2007-2008 Concert Schedule

SPIVEY HALL
Sunday, October 21, 2007
3:00 pm
Spivey Hall
Clayton State University, Morrow
Tickets $25, Students Half Price with valid ID
www.spiveyhall.org
Box Office 678 466 4200

“ SONGS AMERICA LOVES TO SING ”

MOZART Quartet for Oboe & Strings in F Major, K. 370
HARBISON Songs America Loves to Sing (fl, cl, vn, vc, pf)
Commissioned, Premiered & Recorded by ACP
FAURE Piano Quartet in C Minor, Opus 15

Paula Peace, piano • Elizabeth Koch, oboe • Christina Smith, flute • Laura Ardan, clarinet
Justin Bruns, violin • Catherine Lynn, viola • Brad Ritchie, cello

It is a pleasure to open our 32nd season at Spivey Hall, renowned as one of our nation’s finest small concert halls. Featured is an outstanding chamber quintet by one of America’s most distinguished artistic figures - Pulitzer Prize winning composer John Harbison, Songs America Loves to Sing, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, was co-commissioned, premiered and recorded in 2007 by the ACP. These ten “songs” alternately showcase each of the five instruments in solos and canons spotlighting familiar American tunes, hymns and political anthems - ranging from “Amazing Grace” and “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” to “We Shall Overcome”. Throughout our performances to date of Songs - in Atlanta, Paris and Rome – we have been inspired by this music’s beautiful and original accompaniment settings, as well as awed that John Harbison can skillfully craft a double inversion canon over a fixed harmonic scheme… while we enjoy the “St. Louis Blues” in a whole new light. The concert begins with the graceful lyricism of Mozart’s only quartet for oboe and strings and presents the Atlanta chamber music debut of oboist Elizabeth Koch, the new Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Symphony. Concluding the program is Gabriel Fauré’s sensual and brilliant C Minor Piano Quartet, a long time ACP audience and musicians' favorite.

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Sunday, November 11, 2007
3:00 pm
Georgia State University, Kopleff Recital Hall
Gilmer St. at Peachtree Center Avenue - Downtown
GSU Concert Info: 404-413-5901 www.music.gsu.edu
Tickets Available at the Door: $10
Convenient public parking available at nearby “I” lot
Enter from Peachtree Center Ave.(click for map)

“ SUAVE & SEARING “

MILHAUD Suite for Violin, Clarinet, Piano, Opus 157b
JANACEK String Quartet no. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”
BRAHMS “Horn” Trio in Eb Major, Opus 40

Paula Peace, piano • Laura Ardan, clarinet • Richard Deane, French horn
Justin Bruns, violin • John Meisner, violin • Catherine Lynn, viola • Brad Ritchie, cello

Frenchman Darius Milhaud's Suite is a suave and jazzy trio setting of the traditional suite of dance movements, followed by Moravian Leos Janacek's searing first quartet, inspired by a Tolstoy novella of jealousy and murder. Anchoring the program is German Johannes Brahms' beloved "Horn" Trio, composed after the death of the composer's mother and featuring some of Brahms' most arching melodies and galloping rhythms. This program marks the ACP debut of John Meisner, first violinist with the Atlanta Symphony and former violinist with the Herrington Quartet in Texas.

“CHAMBER MUSIC IN SACRED SPACES”

Sunday, March 2, 2008
3:00 pm
Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Srochi Hall
600 Peachtree Battle Avenue, Atlanta
Suggested Donation of $18 Adults, $10 Students
Convenient public parking

“ VERY VIENNESE ”

HAYDN Piano Trio in E Minor, Hob. XV:12
BRAHMS “Horn” Trio in Eb Major, Opus 40
WEBER Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, Opus 34

Paula Peace, piano • Laura Ardan, clarinet • Richard Deane, French Horn
Justin Bruns, violin • John Meisner, violin • Catherine Lynn, viola • Brad Ritchie, cello

The Ahavath Achim Synagogue’s beautiful Srochi Hall will be the site of this season’s popular “Chamber Music in Sacred Spaces” series in a tribute to the musical capital city of Vienna. Franz Josef Haydn’s sparkling E Minor piano trio opens this program with charm and delicacy. Johannes Brahms’s beloved trio for violin, horn and piano features some of the composer’s most reflective and resplendent writing and showcases Justin Bruns, the ASO Assistant Concertmaster, and Richard Deane, ASO high hornist, with pianist Paula Peace. Concluding the program is Carl Maria von Weber’s quintet for clarinet and string quartet and gives ASO Principal Clarinetist Laura Ardan a lyrical and virtuosic showcase.

“CHAMBER MUSIC IN ART SPACES”
Sunday, May 4, 2008
7:30 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art of GA
In their new location at
TULA Art Center
75 Bennett Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
map here
Suggested Donation of $20 Adults, $10 Students

"MODERN MASTERS"

DEBUSSY Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp
MARTINU First Piano Quartet
SCHOENBERG Kammersymphonie, Opus 9, arr. Webern

Paula Peace, piano • Christina Smith, flute • Laura Ardan, clarinet
Justin Bruns, violin • Catherine Lynn, viola • Brad Ritchie, cello
Elisabeth Remy, harp

We are proud to inaugurate “Chamber Music in Art Spaces” to showcase the best of contemporary chamber music while surrounded by works of renowned visual artists. This collaboration takes us to the Museum of Contemporary Art of GA, in their new location at TULA Art Center. The program showcases three brilliant works from the 20th century. Frenchman Claude Debussy’s masterpiece Trio features sensual and luscious writing for the flute, viola and harp, with ASO Principal Harpist Elisabeth Remy joining ACP regulars. Bohemian composer Bohuslav Martinu’s quartet is a bold and breathtaking tour de force for piano and strings. Arnold Schoenberg’s early, ultra-Romantic Kammersymphonie - arranged for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano – explores a wide range of emotions and tone colors, all with a power and intensity which make this work the climax of Schoenberg’s first period of composition.

	SPIVEY HALL Sunday, October 21, 2007 3:00 pm Spivey Hall Clayton State University, Morrow Tickets $25, Students Half Price with valid ID www.spiveyhall.org Box Office 678 466 4200 “ SONGS AMERICA LOVES TO SING ”
MOZART Quartet for Oboe & Strings in F Major, K. 370 HARBISON Songs America Loves to Sing (fl, cl, vn, vc, pf) Commissioned, Premiered & Recorded by ACP FAURE Piano Quartet in C Minor, Opus 15 Paula Peace, piano • Elizabeth Koch, oboe • Christina Smith, flute • Laura Ardan, clarinet Justin Bruns, violin • Catherine Lynn, viola • Brad Ritchie, cello It is a pleasure to open our 32nd season at Spivey Hall, renowned as one of our nation’s finest small concert halls. Featured is an outstanding chamber quintet by one of America’s most distinguished artistic figures - Pulitzer Prize winning composer John Harbison, Songs America Loves to Sing, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, was co-commissioned, premiered and recorded in 2007 by the ACP. These ten “songs” alternately showcase each of the five instruments in solos and canons spotlighting familiar American tunes, hymns and political anthems - ranging from “Amazing Grace” and “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” to “We Shall Overcome”. Throughout our performances to date of Songs - in Atlanta, Paris and Rome – we have been inspired by this music’s beautiful and original accompaniment settings, as well as awed that John Harbison can skillfully craft a double inversion canon over a fixed harmonic scheme… while we enjoy the “St. Louis Blues” in a whole new light. The concert begins with the graceful lyricism of Mozart’s only quartet for oboe and strings and presents the Atlanta chamber music debut of oboist Elizabeth Koch, the new Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Symphony. Concluding the program is Gabriel Fauré’s sensual and brilliant C Minor Piano Quartet, a long time ACP audience and musicians' favorite.
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Sunday, November 11, 2007 3:00 pm Georgia State University, Kopleff Recital Hall Gilmer St. at Peachtree Center Avenue - Downtown GSU Concert Info: 404-413-5901 www.music.gsu.edu Tickets Available at the Door: $10 Convenient public parking available at nearby “I” lot Enter from Peachtree Center Ave.(click for map)
“ SUAVE & SEARING “ MILHAUD Suite for Violin, Clarinet, Piano, Opus 157b JANACEK String Quartet no. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata” BRAHMS “Horn” Trio in Eb Major, Opus 40 Paula Peace, piano • Laura Ardan, clarinet • Richard Deane, French horn Justin Bruns, violin • John Meisner, violin • Catherine Lynn, viola • Brad Ritchie, cello Frenchman Darius Milhaud's Suite is a suave and jazzy trio setting of the traditional suite of dance movements, followed by Moravian Leos Janacek's searing first quartet, inspired by a Tolstoy novella of jealousy and murder. Anchoring the program is German Johannes Brahms' beloved "Horn" Trio, composed after the death of the composer's mother and featuring some of Brahms' most arching melodies and galloping rhythms. This program marks the ACP debut of John Meisner, first violinist with the Atlanta Symphony and former violinist with the Herrington Quartet in Texas.
	“CHAMBER MUSIC IN SACRED SPACES” Sunday, March 2, 2008 3:00 pm Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Srochi Hall 600 Peachtree Battle Avenue, Atlanta Suggested Donation of $18 Adults, $10 Students Convenient public parking
“ VERY VIENNESE ” HAYDN Piano Trio in E Minor, Hob. XV:12 BRAHMS “Horn” Trio in Eb Major, Opus 40 WEBER Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, Opus 34 Paula Peace, piano • Laura Ardan, clarinet • Richard Deane, French Horn Justin Bruns, violin • John Meisner, violin • Catherine Lynn, viola • Brad Ritchie, cello The Ahavath Achim Synagogue’s beautiful Srochi Hall will be the site of this season’s popular “Chamber Music in Sacred Spaces” series in a tribute to the musical capital city of Vienna. Franz Josef Haydn’s sparkling E Minor piano trio opens this program with charm and delicacy. Johannes Brahms’s beloved trio for violin, horn and piano features some of the composer’s most reflective and resplendent writing and showcases Justin Bruns, the ASO Assistant Concertmaster, and Richard Deane, ASO high hornist, with pianist Paula Peace. Concluding the program is Carl Maria von Weber’s quintet for clarinet and string quartet and gives ASO Principal Clarinetist Laura Ardan a lyrical and virtuosic showcase.
“CHAMBER MUSIC IN ART SPACES” Sunday, May 4, 2008 7:30 pm Museum of Contemporary Art of GA In their new location at TULA Art Center 75 Bennett Street Atlanta, GA 30309 map here Suggested Donation of $20 Adults, $10 Students
"MODERN MASTERS" DEBUSSY Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp MARTINU First Piano Quartet SCHOENBERG Kammersymphonie, Opus 9, arr. Webern Paula Peace, piano • Christina Smith, flute • Laura Ardan, clarinet Justin Bruns, violin • Catherine Lynn, viola • Brad Ritchie, cello Elisabeth Remy, harp We are proud to inaugurate “Chamber Music in Art Spaces” to showcase the best of contemporary chamber music while surrounded by works of renowned visual artists. This collaboration takes us to the Museum of Contemporary Art of GA, in their new location at TULA Art Center. The program showcases three brilliant works from the 20th century. Frenchman Claude Debussy’s masterpiece Trio features sensual and luscious writing for the flute, viola and harp, with ASO Principal Harpist Elisabeth Remy joining ACP regulars. Bohemian composer Bohuslav Martinu’s quartet is a bold and breathtaking tour de force for piano and strings. Arnold Schoenberg’s early, ultra-Romantic Kammersymphonie - arranged for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano – explores a wide range of emotions and tone colors, all with a power and intensity which make this work the climax of Schoenberg’s first period of composition.

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