Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival

31st SEASON OF CAPE COD CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL SET FOR AUGUST AT FIVE VENUES

Headliners Include Tokyo, Borromeo, and Fry Street Quartets, Plus Jon Nakamatsu, Jon Manasse, Paquito D’Rivera,
and Composer in Residence Lowell Liebermann

200th Birthdays of Composers Chopin and Schumann to be Celebrated

North Eastham, Massachusetts, April 12, 2010—The 31st season of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival will kick off on August 2, and run through August 20, at five dispersed venues.

“Following last summer’s stellar season – which broke attendance records! – we are excited with the prospects of another remarkable season, that will build on previous successes, and strive for new ones,” said Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse, who are returning for their fourth season as artistic directors. “We will be bringing back the acclaimed Tokyo String Quartet, composer/clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera – who will be reprising his stunning 30th season commissioned work, ‘The Cape Cod Files’ – and an artist roster of Festival favorites, including Amit Peled, Matthew Dine, Maria Bachmann, Bion Tsang, Carmit Zori, and Julian Schwarz.


“We will also be introducing exceptional new elements to the Festival,” the artistic directors continued. “For example, we will be showcasing the renowned pianist/composer Lowell Liebermann – a participant in earlier Festivals – as composer (and performer) in residence during the first week; and we will be hosting the Festival debuts of violinist Elmar Oliveira, and the Fry Street Quartet. In addition, throughout the Festival, we will be offering works by Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann in commemoration of their 200th birthdays, as well as diverse and distinctive pieces by other composers both familiar and less so.”

The concerts will be performed in five different venues – from Provincetown to Cotuit – to assure maximum accessibility to audiences throughout Cape Cod. Venues include: Provincetown Art Association Museum, First Congregational Church (Wellfleet), First Congregational Church (Chatham), Dennis Union Church, and Cotuit Center for the Arts.

The complete Festival schedule is as follows:

Monday, August 2: First Congregational Church, Wellfleet, 8 p.m. Jon Nakamatsu, piano; The Tokyo String Quartet (Martin Beaver, violin; Kikuei Ikeda, violin; Kazuhide Isomura, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello).
Program: Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, D. 87
Bartok: String Quartet No. 4
Brahms: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F Minor, Opus 34

Tuesday, August 3: Cotuit Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. Matthew Dine, oboe; Carmit Zori, violin; Robert Rinehart, viola; Bion Tsang, cello; Alan Hamilton, piano (Sam Sanders Award winner).
Program: Schumann: Romances for Oboe and Piano, Opus 94
Klughardt: Schilflieder, Opus 28 (Five Fantasy Pieces after Lenau’s
Poems for Piano, Oboe, and Viola)
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Opus 26

Wednesday, August 4: First Congregational Church, Chatham, 8 p.m. Carmit Zori, violin; Bion Tsang, cello; Lowell Liebermann, piano; Jon Nakamatsu, piano.
Program: Liebermann: Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Opus 61 (1998)
Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor for Piano Four Hands, Opus 103 (D940)
Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Opus 63

Friday, August 6: First Congregational Church, Wellfleet, 8 p.m. Carmit Zori, violin; Julian Schwarz, cello; Lowell Liebermann, piano.
Program: Beethoven: Duo No. 1 in C Major for Violin and Cello, WoO 27
Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007
Copland: Sonata for Violin and Piano (1942-43)
Liebermann: Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Opus 77 (2001)

Sunday, August 8: First Congregational Church, Chatham, 4 p.m. Amit Peled, cello; Jon Manasse, clarinet; Jon Nakamatsu, piano.
Program: Schumann: Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 73
Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in A Major for Cello and Piano, Opus 69
Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Opus 58

Monday, August 9: Provincetown Art Association Museum, 8 p.m. The Fry Street Quartet (William Fedkenheuer, violin; Rebecca McFaul, violin; Bradley Ottesen, viola; Anne Francis, cello).
Program: Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, Opus 18, No. 3
Dohnányi: Serenade in C Major for String Trio, Opus 10
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F Minor, Opus 80

Tuesday, August 10: Cotuit Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. Lara Nie, mezzo-soprano; Amit Peled, cello; Noreeen Polera, piano.
Program: Mozart: Five Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Chopin: Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Opus 65
Brahms: Two Songs for Voice, Cello, and Piano, Opus 91
Tsintsadze: Five Folk Pieces for Cello and Piano (1950)

Thursday, August 12: Dennis Union Church, 8 p.m. The Fry Street Quartet (William Fedkenheuer, violin; Rebecca McFaul, violin; Bradley Ottesen, viola; Anne Francis, cello).
Program: Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, Opus 18, No. 3
Dohnányi: Serenade in C Major for String Trio, Opus 10
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F Minor, Opus 80

Tuesday, August 17: Cotuit Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. The Borromeo String Quartet (Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Kristopher Tong, violin; Mai Motobuchi, viola; Yeesun Kim, cello).
Program: Bach: Fugue in E-flat Major for Organ (“St. Anne”), BWV 522 (arranged
for string quartet by Nicholas Kitchen)
Brewbaker: String Quartet No. 2 (“Dance for my Fathers”)
Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Opus 127

Wednesday, August 18: First Congregational Church, Chatham, 8 p.m. Elmar Oliveira, violin; Maria Bachmann, violin; Mai Motobuchi, viola; Rafael Figueroa, cello; Noreen Polera, piano; Jon Nakamatsu, piano.
Program: Mozart: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in F Major for Violin, Viola, and Cello,
KV 404a
Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, M. 8
Fauré: Quartet No. 2 in G Minor for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano,
Opus 45

Thursday, August 19: Dennis Union Church, 6 p.m. A performance by accomplished student ensembles through a Cape Cod-based outreach program. Program to be announced.

Friday, August 20: First Congregational Church, Wellfleet, 8 p.m. Elmar Oliveira, violin; Maria Bachmann, violin; Rafael Figueroa, cello; Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet; Jon Manasse, clarinet; Alex Brown, piano; Jon Nakamatsu, piano.
Program: Adventures Concert: ‘Paquito Returns!’
Mozart: Sonata in B-flat Major for Violin and Piano, K. 378
Chopin: Trio in G Minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Opus 8
D’Rivera: The Cape Cod Files (commissioned by the Cape Cod Chamber
Music Festival on its 30th Anniversary, 2009)
D’Rivera: ‘Paquito and Friends’ (individual works announced from stage)

Unless otherwise specified (in italics), ticket prices for all concerts are as follows:

Orders received on or before June 30: $32 general admission; $15 for college students (with ID); FREE for attendees 18 and under. General admission to three or more concerts: $30 per ticket. Tokyo String Quartet: $45 (whether individually purchased or as part of the three-concert package).

Orders received on or after July 1: $35 general admission; $15 for college students (with ID); FREE for attendees 18 and under. General admission to three or more concerts: $33 per ticket. Tokyo String Quartet: $50 (whether individually purchased or as part of the three-concert package).

Tickets to August 19 Student Concert: $15

For further information, please call 508/247-9400, or visit www.capecodchambermusic.org.