Peabody Trio

Also in this series:

• American String Quartet
  10/10/08

  Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 7 p.m.

  Peter Winograd, violin; Laurie Carney, violin; Daniel Avshalomov, viola; Wolfram Koessel, cello

  For their 32^nd Anniversary season, the American String Quartet presents a celebration of American music for string quartet. They have served as the resident quartet at the Aspen Music Festival since 1974 and the Manhattan School of Music since 1984, have performed in all 50 states, and appeared in virtually every important concert hall throughout the world. 

  Show #1: Friday, October 10th. The evening’s program includes CHADWICK, No. 4 in E Minor; SIROTA, Triptych; and DEBUSSY, G Minor, Op.10.
  
  Show #2: Saturday, October 11th. The evening’s program includes GRUENBERG, Diversions; COWELL, Mosaic Quartet; FINE, Quartet (1952); and DVORAK, F major, Op. 96, "American.”

  Two different programs on two different nights – we encourage you to reserve your seats now to both performances! The series package includes a ticket to both evening’s recitals!

  "The players seemed to have reached a new level of brilliance and assurance, tonal beauty and variety, and emotional freedom."
  - Strings Magazine

  Sponsored by Burr & Forman, The Birmingham News, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Viva Health.

• Peabody Trio
  01/11/09

  Violaine Melançon, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Seth Knopp, piano; with Composer and Narrator Harold Meltzer

  From appearances on NPR's Performance Today and Saint Paul Sunday Morning to performances at Tanglewood and Alice Tully Hall, the resident ensemble of Peabody Conservatory always brings to their music what The Washington Post calls "the romantic fervor of the 20^th Century greats." For this performance, composer Harold Meltzer, recipient of the 2004 Samuel Barber Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome, will narrate his chamber work, Sindbad.

  "Some of the most accomplished Beethoven Trio playing...heard in many a year" - Strad Magazine

  Sponsored by Lia and Rusty Rushton, The Birmingham News, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Viva Health.

• The Harlem Quartet, A Sphinx Ensemble
  02/05/09

  Ilmar Gavilan, violin; Melissa White, violin; Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola; Desmond Neysmith, cello

  Advancing diversity in classical music while engaging young and new audiences through varied repertoire with a focus on minority composers is the mission of this talented ensemble. The Quartet serves as principal faculty at the Sphinx Performance Academy in Massachusetts. In 2006 they debuted at Carnegie Hall and the Apollo Theatre to rave reviews. 

  "The Harlem Quartet played with panache." - The New York Times

  
   

  The evening’s program includes JOAQUIN TURINA, La Oracion del Torero (The Bullfighter’s Prayer); RAVEL, String Quartet in F Major; WYNTON MARSALIS, Selections from At the Octoroon Balls; and BILLY STRAYHORN, Take the “A” Train.

  Sponsored by The Birmingham News, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Viva Health.

• Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobson Fleisher
  03/29/09
  Birmingham Chamber Music Society Special Event!

  Birmingham Chamber Music Society Special Event!

  Shall We Dance

  Pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher will be joined by his wife Katherine Jacobson Fleisher, also an acclaimed pianist, for a special program entitled, "Shall We Dance." This historic performance will feature duet or "piano four-hand" and solo piano for the works of Schubert, Brahms, Ravel, and Dvorak. This performance is co-presented by the Birmingham Chamber Music Society and Alys Stephens Center, in collaboration with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.

  "A national treasure ... Mr. Fleisher's tenacity in a field enthralled with the next young virtuoso is a resounding endorsement of the power of perseverance." - The Baltimore Sun

  

  
  
  
  2 p.m., Pre-performance Free Prelude Music Discussion.
  Post-performance reception sponsored by Roederer Estate and International Wines.

  Sponsored by The Birmingham News, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Viva Health.