three Romances, Op. 94
Katherine Needleman, oboe
Peter Basquin, piano
FRANCIS POULENC
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Ani Schnarch, violin
Emma Tahmizian, piano
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Three Etudes, Three Preludes:
– Prelude No. 2 in E Major (Melodie capoeira)
– Etude No. 10 in B Minor (The Storm)
– Prelude No. 1 in E Minor (Melodie lyrique)
– Etude No. 2 in A Major (Etude des arpèges)
– Prelude No. 3 in A Minor (Hommage a Bach)
– Etude No. 12 in A Minor
Richard Iznaola, guitar
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Steven Doane cello
Julian Martin, piano
july 1 • FESTIVAL FRIDAY
Crooker Theater
LEOŠ JANÁČEK
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Maria Schleuning, violin
Elinor Freer, piano
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Ying Quartet
ANTONIO VIVALDI
The Four Seasons
Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, “Spring”
Eric Hui-Yi Wang, violin
Sam Hayward, reader
Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, “Summer”
Sergiu Schwartz, violin
Nancy Connery, reader
Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, “Autumn”
Grigory Kalinovsky, violin
Linda Cronkhite Johnson, reader
Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, “Winter”
Ani Schnarch, violin
Bill Rogers, reader
Bowdoin Festival Chamber Orchestra
Lewis Kaplan, conductor