Past Season: 2008-2009
Amelia Piano Trio -November 14
The Amelia Piano Trio is among the most exciting young chamber ensembles to appear in the last decade. Making their mark by commissioning new works, such as Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison's new piano trio, as well as by performing vivid interpretations of traditional chamber fare, the Amelia Piano Trio have quickly become one of the world's most sought-after ensembles. Called "remarkable" by Strings and "exemplary" by The Strad, in its short history the Amelia has been Grand Prize-winner at the Yellow Springs National Competition and recipient of the prestigious ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. In 2003 the Trio was asked by National Public Radio to be the Young Ensemble-in-Residence. This exciting week of live concerts and interviews put the Amelia firmly in the foreground of classical music in America, reaching an estimated 1.5 million listeners. Performing fifteen works that spanned the centuries, the Amelia forged a lasting relationship with NPR. In October 2006 the Trio was featured on Chicago's WFMT in live broadcast performances of the complete Beethoven Trios. The Amelia will perform three piano trios never before heard on our Series: an early work by Claude Debussy (Trio in G Major), Henry Cowell's Four Combinations for Three Instruments, and Sergei Rachmaninov's beloved Trio No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9, "Elegiaque."
Aulos Ensemble Biography
Formed in 1973 by five Juilliard graduates, the Aulos Ensemble was at the forefront of a movement that was to capture the imagination of the American listening public. In 1978 with the release of their recording, "Masterpieces of the High Baroque", Aulos' reputation for exhilarating performances informed with scholarly insight was firmly established. In those groundbreaking years, the group's innovative programming featured a blend of flute, oboe, violin, cello, and harpsichord, later adding a viola da gamba. With its conservatory-based training, Aulos brought an uncompromising standard of excellence in performance that resulted in invitations from virtually all of this country's major chamber music presenters. This exposure helped create a new audience awareness for the rich rewards of this repertoire performed on ‘period instruments' and comments such as "scintillating," "virtuosic," and "authentic baroque performance at its best" from America's most respected music critics.
Talich Quartet Program Feb. 20
The Talich Quartet
Jan Talich, violin
Petr Macecek, violin
Vladimir Bukac, viola
Petr Prause, cello
Aulos Program Sept. 26
The Aulos Ensemble
Christopher Krueger, flauto traverso
Marc Schachman, baroque oboe
Linda Quan, baroque violin
Myron Lutzke, baroque cello
Arthur Haas, harpsichord
"Gold and Glitter: From Venice to Versailles"
The Ying Quartet Program May 20
The Ying Quartet
Timothy Ying, violin
Janet Ying, violin
Phillip Ying, viola
David Ying, cello
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