duke performances 2014/15 ciompi brochure

2014/2015 CON C ER T SEASO N

CIOMPI QUARTETWORLD-CL ASS CHAMBER MUSIC MAD E IN D U RH A M SINC E 1965

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In the Ciompi Quartet’s venerable tradition of opening each season with a work by Haydn, this program begins with the vivacious String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 50, no. 1, the first of the composer’s Prussian quartets. Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Minor, op. 95 (“Serioso”), follows, a compact composition with a sense of liberation that echoes the bravura Overture from Egmont. In the evening’s boldly expressive finale, Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F Minor, op. 34, the Ciompi are joined by Awadagin Pratt, a charismatic pianist who started his illustrious career with a Naumburg International Piano Competition Prize and an Avery Fisher Career Grant. “Pratt plays with a full-bodied intensity that can be at turns intimate and grandly heart-wrenching. He has a story to tell, and you can hear him agonizing over every twist. Pratt commands your unfailing attention” (Newsweek).

P R O G R A M :

Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 50, no. 1 (“Prussian”)

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 inF Minor, op. 95 (“Serioso”)

Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, op. 34

The Ciompi share the season’s second concert with the Amernet String Quartet, an ensemble praised by the New York Times as “immensely satisfying.” The Amernet is Quartet in Residence at Florida International University, and its founding violinist, Juilliard graduate Marcia Littley, is a native of Greenville, NC. The concert begins with Mozart’s homage to Bach, the Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546, and continues with Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, op. 11, which features a haunting Andante Cantabile that moved Tolstoy to tears. In the second half, the Ciompi join forces with the Amernet for the premiere of a new work for double string quartet by Carl Schimell, a 2008 Duke Ph.D. and professor at Illinois State University. The Ciompi and the Amernet round out the evening with the brashly modern Two Pieces for String Octet, op. 11, composed by a nineteen-year-old Shostakovich.

P R O G R A M :

Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546

Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 inD Major, op. 11

Carl Schimell: Premiere of a newoctet for strings

Shostakovich: Two Pieces forString Octet, op. 11

CONCERT NO. 1F E AT U R I N G

AWA DAGIN P R ATT, P IANOO O O

SA TURD AY, SEPTEMBER 20 | 8 PMBALD WI N AUDITORIUM

Tickets: $25 • $15 Age 30 & Under$10 All Students | General Admission Seating


AMERNET STRING QUARTETO O O

S ATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 | 8 PMBALDW I N AUDI TORI UM


C I O M P I Q U A R T E T

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Local favorites Nicholas Kitchen, viola, and Yeesun Kim, cello, both of the Bor-romeo String Quartet, join the Ciompi for an evening of sextets. The concert be-gins with the premiere of Kitchen’s tran-scription for string sextet of Bach’s magis-terial Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552 (“St. Anne”), one of the com-poser’s greatest works for organ. Baroque contemplation turns to modern tumult with Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, op. 68, a work written and premiered in the midst of World War II, expressing the composer’s deeply person-al response to the turmoil around him. In the evening’s stirring finale, Kitchen and Kim return for Brahms’ Sextet in G Major, op. 36, a passionate composition concealing the composer’s infatuation with singer Agathe von Siebold.

P R O G R A M :

Bach, arr. Nicholas Kitchen: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552

(“St. Anne”)

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 2 inA Major, op. 68

Brahms: String Sextet No.2 inG Major, op. 36

The Ciompi’s season finale opens with Schubert’s popular “Quartettsatz” in C Minor, D. 703. The quartet is then joined by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, a Durham native who performs regularly at the Metropolitan Opera, and whose singing has been called “miraculous” by the Globe and Mail. Costanzo, supported by the Ciompi, harpsichordist Elaine Funaro, and Duke string students, sings selected arias by Handel. Next, the Ciompi unveil a new quartet by Duke professor and award-winning composer Stephen Jaffe, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Ciompi season comes to a verdant close with two magnificent works of French romanticism: Henri Duparc’s Three Songs for Voice and String Quartet and Ernest Chausson’s plaintive Chanson perpetuelle, op. 37, with Jane Hawkins, piano.

P R O G R A M :

Schubert: String Quartets No. 12 inC Minor, D. 703 (“Quartettsatz”)

Handel: Arias for countertenor and strings

Stephen Jaffe: Premiere of a newstring quartet

Henri Duparc: Three songs for voice and string quartet (transcribed by

David Kirkland Garner)

Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpetuelle, op. 37


NIC HOL A S K ITC HEN, VIOLA& Y E E SUN KIM, C ELLO

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 | 8 PMBALDWI N AUDITORIUM



ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO, COUNTERTENOR

W I T H E L A I N E F U N A R O, H A R P S I C H O R D& J A N E H AW K I N S , P I A N O

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S ATURDAY, APRI L 11 | 8 PMBALDW I N AUDI TORI UM


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THE CIOMPI QUARTETO O O

The Ciompi Quartet was founded at Duke University in 1965 by the renowned Italian violinist Giorgio Ciompi. The Quartet’s recitals and recordings display their facility with masterpieces of the quartet repertoire from Haydn to Brahms, as well as their unflagging dedication to contemporary music. Thanks to the Ciompi’s robust commissioning program, their concerts often feature world premiere compositions by living composers.

The members of the Ciompi are on the music faculty at Duke and play a leading role in the University’s cultural life, in addition to serving as musical ambassadors for the University on concert tours throughout the world. Recent tours have ranged from Washington State to Texas, and from Germany to China, in addition to performances at notable summer music festivals such as Monadnock Music in New Hampshire. In a career comprising hundreds of concerts, the Ciompi Quartet have developed a reputation for performances of calm

intelligence and musical sophistication, and for a warm, unified sound that is enhanced by each player’s strong individual voice. Praised for their “unrelenting rhythmic accuracy and pitch-perfect intonation” (Classical Voice of North Carolina), the Ciompi perform regularly at Duke’s Baldwin Auditorium, and have made a slate of fine recordings, the most recent on the Naxos label in 2011 featuring the music of Paul Schoenfield.

The members of the Ciompi Quartet are longtime Durham residents, maintain full studios of Duke student musicians, and have been playing together in their current iteration for nearly two decades. Their roots in the Duke and Durham communities give the Ciompi the freedom to perform some of the less frequently played works of the chamber music repertoire, such as the sextets and octets featured in the 2014/15 season. The Ciompi Quartet is: Eric Pritchard and Hsiao-mei Ku, violins; Jonathan Bagg, viola; and Fred Raimi, cello.

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FR IENDS OF THE C IOMPI QUARTETO O O

Friends of the Ciompi Quartet make it possible for the ensemble to sustain their commitment to bring chamber music to Duke, the Durham community, and the world. By becoming a Friend, you join a tradition that reaches back almost five decades. With your support, the

Ciompi — Eric, Hsiao-Mei, Fred, and Jonathan — can continue to:

INVITE DIST IN GU ISHE D COLLA BOR ATOR S.

Recent guests include Andrew Tyson, the Kruger Brothers, Ashley Bathgate, Eliot Fisk, Ian Hobson, the Borromeo String Quartet, Branford Marsalis, Nnenna Freelon, and Menahem Pressler. This year’s guests include Awadagin Pratt, the Amernet Quartet, Nicholas Kitchen, Yeesun Kim, and Anthony Roth Costanzo.

TOUR INTE RN ATION ALLY.

Appearances at festivals and concert series worldwide enable the Ciompi to burnish its international reputation. Over the past decades the ensemble has made concert tours throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

CRE ATE ACCL AIM E D RECORDI NGS.

Albums on the CRI, Arabesque, Albany, Gasparo, Naxos, and Sheffield Lab labels bring the Ciompi Quartet into homes around the world.

COMMISSIO N NEW WO RKS.

In recent years, the Ciompi have mounted world premieres of new works by illustrious composers such as Mark Kuss, Scott Lindroth, Paul Schoenfeld, Melinda Wagner, Robert Ward, and Donald Wheelock. The forthcoming season features the world premiere of an octet from Carl Schimmel and Stephen Jaffe’s third string quartet.

BENEF ITS O F F RIENDSHIP.

To reward their support, Friends who contribute $100 or more receive several exclusive benefits: recognition in concert programs, access to special rehearsals by the ensemble, invitation to an annual private gathering open only to donors, and a limited edition recording of the Ciompi Quartet in concert at Baldwin Auditorium. Most importantly, Friends of the Ciompi Quartet sustain Duke’s resident chamber ensemble in its invaluable work.

Gifts to the Friends of the Ciompi Quartet are fully tax-deductible. For additional information on the benefits of becoming a Friend, please contact Duke Performances at 919-660-3357.


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T I C K E T I N G & PA R K I N G

LOCATION

Baldwin Auditorium is located on Duke University’s East Campus at the intersection of Onslow Street and West Markham Avenue.

BALDWIN AUDITORIUM B OX OFFI C E

Located in the lobby of the hall, the Baldwin Box Office will serve patrons on the evening of the concert and open one hour before show time to distribute will call and to sell any available tickets for the performance.

Tickets can be purchased Monday through Friday from 11 am to 6 pm via phone at 919-684-4444 or in person at the University Box Office on the top level of the Bryan Center on Duke University’s West Campus. Tickets are also available any time online at dukeperformances.org.

PARKING

Parking for Ciompi concerts is now FREE in parking lots on Duke’s East Campus and in the adjacent neighborhood. Golf carts will no longer be available to transport patrons from parking lots to and from Baldwin Auditorium.

Parking #1 & #2 (Bivins/Pegram) are accessible via the campus entrance located at the intersection of West Markham Avenue and Sedgefield Street.

Parking #3 (Asbury Church) is located at the intersection of West Markham Avenue and Sedgefield Street.

Parking #4 (Epworth/Aycock) is located at the intersection of North Buchanan Boulevard and Epworth Dorm Lane.

Accessible parking is located in the accessible parking lot (Brown/Bishops). The entrance to this lot is located at the intersection of North Buchanan Boulevard and Dacian Avenue. Guests with accessibility or mobility concerns only please.

Cars may drop off patrons with accessibility or mobility concerns at the traffic circle behind Baldwin Auditorium located at the intersection of West Markham Avenue and Onslow Street. For driving directions, visit dukeperformances.org.

T I C KETS

The 2014/15 Ciompi Quartet season is available at a subscription fee of $80 for all four concerts. Single tickets will be available to the general public beginning July 15 by calling 919-684-4444 or visiting dukeperformances.org. Note: Processing fees are $1.50 per single ticket, and $5 per subcription. There is a new 7.5% North Carolina sales tax that is included in the price of your subscription.

ACC ESSIBIL ITY

Duke University encourages patrons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about physical access please contact the University Box Office at 919-684-4444 in advance of the concert.

W EBSITE & EMAIL

Visit dukeperformances.org for updates on the series. We also encourage you to join Duke Performances’ email list which can be accessed through the website. We will use this list to inform you of any changes to the concert schedule.

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CIOMPI QUARTET 2014/15 SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM

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FRIENDS OF THE CIOMPI QUARTET

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