Special Concert: Two Performances
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 8 pm
Monday, October 20,
2008 - 8 pm
Jim Collier, Season Sponsor
Primary Sponsors: Bob & Wendy Phillips, Ilana
Rubenfeld – October 18th
Associate Sponsors: Bob & Jane Hall,
Eldon & Barbara Johnson,
Tom & Karen O’Rourke – October 20th
Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 8 pm
- Brahms
- String Sextet no. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
- Shostakovich
- Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, Op. 11
- Mendelssohn
- Octet for Strings in E-Flat Major, Op. 20
- Program notes [PDF]
Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3 pm
- Dvorak
- String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48
- Strauss
- Sextet from Capriccio
- Joachim Raff
- Octet for Strings in C Major, Op. 176 (1872)
- Program notes [PDF]
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields was formed in 1959 by a group of eleven enthusiastic musicians, and the Academy quickly took their place among the most recorded ensembles in history. Drawn from the principal players of the orchestra, the Chamber Ensemble tours as a string octet, string sextet, and in other configurations including winds.
“Good reason to turn off the stereo and go to a real live concert.”
The Milwaukee Sentinel
“Nothing short of stunning.”
Gramophone