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Each season, Music on the Hill presents four concerts in Mankato, Minnesota. Through a generous partnership with the School Sisters of Notre Dame, the concerts are set in the beautiful chapel on historic Good Counsel Hill. Featuring some of Minnesota’s best musicians including members of the Minnesota Orchestra, the Grammy Award-winning Parker String Quartet, the Minnesota Opera Orchestra, and the Mankato Symphony Orchestra the programs include some of the richest works in the chamber music genre, with special attention to contemporary American works. The intimate setting and post-concert gatherings with the performers are designed to foster a rare bond between musicians and listeners of all ages.

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Highlighting works both new and old, comical and serious, favorite artists and new faces, these four programs present something for everyone. The season opens with special guests the Bakken Trio taking the audience on a Russian adventure. Organ lovers should take note of the second program, featuring both a poetic work by Franck and a comical piece by PDQ Bach. Those who have dined at Murray's Steakhouse in Minneapolis will have a special appreciation for Café Music! Three remarkable string quartets and a fiery duo for violin and cello create a stunning third program. The season wraps up with two delightful duos, two gripping string quartets by American composer John Corigliano, and the heavenly string quintet by Dvorak. We invite you to join us for all four programs - you will not want to miss a minute!

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R U S S I A N M A S T E R W O R K S2:OO | NOVEMBER 8TH |2O15

The Bakken TrioRachmaninoff - Piano Trio #1Prokofiev - Sonata for Solo ViolinShostakovich - Piano Trio #2

The Twin Cities’ award winning chamber ensemble, the Bakken Trio, presents the first concert of Music on the Hill’s Sixth Season. Revel in the depths of musical expression with chamber works by Russian masters: from the haunting opening of the Shostakovich to the funeral march in the Rachmaninoff to the hoedown in the Prokofiev, you will leave this concert with a new appreciation of music's powerful effect on human emotions.

M I N N E S O T A R O O T S2:OO pm | JANUARY 1OTH | 2O16

Mary Jo Gothmann | Scott Lykins | Lydia Miller ChoorapuzhaFranck - Chorale in A minor for Organ PDQ Bach - Toot Suite for Organ, four hands Schoenfield - Café MusicSchubert - Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major Trio, Op. 99

The second concert of the season features two works for organ and two piano trios. Mary Jo Gothmann performs Franck’s poetic masterwork, his Chorale in A minor for organ. Music on the Hill regular Scott Lykins joins Gothmann in the contrasting comedic Toot Suite by PDQ Bach. Paul Schoenfield’s Café Music for Piano Trio is a light-hearted work, commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in 1987, and inspired by the composer’s stint as the house pianist at Murray’s Restaurant in Minneapolis. The program concludes with Schubert’s monu-mental B-flat Trio.

J E R U S A L E M2:OO pm | MARCH 6TH | 2O16

Karen Kim | Lydia Miller ChoorapuzhaJohanna Torbenson | Thomas RosenbergHaydn - String Quartet Op. 33, No. 2 “Joke”Kodaly - Duo for violin and celloGolijov - TenebraeBeethoven - String Quartet Op. 95

This all-strings program features Kodaly’s difficult, gypsy-like duo for violin and cello, and Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s Tenebrae, a rare work that both evokes pristine beauty and resonates of deep pain, depending upon the listener's perspective. Bookending these gems are pillars of the string quartet repertoire, Haydn’s delightful “Joke” quartet and Beethoven’s disturbing “Serioso.” 

T O M Y N A T I O N2:OO PM | MAY 1ST | 2O16

Jill Olson Moser | Lydia Miller Choorapuzha | Gareth Zehngut Eugena Chang |Matt FrischmanRossini - Duo for cello and double bassHandel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia for violin and violaCorigliano - Black November TurkeyCorigliano - Snapshot circa 1909Dvorak - String Quintet in G Major, Op. 77

The addition of the string bass to the standard string quartet increases the listener's sense of tonal space, allowing Dvorak to weave stunning melodies throughout his boldly lyrical String Quintet in G Major. Virtuosity takes center stage in Rossini’s Duo for cello and double bass, and Halvorsen’s transformation of a theme by Handel into a set of variations for violin and viola. Two short quartets by American composer John Corigliano, known for his music for the film The Red Violin, complete the program.

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