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Introduction to the 2013-2014 Season

Welcome to the 55th season of Chamber Music Corvallis. For over half a century, CMC has brought world-class chamber music to Corvallis. Our motto is “Music Up Close,” which we believe emphasizes the unique personal experience of chamber music. The only way to get closer to music than chamber music is to play it yourself.

Our six concerts will present four string quartets, a piano trio, and a reed quintet. Four of our ensembles – the Jasper Quartet, the Atos Piano Trio, the Ebene Quartet, and the Ariel Quartet – will perform here for the first time. Our ensembles come from the U.S., Germany, France, and the netherlands. you will hear six pieces for the first time in the history of CMC, including the great Quartet no. 2 by Benjamin Britten, a new work for string quartet by the jazz composer Billy Childs, and, for something completely different, arrangements of works by popular composers ranging from Harold Arlen, to Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Lennon and McCartney, and Bruce Springsteen. The Ebene Quartet sings, too!

This season continues the commitment of CMC to combine a variety of ensembles with a combination of core repertoire and modern and contemporary works. My watchwords are ‘not too conservative, and not too edgy.’ It would be easy to ask all of our ensembles to play Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms, but if we did that, we would neglect superb music written by modern and contemporary composers. Our ensembles want to play it, and you should have a chance to hear it.

Walt Whitman said, “Great art needs a great audience.” CMC has a great audience. A classical music series is always somewhat fragile, and CMC is no exception, but you keep it going. Thanks for supporting CMC, and thanks for listening.

– Chris Rochester, Program Director

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JASPER QUARTET: Young Masters of Old and NewWednesday, October 2, 2013

Josef Haydn: Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5Aaron Jay Kernis: Sarabande from Quartet No. 2, “Musica Instrumentalis”Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131

Winner of the 2012 Cleveland Quartet Award

Silver Medal at Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition

First Recipient of the Yale School of Music Horatio Parker Memorial Prize

“Technically delightful and expressively compelling” (The Strad)

CALEFAX REED QUINTET: Orchestra of Five PlayersThursday, November 7, 2013

Felix Mendelssohn: Overture The HebridesLeos Janacek: On an Overgrown PathWolfgang A. Mozart: Serenade in C minor, K.388Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

Winners of the Philip Morris Arts Prize

“Unbelievable. Almost everything that Calefax touches turns to gold” (CD Review)

“Unadulterated virtuosity” (New York Times)

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1. SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS - Note: Any ticket may be used for any concert

SIX-ticket subscription (incl. 2 discount vouchers) $132 FIVE-ticket subscription (incl. 1 discount voucher) $110FOUR-ticket subscription (incl. 1 Discount voucher) $ 88

2. CONTRIBUTIONS - CMC encourages 100% GIVING; any and all donations help to cover the performance costs not covered by ticket revenues.

Please consider a contribution at one of these levels:

Sustainer ($500 and above) Patron ($100 to $199)

Benefactor ($200 to $499) Friend ($50 to $99) Other ($10 to $49)

3. IN MEMORIAM (minimum $100 donation) - Names of loved ones to be remembered:

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ATOS PIANO TRIO: Genius of BohemiaWednesday, February 12, 2014

EBENE QUARTET: Mozart Meets Lennon and McCartneyThursday, March 6, 2014

Josef Suk: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2Bedrich Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15Antonin Dvorak: Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65

Winner of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award

First Prize Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition

BBC New Generation Artists

“World-class level playing” (Ruhr Nachrichten)

“Following the retirement of the Beaux Arts Trio, the Atos Trio may take over as the premier piano trio of today” (New York critic)

Wolfgang A. Mozart: Quartet in E-flat, K. 428Bela Bartok: Quartet 4Arrangements of Jazz and Popular Songs by Arlen, Shorter, Corea, Springsteen, Lennon-McCartney and others

Winners of the Gramophone Record of the Year and Echo Klassik Best Chamber Music Recording for their 2009 recording of Faure, Debussy, and Ravel

Winner of the ARD (Germany) International Competition

BBC New Generation Artists

“They play with a rare degree of expressive subtlety and electrifying joy” (London Times)

YING QUARTET: Music for HealingTuesday, April 8, 2014

Samuel Barber: Quartet Op. 11 (original version of Adagio for Strings/Agnus Dei)Randall Thompson: AlleluiaBilly Childs: AwakeningLudwig van Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132

Multiple Nominees and Winners of Grammy Awards

Quartet in Residence at the Eastman School of Music

“ Sustained quietude, peacefulness, and serenity” (New York Times)

ARIEL QUARTET: From Israel to AmericaTuesday, May 6, 2014

Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in A, Op. 18, No. 5Benjamin Britten: Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36Claude Debussy: Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

Grand Prize Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition

First Prize International Competition Graz, Austria

Szekely Prize Banff International String Quartet Competition

“A tour de force” (Frankfurter Allgemeine)

Our 55th Season Bringing World-Class Chamber Music to Corvallis

How to Purchase Tickets

Tickets are undated - any ticket may be used for any seat at any concert

By Mail: Season tickets for 6, 5, or 4 concerts at $22 per ticket may be purchased using the accompanying order form. Each SIX-ticket season subscription ($132) includes two $10 ticket vouchers redeemable at the door, whereas each FIVE- and FOUR-ticket subscription ($110 and $88, respectively) includes one $10 discount voucher. Buying in advance saves you $5 per ticket over the door price.

At Grass Roots Books in Corvallis: Individual $24 tickets may be purchased prior to a concert.

Via Will Call: Tickets are $24 if bought before noon the day of the concert. Please contact Carol Williams by e-mail at carolw@peak.org or by phone at 541 757-0902. Tickets will be at the front door desk.

On line, via credit card: Individual $27 tickets may be purchased on CMC’s website, www.chambermusiccorvallis.org.

At the door: Individual tickets are $27.

Free tickets are available at all concerts for OSU students and K-12 students

Special $10 admissions: Available only at the door at all concerts for selected groups: - Our special-price vouchers included with season subscriptions - Spouses of OSU students - Students from other colleges, with student ID - Parents accompanying one or more 5-12 year- olds - Music teachers

Holders of Oregon Trails Card: Individual tickets are $5.

Artwork by MARTHA DAyTOn

4. PAYMENT - Please make checks payable to: Chamber Music Corvallis

Send to: Chamber Music Corvallis 2866 NW Angelica Drive Corvallis, OR 97333

www.chambermusiccorvallis.org 541 757-0902