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The Weekend of Chamber Music
2005 Schedule of Events and Concerts
Music Up Close & Personal
2005 Archive
 Enjoy Autumn in the Country!
WJFF Radio Catskill and Weekend of Chamber Music Invite You to a Benefit Gala Affair
Saturday, October 29, 2005 - Big Twig Studio & Gallery, Roscoe
Bach, Trio Sonata in G major for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Rachmaninov, Selected Preludes for Solo Piano
Poulenc, Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Intermission
Haydn, Trio in C major for flute, violin and oboe
Schumann, Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor
The Weekend of Chamber Music artists in performance for the joint benefit are pianist Marija Stroke, oboist Matt Sullivan, violinist Sunghae Anna Lim and flutist Judith Pearce.
The autumn evening of fun begins at 4 pm, and includes a very special catered dinner by Jill’s Kitchen.For ticket information and reservations, please call WJFF at 845-482-4141
July 1 – 17 Summer Festival 2005
Come see what chamber music has to offer! From piano to voice to string ensembles, and with music from Mozart to Maw, there's something for everyone at Summer Festival 2005! And check for a town near you - WCM is "On the Road" this season to Tunkhannock, PA, and Bloomingburg and Central Valley, NY. Click on the dates below to see who performs each weekend!
July 1 – 3, 2005: Concert I: “Love & Loss in the Landscape”
Friday – At Work & Play Behind the Notes, 8 pm Presbyterian Church Hortonville, NY
Interactive Festival workshop featuring Maw’s “Roman Canticle” for baritone, with a talk by the composer. Lyrics are from Robert Browning’s poem, “Two in the Campagna.”
Saturday – Concert I, 8 pm Hortonville Church
Music for baritone, flute, viola/violin & harp by Bach, Schubert, Debussy & Maw
“La Flûte à Travers Le Violon,” Arthur Lourié (Sunghae Anna Lim/violin; Judith Pearce/flute)
Two Movements for Solo Violin, J.S. Bach (Lim)
Selected Songs, S. Barber, (Aaron Engebreth/baritone; Susan Jolles/harp)
“Roman Canticle,” N. Maw (Engebreth, Pearce, Lim & Jolles)
Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp / C. Debussy (Pearce, Lim & Jolles)
Sunday –WCM On the Road, 4 pm Country House Arts Center Bloomingburg, NY
Concert I redux with a pre-concert, Independence Day tea party with the artists at 4; music at 5
July 8 – 10, 2005: Concert II: “In Virtuoso Tradition”
Friday – At Work & Play Behind the Notes, 8 pm, Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville, NY
Interactive Festival workshop featuring Nicholas Maw’s Flute Quartet, with a composer’s talk.
Saturday – Concert II, 8 pm, Sullivan County Museum
Music for flute, string trio & harpsichord: Rameau, Couperin, Mozart & Maw, followed by a reception with the composer & the artists.
Duo in G major, KV 423, W.A. Mozart (Mark Rush/violin, Roger Chase/viola)
Selected solo pieces for harpsichord, F. Couperin (Kenneth Hamrick)
Suite from “Pièces de Clavecin,” J.P. Rameau (Hamrick/harpsichord; Judith Pearce/flute; Rush/violin; Chase/viola; Alberto Parrini/cello)
Flute Quartet, N. Maw (Pearce, Rush, Chase & Parrini)
Sunday – WCM on the Road, 3 pm, Shadowbrook Resort in Tunkhannock, PA
Concert II travels to the Shadowbrook’s Weekend of Wine & Song. Composer talk & artist reception.
July 15 – 17, 2005: Concert III: “Fleet Moods & The Age of Romance”
Friday – At Work & Play Behind the Notes, Big Twig Studio Roscoe, NY
Interactive Festival workshop on Maw’s Personae Nos. I & V for piano, with a composer’s talk.
Special note: The Monticello High School Chamber Music Students are featured in performance.
Saturday – Concert III, 8 pm Big Twig
Music for piano trio, flute & oboe by Haydn, Dvorák, Schumann & Maw
London Trio for Violin, Oboe & Cello, F. Haydn (Mark Rush/Matt Sullivan/Alberto Parrini)
Three Romances for Oboe & Piano, R. Schumann (Matt Sullivan/Tannis Gibson)
Personae I & V, N. Maw (Tannis Gibson, piano)
“Night Thoughts,” N. Maw (Judith Pearce, flute)
Trio in E minor, Op. 90, “Dumky” for Violin, Cello & Piano, A. Dvorák (Rush/Parrini/Gibson)
Sunday – WCM On the Road, 3 pm United Methodist Church, Central Valley, NY
Concert III repeats; Meet-the-Artists reception follows.
May 7 – Spring Concert, 7:30 pm
MHS ninth to 12th graders and their Weekend of Chamber Music artist coaches perform at the Monticello High School, 39 Breakey Ave. Student ensembles, Las Chicas, One Foot Up, Bass-ically Perfect, Fiddlin’ Chicks, Creatures, Guitar Boys, and the Brass Boys, offer jazz, Mozart, Holst, Grieg, Rossini, folk and more. Their musical mentors - flutist Judith Pearce, cellist Alberto Parrini, pianist Marija Stroke, violinist Anna Lim and oboist Matt Sullivan perform a Haydn trio and other works. Tickets are $10; $5 for music parents and senior citizens, free for students under 18. For information, call 845-932-8414 or 845-932-8527.
June 11 - Early Summer Benefit: Music in the Barn
A scenic hillside and the setting sun provide the backdrop at 6 pm June 11 for Weekend of Chamber Music's annual benefit in Sullivan County. Hosted by WCM patrons at their private country home in Bethel, an al fresco banquet buffet, wine and dessert will be served and guests will gather in the restored barn for an intimate performance of chamber music for harpsichord, soprano, cello and flutes, after supper. Soprano Szilvia Schranz, harpsichordist Kenneth Hamrick, flutists Judith Pearce & Immanuel Davis, and cellist Käthe Jarka will play music by Rameau, Roussel, Bach and Rossini. Reservations are required for the event. Admission is $50 per person, and funds raised will help support the non-profit organization’s coaching work with Sullivan County high school youth in their chamber music and band programs, and WCM’s Memory Project,© a community-wide partnership between WCM, the Liberty Museum and Arts Center and county high schools. Call 845-932-8414 or 845-932-8527 for reservations and directions.
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