2018 Season

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Salon Series

String Quartets from Russia

Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 5 PM

Private Home | Portland

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

II. Andante cantabile

Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7, Op. 108

Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D Major

Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Noriko Futagami, viola • Sunghae Anna Lim, violin • Rhonda Rider, cello

PCMF @ SPACE

Four By Four

Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 7:30 PM

SPACE Gallery | Portland

Erwin Schulhoff String Quartet No. 1

Terry Riley G Song (1980)

Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 108

John Harbison Thanks, Victor (1994)

Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Noriko Futagami, viola • Sunghae Anna Lim, violin • Rhonda Rider, cello

Special Event

25th Anniversary Benefit Dinner and Auction

Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 5 PM

U.S. Custom House | Portland

Charles Dimmick, violin • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • William Rounds, cello

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Opening Night Celebration

Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 7:30 PM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

Franz Joseph Haydn Trio for Piano and Strings in E Major, Hob. XV:28

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Quintet for Guitar and Strings, Op. 143

Felix Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat Major for Strings, Op. 20

Rieko Aizawa, piano • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Christine Grossman, viola • Alison Harney, violin • Thomas Kraines, cello David Leisner, guitar • Sunghae Anna Lim, violin • Jesse Mills, violin • Peter Stumpf, cello • Jessica Thompson, viola

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Romantic Visions:

Falla, Primosch, and Dvořák

Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 7:30 PM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

Manuel de Falla Siete Canciones Populares Españolas for Guitar and Cello (arr. Leisner)

James Primosch Quintet for Oboe, Strings & Piano (2017)*

Antonín Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81

*Maine premiere; Winsor Music co-commission

Rieko Aizawa, piano • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Christine Grossman, viola • Alison Harney, violin • Thomas Kraines, cello David Leisner, guitar • Sunghae Anna Lim, violin • Peggy Pearson, oboe • Peter Stumpf, cello • Jessica Thompson, viola • Diane Walsh, piano

Community Connections

Family Concert: All About the Violin

Sunday, August 12, 2018 at 10 AM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

Rieko Aizawa, piano • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Alison Harney, violin • Sunghae Anna Lim, violin • Jesse Mills, violin

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Bach, Brahms, and 'Paganiniana'

Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 7:30 PM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

J.S. Bach Cantata, BWV 32 Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen

David Ludwig Concerto for Violin and Chamber Ensemble, "Paganiniana" (2018)*

Johannes Brahms String Sextet No. 1 in B flat Major, Op. 18

*Maine premiere; co-commission with Lake Champlain (VT) and Kingston (RI) Chamber Music Festivals and Lake George (NY) Music Festival

Tony Arnold, soprano • Jonathan Bagg, viola • Michael Beattie, harpsichord • Gabriela Diaz, violin • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Laura Gilbert, flute • Alexander Hurd, baritone • Andrew Mark, cello • David McCarroll, violin • Todd Palmer, clarinet • Melissa Reardon, viola • Carol Rodland, viola • Robert Schulz, percussion • Brant Taylor, cello • Diane Walsh, piano

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Season Finale: Passing the Torch

Saturday, August 18, 2018at 7:30 PM

Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland

David Kirkland Garner, Stephen Jaffe, Eric Moe, Melinda Wagner A Forest Unfolding (2018)*

Antonín Dvořák String Quintet in E flat Major, Op. 97, “American”

*Maine premiere in collaboration with Electric Earth Concerts

Tony Arnold, soprano • Jonathan Bagg, viola • Gabriela Diaz, violin • Jennifer Elowitch, violin • Laura Gilbert, flute • Alexander Hurd, baritone • Andrew Mark, cello • David McCarroll, violin • Todd Palmer, clarinet • Richard Powers, narrator • Melissa Reardon, viola • Carol Rodland, viola • Brant Taylor, cello • Diane Walsh, piano

Salon Series

For Love of Clara

Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 7 PM

Private Home | Portland

Clara Schumann Three Romances, Op. 22, arr. for Viola and Piano

Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2 for Piano
Brahms Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79 No. 1 for Piano
Robert Schumann Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 for Viola and Piano
R. Schumann Arabeske, Op. 18 for Piano
Brahms Sonata for Viola and Piano in F Minor, Op. 120

Melissa Reardon, viola • Diane Walsh, piano