June 8, 2009 A visit to Catfish Row re-imagined for the solo clarinet: Todd Palmer plays Three Etudeson Themes by George Gershwin. Plus a Haydn “London” trio and a Sonata for more than just a solo piano by Chopin.
June 5, 2009 From the Spoleto Chamber Music Series
Hear Tara Helen O'Connor (flute) and Alisa Weilerstein (cello) performing Brazillian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos' exotic Jet Whistle; and Weilerstein returns with Daniel Phillips (violin) and Hsin-Yun Huang (viola) for Beethoven's String Trio, Op. 9 No. 3. Then pianist Stephen Prutsman and violinist Livia Sohn team up to end the concert with an early Richard Strauss work, his Sonata for Violin & Piano, Op. 18.
June 4, 2009 The complete Wadsworth and Friends: A Musical Celebration, the Birthday Party/Tribute Concert recorded last Sunday evening from Memminger Auditorium in honor of Spoleto Chamber Music Artistic Director Charles Wadsworth. Musical selections include Bach’s Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, Ravel’s Pavane, and the concert finale performance of Franck's Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
June 3, 2009 Another complete concert from the 2009 Spoleto Chamber Music series. This time, enjoy a program that includes Mozart's masterful Quintet in G Minor, performed by the Saint Lawrence String Quartet, violist Hsin-Yun Huang and pianist Stephen Prutsman.
June 2, 2009
From the 2009 Spoleto Chamber Music Series 2009
BOTTESINI: Grand Duo Daniel Phillips, violin; Tony Manzo, double bass; Charles Wadsworth, piano
MOZART: Flute Quartet in G, K. 285a
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Daniel Philips, violin; Hsin-yun Huang, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello
RAVEL: String Quartet
St. Lawrence String Quartet
VITALI: Chaconne Sarah Chang
English Chamber Orchestra
NIELSEN: Woodwind Quintet, Op. 43 Mark Gainer, oboe; Jessica-Hull Dambuagh, flute; Charles Messersmith, clarinet; Christopher Sales, bassoon; Debra Sherrill, horn
June 1, 2009
from the Spoleto Chamber Music Series 2009
GOLIJOV: Omaramor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
TELEMANN: Concerto in G major for viola, strings, and continuo
Hsin-yun, Yuang, viola
St. Lawrence String Quartet
SCHUBERT: Das Hirt auf dem Felsen Courtenay Budd, soprano; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Charles Wadsworth, piano
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 9 in A for Violin & Piano, Op. 47
Chee-Yun, violin; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Lark Ascending
Sarah Chang, violin
London Philharmonic, Bernard Haitink
May 29, 2009 from Spoleto Chamber Music Series 2009, program 1
BACH: Trio in C Major, BWV 1037. Daniel Philips, violin; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Charles Wadsworth, harpsichord
BACH: Sheep May Safely Graze
SAINT-SAENS: Le Bonheur et chose legere
AMY BEACH: Chanson D’Amour Courtenay Budd, soprano; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Charles Wadsworth, piano; Chee-Yun, violin obbligato
CHAUSSON: Concerto for Violin, Piano, and Strings
Chee-Yun, violin; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
St. Lawrence String Quartet
BACH : Variations in the Italian manner
Enrique Graf, piano
LISZT: Totentanz Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, conductor
May 28, 2009
• Host Jennifer Foster brings you the College of Charleston's Taylor Festival Choir featured in this year's Piccolo Spoleto Choral Music Series
• You'll hear Scandinavian composer Bernard Crusell's Clarinet Quartet from the 2008 Spoleto Festival Chamber Music Series
• and don't miss Tuesday night's soaring performance of Bach's Christ Lag In Todesbanden by the Westminster Choir.
May 27, 2009 VIVALDI: Concerto for Violin, strings, etc., RV 766
L'Orfeo Ensemble di Spoleto
BEETHOVEN: Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Todd Palmer (clarinet), Eric Ruske (French horn), Peter Kolkay (bassoon),
Daniel Phillips (violin), Lesley Robertson (viola), Edward Arron (cello), Tony Monzo (bass)
SAINT-SAENS: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28 Sarah Chang, Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
BACH: English Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV 807 Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
CHARPENTIER: Depuis le Jour Anna Nebtrenko, Emmanuel Villaume, Prague Philharmonia & Choir DG 11/08
PIAZZOLLA: Bordel 1900
PIAZZOLLA: Night Club 1960 from Histoire du Tango Goran Sollscher, guitar; Patrick Gallois, flute DGG Piazzolla for Two
STRAUSS: Emperor Waltz Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor
May 26, 2009
Mozart/Triebensee: Harmoniemusik from Don Giovanni
Amadeus Ensemble; Julius Rudel, conductor
JAMES JOHNSON/ arr. FRACKENPOHL: Charleston (from Carolina Trio)
Carolina Brass
BACH: Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata No. 147 Spoleto Chamber Music:
Courtenay Budd, soprano; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Chee Yun, violin; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Charles Wadsworth, harpsichord
LALO: Symphonie Esapgnole: V: Finale
Chee-Yun, violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor DENON
HAYDN: String Quartet in C, Op. 54 No. 2
St. Lawrence String Quartet Spoleto Chamber Music Festival 2008
MENDELSSOHN: Variations Serieuses Enrique Graf, piano
arr. HALL JOHNSON: City Called Heaven
Mavis Martin, soprano, Jeffrey Kahane, piano Spoleto Festival USA CD (Musicmasters)
MOZART/TRIEBENSEE: Harmoniemusik from Don Giovanni
Amadeus Ensemble, Julius Rudel, conductor
arr. PAGET: One Hundred Roses: 7 Italian Serenades and Dances
Paula Robison, flute
Charleston Symphony Orchestra, David Stahl, conductor
VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in D "La Pastorella" Paula Robison, flute; Douglas Boyd, oboe; Joshua Bell, violin; David Finckel, cello; Ken Cooper, harpsichord Chamber music at the Dock Street Theatre
May 25, 2009
Michael Praetorious: Five Dance Movements - Branle gay, Branle double, Courante, Bouree, Spagnoletta Slokar Trombone Quartet; Branimir Slokar
Verdi, arr. Franz Liszt: Concert Paraphrase of Rigoletto Andrew von Oeyen, piano (live in concert in Washington, DC)
Handel: Organ Concerto in B-flat, Hwv 290 New Trinity Baroque, Brad Hughy, organ Edition Classico
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Enrique Graf, piano
Charleston Symphony Orchestra, David Stahl, conductor
Massenet: Meditation from Thais Sarah Chang, violin
Berlin Philharmonic, Placido Domingo, conductor "Fire and Ice" CD
Bach: Flute Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020
James Galway, flute; Christopher O'Riley, piano NPR Classics JS Bach in Performance
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63 Geoff Nuttall, violin; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Gershwin: Summertime
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
May 22, 2009
We’ll kick off the Year of the Trombone at Piccolo Spoleto with a great trombone concerto; A complete performance of Schubert’s Octet for winds and strings, one of the great Spoleto Chamber Music performances from the 2008 festival; And we’ll hear the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Enrique Graf play George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F.
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A visit to Catfish Row re-imagined for the solo clarinet: Todd Palmer plays Three Etudes on Themes by George Gershwin. Plus a Haydn “London” trio and a Sonata for more than just a solo piano by Chopin. 
The complete Wadsworth and Friends: A Musical Celebration, the Birthday Party/Tribute Concert recorded last Sunday evening from Memminger Auditorium in honor of Spoleto Chamber Music Artistic Director 
Another complete concert from the 2009 Spoleto Chamber Music series. This time, enjoy a program that includes Mozart's masterful Quintet in G Minor, performed by the Saint Lawrence String Quartet, violist Hsin-Yun Huang and pianist Stephen Prutsman.
BOTTESINI: Grand Duo
GOLIJOV: Omaramor 
HAYDN: String Quartet in C, Op. 54 No. 2 
