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2009-2010 Season

Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 3 PM

McEvoy Auditorium, the Steinway Series
Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th and F Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20004
http://americanart.si.edu/calendar/performances/music/steinway/

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7 (1909)

György Kurtág (b. 1926)
Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (“Signs, Games and Messages”) (1989-97)
for violin, viola, and cello in various combinations as solos, duos, and trios

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960)
Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 1 (1895)

The Left Bank Quartet with pianist Colette Valentine

Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 8 PM

Dumbarton Church, the Dumbarton Concert Series
3133 Dumbarton Street, Washington, DC 20007
http://dumbartonconcerts.org/0910season.htm

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet Op. 127 in E-Flat Major (1825)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Sextet for two violins, two violas and two cellos
(from the opera "Capriccio"), Op. 85 (TrV 279a) (1941)

Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1899)
for two violins, two violas, and two cellos

The Left Bank Quartet with cellist Ken Slowik, violist TBA

Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 3 PM

McEvoy Auditorium, the Steinway Series
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2 (1808)

Leon Kirchner (b. 1919)
String Quartet No. 4 (2006)

Arnold Schoenberg
Kammersymphonie, Op, 9 (1922/1935)
transcribed for piano quintet by Anton Webern

The Left Bank Quartet with pianist Naoko Takao