OUR 2024-2025 SEASON
OCTOBER 20, 2024
HORSZOWSKI TRIO
“…lithe, persuasive…” New York Times
“…destined for great things.” The New Yorker
The Horszowski Trio, in residence at Bard College in New York, is back by popular demand. They will perform the Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, three short “Phantasie-Stuecke” commissioned by the Trio, and the Mendelssohn Trio No. 2 in C minor.
Program:
Three short “Fantasiestücke" commissioned by the trio to celebrate the trio's 10th Anniversary,
composed with Robert Schumann's inspiration, by Derek Bermel, Paul Chihara, David Fulmer,
Bedřich Smetana - Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor
Horszowski Trio website
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
JASPER STRING QUARTET
“…sonically delightful and expressively compelling, -- and perhaps most tellingly, grins all around.” Strad
The Jasper String Quartet is recognized as one of the outstanding American quartets of the 21st Century. Since founding in 2009, the award-winning quartet has released eight albums and will release additional recordings in 2024 and 2025. They are expert at mixing new music with highlights of the classical canon and will perform for us the William Grant Still “Lyric Quartette,” Vivian Fung’s String Quartet No. 2, and the Dvorak Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major.
Program:
William Grant Still: Lyric String Quartette
Vivian Fung: String Quartet No. 2
Antonín Dvořák: Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105
Jasper String Quartet website
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
TESLA QUARTET
“…admirable in its tautness of focus and refinement of detail.” Gramophone
“…superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play.” International Review of Music
The Tesla Quartet formed at the Julliard School in New York in 2008. From 2009-2012 they were the Graduate Quartet in Residence with the famed Takacs Quartet at the University of Colorado Boulder. They have won top prizes in several competitions, tour widely, and commissioned 12 new works during the Covid pandemic in 2020. They will perform the popular Haydn “Joke” Quartet, Opus 33, No. 2, and the Dvorak String Quartet No. 10, Opus 51, as well as introducing us to String Quartet No. 3 by Polish/Lithuanian composer Grazina Bacewicz (1909-1969).
Program:
Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 33 No. 2, "Joke"
Grazina Bacewicz: String Quartet No. 3
Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10 in E♭ Major, Op. 51
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
DALBY, COSTANZA, AND YAKUSHEV TRIO
“BRAHMS 8 has been my license plate for decades.” Bill Horne, chamber musician and former President, Chamber Music Marin
Our audience is familiar with these outstanding musicians but not in this configuration. Owen Dalby and Christopher Costanza are violinist and cellist with the St. Lawrence String Quartet. This season they will team up with pianist Ilya Yakushev on a bravura program including Martinuů, Rachmaninoff, Nadia Boulanger, Casarrubios, Shostakovich, and the spectacular Brahms Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8.
Program:
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 for Violin and Piano
Nadia Boulanger: Trois pièces for Cello and Piano
Andrea Casarrubios: Silbo for Cello and Piano
Bohuslav Martinů: Duo No. 1 for Violin and Cello, H. 157
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue No.24 in D minor
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Links:
Owen Dalby website
Chris Costanza website
Ilya Yakushev website
MARCH 30, 2025
FRISSON NONET
Frisson, def.: “a shiver or a thrill, a sudden feeling of excitement.”
A chamber group with the range of an orchestra minus percussion, the nine-member Frisson Nonet is a string quartet with bass, plus a woodwind quintet. The unusual program will include Walter August’s “Octet for Strings and Winds,” Gershwin’s “Three Preludes for Clarinet and Strings,” Martinu’s “Nonet for Strings and Winds” and, for a rousing finale, Ravel’s “Bolero” transcribed for Nonet.
Program:
Walter August: Octet in B-flat for strings and winds, Opus 7
George Gershwin: Three Preludes for Clarinet and Strings
Bohuslav Martinu: Nonet for strings and winds
Maurice Ravel: “Bolero” transcribed for Nonet
MAY 18, 2025
MARIN MUSIC CHEST YOUNG ARTISTS’ CONCERT
Subscribers receive a free ticket to the Young Artists’ Concert of the Marin Music Chest with their subscription. Chamber Music Marin supports the goals of the Marin Music Chest and hopes that subscribers will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to hear talented young musicians. Each year the quality of the winners is very impressive making this concert an inspiring event for all who attend. We encourage you to bring your friends and family, the concert is free to all comers.