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CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM NOTES
​by Judith Eckelmeyer

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Shostakovich Trio
Wednesday, December 1, 1993
​Gartner Auditorium
  Joseph Haydn: Trio in G major
  Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Trio in D minor, Op. 49
​  Dmitri Shostakovich: Trio No. 2, Op. 67

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
​London Baroque
Wednesday, October 27, 1993
​Gartner Auditorium
  Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in C major
  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Polonaise No. 7 in E major for keyboard
  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Polonaise No. 4 in D major
  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Polonaise No. 9 in F major
​  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Trio Sonata in C minor, "Sanguineus and Melancholicus"
  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Sonata in G major for cello and basso continuo
​  Johann Christian Bach: Duett V in A major for two violins sense basso
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto in E-flat major, K. 107

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
​Arcadian Academy
Wednesday, February 3, 1993
​Gartner Auditorium
  Marco Uccellini: Aria sesta sopra un balletto from Book 3 (1642)
​  Marco Uccellini: Sonata non a doi violini from Book 7 (1667)
  Salamone Rossi: Sonata sopra l' Aria di Ruggiero
  Salamone Rossi: Sonata sopra porta celato il mio nobil pensiero
  Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D major, K. 490
  Nicola Matteis: Suite in E minor, Book 4, no. 21-29
​  Henry Purcell: Sonnata No. 9 in F major, "Called for its excellence the Golden Sonata" (Z. 810) (from Sonnatas in VI Parts)
  John Blow: A Choice Collection of Lessons- Suite in D minor (1698)
  Christopher Simpson: Joy to the Person (for solo lute)
  Matthew Locke: Broken Consort- Suite No. 4 in C major
​  Henry Purcell: Sonnata No. 6 in G minor "Chaconne" (Z. 807) (from Sonnatas in VI Parts)
  Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D minor, Op. 1, No. 12, "La Follia" (RV 63)
  

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ilya Itin
Wednesday, January 6, 1993
​Gartner Auditorium
  Alexander Scriabin: Sonata-Fantasy No. 2 in G=sharp minor
  Alexander Scriabin: Etude No. 2 in F-sharp minor
  Alexander Scriabin: Etude No. 4 in B major from Douze études, Op. 8
  Alexander Scriabin: Duex poèmes Op. 32
  Alexander Scriabin: Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
  Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
  Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55, No. 2
  Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
  Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp minor, Op. 60

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Octet
Wednesday, October 21, 1992
​Gartner Auditorium
  Jean Françaix: Octet (1972)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in A major, K. 581
​  Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Shura Cherkassky
Wednesday, April 8, 1992
​Gartner Auditorium
  J.S. Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, S. 1004, for solo violin
  Robert Schumann: Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13
  Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
  Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1
  Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
  Charles Ives: Three Page Sonata
  Paul Pabst: Concert Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Castle Trio
Wednesday, March 25, 1992
​Gartner Auditorium
  Joseph Haydn: Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio in B-flat major, K. 502
  Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Paris Winds
Wednesday, February 19, 1992
​Gartner Auditorium
  Samuel Barber: Summer Music, Op. 31
  Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 16
  György Ligeti: Six Bagatelles
  Francis Poulenc: Sextet (1932-39)

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Trio Fontenay
Wednesday, November 6, 1991
   Charles Ives: Trio (1911)
   Dmitri Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
   Antonin Dvorák: Trio in F minor, Op. 65

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
I Solisti Italiani
Wednesday, February 21, 1990
  Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni: Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 5, No. 2
  Giambattista Cimador: Concerto for Double Bass and Strings
  Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for Two Violins and Strings, Op. 3, No. 8 (L'estro armonico)
​  Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor for Four Violins and Strings, Op. 3, No. 10 (L'estro armonico)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in D major for Timpani and Strings, K. 239
​  Gioacchino Rossini: Sonata No. 5 in E-flat major for Strings

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
The American Chamber Players
Wednesday, April 4, 1990
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:​Trio in E-flat major, I. 498 ("Kegelstatt")
  Igor Stravinsky:​ Suite from L 'Histoire du Soldat (1919) for clarinet, violin, and piano
  Franz Schubert: Quintet in A major, D. 667 ("The Trout") for piano and strings

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Schotten-Collier Duo
Wednesday, March 29, 1989
  Franz Schubert:​ Sonata in A minor for viola and piano, "Arpeggione"
  Charles Loeffler:​ Quatre pères, Op. 5 for soprano, viola, and piano
  Ernest Bloch: Suite (1919) for viola and piano

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Colorado Quartet
Wednesday, January 18, 1989
​Gartner Auditorium
  Charles Ives: Quartet No. 2 (1907-13)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in F major, K. 370 for oboe and strings
  Johannes Brahms: Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
​Oberlin Baroque Ensemble
Wednesday, September 28, 1988
​Gartner Auditorium
  Johann Joseph Fux​: Cantata, "Ecce nunc benedicite"
  Johann Jacob Froberger​: Tombeau fait à Paris sur la mort de Monsieur Blancrocher
  Antonio Bononcini​: Aria, "Sospenda le lacrime" from the oratorio Il trionfo della grazia
  Giovanni Bononcini​: Aria, "L'alma smarita, o bella" from the opera Il ritorno di Giulio Cesare
  Johann Sebastian Bach​: Trio Sonata in C major, S. 1037
​  J.S. Bach​: Toccata
  J.S. Bach​: Cantata, "Meine Seele rühmt und preist," S. 189

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Images Trio
Wednesday, May 25, Saturday, May 28, and Sunday, May 29, 1988
​Gartner Auditorium
  Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1, No. 2
  Piano Trio in E-flat major, WoO 38
  Ten Variations in G major on Wenzel Müller's "Ice bin der Schneider Kakadu," Op. 121a
  Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 ("Ghost")
  Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1
  Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11 for clarinet, violoncello, and piano
  Allegretto in B-flat major, WoO 39
  Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70, No. 2
  Piano trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
​  Fourteen Variations in E-flat major on an original theme, Op. 44
​  Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 ("Archduke")

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord
Wednesday, April 20, 1988
​Gartner Auditorium
  Gaspard Le Roux: Suite in F major (1705)
  Jean-Henri d'Anglebert: Prélude non-mesuré in D minor (1689)
  Antoine Forqueray: Pieces in G minor
  JS Bach: Sonata in G major, S. 968/1005

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Benedetto Lupo
Wednesday, February 10, 1988
​Gartner Auditorium
  Robert Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 28
  Robert Schumann: Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
  Sergei Prokofiev: Father Lorenzo, Masks, The Montagues and Capulets, Mercutio, and Romeo bids Juliet farewell from Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
  Sergei Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Talich String Quartet
Wednesday, October 12, 1988
​Gartner Auditorium
  Bedrich Smetana: Quartet No. 2 in D minor
  Leos Janáček: Quartet No. 2 "Lettres intimes" (1927-28)
  Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 135

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Mozartean Players
Wednesday, September 16, 1987
​Gartner Auditorium
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in E minor, K. 304 (300C) for violin and fortepiano
  Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in F major, Op. 5, No. 1
  Beethoven: Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
​  Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11 for clarinet, violoncello, and fortepiano

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Philomel
Wednesday, November 19, 1986
​Gartner Auditorium
  André Campra: Arion
  Johann Sebastain Bach: Toccata in D minor, S. 913
  Jean-Marie Leclair: Sonata in G major, Op. 9, No. 7
  Michel Lambert: Airs de cour
​  J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata in G major, S. 1039
  J.S. Bach: Arias
   -Schweigt, ihr Flöten (from cantata 210, "O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit")
​   -Mit zarten und vergnügten Trieben (from cantata 36b, "Die Freude reget sich")

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Berlin Piano Trio
Wednesday, April 23, 1986
​Gartner Auditorium
  Ludwig van Beethoven​: Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1
  Boris Blacher​: Trio (1970)
  Franz Schubert​: Trio in B-flat major, Op. 99

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ivan Moravec, piano
Wednesday, February 12, 1986
​Gartner Auditorium
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart​: Fantasia in C minor, K. 475
  Mozart: Sonata in B-flat major, K. 333
  Ludwig van Beethoven​: Thirty-Two Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
  Fryderyk Chopin: Ballade in F minor, Oo. 52
  Chopin: Balade in A-flat major, Op. 47
  Chopin: Scherzo in B-flat minor, Op. 31

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Zuzana Rüžičková, harpsichord
Wednesday, April 10, 1985
​Gartner Auditorium
  JS Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, S. 807
  JS Bach: Toccata in C minor, S. 911
  JS Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, S. 903
  JS Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G major, S. 806
  JS Bach Italian Concerto in F major, S. 971