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"...sounds that you can hardly believe you are fortunate enough to be hearing live."
-Post and Courier
Charles Wadsworth, Spoleto Festival USA Artistic Director for Chamber Music – and a festival institution in his own right – bid adieu to his many adoring fans in his final season as director, pianist, and host of the chamber music concerts. Performed each morning and afternoon over the course of the 17-day festival, these delightful concerts featured many of the virtuoso musicians who have played with Wadsworth over the years, including the St. Lawrence String Quartet, pianists Anne-Marie McDermott and Stephen Prutsman, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, violists Hsin-yun Huang and Daniel Phillips and many others too numerous to name.
Additional support provided by The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation.
The St. Lawrence String Quartet is the Arthur and Holly Magill Quartet in Residence.
Spoleto Festival USA 2009 Chamber Music Programs
Program I
May 22, 1pm
May 23, 11am and 1pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in C Major BWV 1037
Tara Helen O’Connor (flute), Daniel Phillips (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) and Charles Wadsworth (harpsicord)
J.S. Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
Courtenay Budd (soprano), Tara Helen O’Connor (flute), Chee-Yun (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) and Charles Wadsworth (piano)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Le bonheur est chose légère
Courtenay Budd (soprano), Chee-Yun (violin), and Charles Wadsworth (piano)
Amy Beach: Chanson d’Amour
Courtenay Budd (soprano), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) and Charles Wadsworth (piano)
Ernest Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Quartet
Chee-Yun (violin), Anne-Marie McDermott (piano) & St. Lawrence String Quartet
Program II
May 24, 11am and 1pm
May 25, 11am
Kenji Bunch: La ultima noche en la casa de flamenco
Jose Franch-Ballester (clarinet) and Anne-Marie McDermott (piano)
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor Op. 49
Chee-Yun (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) and Anne-Marie McDermott (piano)
John Adams: String Quartet
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Program III
May 25, 1pm
May 26, 11am and 1pm
Osvaldo Golijov: Omaramor
Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in G Major for Viola, Strings and Continuo
Hsin-Yun Huang (viola), St. Lawrence String Quartet, Anthony Manzo (double bass) and Ana María Fonseca (harpsichord)
Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Courtenay Budd (soprano), Jose Franch-Ballester (clarinet) and Charles Wadsworth (piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 (“Kreutzer”)
Chee-Yun (violin) and Anne-Marie McDermott (piano)
Program IV
May 27, 11am and 1pm
May 28, 11am
Giovanni Bottesini: Grand Duo
Daniel Phillips (violin), Anthony Manzo (double bass) and Charles Wadsworth (piano)
Enrique Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale
Joaquín Rodrigo: De los álamos vengo, madre
Courtenay Budd (soprano) and Charles Wadsworth (piano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
Tara Helen O’Connor (flute), Daniel Phillips (violin), Hsin-yun Huang (viola) and Christopher Costanza (cello)
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Program V
May 28, 1pm
May 29, 11am and 1pm
Joseph Lanner: Die Werber
Geoff Nuttall (violin), Scott St. John (violin), Daniel Phillips (viola) and Anthony Manzo (double bass)
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Jose Franch-Ballester (clarinet) and Charles Wadsworth (piano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Viola Quintet in G Minor, K. 516
St. Lawrence String Quartet and Hsin-Yun Huang (viola)
Program VI
May 30, 11am and 1pm
May 31, 11am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata in A Minor
Tara Helen O’Connor (flute), Daniel Phillips (violin), Christopher Constanza (violin) and Charles Wadsworth (harpsichord)
Claude Debussy: Première Rapsodie
Todd Palmer (clarinet) and Stephen Prutsman (piano)
Shostakovitch: Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 57
Stephen Prutsman (piano) and St. Lawrence String Quartet
Program VII
May 31, 11am
June 1, 11am and 1pm
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Jet Whistle
Tara Helen O’Connor (flute) and Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in C Minor, Op. 9, No. 3
Daniel Phillips (violin), Hsin–Yun Huang (viola) and Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 18
Livia Sohn (violin) and Stephen Prutsman (piano)
Program VIII
June 2, 11am and 1pm
June 3, 11am
Joseph Haydn: Trio in D Major HVXV:16
Tara Helen O’Connor (flute), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) and Stephen Prutsman (piano)
Paul Harvey: Three Etudes on Themes of George Gershwin
Todd Palmer (clarinet)
Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Alisa Weilerstein (cello) and Stephen Prutsman (piano)
Program IX
June 3, 1pm
June 4, 11am and 1pm
Osvaldo Golijov: “From my Window” from Ainadamar for Two Violins and Piano
Livia Sohn (violin), Geoff Nuttall (violin) and Stephen Prutsman (piano)
Aaron Copland/arr. Todd Palmer: Hoe-down
Tara Helen O’Connor (flute), Todd Palmer (clarinet), Stephen Prutsman (piano), St. Lawrence String Quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, K. 581
Todd Palmer (clarinet) and St. Lawrence String Quartet
Program X
June 5, 11am and 1pm
June 6, 11am
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77, No. 2
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Antonín Dvořák: Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75
Daniel Phillips (violin) and Stephen Prutsman (piano)
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Daniel Phillips (violin), Hsin-Yun Huang (viola), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) and Stephen Prutsman (piano)
Program XI
June 6, 1pm
June 7, 11am and 1pm
Richard Strauss: String Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85
St. Lawrence String Quartet, Hsin-Yun Huang (viola) and Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major for Two Cellos, D. 956
St. Lawrence String Quartet and Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
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