For 28 years, Market Square Concerts has been dedicated to the presentation of a wide repertoire of chamber music performed by distinguished professional artists, both established and emerging, and to the education and engagement of the general public in chamber music as an art form. With an annual summer festival and six concerts in the regular season, Market Square Concerts presents premieres of newly composed music as well as the monumental works from the most revered composers from the past and present.
Wednesday, March 24Claire Chase | Jacob Greenberg8pm_Whitaker Center
Wednesday, March 24
Claire Chase | Jacob Greenberg
8pm_Whitaker Center
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Coming soon: PartheniaSat Apr 24_8pm>Market Square Church
Coming soon: Parthenia
Sat Apr 24_8pm>Market Square Church
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The rescheduled CD release performance by Zuill Bailey!Wed, May 10, 6pm Midtown Scholar Bookstore
The rescheduled CD release performance by Zuill Bailey!
Wed, May 10, 6pm Midtown Scholar Bookstore
SummerMusic2010>July 21, 24-25Dine with the artists Fri. July 23
SummerMusic2010>July 21, 24-25
Dine with the artists Fri. July 23
Wednesday, July 22
Market Square Church, 6pm
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quartet Op. 18 #5
LEONE SINIGAGLIA: 12 Variations on a Theme of Schubert
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet
Fry Street Quartet
Stuart Malina, piano
Gerard Reuter, oboe
Saturday, July 25
Glen Allen Mill, 8pm
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quartet Op. 18 #4
CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER: Rhapsodies
ERNEST CHAUSSON: Concerto in D for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
Odin Rathnam, violin
Michael Sheppard, piano
Sunday, July 26
Glen Allen Mill, 4pm
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Oboe dAmore Concerto in A, BWV 1055
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quartet Op. 18 #2
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Trout Quintet
Donovan Stokes, bass
This year’s festival honors the memory of Dr. Jason Litton, who for many years was president of the board of Market Square Concerts and had a strong association with its Summermusic Festival. The festival is partially underwritten by contributions received from the Jason Litton Memorial Fund and Linda Litton. Corporate Sponsor for the 2009 Summermusic Festival is The Novinger Group. Season sponsor is Capital Blue Cross. Market Square Concerts receives support from the Cultural Enrichment Fund and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Market Square Concerts is a resident company of the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts.
This year’s festival honors the memory of Dr. Jason Litton, who for many years was president of the board of Market Square Concerts and had a strong association with its Summermusic Festival.
The festival is partially underwritten by contributions received from the Jason Litton Memorial Fund and Linda Litton.
Corporate Sponsor for the 2009 Summermusic Festival is The Novinger Group. Season sponsor is Capital Blue Cross. Market Square Concerts receives support from the Cultural Enrichment Fund and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Market Square Concerts is a resident company of the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Quartet Op. 18 No. 3BELA Bartók: Quartet No. 1FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in A minor Op. 13 No. 2
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Quartet Op. 18 No. 3
BELA Bartók: Quartet No. 1
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in A minor Op. 13 No. 2
Parker String QuartetSun Oct 11_4pm>Whitaker Center
Parker String Quartet
Sun Oct 11_4pm>Whitaker Center
Market Square Concerts is proud to be a partner in presenting the most recent young quartet to win the important Cleveland Quartet Award. The New York Times calls the Parker Quartet something extraordinary. The Boston Globe hails their fiercely committed performances. The Washington Post declares them a quartet that deserves close attention. Just three months after winning the 2005 Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Quartet captured First Prize and the Mozart Prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, sparking international acclaim.
Market Square Concerts is proud to be a partner in presenting the most recent young quartet to win the important Cleveland Quartet Award.
The New York Times calls the Parker Quartet something extraordinary. The Boston Globe hails their fiercely committed performances. The Washington Post declares them a quartet that deserves close attention. Just three months after winning the 2005 Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Quartet captured First Prize and the Mozart Prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, sparking international acclaim.
Program notes
Concert Sponsor:
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IGOR STRAVINSKY: Suite Italienne for Cello and PianoFELIX MENDELSSOHN: Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 2 in D majorJOHANNES BRAHMS: Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Suite Italienne for Cello and Piano
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 2 in D major
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major
Zuill Bailey | Robert KoenigTues Nov 17_8pm>Whitaker Center
Zuill Bailey | Robert Koenig
Tues Nov 17_8pm>Whitaker Center
“A triple threat of gifts of splendid virtuosity, elegant technique and theatrical flair” (San Francisco Sentinel) characterizes this charismatic cellist."Heartstopping"- Toronto Globe "Bristles with rare virtuosic fire"- Chicago Tribune "Nothing short of transcendent"- Buffalo News
“A triple threat of gifts of splendid virtuosity, elegant technique and theatrical flair” (San
Francisco Sentinel) characterizes this charismatic cellist.
"Heartstopping"- Toronto Globe
"Bristles with rare virtuosic fire"- Chicago Tribune
"Nothing short of transcendent"- Buffalo News
Mid Penn Bank
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: String QuartetJENNIFER HIGDON: ImpressionsSAMUEL BARBER: String Quartetwith composer Jennifer Higdon
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: String Quartet
JENNIFER HIGDON: Impressions
SAMUEL BARBER: String Quartet
with composer Jennifer Higdon
Cypress String QuartetSat Jan 23_8pm>Temple Ohev Sholom
Cypress String Quartet
Sat Jan 23_8pm>Temple Ohev Sholom
Jennifer Higdon’s “Impressions” was commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet in response to Debussy’s String Quartet. She will talk about that process and both quartets will be performed by this renowned San Francisco-based quartet.
Jennifer Higdon’s “Impressions” was
commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet
in response to Debussy’s String Quartet. She will talk about that process and both quartets will be performed by this renowned San Francisco-based quartet.
GRAMOPHONE Recording of the Year 2009 - "Wonderous artistry ..."
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Lois Lehrman Grass
COLIN JACOBSEN: Achille's HeelLydia's ReflectionSecond BounceLovelandShur LandingPHILIP GLASS: String Quartet #2, ‘Company’LISA BIELAWA: New Commission WorkDMITRI YANOV-YANOVSKY: Lacrymosa (w. L. Bielawa, voice)FRANZ SCHUBERT: String Quartet in d minor ‘Death and the Maiden’with composer and soprano Lisa Bielawa
COLIN JACOBSEN: Achille's Heel
Lydia's Reflection
Second Bounce
Loveland
Shur Landing
PHILIP GLASS: String Quartet #2, ‘Company’
LISA BIELAWA: New Commission Work
DMITRI YANOV-YANOVSKY: Lacrymosa (w. L. Bielawa, voice)
FRANZ SCHUBERT: String Quartet in d minor
‘Death and the Maiden’
with composer and soprano Lisa Bielawa
Brooklyn RiderSat Feb 20_8pm>Market Square Church
Brooklyn Rider
Sat Feb 20_8pm>Market Square Church
This quartet is made up of players in the acclaimed Silk Road ensemble. They will play an extremely varied program with soprano Lisa Bielawa, the 2009 winner of the Rome Prize in musical composition.
This quartet is made up of players in the acclaimed Silk Road ensemble.
They will play an extremely varied program with soprano Lisa Bielawa, the 2009 winner of the Rome Prize in musical composition.
Check out Lisa Bielawa's most-cool blog, written for WQXR, the classical music station of New York City.
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J. S. BACH: Sonata in E major, BWV 1035
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Three Romances for Flute and Piano
FRANCO DONATONI: Fili for Flute and Piano
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Chants de Bilitis
PIERRE BOULEZ: Sonatina (1947)
J. S. BACH/SALVATORE SCIARRINO: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. 1993 for solo amplified flute)
Claire Chase | Jacob GreenbergWed Mar 24_8pm>Whitaker Center
Wed Mar 24_8pm>Whitaker Center
Claire Chase won first prize in the 2008 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. She is “indefatigable” (Time Out Chicago), a passionate performer and innovator who creatively links traditional, contemporary and experimental music.
Claire Chase won first prize in the 2008 Concert Artists Guild International Competition.
She is “indefatigable” (Time Out Chicago),
a passionate performer and innovator who creatively links traditional, contemporary and experimental music.
Strokoff & Cowden, P.C.
“WHEN MUSICKE AND SWEETE POETRY AGREE”SHAKESPEARE, DONNE AND THEIR ELIZABETHAN MUSICAL CONTEMPORARIES
“WHEN MUSICKE AND SWEETE POETRY AGREE”
SHAKESPEARE, DONNE
AND THEIR ELIZABETHAN MUSICAL CONTEMPORARIES
Parthenia>Paul Hecht | Jacqueline HornerSat Apr 24_8pm>Market Square Church
Parthenia>
Paul Hecht | Jacqueline Horner
“One of the brightest lights in New York’s earlymusic scene” (The New Yorker), this dynamic ensemble explores the extraordinary repertoire for viols from Elizabethan England. Actor Paul Hecht and mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Horner set the scene on this eve of Shakespeare’s birthday.
“One of the brightest lights in New York’s early
music scene” (The New Yorker), this dynamic ensemble explores the extraordinary repertoire for viols from Elizabethan England.
Actor Paul Hecht and mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Horner set the scene on this eve of Shakespeare’s birthday.
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For other ticketing information call 717 221-9599Tickets are not refundable, but are interchangeable for all concerts of the 2009-10 SEASON.Open seating for all performances• • •
For other ticketing information call 717 221-9599
Tickets are not refundable, but are interchangeable for all concerts of the 2009-10 SEASON.
Open seating for all performances
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Parking for Market Square Church is available in theMarket Square Garage adjacent to the church at Second and Chestnut Streets. Handicapped access is available from the second level of the garage.
Parking for Market Square Church is available in the
Market Square Garage adjacent to the church at Second and Chestnut Streets. Handicapped access is available from the second level of the garage.
Parking for Whitaker Center is available in the Walnut Street Garage. Whitaker Center is accessed from the Strawberry Arcade level of the elevator. Handicapped access is available from the elevator on all levels of Whitaker Center.
Parking for Temple Ohev Sholom is adjacent to the temple, which is located at 2345 Front Street. Handicapped access is available by elevator from the parking lot level on the south side of the Temple.
Parking for Temple Ohev Sholom is adjacent to the temple, which is located at 2345 Front Street.
Handicapped access is available by elevator from the parking lot level on the
south side of the Temple.
Soundscape is an exciting venture by Market Square Concerts initiated in the 2008-2009 season. Developed in collaboration with the Capital Area School for the Arts, students from middle school and high school are invited to an hour-long program featuring Market Square Artists in advance of their performances on the series. Local music scholars Dr. Truman Bullard and Dr. Richard Strawser work with CASA staff in developing multi-disciplinary curriculum-based materials, and these scholars are also available for additional preparatory sessions at participating schools. Soundscape In the 2008-2009 season featured the ensemble Antares, pianist Matthew Bengtson with composer Jeremy Gill, and violinist Maria Bachmann with pianist Jon Klibonoff. Students who attend the Soundscape program are offered free admission to the concert, with discounts for their accompanying parents. Soundscape is now a regular feature of Market Square Concerts, bringing young audiences to chamber music through an organized educational program. Three such programs have been planned for the upcoming season. Funds from The Wells Foundation have been committed to help support the 2009-10 Soundscape program.
Soundscape is an exciting venture by Market Square Concerts initiated in the 2008-2009 season. Developed in collaboration with the Capital Area School for the Arts, students from middle school and high school are invited to an hour-long program featuring Market Square Artists in advance of their performances on the series. Local music scholars Dr. Truman Bullard and Dr. Richard Strawser work with CASA staff in developing multi-disciplinary curriculum-based materials, and these scholars are also available for additional preparatory sessions at participating schools.
Soundscape In the 2008-2009 season featured the ensemble Antares, pianist Matthew Bengtson with composer Jeremy Gill, and violinist Maria Bachmann with pianist Jon Klibonoff. Students who attend the Soundscape program are offered free admission to the concert, with discounts for their accompanying parents.
Soundscape is now a regular feature of Market Square Concerts, bringing young audiences to chamber music through an organized educational program. Three such programs have been planned for the upcoming season. Funds from The Wells Foundation have been committed to help support the 2009-10 Soundscape program.
Market Square Concerts Executive Director Ellen Hughes has been a long-time advocate for chamber music. She served as Assistant Director of Market Square Concerts in the 1980s and served on its board before taking over from founder Lucy Miller Murray in 2009. Her career as a classical music host and producer began with her association in 1980 with Harrisburg’s volunteer-operated station WMSP, where she served as host and program director. In 1990 she began working at WITF, Harrisburg’s public radio and television affiliate. She hosted over 800 "castaways" as they spoke about their favorite music on Desert Island Discs. She also founded and directed the Next Generation Festival in 1997, a project that brought free chamber music to Central Pennsylvania for 10 years. She has had a long involvement as a board member of the New York-based MATA, an organization that supports and commissions music from young composers. She writes the Art & Soul column for Harrisburg’s Patriot News.
Ellen Hughes
Lucy Miller Murray, Founded Market Square Concerts and served as Director for 27 years before her retirement in 2009. Her commitment to new music and emerging artists balanced Market Square Concerts’ presentation of great traditional repertoire and internationally acclaimed ensembles and soloists. She continues in an advisory capacity and as program annotator for the series. She served as Vice President and board member of Chamber Muisc America. Her current chamber music associations, in addition to Market Square Concerts, include board membership of the Bard Music Festival, Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP) and Concert Artists Guild. Lucy Miller Murray is author of "Adams to Zemlinsky: A Guide to Selected Chamber Music". Her articles on music have been published in Chamber Music magazine, in Philadelphia Music Makers, and in the American Music Center’s online publication, New Music Box.
Lucy Miller Murray, Founded Market Square Concerts and served as Director for
27 years before her retirement in 2009. Her commitment to new music and emerging artists balanced Market Square Concerts’ presentation of great traditional repertoire and internationally acclaimed ensembles and soloists. She continues in an advisory capacity and as program annotator for the series. She served as Vice President and board member of Chamber Muisc America. Her current chamber music associations,
in addition to Market Square Concerts, include board membership of the Bard Music Festival, Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP) and Concert Artists Guild.
Lucy Miller Murray is author of "Adams to Zemlinsky: A Guide to Selected Chamber Music". Her articles on music have been published in Chamber Music magazine, in Philadelphia Music Makers, and in the American Music Center’s online publication,
New Music Box.
Lucy Miller Murray
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