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Music season is high drama
Chamber music takes off
By Lawrence B. Johnson / The Detroit News
Music on a more intimate scale once again flourishes in the care of the Detroit Chamber Music Society, which for the second year presents not one series but two at Seligman Performing Arts Center at Detroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills. The Society kicks off its main series of nine concerts Sept. 17 with a joint performance by the Shanghai and Guarneri String Quartets.
Rounding out the season's first half are programs by pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard (playing works by Ravel, Schumann and Debussy Oct. 15), the English Concert chamber orchestra playing Baroque fare under violinist Andrew Manze (Nov. 12) and the Borromeo String Quartet in music of Mozart, Bartok and Dvorak (Dec. 17).
As usual -- O happy enterprise -- the Society's main series is sold out by subscription, but president Lois Beznos notes that ticket turn-backs almost always guarantee a seat for the determined music lover who shows up near curtain time. And now, of course, there's the three-part second series, which is not sold out. Those programs -- the St. Lawrence String Quartet with cellist Matt Haimovitz, a solo recital by pianist Richard Goode, a joint concert by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and the Claremont Trio -- all fall in the season's second half. Call (248) 855-6070.
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