Festival Programs
2016Chamber Music Events for 2016
Johannes Brahms
Opening Night
Dedicated to the Masters
An evening highlighting our Festival’s dedication to sharing the greatest music ever written to our community!
Quartet in c minor, opus 18 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Zofia Glashauser – violin
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Gabriel Schlaffer – viola
David Peshlakai – cello
Liebeslied #5 – Schumann
Gretchen am Spinnrade – Franz Schubert
Die Sprode – Hugo Wolf
Neue Liebe, neues Leben – Ludwig van Beethoven
Melissa Barrick Baldwin – soprano
Jasmin Arakawa – piano
Suite for Oboe, Clarinet and Viola – Randall Thompson
Nancy Ambrose King – oboe
William King – clarinet
Rudolf Haken – viola
Piano Quartet in g minor, op. 25 – Johannes Brahms
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Rudolf Haken – viola
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Robert Auler– piano
Dedicated to Love
W. A. Mozart
We believe that music is the food of love! We show the many faces of love in this program, including the voice of omnipotent love, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Suite for 2 Cellos and Piano – Gian Carlo Menotti
Wesley Baldwin – cello
David Peshlakai – cello
Robert Auler – piano
Mélodies passagéres – Samuel Barber
Melissa Barrick Baldwin – soprano
Jasmin Arakawa – piano
A Child’s Garden
Quartet for Soprano, Violin, Cello and Piano – Michael White
Melissa Barrick Baldwin – soprano
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Jasmin Arakawa– piano
Quintet for Oboe & Strings – W.A. Mozart (arr. Nancy Ambrose King)
Nancy Ambrose KIng – oboe
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Rudolf Haken – viola
Gabriel Schlaffer – viola
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Dedicated to Community
Bohuslav Martinu
The MCCMF has always been about sharing music with the help of our community. Tonight, we celebrate the many houses of faith that have supported us, and the many local entrepreneurs that have helped the festival!
Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 – Sergei Prokofiev
William King – clarinet
Zofia Glashauser – violin
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Rudolf Haken– viola
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Robert Auler – piano
“Shepherd’s Song” – Meyerbeer
William King – clarinet
Melissa Barrick Baldwin – soprano
Jennifer Muniz – piano
5 Fantasie Stuck for string quartet – Samuel Coleridge Taylor
Zofia Glashauser – violin
Rudolf Haken– Violin
Gabriel Schlaffer – viola
David Peshlakai – cello
Three Elegies for violin and cello – Mohammad Fairouz
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Suite from “La Revue de Cuisine” – Bohuslav Martinu
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Wesley Baldwin – cello
William King – clarinet
Jason Kramer – bassoon
Steve Orejudos – trumpet
Robert Auler – piano
Dedicated to our Performers
Franz Schubert\
A special night to celebrate our amazing musicians, featuring special requests from our MCCMF players, themselves.
The Shepherd on the Rock – Franz Schubert
Melissa Barrick Baldwin – soprano
William King – clarinet
Jennifer Muniz – piano
Varanasi for solo viola – Frederic Ligier
Rudolf Haken – viola
Piano Trio in E-Flat, D. 929 – Franz Schubert
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Wesley Baldwin – cello
Robert Auler – piano
Dedicated to our Higher Purpose.
Ludwig van Beethoven
This concert features our new tradition, the “audience favorite surprise”; plus the piece considered by many musicologists as the finest example of western music ever created; Beethoven’s monumental “Heiliger Dankgesang” string quartet.
Audience Favorite – “Surprise”
2 Gesange, op. 91 – Johannes Brahms
Kim Jones – soprano
Gabriel Schlaffer – viola
Jennifer Muniz – piano
String Quartet in a minor, Opus 132 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Zofia Glashauser – violin
Nicolas Orbovich – violin
Rudolf Haken – viola
Wesley Baldwin – cello