RCMF 25th Anniversary Season
A Celebration of Musical Anniversaries
W.A. Mozart (250th birthday); Robert Schumann (150th commemoration of his death); Dmitri Shostakovich (100th birthday)
WEEK I
Thursday, June 8 at 8PM *
Opening Night Gala Concert
Borromeo String Quartet; Edwin Barker, bass; members of Imani Winds
Mozart String Quartet; Schubert Octet in F major
Friday, June 9 at 8PM
New Century Saxophone Quartet
Selections from Bach’s Art of Fugue; world premiere of a new piece by David Lang, co-commissioned by RCMF, other selections TBA
Saturday, June 10 at 8PM
Biava String Quartet with Quynh Nguyen, piano
Mozart Adagio and Fugue for string quartet, K.404a; Stacy Garrop String Quartet No.2 Demons and Angels (2005) Mozart Piano Sonata TBA; Schumann piano Quartet in Eb, Op. 47
Sunday, June 11 5PM
The Boston Trio
Mozart Piano trio in B-flat major; Frank Martin Trio on Irish folk songs and Schumann (150th commemoration of composer’s death): Schumann Piano Trio in D minor
WEEK II
Thursday, June 15 at 8PM
Brentano String Quartet with Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Renaissance work TBA; Bartok Quartet No. 2; Mozart String Quintet in G minor.
Friday, June 16 at 8PM *
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Beethoven Sonata program I
Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, Tempest
Sonata No. 13 in E-flat, Op. 27, No. 1
Sonata No. 12 in A-flat, Op. 26, Funeral March
Sonata in F, Op. 10, No. 2
Saturday, June 17 at 8PM *
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Beethoven Sonata program II
Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3
Sonata No. 18 in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3
Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 14, No. 2
Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81a, Les Adieux
Sunday, June 18 at 5PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet, Rhonda Rider, cello, David Deveau, piano
World premiere of John Harbison’s new work for cello and piano; commissioned by RCMF in honor of its 25th Anniversary, Funded by the Jebediah Foundation Also: Borodin Nocturne for String Quartet; Schubert String Quintet in C major, D.956
Week III
Thursday, June 22 at 8PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet, Mia Chung, piano
Shostakovich String Quartets Nos. 8 and 9; Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op.44
Friday, June 23 at 8PM
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Works of Mozart, Liszt, Bartok, Poulenc, Ned Rorem, others
Saturday, June 24 at 8PM
Rockport High School Performing Arts Center
eighth blackbird
A program of new and recent works by this prizewinning sextet of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano. A ‘Do not miss’ spectacular event!
Sunday, June 25 at 5PM
Les Amies Carol Wincenc, flute; Nancy Allen, (principal harp, NY Philharmonic); Cynthia Phelps, (principal viola, NY Philharmonic)
Works by Debussy, Ibert, Ravel, others
Week IV
Wednesday, June 28 at 8PM
Special 25th Anniversary Event
RCMF Co-founders Lila Deis, soprano; David Alpher, piano and friends.
A Viennese Evening, with a nostalgic look back at RCMF’s beginnings
Thursday, June 29 at 8PM
David Alpher piano and composer; and Jennie Litt, vocals
A Cabaret Evening featuring songs of Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein
Friday, June 30 at 8PM
Andrew Rangell, piano and Friends
Janacek In the Mists for solo piano; Janacek Concertino for piano, clarinet, two violins, viola, horn and bassoon;
Saturday, July 1 at 8PM
Andres Cardenes, violin; Anne Martindale Williams, cello; David Deveau, piano Program TBA
Sunday, July 2 at 5PM*
Eroica Trio
All American program. Mark O’Connor Poets and Prophets, Ives Piano Trio; Gershwin Porgy and Bess Suite (all will be on ET’s next CD for EMI)
Special Events
Prelude Concert
June 4, 2006 at 5PM
Imani Winds
Rockport High School Performing Arts Center
Free concert as gift to the Rockport community, Music by Ravel, Piazzola, Lavista, others, sponsored by Private Bank of Bank of America
Saturday, June 10 at 10AM
New Century Saxophone Quartet
Free Family Concert sponsored by Rockport National Bank
Saturday, June 17 at 10AM
Andrew Rangell, pianist
Lecture- demonstration on Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Saturday, June 24 at 10AM
eighth blackbird discusses the music to be played on the 8PM concert
Unless otherwise noted, performances take place at the Rockport Art Association:
12 Main Street, Rockport, Massachusetts.
**This is a preliminary schedule, concerts and dates are subject to change.