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Vitality
A Baroque Thanksgiving

Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins in D Major

Telemann: Flute Suite in A minor

Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor

Telemann: Concerto for 4 Violas

Bach: Concerto for Violin in E Major

Soloists: Stephen Redfield,  violinist and leader of the ensemble; Karl Kraber flute; Douglas Harvey and Amy Levine Tsang, cellists; Rick Rowley, continuo

The joyous light-hearted music of the Baroque is a perfect accompaniment to a grand Thanksgiving weekend. You will be bouncing in your seat, if not dancing in the aisles on this evening of some of the most rhythmically riveting music ever written. The violins, violas and cellos appear in concertos written for each of their instruments.

Ear-tickling
Mix and Match

Kuhlau: Flute Quintet for Flute and Strings

Kodaly: Serenade for 2 Violins and Viola

Piazzola: Four for Tango

Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, opus 115

Karl Kraber, flute; Stephen Girko, clarinet; Stephen Redfield and Beth Girko, violins; Joan Kalisch, viola: Douglas Harvey, cello

A mixed bag of music that engages your aural sense continuously. Kuhlau’s enchanting melodies for flute and strings are followed by Kodaly’s folkloristic improvisational Hungarian-flavored music. Piazzola adds another dimension of rhythmic strength, and Brahms, in one of his last compositions, shows the master at his absolute best.

PROGRAM II

Vibrancy
Laurel Trio, guest artists

Kuhlau: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano

Turina: Piano Quartet

Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor

Joined by members of the Chamber Soloists Karl Kraber and Joan Kalisch, 
the Laurel Trio presents a program that demonstrates their dazzling musical versatility.

“A magnificent amalgam of lucid, glistening tonal brilliance, severely calibrated dynamics and elegant phrasing, The Laurel Trio seems destined to make a substantial contribution to the music of our time.”

Engaging
Musical Collaborations

Mozart: Quintet for French Horn and Strings  

Chaitkin: Concerto for Flute and Strings (1985)

Dvorak: Quintet with String Bass, opus 77

Thomas Hale, horn; Karl Kraber, flute; Jessica Mathaes and Elise Winters, violins; Joan Kalisch, viola; Douglas Harvey, cello; David Dawson, bass; Dan Welcher, conductor

A sandwich of the traditional with a contemporary filling - every piece, totally engaging music. David Chaitkin, who has won an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters among his many honors, wrote this work for Karl Kraber with a National Endowment for the Arts grant. We have chosen to surround his music with two favorite composers, Mozart and Dvorak.

Programs of the 2007-2008 season are funded and supported in part by the City of Austin,
under the auspices of the Austin Arts Commission, and by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Programs and artists are subject to change