Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Kicks off 29th Season on May 25th

Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival kicks off 29th season on May 25th

Festival to feature innovative programs, top-Caliber performers, and diverse venues from Provincetown to Cotuit

NORTH CHATHAM —The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival will launch its 29th season with a “prelude” concert on May 25th, to be followed by a series of a dozen diverse programs in August – the core of the festival – and a “postlude” performance in October. The opening August concert and reception will be underwritten by a $10,000 grant from Tufts Health Plan.

“We are extremely excited about this year’s Festival offerings,” said Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse, who are looking forward to their second season as artistic directors. “Programs will feature an array of distinctive works – some familiar, many not – ranging from the classical to the romantic to the modern, and even to the jazzy.” They added that a number of the programs will integrate music with visual arts – specifically painting and film – and also involve collaborations with other Cape Cod arts institutions, both to enlarge and enhance the listening experience and to extend the Festival’s reach and audience appeal.

According to Executive Director Elaine Lipton, diversity will mark not only the programs, but the performers and the venues as well. Musicians will include the artistic directors and a roster of talented guests, as well as long-term Festival pillars, including the Borromeo String Quartet (led by former Festival Artistic Director Nicholas Kitchen). As in previous seasons, to make concerts accessible to the maximum number of attendees, they will be held in locations from one end of the Cape to the other: Provincetown Art Association and Museum, First Congregational Church (Wellfleet), First Congregational Church (Chatham), Cape Cod Museum of Fine Arts (Dennis), and Cotuit Center for the Arts.

The complete Festival schedule is as follows:

Sunday, May 25:
‘Piano & Friends’ - First Congregational Church, Wellfleet, 8 p.m., Jon Manasse, clarinet; Jon Nakamatsu, piano.

Program:     

• Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 167
• Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano
• Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brilliante, Op. 22
• Kovacs: Homage to J. S. Bach
• Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in F Minor, Op. 120, No. 1

Come early at 7pm and hear the Nauset World Music Ensemble!

Sunday, August 3:
First Congregational Church, Chatham, 4 p.m. Carmit Zori, violin; Jon Manasse, clarinet; Jon Nakamatsu, piano.

Program:     

• Burgmuller: Duo for Clarinet and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 15
• Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in G Major for Piano and Violin, Op. 78
• Cohn: “Trio con Brio” for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano, Op. 74
• Stravinsky: Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo
• Bartok: Contrasts

Monday, August 4:
Cape Cod Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, 6 p.m. FINE pARTnership event with Cape Cod music educators and their students. Program to be announced.  General admission: $15.00; discount for museum members.

Tuesday, August 5:
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. Elizabeth Mann, flute; Matthew Dine, oboe; Christopher Pell, clarinet; Stewart Rose, horn; Whitney Crockett, bassoon; Carmit Zori, violin; Tomoko Nakayama, piano (Samuel Sanders Award winner).

Program:    

• Taffanel: Quintet for Winds in G Minor
• Saint-Saëns: Sonata No. 1 in D Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 75
• Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano, FP 164
• Poulenc: Sextuor for Piano and Winds

Friday, August 8:
First Congregational Church, Wellfleet, 8 p.m. Elizabeth Mann, flute; Matthew Dine, oboe; Alan Kay, clarinet; Stewart Rose, horn; Whitney Crockett, bassoon; Jon Nakamatsu, piano.

Program:     

• Cohn: Mozart Fantasy, Op. 91
• Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds, Op. 16
• Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2
• Thuille: Sextet in B-flat Major for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano, Op. 6

Monday, August 11:
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 8 p.m. FINE pARTnership with the association and museum. Philip Setzer, violin; Rebecca Young, viola; Andres Diaz, cello; Jon Manasse, clarinet.

Program:     

• Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1011
• Crusell: Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 2
• Mozart: Divertimento (String Trio) in E-flat Major, KV 563

Tuesday, August 12:
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. Rebecca Young, viola; Andres, Diaz, cello; Jon Manasse, clarinet; Spencer Myer, piano.

Program:     

• Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1011
• Vieuxtemps: Sonata in B-flat Major for Viola and Piano, Op. 36
• Clarke: Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale for Clarinet and Viola
• Brahms: Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello in A Minor, Op. 114

Wednesday, August 13:
First Congregational Church, Chatham, 8 p.m. Borromeo

String Quartet (Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Kristopher Tong, violin; Mai Motobuchi, viola, Yeesun Kim, cello).

Program:    

• Wolf: Serenade in G Major for String Quartet (“Italian Serenade”)
• Bartok: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Sz. 67, BB 75 (Op. 17)
• Schumann: String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1 

Friday, August 15:
First Congregational Church, Wellfleet, 8 p.m. Philip Setzer, violin; Rebecca Young, viola; Andres Diaz, cello; Spencer Myer, piano.

Program:    

• Kodaly: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
• Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major, KV 423
• Faure: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15

Monday, August 18:
Cape Cod Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, 7 p.m. ‘Festival Film Night.’  Stephanie Chase, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Pamela Greitzer-Manasse, cello.

Program:     

• Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1
• Film: ‘American Masters – Juilliard’ (documentary about the Juilliard School)

General admission: $18; discount for museum members.

Tuesday, August 19:
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. ‘Adventures in Chamber Music: Tangos, the Jazz Violin and More!’ Jeremy Cohen, violin; Stephanie Chase, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Pamela Greitzer-Manasse, cello; Andrea Liguori, piano.

Program:     

• Jeremy Cohen: Four Stylistic Solo Etudes for Violin
• Joe Venuti: Kicking the Cat
• Eddie South: Black Gypsy
• Louis Alter: Manhattan Serenade
• Venuti: Runnin’ Ragged
• Harold Arlen: Stormy Weather
• Venuti: Wild Dog
• Cohen: Tangoes and More! (arrangements of works by himself, as well as Chick Corea, Dave Brubeck,
  Duke Ellington, and Astor Piazzolla)                     

Wednesday, August 20:
First Congregational Church, Chatham, 8 p.m. Stephanie Chase, violin; Jeremy Constant, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Steven Honigberg, cello; Pamela Greitzer-Manasse, cello; Jeff Garza, horn; Jon Nakamatsu, piano.

Program:    

• Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in B-flat Major, KV 424
• Beethoven: Sonata in C Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 1
• Stich-Punto: Quartet in F Major for Horn, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 18, No. 1
• Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

Friday, August 22:
First Congregational Church, Wellfleet, 8 p.m. Jeremy Cohen, violin; Jeremy Constant, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Steven Honigberg, cello; Jeff Garza, horn; Jon Manasse, clarinet; Jon Nakamatsu, piano.

Program:    

• Brahms: Trio in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Horn, Op. 40
• Silverman: “In Celebration”
• Cohen: Tangos and More! (arrangements of works by himself, as well as Chick Corea, Dave Brubeck, 
  Duke Ellington, and Astor Piazzolla)

October
‘Piano & Friends’ concert: Details to be announced.

Unless otherwise specified, general admission to all concerts is $28, $15 for college students with ID, and FREE for attendees 18 and under. For further information, please call 508/945-8060 or 800/818-0608, or visit www.capecodchambermusic.org.