American Chamber Players
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009

Friends of Chamber Music is delighted to be opening our 56th season with one of today’s most exciting and innovative chamber music ensembles, The American Chamber Players. 

The quintet offers performances with old and new composers, including newly commissioned American works. Their fascinating programs with varied instrumental combinations have been as enthusiastically praised as their extraordinary, dynamic performances. For this concert, the quintet will be joined by soprano Rebecca Turner for a performance of rarely-heard songs by Franz Schubert and Sergei Rachmaninoff. 

Concert Program

Mozart: Quartet for flute and strings in A Major, K. 298
Schubert: Auf dem Strom, for soprano, viola, and piano, D. 943
Paul Schoenfield: Three Bagatelles for flute, cello, and piano (2007)
Rachmaninoff: Two Songs for soprano and piano (with violin obbligato by Fritz Kreisler)
   When Night Descends in Silence, Op. 4, No. 3
   O Cease Thy Singing, Op. 4, No. 4
Brahms: Quartet in G Minor for piano and strings, Op. 25 (1861)

Artists' Web Site:

www.acplayers.com