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CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
OF UTICA

All Concerts held at:
Museum of Art Auditorium
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
310 Genesee St.
Utica, NY 13502



2007 -2008 Program Selections
Six Sunday Afternoons
Our 67th Season!

30 September 2007, 4:30 PM
The Mary Kernan Butler and Martha Gilbert Butler Memorial Concert

THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
with Guest Artist, Todd Palmer, clarinet

“A sound that has just about everything one wants from a quartet,
most notably precision, warmth and an electricity that conveys the
excitement of playing whatever is on their stands at the moment.”
--The New York Times

"Mr. Palmer's playing is artful and elaborately nuanced with a dark soulful
tone that is often compelling - a performance of rapt, meditative intensity."
-- The New York Times

Haydn. String Quartet Op. 54 No. 2
Mozart. Clarinet Quintet
Golijov. Clarinet Quintet

This performance is made possible by The Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Foundation, Inc.

Mary Kernan Butler, friend, founding member, patron and trustee of the Chamber Music Society of Utica, died on 25 January 1997. Martha Gilbert Butler, her daughter, and also friend, member, patron and trustee of this Society, preceded her in death on 8 November 1996. Gilbert Butler, son and brother, and his wife, Ildiko, have given an endowment in their honor, through the Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Foundation, Inc., to be used for that which these two ladies long held dear; a fine concert to be held each year as part of our series.

PLEASE NOTE this concert begins at 4:30 PM
There will be a reception at Fountain Elms following the performance.

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2 December 2007, 2:30 PM
The New York Chamber Soloists

"The effect was one of dazzling brilliance . . . "
--Montreal Gazette

performing “The Baroque Trumpet”
Handel, Vivaldi,Telemann, Baldassare

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6 January 2008, 2:30 PM
The Brentano String Quartet

“Such was their ferocity on Saturday night that the instruments
almost burst into flames….Make no mistake: the Brentanos are a
magnificent string quartet….This was wonderful, selfless music making.”
--The Times (London)

Haydn. String Quartet Op. 76, No. 5
Bartok. Quartet No. 6
Beethoven. String Quartet Op. 127

This concert is made possible in part by a grant from the Menotti Family Fund
of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc.

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10 February 2008, 2:30 PM
The Trio con Brio of Copenhagen

"It was probably the best thing the Friends of Chamber Music
could have done to open their new series with the likes of Trio con Brio Copenhagen
. . . a wonderful young group who have won many top prizes."
--The Vancouver Sun

Haydn. Trio Hob. XV:29
Shostakovich. Trio No. 2
Bent Sorensen. Phantasmagoria
Ravel. Trio

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9 March 2008, 2:30 PM
The Colorado Quartet

"These four women are the musical equals of any string quartet in the world. That's a bold statement, but the musicians have the goods to back it up. In a tastefully varied program of Haydn, Schubert and American composer Katherine Hoover, the Colorado Quartet (now based in New York) demonstrated an amazing mix of individual and ensemble musicianship."
---The Seattle Times

Britten. Quartet No. 2, Op. 36
Ginastera. Quartet No. 2 (1958)
Brahms. Quartet No. 3, Op. 67

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6 April 2008, 2:30 PM
America’s Dream Chamber Artists

"[ADCA] is to be lavishly praised for [its] important mission...to bring the joys of
classical music to a younger audience...[it] seems to have achieved its goal."
--Fred Kirshnit, The New York Sun

Beethoven. String Trio, Op. 9, No. 3
Copland. Sextet
Jolivet. Chant de Linos
Dohnanyi. Piano Quintet No. 1, Op. 1

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This concert series is made possible with public funds from
the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.

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Please join us in this sparkling, gala season. Share with us this rare experience of a series by world class artists in the intimacy and comfort of the finest small concert hall in Utica. Name any of the world's best chamber music groups. Each of them has performed for the members and guests of the Chamber Music Society of Utica. This season is no exception. Please help us to continue this magnificent tradition. Tell your family and friends about us. Bring your children and your colleagues to our concerts. One to one contacts are the best advertising. We cannot exist without YOU. Subscribers to our series are invited to bring a guest to introduce them to our offerings. This ticket, for one performance, is free of charge.