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Saturday, January 16, 2010
GARRICK OHLSSON
Piano     In Recital

Frédéric Chopin:
Nocturnes Op. 9, Nos. 1-3
Polonaises Op. 40, Nos. 1-2
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
Variations in B-flat Major, Op. 12
Mazurkas Op. 7, Nos. 1-3
Mazurka Op. 30, No. 4
Grande valse in A-flat Major, Op. 42
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

The year 2010 marks both the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth and the 40th anniversary of Garrick Ohlsson becoming the first American to win the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. In celebration, Ohlsson will perform an all-Chopin recital featuring the composer’s Piano Sonata No. 2, plus a selection of Nocturnes, Polonaises, Mazurkas and more.

Sponsor: Ruth McEwen

Co-Sponsor: Virginia Castagnola-Hunter

{2.}
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
JEANNE LAMON
Music Director
ALISON MACKAY
Concept & Musical Program
SEAN SMYTH  Narrator

The Galileo Project:
Music of the Spheres

In the year 1609 two exciting events took place in the city of Venice: the publication of Monteverdi’s Orfeo, and Galileo’s first public demonstration of the telescope from the tallest tower of the city. The worlds of astronomy and music were intertwined throughout the baroque period. Tafelmusik commemorates the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s achievement with this stellar concert – a soundscape of music and words from a time of discovery. Time travel with Tafelmusik to the baroque Italy of Monteverdi and Galileo; the England of Purcell and Isaac Newton; and the Germany of J.S. Bach and Maria Winkelmann Kirch. With works by Lully, Vincenzo Galilei (the father of Galileo), Rameau, Telemann and others; the program also features a narrator and visual projections.

Principal Sponsor: Dolores M. Hsu

Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Domenico Robusti painted c. 1605-07. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

CARTER BREY

CHRISTOPHER O'RILEY

{3.}
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
CARTER BREY  Cello
CHRISTOPHER
O'RILEY  Piano

Richard Strauss: Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major, Op. 6

Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 143

Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65

Carter Brey, Principal Cellist of the New York Philharmonic since 1996 and a winner of the Piatigorsky Prize, teams with pianist Christopher O’Riley, who was honored with awards at the Leeds, Van Cliburn and Busoni piano competitions. Brey and O’Riley, both recipients of Avery Fisher Career Grants, have collaborated in recordings and duo recitals for more than a decade.

Sponsor: Jeanne Thayer

Co-Sponsor:
Bitsy Becton Bacon/Becton Family Foundation
Co-Sponsor: Arthur R. Gaudi

{4.}
Thursday, March 18, 2010
HESPÈRION XXI
JORDI SAVALL  Director
MONTSERRAT FIGUERAS
Soprano

Lux Feminae (900-1600):
Seven Portraits of the Women in ancient Hesperia

Program of medieval- and renaissance-era songs and instrumentals: from anonymous Andalusian, Sephardic and Christian traditions; from the Codex de la Huelgas and Llibre Vermell de Montserrat; and by composers Beatriz de Dia, Martin Codax and Bartomeu Càrceres.

Lux Feminae is an homage to the light of Woman, exploring seven aspects of woman from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance: mysticism, sensuality, motherhood, love, lament, rejoicing and wisdom.

Sponsor: The CAMA Women's Board

MONTSERRAT FIGUERAS
D. Ignaszewski photo