Big names of chamber music start half-hour early next season
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Exquisite chamber music in Oakland will come a half-hour earlier next season. The Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society will start all six of its concerts of the 2009-10 season at 7:30 p.m.
It's a time that has been debated for years by the area's classical organizations for concerts, which largely start at 8 p.m.
But the earlier start makes particularly good sense for PCMS since its concerts usually take place on Monday nights, said Frances De Broff, PCMS board president.
"[With] work, you don't want to stay out late, and if you want to go out afterward, everything won't be closed," she said.
Big names again dominate the venerable chamber music series, including the Orion String Quartet. Comprising half of this group are the Squirrel Hill-raised Phillips brothers, violinists Daniel and Todd. They will play a work by their father, Eugene Phillips. The Emerson String Quartet, Artemis Quartet and Brentano String Quartet also return, while the Hagen Quartet debuts.
"We pride ourself of presenting the top chamber music that is available," said De Broff. "Every one of them is an amazing group."
All concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. at Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. Subscriptions are $45-$165 before June 1 and $50-$190 after; single tickets are $15-$35. Call 412-624-4129.
• October 12: Orion String Quartet, with Timothy Cobb, bass. Eugene Phillips' "Tribute for Two," Dvorak's Bass Quintet in G Major and Mozart's Quartet No. 14 in G Major.
• November 23: Brentano String Quartet. Schubert's "Quartettsatz" and String Quartet in G-Major, and Britten's String Quartet in G-Major.
• January 18, 2010: Emerson String Quartet. Ives' String Quartet No. 1, "A Revival Service," Janacek's String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters," Barber's "Adagio" and Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 9.
• March 1, 2010: Artemis Quartet. Beethoven's Quartet, Op. 18, No. 2, Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, "Quartetto Serioso" and Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132.
• April 12, 2010: Alex Klein, oboe, Richard Young, viola, and Ricardo Castro, piano. Program includes Klughardt's "Songs of the Reeds," Loeffler's "Two Rhapsodies," and Hindemith's Trio for Viola, Heckelphone and Piano.
• April 26, 2010: Hagen Quartet. Beethoven's String Quartet in E Major, Op. 59, No. 2, "Razumovsky," Webern's Five Movements for String Quartet and Grieg's String Quartet in G Major.
First Published March 30, 2009 12:00 am
