Season Finale
ROBERT SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
PAUL MEALOR Stabat Mater
ROBERT SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
PAUL MEALOR Stabat Mater
IGOR STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 BWV 1046
JOAN TOWER Dumbarton Quintet
MIKHAIL GLINKA Trio pathetique
JOHANNES BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
DARIUS MILHAUD Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano
ALYSSA MORRIS Brush Strokes
PROGRAM
WILLIAM GRANT STILL - Miniatures for Woodwind Quintet
CLAUDE DEBUSSY - Sonate No. 2
GORDON JACOB - Sextet for Pianoforte, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon
GABRIEL FAURE Piano Trio
ERNST VON DOHNANYI Piano Quintet No. 2
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio
LOUISE FARRENC Nonet Op. 38
CESAR FRANCK Piano Quintet in f minor
Prokofiev and the Doug Talley Quintet
Chamber music by Ravel, Mozart, and Gershwin
Featuring Florence Price’s Five Folksongs in Counterpoint and Schubert’s “Rosamunde” Quartet.
KC's newest woodwind quintet plays Taffanel's Wind Quintet in G minor and Malcolm Arnold's whimsical Three Sea Shanties, Op. 4
Chamber music with piano, featuring Brahms's Piano Quartet, op. 60 and Smetana's Piano Trio, op. 15
Singers from across the KC Metro join conductor Sara McClure in singing Fauré's Requiem (1890) with orchestra and soloists Kayleigh Aytes, soprano, and Paul Hindemith, baritone. The second half of the concert features Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte and Mozart's Symphony No. 31, "Paris."
Celebrating the conclusion of MCE’s 10th Season with Benjamin Boyle’s Cantata No. 1: To One in Paradise with the KCKCC choirs (John Stafford, director) and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Zsolt Eder, violin; Eman Chalshatori, cello; and Charl Louw, piano.
Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F major and Amy Beach’s Theme & Variations for Flute featuring Virginia Q. Backman, flute. LIVESTREAM TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED THROUGH FACEBOOK AT THIS LINK: https://fb.me/e/3aEuCIXmT
Midwest Chamber Ensemble presents Richard Strauss's elegiac Metamorphosen (realized for string septet) and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet K. 581, featuring Connor Myers, clarinet. For in-person tickets, click the button below. For LIVESTREAM tickets, click here.
Beethoven’s Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16, Max Reger’s String Trio No. 1, Op. 77b, and Nadia Boulanger’s Three Pieces for Cello arranged for viola and performed by Kathryn Hilger.
George Walker’s Lyric for Strings, Sam Wu’s “Eagle Huntress,” and a new work by Kansas City composer Robert Hagenbuch. Guest conductor John Rutland leads Paul Juon’s Five Pieces for String Orchestra, Op. 16.
Oliver Zhang, trumpet, and Miles Swaminathan, piano, as well as “The Vocalise Project” with Stephanie Meyer, soprano.
A livestreamed concert featuring Charles Dickinson playing the chamber version of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Matthew Bennett and Kathryn Hilger as the soloists for Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante.
A celebration of women composers through performances of outstanding chamber music.
Livestreaming from www.facebook.com/MidwestChamberEnsemble (no account needed). PWYC, $15 via PayPal (@midwestchamber)
Stravinsky’s thrilling L’Histoire du Soldat and Debussy’s exquisite Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp.
Livestreaming from www.facebook.com/MidwestChamberEnsemble (no account needed). PWYC, $15 via PayPal (@midwestchamber)
An evening of romantic chamber music featuring Dohnanyi’s Serenade for String Trio and Schumann’s Piano Quartet.
MCE concertmaster Matthew Bennett plays Benjamin Boyle’s arrangement of Brahms’ Zigeunerlieder for violin and strings. Music by Grieg and Rameau round out this sumptuous program.
Free performance; donations gratefully accepted.
MCE presents the North American premiere of Jean Langlais’ Elegie with Kansas City’s Kurt Knecht’s Time and the River and Poulenc’s Mouvements Perpetuels. Free performance; donations gratefully accepted.
“AH”; Wordless Vocalises by French composers arranged by Steve Lewis for voice and orchestra sung by Sarah Tanehill Anderson, Stephanie Meyer and Christoper Puckett coupled with Beethoven’s Second Symphony. Parking is available at the garage adjacent to the Folly for $8-10, cash only.
“AH”; Wordless Vocalises by French composers arranged by Steve Lewis for voice and orchestra sung by Sarah Tanehill Anderson, Stephanie Meyer and Christoper Puckett coupled with Beethoven’s Second Symphony.
A celebration of Women composers through performances of outstanding chamber music.
A celebration of Women composers through performances of outstanding chamber music.
The brilliant finalists of MCE’s concerto competition -- remarkable performances by ‘stars’ of the future.
Concert II features sonatas Op. 69 and Op.120 No.1 and 2, Eman Chalshotori, cello and Charles Dickinson, piano.
Eman Chalshotori and Charles Dickinson present two programs encompassing all of Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas. Concert I features both Op. 5 sonatas. Be sure to attend both concerts to hear the complete cycle.