"Positively spellbinding." -Palm Beach Daily News

"Their exuberant performance and gutsy repertoire...was the kind of fresh approach that keeps chamber music alive."
-Cincinnati Enquirer

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in F minor, op. 20 no. 5
Leoš Janáček: Quartet no. 1 ("Kreutzer Sonata")
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat major, op. 127

http://www.jupiterquartet.com
[program notes]
[review from The Other Paper]

"Europa Galante are acknowledged as the world's best." -Gramophone"

"Praise cannot be high enough for Fabio Biondi and his Europa Galante, who play with such verve and such smooth tone that all issues about 'early music performance' are moot." -Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com

Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture in F major, TWV 55:F14
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in A major for flute, violin, violoncello, and string orchestra, TWV 53:A2
Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Symphony in G minor, J. 57
Pietro Nardini: Concerto for violin and string orchestra in A major, op. 1, no. 1
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, op. 6, no. 11
Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in D major, op. 1, no. 5

http://www.europagalante.com
[program notes]
[review from the Columbus Dispatch]
[review from The Other Paper]

Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han serve as Artistic Directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. David Finckel and Philip Setzer are the cellist and violinist, respectively, of the Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet.

“When a pair of genuine artists exploodes on the stage, exuding not only glamour and theatrical flair but also superb musical insight, the audience's thrill is twofold.” -Chicago Sun-Times

Concert sponsored by the Kenneth L. Coe and Jack Barrow Fund for Chamber Music Performance of the Columbus Foundation

Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat major, op. 99, D. 898
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat major, op. 100 D. 929

http://www.artistled.com
[program notes]

The Irish pianist has earned a reputation as a masterful interpreter of the classic and early romantic piano repertoires.

“Piano virtuosity can take a variety of forms, but one of the rarest belongs to John O'Conor ... [he] represents a vanishing tradition that favors inner expression and atmosphere over showmanship and bravura ... in technically complex passages he goes the extra measure to find the ideas behind the flurry of notes” -Chicago Tribune

John Field: Three Nocturnes
Carl Czerny: Variations on a Theme of Rode, "La Ricordanza"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Six Bagatelles, op. 126
Franz Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D. 958

http://www.johnoconor.com
[Program Notes]
[Concert Review]

The Grammy Award-winning ambassadors of new music return for another exciting performance.

“They feel every pulse, every note, every fleeting gesture as one heartbeat. They are astounding virtuosos, whose intensity breathes life into the music of today.” -Cincinnati Enquirer

Thomas Adès: Catch (1990)
Pierre Boulez: Dérive 1 (1984)
Stephen Hartke: Meanwhile (2007)
Missy Mazzoli: Still Life with Avalanche (2008)
Marc Mellits: Spam (1995)
George Perle: Critical Moments 2 (2001)

http://www.eighthblackbird.com
[Program Notes]
[Concert Review] [The Other Concert Review]

The Cavani String Quartet have long been a favorite of local audiences. Chamber Music Columbus and the Chamber Music Connection (CMC) are sponsoring a concert by the Cavani String Quartet to kick off the CMC’s Spring Weekend Festival at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware. The Spring Festival Weekend allows students of any ability level, school age through adult, to participate in coachings and workshops with the Cavani String Quartet and CMC Faculty. Tickets for this concert are purchased separately for $15 ($12 if ordered prior to May 31, 2009), $5 for students.

Special date and location:
Friday, May 14, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Ohio Wesleyan University

Tickets for this event are not part of the regular series. See below.