The Chamber Music Society of Louisville 2003-2004 Concert Series
Now in our 66th Season
University of Louisville
School of Music
Comstock Concert Hall
"... an enviable record of bringing top-caliber ensembles to town."
Andrew Adler,
The Courier-Journal
Close Encounters of the Music-Making Kind!
All performances are at 3 p.m. in the acoustically-superb north recital hall of the University of Louisville School of Music, recently named the Margaret Comstock Concert Hall.
Pre-concert talks by musical authorities are free at 2 p.m. before each performance in the Bird Recital Hall.
Program notes are available in advance of concerts via self-addressed, stamped envelopes sent to the School of Music, or from the Society website at: music.louisville.edu/chambermusicsociety
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Single concert ticket cost is $25. Season subscriptions are $75 for all five concerts. You save $50 when you subscribe! (Season subscription for students is still only $15.)
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Itemized deductions are tax deductible. The Chamber Music Society of Louisville is affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Music.
 Please note, the Concert Programs and Concert Notes are provided as Adobe PDF documents. You will need at least the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view these documents. The Abode Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free by clicking on the link provided to the left.
Sunday, October 19, 2003
3:00 P.M.
Recipient of the 2000 Naumburg Chamber Music Award
Miró Quartet
www.miroquartet.com
Winning First Prize at the Banff Quartet Competition and the Naumburg Chamber Music Award, the Miró Quartet has captivated audiences with its youthful intensity and mature interpretations. Formed in the fall of 1995, the Quartet enjoys an active touring schedule, and has been heard on numerous broadcasts including NPR's "Perofrmance Today" and Minnesota Public Radio's "Saint Paul Sunday." The Washington Post has said "There is almost nothing one would want from a string quartet the the Miró cannot do: clarity, articulation, balance, and an appealing tonal palette are all acounted for." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazettte stated "Young in years and experience, they have no business playing with such emotional depth and passion..."
Their program here will included the Prokofiev Second Quartet, and Schubert's "Quartet in G Major."
Concert Program (Adobe PDF Document  ) - Click here
Concert Notes (Adobe PDF Document ) - Click here
Sunday, November 16, 2003
3:00 P.M.
Musica Antiqua Köln with Reinhard Goebel*
www.aaronconcert.com/artists/koln.html
For 30 years now, Musica Antiqua Köln and Reinhard Goebel have been associated with nearly every important music center and festival at which early music is performed. The ensemble is renowned for its lively interpretations of 17th and 18th-century works and for its virtuoso and imaginative historical performance practice. It is highly equally prominent for its innovative role in discovery and realization of unusual early music repertoire, as is apparent from its numerous awards including a Grammy nomination. According to The New York Times, "Mr. Goebel and his crack instrumental colleagues infuse the music with a fierce vitality to match their virtuosity." In San Francisco, The Examiner called them "one of the hottest acts in the business." The Chicago Tribune said "May they pay us another such inspired visit and soon."
* This concert ispresented with posthumous funding from Dr. Gerhard Herz,
a Society founder and renowned music historian.
Concert Program - Not available
Concert Notes (Adobe PDF Document ) - Click here
Sunday, February 8, 2004
3:00 P.M.
Recipient of the 2003 Grammy Award for Chamber Music
Takács Quartet
www.takacsquartet.com
The Takács Quartet is recognized as one of the world's great string quartets. The ensemble's recordings have been nominated for Grammys in 1999 and 2000, and its Bartok Quartet Cycle was awarded Gramophone's "Chamber Music Recording of the Year" for 1998. They recently received the 2003 Grammy Award for Chamber Music, given to the most recent volume of their Beethoven Quartet Cycle recordings. The Quartet is based in Boulder, Colorado, and is a Resident Quartet at the Aspen Festival. The Chicago Tribune has said "What chamber music enthusiast wouldn't be swept away by hearing three examples of the best string quartet literature ... played in one program by four of the best string alchemists on the planet, in well-articulated ensemble?"
Their program will include works by Kodaly, Bartok, and Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 132.
Concert Program - Not available
Concert Notes - Click Here
Sunday, March 21, 2004
3:00 P.M.
Recipient of the 1991 Naumburg Chamber Music Award
Eroica Trio
www.eroicatrio.com
Speaking of the Eroica Trio's Naumburg Award, the Los Angeles Times reported that the ensemble had "turned in dazzling justification of the prize." The three women who comprise the Trio are noted for fiery and virtuosic artistry. Their Naumburg Award was quickly followed by a Lincoln Center debut, and their summer appearances have included the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, and the Mostly Mozrt Festival in New York. The group was founded in 1986 while its members were attending the Juilliard School, and quickly captured national attention for energetic and masterful performances. The New York Times has stated that "They play chamber music made for the concert hall, not for the living room. There is, in other words, an edge-of-the-seat intensity to every note they produce."
Concert Program - Not available
Concert Notes - Click Here
Sunday, April 25, 2004
7:30 P.M. (please note time)
Recipient of the 1998 Naumburg Chamber Music Award
Pacifica Quartet with pianist Ursula Oppens
www.pacificaquartet.com
A very special concert with the first performance of the revised piano quintet "Tableaux Funebres" by Claude Baker, commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Louisville for its 50th anniversary in 1988. The five players will also perform Schumann's Piano Quintet, Op. 44. One of today's most dynamic and exciting string quartets combines with a renowned pianist who is equally at home as a champion of new music or a sensitive interpreter of traditional fare. The Pacificia Quartet continues to win the hearts of audiences with its impassioned interpretations. They return after an acclaimed Louisville debut for the Society in 2001. Oppens has been described as a compelling musician with probing intellect and curiosity who clarifies what see perceives. The Boston Globe states that she performs "with a superb rhythmic spine and more colors than a giant box of Crayolas."
Concert Program - Not available
Concert Notes - Click Here
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