The Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem is pleased to present the prize winning Jupiter String Quartet. Founded in 2001, they tour internationally and are active in musical outreach. With them will be young pianist, Ben Kim. They will be bringing us a program of Haydn, Bartók, and Schumann. The Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem has been bringing world class ensembles to the Lehigh Valley since 1951. Sign up for email announcements of upcoming events and last minute changes.
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| 3:00 PM Sunday, Sep 13, 2009 at Foy | Mendelssohn String Quartet |
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| 8:00 PM Friday, Oct 16, 2009 at Muhlenberg | Claremont Trio with Beth Guterman, Viola |
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| 8:00 PM Friday, Nov 6, 2009 at Foy | Moscow String Quartet |
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| 3:00 PM Sunday, Feb 21, 2010 at Foy | Vienna Piano Trio |
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| 8:00 PM Friday, Mar 5, 2010 at Foy | Escher String Quartet with Benjamin Hochman, Piano |
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| 8:00 PM Friday, Apr 9, 2010 at Foy | Jupiter String Quartet with Ben Kim, Piano |
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| 8:00 PM Friday, May 14, 2010 at Foy | Fountain Ensemble |
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Please note that for the 2009-2010 season, the six regular concerts will be in Foy Hall, Moravian College in historic Bethlehem. The extra October 16 concert will be at the Empie Theatre, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew Street, Allentown. Two of the concerts will be at 3 PM on Sundays.
You are invited to attend a reception after every performance, where you may mingle with the artists and fellow concert-goers.
For three decades, the Mendelssohn String Quartet has been performing around the world in the most prestigious venues as well as in radio concerts. They frequently collaborate with many well known musicians. Their repertoire spans the classics to contemporary. We are happy to have the Mendelssohn return to the series after a long absence.
The Claremont Trio has been pleasing audiences for a decade. They last performed on the series in 2007. This concert, which is supplementary to the series, is made possible by the generous support of Muhlenberg College. The Trio will be bringing violist Beth Guterman for a Dvořák piano quartet, and will also be presenting a work that they recently commissioned.
This prize winning group was founded three decades ago by women studying at the Moscow Conservatory and Gnessin Musical Institute. In addition to their extensive touring, they have produced a number of recordings. They will be bringing us an all Russian program.
The Trio has been performing extensively for two decades. In addition to their many international venues, they have produced a number of well received recordings, teach, and give master classes.
The up and coming young Escher Quartet have already achieved critical acclaim and residencies. They are bringing with them pianist Benjamin Hochman, who is known to our audience, having performed the Brahms piano quintet in 2006. We are looking forward to their performance.
The Boston based Jupiter String Quartet was founded in 2001. The prize winning group has performed internationally and is active in musical outreach. They are bringing young prize winning pianist Ben Kim to play the Schumann Quintet.
In 2007, the New York based Fountain Ensemble gave a very
well received performance on our series. The core group of string quartet and
clarinet will be augmented in this appearance so that they can perform two
octets, one the classic by Schubert and the other twentieth century version by
Jean Françaix.
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The Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency administering an annual state appropriation for grants to the arts and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. |
The Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem
P. O. Box 4336 Bethlehem, PA 18018-0336
phone: 610-435-7611
e-mail: chambermusic@cmsob.org