 |
|
|
|
New faces dot musical series By Mark Stryker March 19, 2006 The Chamber Music Society of Detroit continues its drive to diversify its programming in 2006-07 with five series debuts and several concerts pushing into less standard corners of instrumentation and repertoire. Artists in the series for the first time include a pair of mixed wind and string ensembles -- the Chicago Chamber Musicians and the London-based Nash Ensemble -- and early music specialist and viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall, who appears with a trio. The other debuts are by the Czech-bred Prazak Quartet with violist Roger Tapping and the Trio Con Brio Copenhagen, winner of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award spearheaded by the society. Next season would have included a sixth debut, except that Canadian violinist James Ehnes, who will play a December recital, was scheduled as an eleventh-hour substitute at Saturday's concert for the Bergen Woodwind Quintet. Society president Lois Beznos said the convergence of so many artists new to the society wasn't intentional but rather a by-product of looking to expand horizons. The returning performers on the Opus 9 main series are the Tokyo String Quartet with pianist Jon Kimura Parker, Pacifica Quartet, and pianist Andras Schiff with cellist Miklos Perenyi. The real comfort food comes in the Opus 3 series, which reverts to its roots as a piano recital series. The performers are Parker, Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman. Not all the repertoire has been announced but highlights include Toru Takemitsu's "A Way a Lone" (1981), performed by the Tokyo String Quartet. The Chicago Chamber Musicians, whose ranks are filled with members of the Chicago Symphony, will tackle American composer John Harbison's "Six American Painters" for flute, violin, viola and cello. The Nash Ensemble will use a Mozart Flute Quartet and Clarinet Quintet as bookends for two luscious pieces of impressionism, Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp and Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro." Schiff and Perenyi will play all Beethoven. Copyright © 2006 Detroit Free Press Inc. |
||
