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 DAEDALUS QUARTET with Bruce Adolphe
Saturday, October 11, 8pm
Market Square Church
Concert Sponsor: Strokoff and Cowden
Daedalus celebrates the 200th Haydn anniversary and a hilarious but thoughtful diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome in Beethoven’s “Serioso” Quartet with Bruce Adolphe, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Artistic and Education Advisor.
www.besenarts.com
“…polished and vigorous” The New York Times
“In the hands of such musicians, the future of chamber music looks sunshine bright.” Toronto Star
Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2
Bruce Adolphe, String Quartet No. 4, “Whispers of Mortality”
Beethoven, String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 |
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 ANTARES, Violin, Cello, Clarinet and Piano
Eric Riley, Organ
Saturday, November 1, 8pm
Market Square Church
Concert Sponsor: MCNEES, WALLACE & NURICK
Antares and Eric Riley celebrate the 100th anniversary of Olivier Messiaen.
www.samnyc.us
“…powerful, striking, and razor-sharp” Chicago Tribune
"…the gift of making whatever they’re playing seem the most important piece in the world” Gramophone
Stravinsky, L’Histoire du Soldat
Ravel, Piano Trio
Messiaen, Dieu Parmi Nous
Commentary by Amy Wlodarski
Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time |
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 ORCHESTRA 2001 James Freeman, Artistic Director
THE MUSIC OF GEORGE CRUMB
An 80th Birthday Celebration
Saturday, November 22, 8pm
Whitaker Center
Concert Sponsor: KEEFER, WOOD, ALLEN & RAHAL
Supported by PennPAT
Ann Crumb, soprano David Nelson, percussion
Randall Scarlata, baritone Angela Nelson, percussion
William Kerrigan, percussion Marcantonio Barone, piano
Susan Jones, percussion James Freeman, piano
Philadelphia’s prestigious chamber orchestra celebrates the music of George Crumb including the sixth and final of his American Songbooks premiered in Carnegie Hall on October 27, 2008. The program includes 125 percussion instruments!
www.orchestra2001.org
“…a beacon of pure artistic mission” Philadelphia Inquirer
Dream Sequence (Images II) (1976)
Night of the Four Moons (Texts by Federico García Lorca) (1969)
Voices from the Morning of the Earth (American Songbook VI) (2007)
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 MATTHEW BENGTSON, PIANIST
Sunday, January 25, 4pm
Whitaker Center
Concert Sponsor: MID PENN BANK Supported by PennPAT
Matthew Bengtson gives Market Square Concerts’ first presentation of the Bach’s monumental Goldberg Variations. He also performs a new work, composed in honor of Elliott Carter’s 100th birthday, by Jeremy Gill who was chosen as one of ten outstanding young composers to write a piece honoring Carter. technique.
” www.mattbengtson.com
“ ...a remarkable artist...big-boned pianism, rich tonal colors, and dazzling technique” American Record Guide
Scriabin, Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6
Jeremy Gill, Eliot Fragments (for Carter, 2007)
Luciano Berio, from Six Encores for Piano
Gyorgy Ligeti, from Etudes, Book 1
Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 |
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 MARIA BACHMANN, Violin
Jon Klibonoff, Piano
Saturday, February 28, 8pm
Whitaker Center
Concert Sponsor: Lois Lehrman Grass
Maria Bachmann gives the world premiere of a new work by Philip Glass, commissioned by Martin Murray in honor of Lucy Miller Murray.
www.mariabachmann.com
“A violinist of soul and patrician refinement” The New York Times
Philip Glass, Sonata for Violin and Piano
Full program TBA
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 DORIAN WIND QUINTET
Stuart Malina, Piano
Saturday, March 21, 8pm
Whitaker Center
Concert Sponsor: M&T Bank
The Dorian collaborates with Maestro Malina for a performance of Lee Hoiby’s Sextet for Winds and Piano.
www.dorianwindquintet.org
“…one of chamber music’s most sparkling and eloquent ensembles” Time Magazine
Franz Danzi, Quintet Op. 56, No. 1
Paquito D’Rivera, Aires Tropicales
Gyorgy Ligeti, Six Bagatelles
Lee Hoiby, Sextet for Winds and Piano
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 Guarneri String Quartet
Sunday, April 5, 4pm
Market Square Church
Concert Sponsor: PA Retina Consultants
This concert celebrates the conclusion of the Guarneri’s 45-year career and Lucy Miller Murray’s 27-year tenure as Founding Director of Market Square Concerts.
www.herbertbarrett.com
“…among the most revered and enduring ensembles of its kind in the world.” National Public Radio
Haydn, String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3, “Rider”
Kodály, String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
Ravel, String Quartet in F Major
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