CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
OF UTICA


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




2009-2010 Program Selections
Six Sunday Afternoons
Our 69th Season!

PLEASE NOTE All concerts in the series begin at 2:30 PM.

18 October 2009
The Mary Kernan Butler and Martha Gilbert Butler Memorial Concert


Cuarteto Latinoamericano
with guest artist, Daniel Binelli, bandonion

FranciscoMignone. String Quartet No. 2
Several works by Astor Piazzolla as well as three pieces composed and performed by Daniel Binelli

This concert, in memory of Mary Kernan Butler and Martha Gilbert Butler, 
is made possible by The Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Family 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 Family 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.

There will be a reception at Fountain Elms following this performance ONLY.

Program Notes



29 November 2009
The Aulos Ensemble

  
Boismortier.  Concerto Op. 37, No. 6
   Rameau.  Pieces de Clavecin en Concert
   Couperin.  Dans le Gout Theatrical
   Rameau.  Suite from Las Indes Galantes

Program Notes



10 January 2010
Ames Piano Quartet


Ludwig van Beethoven.  Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.16
Paul Schoenfield.  Carolina Réveille (2001)
Johannes Brahms.  
Quartet in G Minor, Op.25

Program Notes



7 March 2010
The Prairie Winds

  
Ligeti.  Six Bagatelles
   Farkas.  Early Hungarian Dances
   Nielsen.  Quintet, Op. 43
   Maslanka.  Quintet No. 1
   Selections by Copland, Gershwin, Rutter, Unger, and Williams

Program Notes



11 April 2010
Penderecki String Quartet

  
Haydn.  String Quartet, Op. 74, No. 1
   Schulhoff.  String Quartet No. 1
   Beethoven.  String Quartet, Op. 132



2 May 2010
ATOS Piano Trio
   

Haydn.  Piano Trio in G Major,  Hob. XV:25
   Bloch.  Three Nocturnes
   Cassado.  Piano Trio
   Schubert.  Piano Trio in E flat Major, D. 929


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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Those interested in CMSU's series might also like to know about: Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music.



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