We are thrilled to welcome you to our 34th Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival! During the first two weeks of June our internationally recognized Festival Artists will perform eight concerts featuring works from the 18th to the 21st centuries. We will hear romantic classics from Schumann, both Robert and Clara, bohemian elegance in three works from the great Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, plus Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Bartók and Bolcom. Music of Debussy and Ravel will showcase harp virtuoso June Han who will be with us for the first time.
The opening concert at Christ Church in Easton will include music of Beethoven and Dvořák with a preconcert commentary by Jonathan Palevsky of WBJC. The closing concert at the Oxford Community Center will feature two great string quartet masterworks by Schumann and Mendelssohn. This year we welcome back the amazing flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, the extraordinary violinist/violist Yura Lee, the distinguished pianist Robert McDonald and the elegant cellist Peter Stumpf as well as many other of our favorite festival artists.
Festival-goers will feel right at home as we return to Easton’s Academy Art Museum, Christ Church, the Prager Family Auditorium, and Trinity Cathedral where we will present the Co-Winners of the 2018 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition, Trio St. Bernard. We expand our horizons by appearing in new venues with our Festival Gala concert and silent auction taking place at spacious Temple B’nai Israel in Easton and with a concert at Christ Church in Cambridge where we will hear oboist extraordinaire Peggy Pearson and the fabulous pianist Diane Walsh in a duo recital. Watch for a surprise!
We hope you will enjoy our music.
WEEK 1
Tuesday, June 4 at 5:30 PM
Concert: Christ Church, Easton
Reception: Mason’s Redux 2017, Easton
Festival Opening Extravaganza!
Catherine Cho, Marcy Rosen, Robert McDonald
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Opus 23
Antonín Dvořák Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Opus 90 “Dumky”
Wednesday, June 5 at 10:00 AM
Open Rehearsal: Academy Art Museum, Easton
No Charge
Thursday, June 6 at 5:30 PM
Concert: Academy Art Museum, Easton
Romantic Interlude
Louise Farrenc Trio in E-Flat Major, Opus 44 for clarinet, cello and piano
J. Lawrie Bloom, Marcy Rosen, Ieva Jokubaviciute
Claude Debussy Prelude à l’après midi d’un faune for flute and harp (arr. Judy Loman)
Tara Helen O’Connor, June Han
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor, Opus 60
Robert McDonald, Daniel Phillips, Yura Lee, Peter Stumpf
Saturday, June 8 at 7:30 PM
Concert: Prager Family Auditorium, Easton
Spotlight: Flute and Harp!
Friedrich Kuhlau Flute Quintet in D Major, Opus 51
Tara Helen O’Connor, Catherine Cho, Yura Lee, Daniel Phillips, Marcy Rosen
Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet
June Han, Tara Helen O’Connor, J. Lawrie Bloom, Catherine Cho, Daniel Phillips, Yura Lee, Peter Stumpf
Intermission
David Bruce Eye of Night for flute, viola and harp
Tara Helen O’Connor, Daniel Phillips, June Han
Carl Maria von Weber Introduction to the Dance for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet (arr. Todd Palmer)
June Han, Tara Helen O’Connor, J. Lawrie Bloom, Daniel Phillips, Catherine Cho, Yura Lee, Peter Stumpf
Sunday, June 9 at 4:00 PM
Concert and Buffet Reception: Temple B’nai Israel, Easton
Festival Gala!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 “Kegelstatt”
J. Lawrie Bloom, Yura Lee, Ieva Jokubaviciute
Claude Debussy Trio for flute, viola and harp
Tara Helen O’Connor, Daniel Phillips, June Han
Antonín Dvořák Piano Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Opus 23
Ieva Jokubaviciute, Catherine Cho, Yura Lee, Marcy Rosen