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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



2008-2009 Program Selections
Six Sunday Afternoons
Our 68th Season!

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

28 September 2008
The Mary Kernan Butler and Martha Gilbert Butler Memorial Concert

ORION STRING QUARTET
www.orionquartet.com

Beethoven, Quartet in G Major, Op. 18 #2
Beethoven, Quartet in E-flat, Op. 74, "Harp"
Beethoven, Quartet in B-flat, Op. 130 with the Grosse Fugue Op. 133 as last movement

This performance 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.

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2 November 2008
Lydian String Quartet with Steve Heyman, piano
www.lydianquartet.com
  
Ives, String Quartet #1
   Gabriela Frank. "Leyendas" Quartet, an Andean Walkabout
   Harbison, "Thanks, Victor"
   Dexter Morrill, Iron Horse Concerto, piano quintet

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18 January 2009
Borealis Wind Quintet
www.borealiswindquintet.com

Martin Josef Mengal, Quintet based on the works of Haydn
John Barrows, March
Charles Lefebvre, Suite, Op. 57 
Anton Reicha, Adagio for English Horn
William Mathias, Quintet
Giulio Briccialdi, Potpourri Fantastico

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15 February 2009
TAGI
www.tagiensemble.com
  
Rachmaninov, Trio Eliagique (violin, cello, piano)
   Stravinsky, L'histoire du soldat (clarinet, violin, piano)
   Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time

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22 March 2009
Triple Helix
www.triplehelixpianotrio.org
  
Haydn, Trio in F-sharp minor
   Schumann, Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63
   Ives, Piano Trio

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19 April 2009
Borealis String Quartet
www.borealisstringquartet.com   

Mozart: String Quartet in F Major, K. 590
   Imant Raminsh: "A Falcon, a Storm, or a Great Song"
   Schubert, Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703, "Quartettsatz"
   Beethoven, Quartet in F Major, Op. 135

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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.