2010-2011 CONCERT SEASON

TREETOPS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY

Greenwich-Stamford, Connecticut

Tel. 203-979-6052

Great performances in an intimate setting

The 2010-2011 Concert Season

Oskar Espina Ruiz, Artistic Director

All performances at The Treetops Studio, 359 Merriebrook Lane, Stamford, CT 06902, unless otherwise specified | Directions to Treetops

All concerts are followed by a free reception with the artists. Free parking. Access for persons with disabilities.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010 Sunday at 4 pm

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OPENING NIGHT:
BEETHOVEN CELLO SONATAS
With an Art Exhibit (Sculpture) by Kevin Ford

Efe Baltacigil, cello, Benjamin Hochman, piano

BEETHOVEN Variations on "Ein madchen oder weibchen" Op. 66
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69

Efe Baltacigil, Associate Principal Cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Benjamin Hochman, highly acclaimed soloist and chamber musician, are returning to Treetops CMS after their outstanding trio performance at Treetops this past season. The spirited Beethoven cello sonatas are groundbreaking music, giving the cello the kind of independence no one could have even imagined at the time.

OCTOBER 24, 2010 Sunday at 4 pm

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2010 ARRIAGA COMPETITION
WINNERS CONCERT
With an Art Exhibit (Ceramics) by Bob Miranti

Grneta Duo+ (Ismail Lumanovski, clarinet, Vasco Dukovski, clarinet/basset horn, Alexandra Joan, piano) (1st Prize Winner)
Iktus Percussion Quartet (Danielle Weinberg, Chris Graham, Justin Wolf, Roy Campbell, percussion) and Sima Piano Trio (Sami Merdinian, violin, Ani Kalayjian, cello, Sofya Melikyan, piano) (Joined 2nd Prize Winners)

S. REICH Drumming part one
J. CAGE 3rd construction
D. DONATO Reduce Reuse Recycle
A. BABADJANIAN Piano Trio in F-sharp Minor
A.GRGING Hameum Suite
A. PONCHIELLI Il Convegno
F. MENDELSSOHN Concert Piece Op. 114 No. 2

The 2010 Arriaga Competition received the highest ever number of applicants, including five string quartets, four wind quintets, three piano trios, and many other ensembles. Only nine outstanding ensembles made it to the finals and, out of those, the three winners featured in this program came out on top. One can hardly imagine a concert as diverse and exciting as this one, which features an American percussion quartet, an Armenian piano trio and a Macedonian clarinet duo with piano.

MARCH 27, 2011 Sunday at 4 pm

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MUSICIANS FROM RAVINIA
With an Art Exhibit (Silk Screen Prints and Paintings) by Liz Squillace

Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Institute (Je Hye Lee, violin, Miriam Fried, violin, Vicki Powell, viola, Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello, Michael Brown, piano)

HAYDN Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:25
KODALY Serenade, Op. 12
WEBERN 6 Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25

Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Institute is a chamber ensemble whose members are selected each year from the most promising musicians to attend the Institute’s summer session at Ravinia. Their concert programs are always built around some of the greatest masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire.

APRIL 17, 2011 Sunday at 4 pm

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DAEDALUS STRING QUARTET
With an Art Exhibit (Prints) by Robbin Juris

Daedalus Quartet (Min-Young Kim, violin, Ara Gregorian, violin, Jessica Thompson, viola, Raman Ramakrishnan, cello), Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinet

MOZART String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589
GAIGNE “Yet” for clarinet and string quartet (World première)
SCHUBERT String Quartet No.14 in D minor (Death and the Maiden)

Praised by critics as “a young quartet whose moment has arrived,” the Daedalus String Quartet, a Lincoln Center CMS member, will debut at Treetops CMS with nothing less than Schubert’s masterpiece “Death and the Maiden.” Another highlight of this program is the world première of “Yet,” a work for clarinet and string quartet by French composer Pascal Gaigne.

MAY 15, 2011 Sunday at 4 pm

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NEWMAN TRIO
With an Art Exhibit (Photography) by Bibiana Huang Matheis

Newman Trio (Anthony Newman, piano, Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinet, Arnaud Sussmann, violin)

J. S. BACH Concerto in D minor, BWV 1060
NEWMAN Sonata Populare for clarinet and piano
SCHICKELE Serenade for Three
FALLA Four pieces from El amor brujo
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Soldier’s Tale

At the peak of a stellar career as composer, pianist, organist and conductor, Anthony Newman forms the Newman Trio in 2010 as an avenue to bring a unique repertoire to light, including some of his latest works. Perhaps inspired by his own teacher from Paris, Alfred Cortot, who established the leading piano trio of the 20th century with Thibaud and Casals, Anthony Newman chooses a new trio instrumentation and joins forces with two young stars. Here the celebrated Spanish cello of Casals is replaced by the clarinet of another Spaniard, Oskar Espina Ruiz, a pupil and assistant of Charles Neidich at Stony Brook University, while the violinist is Arnaud Sussmann, a pupil and assistant of Itzhak Perlman at Juilliard.

JUNE 5, 2011 Sunday at 4 pm

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HARPIST LISA TANNEBAUM
WITH DUO STROMEAUX
With an Art Exhibit (Installation) by Polly Kurasch

Duo Stromeaux (Ryu Cipris, flute, Max Zuckerman, guitar), Lisa Tannebaum, harp

J. S. BACH Partita No. 1, BWV 825, for guitar
J. S. BACH Largo (from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005) for harp
J.S. BACH Prelude (from English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807:1) for flute and guitar
E. BLOCH Suite Modale for flute and harp
H. ANDRIESSEN Intermezzo for flute and harp
R. SIERRA Tercera Crónica del Descubrimiento for flute and guitar
A. HOVHANESS "Spirit of Trees" Sonata for harp and guitar, Op. 374

In a program that could very well have carried the subtitle “Plucked Strings Fest,” this concert presents a unique opportunity to enjoy the infinite nuances that the harp and the guitar are able to produce. The insight brought by such instrumentation will focus on the music of J. S. Bach, with three of his works back to back in three different instrumental combinations involving plucked strings.