Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: 2009-2010 Season

Past Events

• Australian Chamber Orchestra

  Tue., Sep. 29, 2009, 7:30 PM
  The acclaimed Australian Chamber Orchestra, led by Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, performs works by Handel, Bartók, Paganini, Vine, Elgar, and Ravel.

• Australian Chamber Orchestra

  Wed., Sep. 30, 2009, 7:30 PM
  Known for energetic performances, the Australian Chamber Orchestra presents an eclectic program with works by Pink Floyd, Shostakovich, and more.

• American Brass Quintet

  Tue., Oct. 6, 2009, 7:30 PM
  Celebrating 50 amazing years of performance, the American Brass Quintet continues its crusade as the "high priests of brass" (Newsweek) with a program that includes music written for them by Joan Tower, and more.

• Christopher Taylor, piano

  Wed., Oct. 14, 2009, 7:30 PM
  Renowned pianist Christopher Taylor returns to play Bach's Goldberg Variations on a special instrument that combines the harpsichord's ability to double its keyboard with the sonority of a modern Steinway.

• Zukerman ChamberPlayers

  Tue., Nov. 17, 2009, 7:30 PM
  Led by the great Pinchas Zukerman, the Zukerman ChamberPlayers return accompanied by Canadian pianist Angela Cheng in a program that includes a beloved Brahms Piano Quartet and the "FAE" violin and piano sonata composed by Schumann, Brahms, and Dietrich.

• Vogler String Quartet

  Thu., Nov. 19, 2009, 7:30 PM
  "Delivering everything we can ask of chamber music" (The Washington Post), Berlin's Vogler String Quartet celebrates 25 years with a program centered around a lost generation of Jewish composers living in Russia.

• Trio Solisti

  Thu., Dec. 3, 2009, 7:30 PM
  In commemoration of the 200^th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, the "consistently brilliant…dangerous and radical" (The New York Times) Trio Solisti presents one of Mendelssohn's most lauded works, Trio No. 2.

• The Waverly Consort

  Wed., Dec. 16, 2009, 7:30 PM
  Returning for another performance of The Christmas Story, The Waverly Consort's eight singers and five instrumentalists recount the events of Christmas with the timeless spirit of medieval church dramas.

• Steven Isserlis, cello & Kirill Gerstein, piano

  Wed., Jan. 6, 2010, 7:30 PM
  Cellist Stephen Isserlis performs in recital with pianist Kirill Gerstein in a program that includes Isserlis's own transcription of Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 3.

• East Coast Chamber Orchestra

  Sun., Feb. 14, 2010, 7:30 PM
  The youthful, energetic East Coast Chamber Orchestra's program covers a wide variety of classical music with works by Purcell, Elgar, Britten, Villa-Lobos, and Tchaikovsky.

• Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

  Sun., Feb. 28, 2010, 7:30 PM
  Enjoy a night of Schubert from the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, hailed by the New York Times as "one of the best-blended, most sensitive, and intelligent piano trios in the world today."

• Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano

  Wed., Apr. 21, 2010, 7:30 PM
  Performing as part of Joyful Sounds: Gospel Across America, mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson "endows everything she sings with uncommon intelligence" (San Francisco Chronicle).

• Escher String Quartet

  Mon., Apr. 26, 2010, 7:30 PM
  The exuberant Escher String Quartet returns for a night of Bartók, Brahms, and Beethoven, demonstrating what the San Francisco Chronicle calls "ripe tonal balances with the kind of heedless intensity that comes with youth."

• Christine Brewer, soprano, with Craig Rutenberg, piano

  Fri., May 7, 2010, 7:30 PM
  In association with the Vocal Arts Society's America Sings Festival, renowned American soprano Christine Brewer and pianist Craig Rutenberg present a recital featuring songs by Richard Strauss, Joseph Marx, Richard Hundley, and others.

• Jennifer Koh, violin & Thomas Sauer, piano

  Sun., May 9, 2010, 7:30 PM
  Virtuoso violinist Jennifer Koh, who plays with "energy and velvety richness" (The New York Times), returns to the Kennedy Center with pianist Thomas Sauer for a performance that is equal parts experimentation and standard repertory.
  

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