Friday, September 10, 2004, 8:00 PM
SOLD OUT

Tokyo String Quartet
with Jon Kimura Parker, Piano

Mozart: String Quartet in B flat Major, K.589
Bartok: Quartet No.2
Schumann: Piano Quintet

Preview audio (requires RealPlayer):

• Schumann Piano Quintet
  (Scherzo: Molto vivace)
• Bartok 2nd Quartet
  (Allegro molto capriccioso)
• Mozart: String Quartet K589 (Allegro assai)
• Tokyo String Quartet plays
  Barber's Op.11 Quartet (Molto adagio)

Sponsored by Aldingbrooke Terrace and Townhome Rentals, a Beztak Development

Saturday, October 16, 2004, 8:00 PM
SOLD OUT

Program Change:
Joshua Bell, Violin
with Jeremy Denk, Piano

Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 for Violin & Piano in F     Major, Op. 24, "Spring"
Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, M8
Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for     Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1004
Bartok: Sonata for Piano, Sz. 80, BB 88
Tchaikovsky: Meditation, Op. 42, No. 1
Sarasate: Introduction & Tarantella, Op. 43

Joshua Bell responded to the Chamber Music Society of Detroit's request for him to fill in for an ailing András Schiff, who, with his trio, had to cancel his planned performance for this concert.

Preview audio (requires RealPlayer):

• Chopin's Cello Sonata
  (Scherzo: Allegro con brio)

Saturday, December 4, 2004, 8:00 PM
SOLD OUT

Claremont Trio

Beethoven: Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2
Shostakovich: Trio No. 1, Op. 8
Mendelssohn: Trio in D minor, Op. 49

Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award Concert

SPECIAL EVENT: Friday, December 3 - Fund-Raising Performance and Dessert Reception with the Claremont Trio at an Historic Balmoral Drive Home, Palmer Woods

Preview audio (requires RealPlayer):

• Beethoven: Piano Trio in D ("Ghost"),
  Op.70, No.1 (Presto)
• Mendelssohn Piano Trio Op.49 (Scherzo)

Sponsored by Lee and Paul Blizman,
Barbara and Edward Klarman
and Miriam Sandweiss

Saturday, January 15, 2005, 8:00 PM
SOLD OUT

Juilliard String Quartet
with Heinz Holliger, Oboe

Schubert: Quartettsatz
Carter: Oboe Quartet (2001)
Mozart: Oboe Quartet, K. 370
Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 135

Sponsored by Marx Layne & Company

Pre-concert discussion with members of the Juilliard String Quartet and Heinz Holliger about the Carter Oboe Quartet, 7:00 PM

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Saturday, February 12, 2005 , 8:00 PM
SOLD OUT
Pacifica Quartet

Dedicated in memory of Karl Haas,
founding president of the
Chamber Music Society of Detroit

Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor, Op. 13
Ligeti: Quartet No. 1
Beethoven: Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

Preview audio (requires RealPlayer):

• Mendlessohn String Quartet Op.13
  (Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto)

The Pacifica Quartet conducted the
Chamber Music Society of Detroit
Two-Week String Quartet Residency Program,
January 31 - February 11, 2005

Saturday, March 12, 2005, 8:00 PM
Also performing Friday, March 11, 2005
SOLD OUT

Emanuel Ax, Piano / Yefim Bronfman, Piano

2-Piano Program:
Schumann: Six Canonic Etudes, Op. 56
Debussy: En blanc et noir
Ravel: La Valse
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

With support from Roberta and Wil Viviano

Preview audio (requires RealPlayer):

• Gil Shaham plays Paganini
  (music for violin and guitar)

Preview audio (requires RealPlayer):

• Beethoven String Quartet Op.132
  (Alla marcia, assai vivace)

With support from
Adrienne and Robert Z. Feldstein
and Suzanne L. Burke and Robert D. Hicks