SEASON SPONSOR: JIM COLLIER PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Cassatt String QuartetPLATINUM SPONSOR: DONNA RITCHIE

GOLD SPONSORS: Kenneth Deveney, Leon Pyle & Cathy DeForest, Wayne Thomas & Carole Brown

SILVER SPONSORS: Paul & Rosemary Adalian, Paul & Priscilla Arnold, Sol & Virginia Blechman, Jean Conger, Fred Sommer

Formed in 1985 with the encouragement of the Juilliard Quartet and named for the celebrated American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt, the Cassatt Quartet is acclaimed as one of America’s outstanding ensembles. The New York City-based group has performed throughout North America, Europe, and the Far East, with appearances at New York’s Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood Music Theater, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Theatre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Centro National de las Artes in Mexico City, Maeda Hall in Tokyo, and Beijing Central Conservatory in China. At the Library of Congress, the Cassatt performed on the library’s matched quartet of Stradivarius instruments and performed the complete Beethoven Quartet cycle three times at University at Buffalo.

EVENING SERIES: Friday, October 5, 2018 v 7:30pmShostakovich – String Quartet no. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110

Zwilich – String Quartet no. 3 “Voyage”Beethoven – String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”

MATINEE SERIES: Saturday, October 6, 2018 v 3pmHaydn – String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 76 no. 4Schickele – String Quartet no. 1 “American Dreams”

Borodin – String Quartet no. 2 in D Major

Welcome to Chamber Music Concerts’ 35th season. Our mission is to present the highest quality chamber music for the enjoyment, enrichment, and education of the Southern Oregon, Northern California, and Southern Oregon University communities. All concerts take place in the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall. CMC’s 2018–2019 Season is sponsored by Jim Collier.

CONCERT I

Michael Brown, PianoPLATINUM SPONSOR: JIM COLLIER

GOLD SPONSORS: William & Suzanne HeringSILVER SPONSORS: Patrick Alexander, Marilyn Anderson,

Vince & Patty Wixon

Equally acclaimed as a pianist and composer, Michael Brown has been described as “one of the most refined of all pianist-composers” (International Piano) and “one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers” (The New York Times). Winner of a 2018 Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center and a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Mr. Brown is an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. His engagements have taken him across four continents, with regular appearances with orchestras such as the Seattle, North Carolina, Maryland and Albany Symphonies and recitals at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, and the Louvre. He was selected by pianist Sir András Schiff to perform on an international solo recital tour, making debuts in Zurich’s Tonhalle, and New York’s 92nd Street Y.

EVENING SERIES: Friday, October 26, 2018 v 7:30pmBERNSTEIN AT 100! – Music in celebration of the 100th birthday of

Leonard Bernstein, including works by Bernstein, Michael Brown, Perle, Foss, and Copland.

MATINEE SERIES: Saturday, October 27, 2018 v 3pmBoats and Barcarolles – Music by Couperin, Mendelssohn, Ravel,

Chopin, Liszt, Bartók, and Michael Brown.

CONCERT II

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Russian String OrchestraGOLD SPONSORS: Ernest Ettlich, V. Louis & Patricia Franks,

Russy & Anita SumariwallaSILVER SPONSORS: Jan Craigie, Carolyn Wilhite

Founded in 1991 and comprised of Russia’s finest young string players, the Russian String Orchestra has carved a niche for itself under the creative baton of its founder/music director Misha Rachlevsky. The RSO’s warmth and high energy create addictive performances that stay with listeners long after the last note has been played.

The orchestra has performed nearly 2,000 concerts in Moscow, 24 countries in Europe, North and South America, and the Far East. The orchestra’s discography of over 30 CDs has received widespread international acclaim, such as the Diapason d’Or award in France, Critics Choice in London’s Gramophone, Critics Choice in The New York Times, and Record of the Year award in Hong Kong. Of about 1000 compositions in the orchestra’s repertoire, over 20 were written especially for the orchestra by composers from Russia, Europe and the USA.

EVENING SERIES: Friday, November 9, 2018 v 7:30pmElgar – Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20

Bekmambetov – For Misha’s GangDvorák – Serenade for Strings in

E Major, Op. 22

CONCERT III

SEASON SPONSOR: JIM COLLIER PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

ensemble 4.1 PLATINUM SPONSORS: DR. MARGARET R. EVANS, DR. MARY JANE MORRISON, ANONYMOUS

GOLD SPONSORS: Marilyn Anderson, Gary & Coralie Farnham

4 wind soloists from top German Orchestras — oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn — and 1 unmistakeable pianist Thomas Hoppe devote themselves to this still undiscovered wonderful musical genre. The intoxicating atmosphere this group creates on stage has repeatedly been praised by critics and has become a hallmark of the ensemble 4.1. In addition to the original masterworks for this instrumentation by Mozart and Beethoven, the ensemble is devoted to discovering rarely played compositions from the Romantic and Modern periods. Since its inception in 2013, ensemble 4.1 has already crisscrossed the globe and performed recitals in China, Pakistan, Austria, Germany, Algeria, Canada, and the USA, in cities such as Berlin, Istanbul, New York City, Toronto, Ottawa, Karachi, Shanghai and Chengdu.

EVENING SERIES: Friday, January 25, 2019 v 7:30pmMozart – Quintet for Piano & Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452

Avner Dorman – Quartet for Piano & Winds “Jerusalem Mix”Walter Gieseking – Quintet for Piano & Winds in B-flat Major

CONCERT IV – EXPLORATIONS

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David Finckel, Cello & Wu Han, Piano

PLATINUM SPONSOR: ANNE C. DILLERGOLD SPONSORS: Chris Donchin, Gary & Coralie Farnham,

Tom & Karen O’RourkeSILVER SPONSORS: Victor & Eileen Chieco,

John & Margaret Scarborough, Carolyn Wilhite

David Finckel and Wu Han are among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. Recipients of Musical America’s Musicians of the Year award, one of the highest honors granted by the music industry, the talent, energy, imagination, and dedication they bring to their multifaceted endeavors as concert performers, recording artists, educators, artistic administrators, and cultural entrepreneurs go unmatched. Their duo performances have garnered superlatives from the press, public, and presenters alike. In high demand year after year among chamber music audiences worldwide, the duo has appeared each season at the most prestigious venues and concert series across the United States, Mexico, Canada, the Far East, and Europe to unanimous critical acclaim. In addition to his duo activities, David Finckel served as cellist of the Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet for 34 years.

EVENING SERIES: Friday, February 8, 2019 v 7:30pmThe Unfolding of Music

Bach – Sonata for Viola da gamba & Keyboard in G Major, BWV 1027Beethoven – Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 102 no. 1

Mendelssohn – Cello Sonata no. 2 in D Major, Op. 58Debussy – Cello Sonata in D Minor

Britten – Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65

CONCERT V – SPECIAL CONCERT

SEASON SPONSOR: JIM COLLIER PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Mandelring String Quartett

GOLD SPONSORS: Pix Morgan, Alexis Packer - Attorney at Law, George & Karen Wilson, Vince & Patty Wixon

SILVER SPONSORS: Chris Donchin, Fred & Laura Perloff

“Brilliance is not a strong enough word — it’s more like an electric shock. The music transfixes the listener from literally the very first note, electrifying heart and brain without any advance warning. Mendelssohn’s music as played by the Mandelring Quartett, under extreme tension, heated and feverish, is dangerously close to catching fire!” So wrote the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in a CD review. The music magazine Fono Forum classes the ensemble as one of the best half-dozen string quartets in the world. Launching their career of over 30 years by winning major competitions — in Munich (ARD) and Evian and Reggio Emilia (Premio Paolo Borciani) — today their performing commitments take them to international musical centers such as Vienna, Paris, London, Madrid, New York, Los Angeles and Vancouver, and they tour regularly in Central and South America, the Near East and Asia. Wherever these four musicians appear, they leave behind lasting musical impressions.

EVENING SERIES: Friday, March 8, 2019 v 7:30pmLast Works

Haydn – String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 103 no. 1 “Unfinished”Beethoven – String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135Schubert – String Quartet in G Major, D. 887

MATINEE SERIES: Saturday, March 9, 2019 v 3pmRussian Night

Shostakovich – String Quartet no. 1 in C Major, Op. 49Borodin – String Quartet no. 2

Tchaikovsky – String Quartet no. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

CONCERT VI

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Jerusalem String Quartet

GOLD SPONSORS: Ernest Ettlich, Cynthia & Norman Lawrence, Tim & Teri O’Rourke, Alexis Packer – Attorney at Law, Private

Client Group of US Bank, NASILVER SPONSORS: Pix Morgan, JoAnn Prujan

“Passion, precision, warmth, a gold blend: these are the trademarks of this excellent Israeli string quartet.” Such was The New York Times’ impression of the Jerusalem Quartet. With their founding in the 1993–94 season and subsequent 1996 debut, the Israeli musicians embarked on a journey of growth and maturation that has resulted in a wide repertoire and a stunning depth of expression. The quartet is a regular and beloved guest on the world’s great concert stages, and is especially well received in North America, where it has performed in cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Washington as well as at the Ravinia Festival. In Europe, the quartet enjoys an enthusiastic reception in prominent concert halls such as the Zürich Tonhalle, the Munich Herkulessaal, Wigmore Hall in London, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, and many others. “An absolute triumph. Their playing has everything you could possibly wish for.” (BBC Music Magazine)

EVENING SERIES: Friday, April 5, 2019 v 7:30pmHaydn – String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76 no. 1

Bartok – String Quartet no. 5Beethoven – String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127

MATINEE SERIES: Saturday, April 6, 2019 v 3pmRavel – String Quartet in F Major

Beethoven – String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18 no. 5Debussy – String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10

CONCERT VII

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Minguet String QuartettGOLD SPONSORS: William & Suzanne Hering, Leon Pyle &

Cathy DeForest, Thomas & Cynthia Stauffer, Steven & Priscilla Weaver

SILVER SPONSORS: Dr. J. Bryant & Baiba Calhoun, Larry & Lisa Cooper in memory of Anne Decker,

Ilana Rubenfeld in memory of Anne Decker

Founded in 1988, the Minguet Quartett is one of the most internationally sought-after string quartets today. The passionate and intelligent interpretations of this German quartet always ensure inspiring listening experiences — “for the joy in sound and expression with which the ensemble makes the works speak enlivens even the smallest detail” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). The namesake of the quartet is Pablo Minguet, a Spanish, 18th-century philosopher who attempted, through his writings, to make the fine arts accessible for the general population. This season the quartet appears at renowned concert halls such as Library of Congress Washington DC, BOZAR MUSIC Brüssel, Brucknerhaus Linz, Beethovenhaus Bonn, and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, followed by concerts in Austria, Great Britain and the United States.

EVENING SERIES: Friday, April 26, 2019 v 7:30pmHaydn – String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77 no. 2

Peter Ruzicka – “...FRAGMENT...”Mahler – Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Beethoven – String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131

CONCERT VIII

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Community OutreachEducational Outreach Programs CMC offers exceptional outreach programs by our world-class chamber ensembles, where students learn about the instruments, composers, music, and musicians. We also present master classes for young and amateur musicians, as well as programs for adults, Southern Oregon University students and faculty, Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and retirement communities. CMC’s outreach programs are targeted to smaller audiences for a more friendly, meaningful experience with the artists. All outreach programs are free. Please contact the CMC Office for information on sponsoring outreach programs.

Pre-concert Lectures CMC offers free pre-concert lectures one hour before every performance (evenings and matinees). These informative and entertaining lectures are presented by musicologist Ed Wight, and will give you insights on the composers and repertoire featured in each concert. The lectures are held in Room 132 of the Music Building.

Discounted Tickets Our outreach effort to the community includes special discounts so that CMC concerts are affordable for everyone. Please contact the CMC Office for availability.❱ Oregon Trail Card holders – $5 tickets (up to two per card)❱ Full-time college/university students – $5 tickets❱ Children 8+ years – $5 tickets❱ Rush tickets – $10 if available, 15 minutes prior to concert❱ Age 19–35 – $20 tickets (matinees only)

Teacher & Student Circle CMC offers free tickets for music teachers and music students, and half-price for accompanying parents (matinees only). Sponsored by Alexis Packer – Attorney at Law.

Accessibility CMC strives to make our performances accessible to all. As part of that commitment, we recently installed an accessible box office and an assistive listening system for our concerts and pre-concert lectures. Large-print versions of concert repertoire and program notes are also available. For disability accommodations, contact the CMC Office (please give advance notice).

Scholarship Fund In 2006 CMC established a Scholarship Fund to benefit talented SOU music majors. The fund provides scholarships of up to $20,000 over four years to selected music majors chosen by the SOU music faculty. There have been a total of 15 winners since the program’s inception. Please contact the CMC Office to support the Scholarship Fund.

Contact the CMC Office: 541-552-6154 or Director@ChamberMusicConcerts.org.

Support World-Class Chamber MusicYour generous gifts are the lifeblood of Chamber Music Concerts, helping us to cover the costs of production, administration, and expensive artist fees while keeping our ticket prices affordable. With your donation to CMC, we offer you the following benefits (you may decline complimentary ticket benefits for a full deduction):

Friend: $60–$124Pre-sale ticket purchase, priority seating, recognition in CMC programs, one donor reception with the artists, free ticket exchange

Patron: $125–$249All Friend benefits, with two donor receptions with the artists

Sustainer: $250–$499All Patron benefits, with three donor receptions with the artists

Benefactor: $500–$999All Sustainer benefits, plus all donor receptions with the artists and one complimentary concert ticket; free parking for concerts

Chamber Music Society: $1000–$3999All Benefactor benefits, with a total of two complimentary concert tickets; free parking for concerts

Chamber Music Circle: $4000–$7999All Society benefits, with a total of four complimentary concert tickets; free parking for concerts

Chamber Music Leadership: $8000+All Circle benefits, with a total of eight complimentary concert tickets; free parking for concerts

Your contribution is tax deductible; please consult with your tax advisor. Chamber Music Concerts is an affiliate of the Southern Oregon University Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Your gift to CMC qualifies for the Oregon Cultural Trust tax credit program: Donate to CMC and then give the same amount to the Trust to receive the same amount back as a tax credit. Visit CulturalTrust.org for details.

SEASON SPONSORJIM COLLIER

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