THE GHOSTS OF HAMLET
March 13, 2025

Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu
Roberta Mameli soprano
Illustrated talk by John Brewer

Arias and Sinfonias, extract from: Ambleto, Francesco Gasparini, Venise 1705; Ambleto, Domenico Scarlatti, Rome 1715; Ambleto, Giuseppe Vignati, Milan 1719; Ambleto, Giuseppe Carcani, Venise 1742; Libretto from Zeno and Pariati

SACRED AND PROFANE
February 27, 2025

Quatuor Van Kuijk
Parker Ramsay harp
Illustrated talk by Parker Ramsay

Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Debussy La Fille aux cheveux de lin
Debussy Danse sacrée et Danse profane
Fauré Une châtelaine en sa tour…, Op. 110
Fauré Four Mélodies
Caplet Conte Fantastique (after Poe) for String Quartet & Harp

PATHS TO MATURITY
May 1, 2025

Leonard Elschenbroich cello
Alexei Grynyuk piano
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Beethoven Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5, No. 1
Beethoven Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2
Prokofiev March from “The Love for Three Oranges”
Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

THE MUSE
November 20, 2024

Philippe Quint violin
Jun Cho piano
Jazmine Saunders soprano
Narration by Mickey Sumner

Music by Ethel Smyth, Clara Schumann, Nadia Boulanger, Lera Auerbach, Vivian Fung, Errollyn Wallen and Lora Kvint.

SHIMMERING SUBSTANCE
October 30, 2024

Quartetto di Cremona
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Schumann Quartet in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1
Ravel String Quartet in F major, M.35

MOZART AS HARLEQUIN
May 1, 2024

Michael Stephen Brown piano
Adam Golka piano
Illustrated talk by Jan Swafford

Music by Mozart

ALLA ZINGARESE
April 11, 2024

Per Tengstrand piano
Hana Mundiya violin
Katie Liu viola
Robin Park cello
Illustrated talk by Per Tengstrand

Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor
Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op. 25

FROM MY LIFE
March 14, 2024

Alexander Sitkovetsky violin
Nicholas Canellakis cello
Wu Qian piano
Illustrated talk by Nicholas Chong

Dvořák Sonatina in G major for violin and piano, Op. 100 B. 183
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 ,Op. 30 No. 2
Smetana Piano Trio in G Minor, Op.15

LOVE'S SICKNESS
February 8, 2024

A Golden Wire Ensemble
Nola Richardson soprano
Kevin Payne lute
Illustrated talk by Parker Ramsay

Music by Purcell, Hume, Lanier, Corkine, Jenkins, Corbetta, Marais, D'Urfey, Blow, Eccles, Lawes

FLOWERS IN CONCRETE
December 6, 2023

Marc-Andre Hamelin piano
Philippe Quint violin
Sergey Antonov cello
Illustrated talk by Irina Knaster

Prokofiev Sarcasms, Op. 17 (solo piano)
Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94bis
Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

OH, MANKIND!
November 16, 2023

Ariel Quartet
Illustrated talk by Jan Swafford

Beethoven curated selections from Op. 18/1–5
Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6

ORIGINS OF INSPIRATION
October 26, 2023

Zemlinsky Quartet
Alexander Bedenko clarinet
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Janáček String Quartet No. 1, ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op. 34
Schumann String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1

GENIUS IN THE MAKING
October 6, 2023

Quatuor Danel
Illustrated talk by Misha Donat

Schubert String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, D87
Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D703
Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (L91)

DEAR FATHER...
May 18, 2023

Stella Chen violin

Matthew Lipman viola

Illustrated talk by Irina Knaster

PaganiniCaprice No. 24 in A minor

BeethovenString Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1

Mozart Divertimento for String Trio

SEVEN LAST WORDS

April 27, 2023

Brentano Quartet
Poetry by Ruth Padel

Haydn ‘Seven Last Words’, Op. 51

AGAINST THE TIDE
April 13, 2023

Leonard Elschenbroich cello
Alexei Grynyuk piano
Illustrated talk by Nicholas Chong

SPANISH IMPRESSIONS

March 16, 2023

Illustrated talk by Stephen Buck

Turina Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76

Arbos Three Spanish Dances, Op. 1

Perelló Tres impresiones (1922)

Cassadó Piano Trio (1926)

FOR THE LOVE OF CLARA: SCHUMANN & BRAHMS

February 9, 2023

Brook Speltz cello

Adam Golka piano

Illustrated talk by Jan Swafford

C. Schumann Romanze (arrangement of the slow movement from the Piano Concerto)

R. Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

R. Schumann Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor

Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B major

CROSSING PARALLELS: TCHAIKOVSKY & DVOŘÁK

December 7, 2022

Philippe Quint violin

Stephanie Zyzak violin

Maurycy Banaszek viola

Paul Laraia viola

Zlatomir Fung cello

Adrian Daurov cello

Illustrated talk by Irina Knaster

Dvořák String Sextet in A major, Op. 48

Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70

LOVE AND LOSS: BRAHMS & MENDELSSOHN

November 3, 2022

Escher String Quartet

Illustrated talk by Per Tengstrand

Brahms String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1

Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80

MUSIC IN THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV

October 6, 2022

Nola Richardson soprano

Parker Ramsay harp

Kevin Payne lute

Arnie Tanimoto viola da gamba

Illustrated talk by John Brewer

Music by Francesco Corbetta, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Louis Couperin, Marin Marais, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault

ALMA MAHLER: MUSE OR MONSTER

May 18, 2022

Rebecca Ringle Kamarei mezzo-soprano

Bryan Wagorn piano

Brook Speltz cello

Adam Barnett-Hart violin

Adam Golka piano

Illustrated talk by Nicholas Chong

Songs by Alma and Gustav Mahler

Zemlinsky Three Pieces for cello and piano

MUSIC OF THE PLEASURE GARDENS

April 28, 2022

The Four Nations Ensemble

Illustrated talk by John Brewer

Handel Sonata for violin and continuo in D major
‘Sweet bird’ (L’Allegro)
‘Waft her, Angels” (Jeptha)
Chilcot Orpheus with his Lute
J.C. Bach Quartet in C major for flute, violin, viola and cello, Op. 8 No. 1
Haydn Three Scot Songs

CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S SMILE

April 20, 2022

Philippe Quint violin

Jun Cho piano

Presentation by Philippe Quint

Music by Chaplin, Brahms, Debussy, Stravinsky, and Gershwin

BOHEMIAN NOSTALGIA

April 6, 2022

Grace Park violin

Zlatomir Fung cello

Gilles Vonsattel piano

Illustrated talk by Nicholas Chong

Smetana Piano Trio, Op. 15

Dvořák Piano Trio, No.3 Op. 65

BEETHOVEN VARIATIONS

March 31, 2022

Quatuor Danel

Ruth Padel Beethoven Variations: Poems on a Life

Poetry reading by the author

Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op. 18, No. 1

Beethoven String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

INTIMATE PORTRAITS: RAVEL & SCHUBERT

February 3, 2022

Hermitage Piano Trio

Illustrated Talk by Nicholas Chong

Schubert Piano Trio in B flat major, D898

WINTERREISE. WINTER JOURNEY

December 13, 2021

Tyler Duncan baritone

Erika Switzer piano

Illustrated talk by Christopher Gibbs

Schubert Winterreise

SONGS OF SOLACE

November 18, 2021

Ariel Quartet

Alexander Bedenko clarinet

Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4

Johnson Angel’s Arc, for clarinet and string quartet

Brahms Clarinet Quintet

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA CENTENNIAL: BETWEEN ANGELS & DEMONS

October 28, 2021

Philippe Quint violin

Rodolfo Zanetti bandoneón

Pedro Giraudo bass

Ahmed Alom piano

Federico Díaz guitar

Sofía Tosello vocalist

Narration by Philippe Quint

Music by Astor Piazzolla

INSPIRED BY FRIENDSHIP

October 7, 2021

Kristóf Baráti violin

Roman Rabinovich piano

Illustrated talk by Michael Parloff

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 ‘Thun’

Bartók Violin Rhapsody No. 1

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’

MUSIC, TALES & MAGIC
March 11, 2020

Narek Hakhnazaryan cello
Noreen Polera piano
Illustrated talk by John Brewer

Beethoven Seven Variations on a theme from Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Grieg Solveig’s Song
Chopin Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3
Fauré Apres un rêve
Popper Dance of the Elves
Grieg Cello Sonata

FRENCH IMPRESSIONS
February 27, 2020

Grace Park violin
Gilles Vonsattel piano
The Calidore String Quartet
Illustrated talk by Samuel Adams

Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor
Chausson Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21

RUSSIAN ELEGY
December 4, 2019

Misha Keylin violin
Zlatomir Fung cello
Pavel Nersessian piano
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Lyadov Three Pieces, Op. 57
Glinka Trio Pathétique
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50

HAUNTED MINDS
November 13, 2019

Ariel Quartet
Illustrated talk by Nicholas Chong

Bartók String Quartet No. 1

FLOWERS IN CONCRETE
October 29, 2019

Philippe Quint violin
Leonard Elschenbroich cello
José Gallardo piano
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Schnittke Suite in Old Style for violin and piano
Prokofiev Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.94a
Shostakovich Trio No.2 in E Minor

SCHUBERT QUINTET
October 23, 2019

Formosa Quartet
Peter Wiley cello
Illustrated talk by Misha Donat

Schubert String Quintet in C major, D956

MUSIC OF THE 18TH CENTURY GRAND TOUR
May 30, 2019

Pascale Beaudin soprano
The Four Nations Ensemble
Illustrated talk by John Brewer

Music by
Jean-Baptiste Quentin
Johann Adolf Hasse
Antonio Vivaldi
Arcangelo Corelli
Battista Pergolesi

ARCHDUKE RUDOLPH: BEETHOVEN’S PUPIL AND PATRON
April 17, 2019

Ignat Solzhenitsyn piano
Korbinian Altenberger violin
Na-Young Baek cello
Illustrated talk by Ignat Solzhenitsyn

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96
Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 ‘Archduke’

LOVE, FAITH & FATE
March 19, 2019

John Pumphrey tenor
William Fu piano
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Music by Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Franck, Wagner and Verdi

WHEN TCHAIKOVSKY MET BRAHMS…
March 6, 2019

Alexander Sitkovetsky violin
Wu Qian piano
Illustrated talk by Nicholas Chong

Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Grieg Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45

CLASSICAL VIENNA
January 23, 2019

Orion String Quartet
Alexander Bedenko clarinet
Illustrated talk by Elliott Forrest

Haydn String Quartet in C major, Op. 50 No. 2
Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581

MOZART, SCHUMANN & THE TALES OF HOFFMANN

December 5, 2018

Philippe Quint violin
Grace Park violin
Matthew Lipman viola
Kyle Armbrust viola
Zlatomir Fung cello
Vsevolod Dvorkin piano
Illustrated talk by Damian Fowler

Mozart String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516  
Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44

BEETHOVEN: INTIMATE LETTERS
November 1, 2018

Ariel Quartet
Illustrated talk by Ariel Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 1
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 131

ZEMLINSKY, JANACEK, DVORAK & THEIR MUSES
October 16, 2018

FETE GALANTE: THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY
May 17, 2018

Sherezade Panthaki soprano
Four Nations Ensemble
Illustrated talk by Tav Holmes

Leclair Second Musical Recreation      
Clérambault L'Isle de Délos
Devienne Trio for flute, violin and cello in G minor
Telemann Paris Quartet No.5 in A major  

J.S. BACH. THE ART OF FUGUE
April 12, 2018

Fretwork
Illustrated talk by Richard Boothby

J.S. Bach Art of Fugue

WEIMAR: THE CRADLE OF MUSICAL TALENT
April 19, 2018

Vsevolod Dvorkin piano
Sergey Antonov cello
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G major
Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No.2 in D. major
Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor

SCHUBERT OCTET
December 14, 2017

Ying Quartet
Joseph Anderer horn
William Short bassoon
Alexander Bedenko clarinet
Brendan Kane double bass

Illustrated talk by Misha Donat

Schubert Octet

KREUTZER SONATA
November 16, 2017

Mark Steinberg violin
Ignat Solzhenitsyn piano
Ariel Quartet
Illustrated talk by Ignat Solzhenitsyn

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 Kreutzer Sonata
Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Janácek String Quartet No. 1 Kreutzer Sonata

KINDRED SPIRITS
October 26, 2017

The Endellion String Quartet
Illustrated talk by David Waterman

Haydn String Quartet in G major, Op. 54 No. 1
Beethoven String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127
Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D703

WINDS OF CHANGE
May 17, 2017

Benjamin Hochman piano
Joseph Anderer horn
Alexander Bedenko clarinet
William Short bassoon
Anna Urrey flute
Katherine Needleman oboe

Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Mozart Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, K452
Rimsky-Korsakov Quintet in B flat major
Poulenc Sextet for piano and wind quintet, Op. 100

CLARA SCHUMANN: ARTIST AND MUSE
April 19, 2017

Stephanie Chase violin
Sophie Shao cello
Todd Crow piano
Illustrated talk by Nicholas Chong

R. Schumann Five Pieces in Folk Style for cello and piano, Op. 102
Brahms Sonata in G major for violin and piano, Op. 78
C. Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17

PRAGUE: CZECH ROMANTICS
February 23, 2017

Arnaud Sussmann violin
Michael Brown piano
Illustrated talk by Nicholas Chong

Smetana From My Homeland, Op. 128
Suk 4 Pieces for violin and piano, Op.17
Janácek Violin Sonata
Dvořák Romantic Pieces, Op. 75

ROMANTIC VIENNA
January 26, 2017

Arnaud Sussmann violin
Emily Daggett Smith violin
Paul Neubauer viola
Rafael Figueroa cello
Vsevolod Dvorkin piano
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, D821
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

BACH AND MOZART: A LASTING LEGACY
October 5, 2016

Dmitry Sitkovetsky violin
Dov Scheindlin viola
Sergey Antonov cello
Ignat Solzhenitsyn piano

Illustrated talk by Paul Berry

Mozart Prelude and Fugue in D minor for string trio, K404a No. 1
J.S. Bach Fifteen Sinfonias, BWV 787-801 (arr. D. Sitkovetsky)
Mozart Piano Quartet in E flat major, K493

BRITTEN AND SHOSTAKOVICH: A REMARKABLE FRIENDSHIP
June 11, 2015

Aleksei Kiseliov cello
Itamar Golan piano
Illustrated talk by Iain Burnside

Britten Cello Sonata Op. 65
Shostakovich Cello Sonata Op. 40

SCHUBERT: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BEETHOVEN
June 10, 2015

Ferenc Rados piano
Illustrated talk by Misha Donat

Beethoven Piano Sonata in A flat major Op. 26
Schubert Piano Sonata in D major D850

BAROQUE LONDON. MUSIC FOR COURT AND SALON
May 13, 2015

Rachel Podger director/violin
Brecon Baroque
Illustrated talk by Richard Wigmore

Music by Handel, Geminiani, Purcell, Boyce, Avison

WANDERERS: BYRON LISZT AND BERLIOZ
April 25, 2015

Iakov Zats viola
Vsevolod Dvorkin piano
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Liszt Années de pèlerinage Première année Suisse
Berlioz arr. Liszt Harold en Italie

WINDS OF CHANGE
March 26, 2015

Vsevolod Dvorkin piano
Jasmine Choi flute
Alexander Bedenko clarinet
Timothy Rundle oboe
Laura Vincent bassoon
Geremia Iezzi horn
Illustrated talk by Richard Wigmore

Mozart Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds K452
Rimsky-Korsakov Quintet in B flat major
Poulenc Sextet for piano and wind quintet Op. 100

BELLINI AND CHOPIN: WEEPING IN SONG
March 2, 2015

Gyula Rab tenor
Aldemir Tokov piano
Thomas Harris piano
Yekaterina Lebedeva piano
Illustrated talk by Patrick Bade

Chopin Polish Songs Op. 74 Nos. 1 2 and 3
Chopin Scherzo No. 3 Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 Ballade No. 1
Liszt Tre sonetti di Petrarca
Liszt Sonetto di Petrarca No. 104 Paraphrase on Verdi’s Rigoletto
Bellini I puritani A te o cara
Verdi Rigoletto Ella mi fu rapita Parmi veder le lagrime

BEETHOVEN. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF QUARTET MAKING
February 25, 2015

The Endellion String Quartet
Poetry by Ruth Padel

Beethoven String Quartets Op. 18 No. 6 and Op. 131

BERLIN: THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
January 24, 2015

Rachel Brown flute
Madeleine Easton violin
Richard Boothby viola da gamba
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Illustrated talk by Norman Lebrecht

C. P. E. Bach Sonata in D major for viola da gamba and harpsichord Wq. 88
Benda Sonata XI in D major for violin and basso continuo
Quantz Trio Sonata in A minor QV 2 Anh. 34
Frederick II of Prussia Sonata in C major for flute and basso continuo SpiF 40
J. S. Bach Trio Sonata in C minor from The Musical Offering BWV 1079

BARON VAN SWIETEN: PATRON AND MUSE OF THE CLASSICS
June 3, 2014

Alexey Lundin violin
Alexei Kiseliov cello
Vsevolod Dvorkin piano
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

J. S. Bach Cello Suite in G major BWV 1007 Prelude
HandelViolin Sonata in D major HWV 371
C. P. E. BachSonata No. 3 from Sonaten Wq 57
MozartViolin Sonata No. 35 in A major K526
Haydn Trio No. 44 in E major Hob XV 28

SCHUMANN AND THE TALES OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN
May 21, 2014

Todd Crow piano
Illustrated talk by Misha Donat

Hoffmann Sonata in F minor AV 27
Schumann Kreisleriana Op. 16
Brahms Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op. 9
Busoni Elegy No. 6 Erscheinung (Notturno)
Tchaikovsky Concert Suite from ballet 'The Nutcracker' (transcr. Pletnev)

CLASSICAL VIENNA
May 1, 2014

Maxim Rysanov viola
Kristina Blaumane cello
Alexander Bedenko clarinet
Jacob Katsnelson piano
Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

Haydn Piano Sonata No. 33 in C minor Hob XVI 20
Mozart Clarinet Trio in E flat major K498 Kegelstatt Trio
Beethoven Duet for viola and cello in E flat major WoO 32 Eyeglass
Beethoven Clarinet Trio in B flat major Op. 11 arranged for viola cello and piano

SEVEN LAST WORDS
March 26, 2014

The Endellion String Quartet

Haydn Seven Last Words Op. 51

Poems by Ruth Padel ‘Seven Words and an Earthquake’

TOLSTOY AND MUSIC: KREUTZER SONATA
February 6, 2014

Dmitry Sitkovetsky violin
Iain Burnside piano
Zemlinsky Quartet
Illustrated talk by Iain Burnside

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D major Op. 11 2nd movement
Janáček String Quartet No. 1 Kreutzer Sonata