Chamber music – Past Concerts
CMNW Summer Festival: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light
Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Concert 10
Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Lament for viola & piano
Max Bruch – Selections from 8 Pieces for Clarinet Viola & Piano, Op. 83
Béla Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115
Max Bruch – Selections from 8 Pieces for Clarinet Viola & Piano, Op. 83
Béla Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115
$10-$20 ($10-$25 in-person)
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival: Concert Program V
Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Johannes Brahms – Liebeslieder Waltzes for piano four-hands, Op. 52
Antonín Dvořák – String Sextet in A major, Op. 48, B. 80
Antonín Dvořák – String Sextet in A major, Op. 48, B. 80
$25
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival Chamber Music Institute: The Magic of the Piano Quartet
Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 8:30am – 10:30am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Join pianist & Young Performers Program Co-Director Hyeyeon Park on a journey through new colors, textures, & sounds — all part of the magic of the piano quartet.
Free (Free (registration required))
CMNW Summer Festival: Reflecting upon Classics
Friday, July 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Brentano String Quartet performs works by J.S. Bach, F.J. Haydn, & Samuel Barber, with vocalist Davóne Tines; the Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio makes its CMNW debut with Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Concert 9
Friday, July 23, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Trio in E-flat major, K. 498 "Kegelstatt Trio"
Todd Cochran – Soul-Bird for clarinet & piano
Steve Reich – Quartet for Two Pianos & Two Vibraphones
Todd Cochran – Soul-Bird for clarinet & piano
Steve Reich – Quartet for Two Pianos & Two Vibraphones
$10-$20 ($10-$25 in-person)
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival: Concert Program IV
Friday, July 23, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1, No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87
$25
CMNW Summer Festival: Reflecting upon Classics
Thursday, July 22, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Brentano String Quartet performs works by J.S. Bach, F.J. Haydn, & Samuel Barber, with vocalist Davóne Tines; the Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio makes its CMNW debut with Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Second City Chamber Series: How Suite It Is
Thursday, July 22, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Pianist Lisa Bergman & violinist Svend Rønning re-inaugurate Lakewold Gardens as SCCS's summer home in a concert of sweet suites by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Dawn Sonntag, William Grant Still, & Igor Stravinsky.
$50
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival: Prelude Performance I
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Free (Free)
CMNW Summer Festival: Open Rehearsal – Brahms Piano Trio in C Major
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Soak in the new Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio in this rehearsal with Gloria Chien (piano), Soovin Kim (violin), & Paul Watkins (cello), featuring Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
[SOLD OUT] CMNW Summer Festival: Garden Chamber Party – String Trios in Eastmoreland
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Chamber music from Brentano Quartet violist Misha Amory, Emerson String Quartet cellist Paul Watkins, & CMNW Artistic Director/violinist Soovin Kim.
Sold Out
(RE)CONNECTION – Gretchen Yanover, cello & Sophie Lippert, piano
Sunday, July 18, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Classical piano works, original electric cello compositions, jazz standards, & a few tantalizing surprises.
$11-99
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Sunday, July 18, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Sunday, July 18, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$150
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Cultus Bay Gardens, Clinton, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$25
CMNW Summer Festival: Visionary Quintets Revealed
Thursday, July 15, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – "III. Andante" from Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Matan Porat – Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Leo Ornstein – Piano Quintet, Op. 92, SO 610
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Matan Porat – Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Leo Ornstein – Piano Quintet, Op. 92, SO 610
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet – Beethoven & Debussy
Thursday, July 15, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet – Beethoven & Debussy
Thursday, July 15, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)