CHAMBER MUSIC REPERTOIRE/THEMES:
Each semester thematically aligned repertoire is chosen, taking in to account special requests by students. The following is a list of all repertoire studied and performed in the last 5 years. Included are two links to recent performances.
Variety is the Spice of Life: Ravel Quartet in F, Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello, Brahms String Quartet c minor Opus 51 No 1, Mendelssohn String Quartet Opus 13, Opus 80, Dvorak Bass Quintet Opus 87
Haydn Go Seek: A selection of Haydn Quartets from Opus 20, Opus 33, Opus 50, Opus 74, Opus 76, and Opus 77
Poetic Voices of Early Romanticism- Expression and Emotion: Mendelssohn Opus 44 No 2 , Opus 12, String Quintet in B Flat Opus 87 Schubert Cello Quintet in C Major , Brahms Sextet in G Major Opus 36
A Musical Tapestry: Jessie Montgomery, Strum, Duo for Violin and Cello Gabriela Lena Frank, Leyendas, Daniela Bernard Roumain Kompa Variations, Beethoven Opus 135, Opus 18 no 3, Opus 59 No1, String Trio Opus 9 No 1, Schubert String Quintet in C Major, Osvaldo Golijov, Tenebrae
Transformation and Renewal: Theme and Variations in Music: Ravel Piano Trio in A minor, Schubert Trout Quintet, Beethoven Kakadu Variations, Brahms Sextet in B flat Major OPus 18, Mozart String Quartet in A major K 464, Dohnanyi Serenade for String Trio, Charles Washington Midnight Child for String Trio
Beethoven: The Prometheus Project: String Quartet Opus 18 No 1- 6 Opus 59 No. 1 & 3, Eyeglasses Duo, Opus 135, String Trio Serenade Opus 8
Vibrant Vienna -Music of the First and Second Viennese School: Mozart String Quartet K428, K465, Haydn String Quartet Opus 76 No. 5, Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht, Beethoven Opus 127, Trio Opus 87
The Great Romantics: Dvorak, String Quartet in E flat Major Opus 51 no 1, Popper Requiem, Brahms String Quartet in c minor Opus 51 No 1, Piano Quintet in F minor opus 34, Schumann String Quartet in A major Opus 41
Soulful Influences: A survey of Eastern European and Russian Chamber Music: Bartok String Quartet No 2, Arensky Quartet in A Minor, Janacek Quartet No 1 “ Kreutzer Sonata” Bartok Duos, Shostakovich Octet String Quartet No 3, Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence
The Revolutionary Power of Music; Voices from the 20th Century: Piazzolla Piano Trio The Four Seasons, Bartok, String Quartet No 2, Schulhoff Concertino, String Quartet No 1, Barber String Quartet Opus 11, Shostakovich String Quartet No 9, Steve Reich, Different Trains, Penderecki Duo for Violin and Bass Ginestera String Quartet No 1