The Chamber Music Society of Louisville 2004-2005 Concert Series
Now in our 67th Season
 "... 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 Margaret Comstock Concert Hall of the University of Louisville School of Music.
Pre-concert talks by musical authorities are free at 2 p.m. before each performance in the Bird Recital Hall.
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Sunday, October 17, 2004
3:00 P.M.
Juilliard String Quartet
www.juilliardquartet.com
Returning for their 45th year of performances in Louisville to open the season will be our old friends “The Juilliard.” They have appeared here since 1954—33 times on an annual basis—and during this time have performed 87 different works for the Society. For over 50 years they have been recognized as a leader in their field, and their performances are celebrated for clarity of structure, beauty of sound, compelling rhythmic drive, and unanimity of purpose. Their concert will present the Schubert Quartet in E-flat Major, D. 87 to be followed by Quartet in D Minor by Hugo Wolf, and Quartet in D Major, K. 499 by Mozart.
*This concert is presented with posthumous funding from Dr. Gerhard Herz, a Society founder and renowned music historian.
Concert Program (Adobe PDF Document  )
Concert Notes (Adobe PDF Document )
Sunday, November 14, 2004
3:00 P.M.
Recipient of the 2000 Naumburg Chamber Music Award
eighth blackbird
www.eighthblackbird.com
With flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion this ensemble represents a unique sextet for chamber music performance. Formed in 1996, they are considered one of the world's premier new music ensembles, performing a wide variety of repertoire written largely for them. Winners of numerous competitions, including the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Concert Artists Guild Competition, they are currently in residence at the University of Chicago and the University of Richmond. They have been featured on "CBS Sunday Morning" and in The New York Times. A highlight of the 2003-04 season was their Carnegie Hall debut of David Schober's Split Horizon, a concerto for sextet and orchestra.
Concert Program (Adobe PDF Document )
Concert Notes (Adobe PDF Document )
Sunday, February 6, 2005
3:00 P.M.
The Los Angeles Piano Quartet with Kurt Ollmann, baritone
www.melkap.com/ensembles.html
Bold, exhilarating performances and exploration of interesting repertoire have earned The Los Angeles Piano Quartet international stature as a premier
ensemble of its kind. They are returning after a popular debut for the Society in February 2002. They will perform the Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 by Beethoven, and Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15 by Faure. Baritone Kurt Ollmann came to prominence as a protege of Leonard Bernstein, has sung opera and vocal recitals throughout the world, and returns to Louisville after an extraordinary Mahler lieder recital for the Society in November 2002. He will join the Quartet in the
centerpiece of the program, Santa Fe Songs by Ned Rorem as the vocal artist who sang the premiere performance for the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.
Concert Program (Adobe PDF Document )
Concert Notes (Adobe PDF Document )
Sunday, March 13, 2005
3:00 P.M.
Artist Quartet in Residence
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Orion String Quartet
www.orionquartet.com
Hailed for exquisite artistry, technical mastery and an astute approach to programming, the Orion is one of the most admired chamber ensembles on the international music scene. It serves as Quartet-in-Residence at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and New York's Mannes College. Since 1993, the group has maintained a summer residency at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. The group is renowned for its many performances of the Beethoven String Quartets in complete cycles. Since its inception in 1987 it has also been consistently praised for fresh perspective and individuality that it brings to a broad range of repertoire. Featured here will be String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis, commissioned for them by Lincoln Center.
Concert Program (Adobe PDF Document )
Concert Notes (Adobe PDF Document )
Sunday, April 17, 2005
3:00 P.M.
The American Chamber Players
www.acplayers.com
The season finale brings a return for another group well received by the Society. The American Chamber Players were formed in 1985 by Miles Hoffman from a core of artists at The Library of Congress Summer Chamber Festival. Considered one of today’s most exciting and innovative chamber music ensembles, they have toured throughout North America, and perform a wonderfully varied
repertoire ranging from familiar masterpieces to neglected gems and newly commissioned works. Their program here will open with the Mozart Oboe Quartet and conclude with the Schumann Piano Quartet. Between will be works by Damase, Duruflé and Foote in trios each of varied instrumentation.
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