2007-2008 Fifteenth Anniversary Season
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2007-2008 Concert Calendar
Keith Underwood Flute Masterclass
2007 Contribution Form(40 KB PDF)
American String Quartet
Sunday, September 30, 7:30 p.m.
Taos Community Auditorium
Beloved by Taos — and the world — the ASQ kicks off TCMG’s anniversary season with Haydn’s D minor Quartet, Op. 76, No. 2, "Quinten",
Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110, Samuel Barber’s soulful Adagio for strings,
and Mendelssohn’s effervescent Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1.
(Photo: American String Quartet)
Tickets — $20 in advance; $23 at the door; $10 for children under 16.
Special Anniversary Event with Robert Mirabal
Saturady, October 20, 7:30 p.m.
Taos Community Auditorium
Chamber music Taos−style features renowned Pueblo musician Robert Mirabal in collaboration with TCMG flutist Nancy Laupheimer and cellist Sally Guenther,
and composer/performer Paul Fowler, who has written a work for the quartet to celebrate Taos and TCMG’s anniversary.
A broad palette of music also includes compositions by Mirabal, crossover composer Rhonda Larson, and Antonio Vivaldi.
(Photo: Robert Mirabal)
Tickets — $20 in advance; $23 at the door; $10 for children under 16.
Baroque Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 16, 5:00 p.m.
Taos Community Auditorium
TCMG’s popular Baroque program presents music that adds to the sparkle of the holidays.
A full ensemble of flutes, violins, viola, cello, bass and harpsichord will perform Bach’s Fourth Brandenburg Concerto and Handel’s Water Music,
as well as concertos by Vivaldi and Tartini.
(Photo: Carmelo de los Santos — Credit: Bill Bivens)
Tickets — $20 in advance; $23 at the door; $10 for children under 16.
Aquarian Airs
Saturday, February 2, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 3, 5:30 p.m.
Harwood Museum
Performed during the sign of Aquarius, music that relates to water and air will include Franz Schubert’s Trout Quintet,
Eugene Goosens’ Five Impressions of a Holiday for flute, cello and piano, and featuring mezzo−soprano Kirsten Lear,
a Bach Aria and songs by Henri Duparc.
(Photo: Robert Tweten & Kirsten Lear)
Tickets — $17 in advance; $20 at the door; $10 for children under 16.
Messiaen Centenary Celebration
Apparition of the Eternal Church
Friday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.
Harwood Museum
A provocative, award−winning film by Paul Festa about the power of music will be shown in conjunction with TCMG’s Messiaen celebration.
The screening will be accompanied by discussion with Festa about the film and Messiaen. apparitionfilm.com
(Photo: Eisa Davis)
Tickets — $10 at the door.
Timeless
Saturday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 16, 5:30 p.m.
Harwood Museum
The music of two iconic composers — Bach and Messiaen — is combined in recognition of the centenary of Messiaen’s birth.
His deeply moving and powerful Quartet for the End of Time is the centerpiece of the program which also includes two works by Bach —
the Trio Sonata, BWV 1020 in G minor and the First Suite in G Major for solo cello —
as well as Messiaen’s birdsong−inspired La Merle Noir for flute and piano.
(Photo: Sally Guenther — Credit: Bill Bivens)
Tickets — $17 in advance; $20 at the door; $10 for children under 16.
Mountain Currents
Saturday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 13, 5:30 p.m.
Harwood Museum
The music of this season’s composer−in−residence, Hilary Tann, is featured in a program inspired by nature.
Originally from Wales, Tann’s compositions are informed by her native landscape and her current home in New York’s Adirondack Mountains as well as the traditional music of Japan.
A slide show of photographs will accompany her music as well as TCMG Director Nancy Laupheimer’s Zephyr for alto flute and cello.
Antonin Dvorak’s "Dumky" Piano Trio rounds out the program.
(Photo: Hilary Tann)
Tickets — $17 in advance; $20 at the door; $10 for children under 16.
Season Finale
Saturday, May 10, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 11, 5:30 p.m.
Harwood Museum
The feminine is highlighted in these Mother’s Day concerts, as five women perform music for harp, flute, violin,
viola and cello by French composer Camille Saint−Saens, Max Reger from Germany, Zoltan Kodaly from Hungary, Nino Rota
(who wrote the music for The Godfather and Romeo and Juliet) from Italy, and Belgian composer Joseph Jongen.
(Photo: Rosalind Simpson)
Tickets — $17 in advance; $20 at the door; $10 for children under 16.
“One of the great |
“TCMG triumphant!” |
“Big Magic!” |
“Silken ensemble playing” |
“Always terrific” |
TAOS CHAMBER MUSIC GROUP
591 Piedmont Road
Taos, NM 87571
nancy@taoschambermusicgroup.org
Call 575-758-0150 for further concert information
• 758-9826 for ticket information at the Harwood • 758-2052 at the TCA for phone charges