2016-2017 Season
Concordia ChamberFest 2016
September 16–18th, 2016
Featuring seven extraordinary musicians:
Anna Polonsky – Piano, Romie de Guise-Langlois – Clarinet, Philippe Djokic u0026amp; Emily Daggett-Smith – Violin,
Molly Carr u0026amp; Juan-Miguel Hernandez – Viola, Michelle Djokic – Cello
Friday evening, September 16
7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
“Oh Gesualdo, Divine Tormentor” — Bruce Adolphe
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581 — Wolfgang A. Mozart
String Quintet in C major, Opus 29 — Ludwig van Beethoven
Includes cocktail reception
Saturday, September 17
10:30 am – 1:00 pm u0026amp; 2:00 –5:00 pm
Open Rehearsals
Sunday afternoon, September 18
3 pm (doors open at 2:30pm)
Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapunctus I-IV (for string quartet) — Johann S. Bach
Sextet — Aaron Copland
Piano Quartet in Eb Major, Opus 47 — Robert Schumann
The Barn at Glen Oaks Farm
6871 Upper York Road
Solebury, PA 18963
October 23, 2016
Trinity Episcopal Church, Solebury
3:00 PM
String Trio in G Major
Ernest J. Moeran
Sonata No. 3 for cello and piano
Bohuslav Martinu
Piano Quartet in D minor
William Walton
The first of our subscription series concerts explores works that you rarely have a chance to hear in live performance. We will present the charming String Trio in G major of Ernest J. Moeran, who is considered one of the great unsung heroes of English music of his period. A contemporary of Moeran’s and a fellow countryman, William Walton, in his youth, composed his only piano quartet using his unique voice, but later revised the work in the version you will hear. These two English works will bookend the Sonata No. 3 by Bohuslav Martinu for cello and piano.
Susan Langlas Grace – piano, Daniel Phillips – violin, Toby Appel – viola, Michelle Djokic – cello
Annual Winter Gala
Cradle Valley Farm
6454 Meetinghouse Road
New Hope, PA 18938
The Mads Men Program for Jazz Trio
with Mads Tolling
and joined by Dan Tepfer on piano and Sam Bevan on upright bass
January 13, 2017
7 pm
We are very excited to bring to you the two-time Grammy winning violinist, Mads Tolling and his Mads Men. This fun and eclectic program recalls music from the 1960s Mad Men era. Swing with Mads in the warmth of Cradle Valley Farm while enjoying sumptuous delights, all in the company of friends.
February 26, 2017
Trinity Episcopal Church, Solebury
3:00 PM
String Quartet No. 2, “Company”
Phillip Glass
String Quartet in G minor, Opus 10
Claude Debussy
String Quintet in E-flat Major, Opus 97, “American”
Antonin Dvorák
The second concert is all things strings! We open the program with the String Quartet No. 2 of Phillip Glass, composed as incidental music for the dramatization of Samuel Beckett’s prose poem, “Company”. As with many string quartets, you will hear a very personal and intimate voice of the composer. We will also tackle the G minor String Quartet of Claude Debussy, the only quartet he composed and one of the staples of the repertoire. This concert closes with Dvorák’s String Quintet in Eb Major composed right after he finished his famous American String Quartet. Its flavor is equally enticing, full of Bohemian idioms with American inspiration!
Francisco Fullana, Emily Daggett-Smith – violin, Mark Holloway, Sharon Wei – viola, Michelle Djokic – cello
April 23, 2017
Trinity Episcopal Church, Solebury
3:00 PM
Meditation and Processional for viola and piano
Ernest Bloch
Piano Quartet in C minor
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 15
Bedrich Smetana
Our final subscription concert reveals much soul searching by our composers. To open the program, Ernest Bloch’s Meditation and Processional for viola and piano reveals his deeply soulful Jewish identity. Following, we present Bedrich Smetana’s Piano Trio in G minor written after the tragic death of his daughter from scarlet fever, revealing both the pain he felt at the loss while imbuing the piece with memories of the innocence of his daughter’s childhood. Closing this program will be one of Johannes Brahms’s greatest chamber works, the Piano Quartet in C minor, Opus 60. This was written during the time that Brahms lived with and cared for Clara Schumann while her husband, Robert Schumann, was in a mental asylum. Brahms’s constant struggle with his deep love of Clara while remaining loyal to his great friend and colleague, Schumann, caused much soul searching. Referred to as the “Werther” Quartet, Brahms himself attributed the inspiration for the work to Goethe’s romantic hero of unrequited love who eventually commits suicide. While this may all sound rather depressing, it is the most inspiring and heartfelt music imaginable.
John Novacek – piano, Carmit Zori – violin, Dimitri Murrath – viola, Michelle Djokic – cello
Saturday June 3 at 7:30 pm
Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary
64 Mercer Street, Princeton
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A Little Traveling Music for string trio
Aaron Jay Kernis
Piano Trio in D major, Opus 70 No. 1 “Ghost”
Beethoven
Piano Quartet in C minor, Opus 13
Richard Strauss
Emily Daggett-Smith – violin, Michelle Djokic – cello, Ayane Kozasa – viola, William Wolfram – piano