2008-2009 Sixteenth Season
Concert Series at the Harwood Museum of Art
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Point Counterpoint
Saturday, October 4, 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 5, 5:30 pm
TCMG's season opens with an eclectic - and electric - program of music! Two works, Steve Reich's Vermont Counterpoint and Pierre Boulez's Anthèmes 2, feature recorded sound combined with live performance. Edie Hill's evocative Land Meeting Sky: Four Musical Sketches of New Mexico's Landscape will be given its New Mexico premiere with Hill in residence. Bohuslav Martinu's rollicking Madrigal for flute, violin and piano and Maurice Ravel's riveting Trio for violin, cello and piano round out the program.
Spaces In Between
Saturday, November 15, 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 16, 5:30 pm
Carrying on its tradition of unique collaborations, TCMG joins forces with ZoukFest founder Roger Landes for concerts that explore the intersection of global and classical music. Highlights include the New Mexico premiere of In Blue Spaces for bouzouki, piano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello by Paul Elwood, Rhonda Larson's Celtic -
flavored Lughnasa, and compositions inspired by the traditional music of the Balkans, Middle East, Spain and India. Opening the program will be an unusual setting of a Handel Flute Sonata, and the concert concludes with Brahms' poignant Piano Quartet in C minor.
Baroque Again
Saturday, December 13, 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 14, 5:30 pm
In a twist on TCMG's popular annual Baroque program, works by Bach, Telemann, Corelli and Handel will be presented alongside 20th century reinventions of the Baroque genre. Henry Cowell's Quartet for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord and South African composer Kevin Volans' Walking Song for flute, harpsichord and hand-clappers redefine the meaning of Baroque in these sparkling holiday performances. Saturday's concert follows the magical "Lighting of Ledoux Street."
Something Old, Something New
Saturday, January 24, 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 25, 5:30 pm
A mélange of musical styles in a variety
of different settings, this program includes a sterling example of Classical genius, Beethoven's Piano Trio in Eb Major, op. 70 no. 2, Impressionist depictions of ancient Greece in Debussy's timeless Épigraphes Antiques, and Ardent, an explosive recent work by British composer Graham Fitkin for marimba, piano, flute, clarinet, violin and cello. In addition the photography of Geraint Smith will be accompanied by Arvo Pärt's meditative Mirrors in the Mirror, arranged for alto flute and marimba.
From Russia with Love
Saturday, March 14, 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 15, 5:30 pm
A Taos treasure, pianist Robert McDonald - who usually frequents the area in the summers - will appear in this program of music from Russia, colored by a bit of romance from France. Cellist Sally Guenther joins McDonald for Rachmaninoff's monumental Sonata, opus 19 for cello and piano; flutist Nancy Laupheimer will play a folksy Sonata for flute and piano by Georgian composer Otar Taktakishvili; and the trio comes together for Philippe Gaubert's luxuriant Pièce Romantique. In addition, McDonald will be featured in Gabriel Fauré's eloquent Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Major, opus 63 for solo piano.
Traveling Music
Saturday, May 16, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 17, 5:30 pm
With Gustav Mahler's poetic Songs of a Wayfarer - performed by magnificent mezzo-soprano Kirsten Lear and her husband pianist Robert Tweten -
setting the theme, TCMG embarks on a program of music that includes John Corigliano's Voyage for flute and piano, Toru Takemitsu's Itinerant for solo flute, Frank Martin's Trois Chants de Noël for mezzo-soprano, flute and piano and Franz Schubert's elegant Trio in Bb Major for violin, cello and piano.
“One of the great |
“Silken ensemble playing |
“Depth, vitality |
“A remarkable concert |
TAOS CHAMBER MUSIC GROUP
591 Piedmont Road
Taos, NM 87571
nancy@taoschambermusicgroup.org
Call 575-758-0150 for further concert information.
Call 575-758-9826 for ticket information at the Harwood.