SEASON 15
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​HAMILTON
First Unitarian Church - 170 Dundurn St South, Hamilton ON

Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 3pm
Pastoral Piano Quartets!

Tickets ONLINE ONLY here: https://www.universe.com/pastoralpianoquartets​

REBEKAH CUMMINGS Our Strength, Our Song for Violin and Cello
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat Major, Op. 87​

Min-Jeong Koh, violin
Caitlin Boyle, viola
Daniel Hamin Go, cello
Angela Park, piano

Concert sponsor: François Verschaeve

Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 3pm
88 Keys!

ROBERT SCHUMANN Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11
CLARA SCHUMANN Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14
KAREN SUNABACKA Hiding for solo piano (1999)
DARREN SIGESMUND Regeneration (2023)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY L'isle joyeuse 
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Dvorak Slavonic Dances, selections for piano duo
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Angela Park, piano

Concert sponsor: Josée du Fretay

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 3pm
Flute, Viola, and Harp Delight!

THEODORE DUBOIS Terzettino for Flute, Viola, and Harp
DERRICK SKYE Crossings for Flute, Viola, and Harp
ARNOLD BAX Trio for Viola, Flute, and Harp "Elegiac"
RON ROYER Romance and Impromptu for Flute and Harp
MAURICE RAVEL Sonatine for Flute, Viola, and Harp

Erica Goodman, harp
Suzanne Shulman, flute
Caitlin Boyle, viola

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 3pm
Sextet Extravaganza!

Yolanda Bruno & Csaba Koczo, violins
Caitlin Boyle & Theresa Rudolph, violas
Rachel Desoer & Rachel Mercer, cellos

Concert sponsor: Daphne Payne

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 3pm
The Poetic Voice!

JOHANNES BRAHMS Zweig Gesäng 
IAN CUSSON Five Songs on the Poems of Gwendolyn MacEwen
​JOSEPH CANTELOUBE Selections from Chants d'Auvergne

Marion Newman - Nege'ga, mezzo soprano
Caitlin Boyle, viola
Angela Park, piano

ORLEANS
Orleans United Church - 1111 Orleans Blvd, Orleans ON
Ticket info coming in September!

Cello quartet party!
POSTPONED. New date to be announced.
Celebrate the cello with music from across the ages for 1, 2 and 4 celli!

CELLO QUARTET
Desiree Abbey
Julia MacLaine
Rachel Mercer
Raphael Weinroth-Browne

Young artist: Ruohan Ni

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Suite No. 1 Prelude
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH/ arr. LAZLO VARGA Chaconne in d minor
JANE ANTONIA CORNISH Three Nocturnes, III.
RAPHAEL WEINROTH-BROWNE Triumvirate
TOM FLAHERTY A Cellist's Variations on "Home on the Range" 
MATTHIAS BARTOLOMEY Priekestolen (2018)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA/ arr. NICK HALSEY Libertango
GEORGE GERSHWIN/WERNER THOMAS-MIFUNE Fragment

Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 3.30pm
Clarinet quintet party!

Hear two masterpieces of the clarinet quintet literature!

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10
JOHANNES BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115

Kimball Sykes, clarinet
Yosuke Kawasaki & Jessy Je Young Kim, violins
Tovin Allers, viola
Rachel Mercer, cello

Thank you to the Ontario Arts Council for support of Season 15! 

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