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Upcoming Programs
May 29, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Oliver Knussen and Ernst von Dohnányi
This week, Tony Arnold sings Songs for Sue from Knussen’s Requiem. Then Jon Kimura Parker, piano; William Preucil, violin; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Aloysia Friedmann, viola;, and Gary Hoffman, cello, perform the Dohnányi Piano Quintet No. 1.
June 12, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Niccolò Paganini, Helen Grime, Amy Beach, and George Gershwin
This week features the Paganini Caprices Nos. 1 & 7 played by violinist Soovin Kim; then a World Premiere commissioned by Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Grime’s Snow and Snow played by Todd Levy, clarinet; Teng Li, viola, and Haochen Zhang, piano. The program also features music by Amy Beach and George Gershwin.
Brahms in 1853
June 19, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Béla Bartók and Johannes Brahms
This week features Bartók’s Contrasts played by Ida Kavafian, violin; Chen Halevi, clarinet, and Kirill Gerstein, piano; and the Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 played by William Preucil, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello, and Haochen Zhang, piano.
June 25, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach, Oliver Knussen, and Maurice Ravel
This week’s show features Bach’s Piano Concerto No. 5 with pianist Inon Barnatan, Knussen’s Ophelia’s Last Dance, played by Kirill Gerstein, and Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major played by the Tokyo String Quartet.
Recent Programs
Béla Bartók in 1927
May 22, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach and Béla Bartók
This week, Inon Barnatan is the soloist for Bach’s Piano Concerto No. 7 in G Minor. Also on the program, Jennifer Frautschi, violin, and Jon Kimura Parker, piano, perform Bartók’s Violin Sonata No. 1.
Schubert in 1825 (watercolor by Wilhelm August Rieder)
May 15, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Magnus Lindberg and Franz Schubert
This week, a World Premiere commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Lindberg’s Acequia Madre played by Chen Halevi, clarinet and Magnus Lindberg, piano. Then Jon Kimura Parker, piano; William Preucil, violin; Aloysia Friedmann, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello and Marji Danilow, bass, perform Schubert’s Trout Quintet.
Joseph Haydn
May 8, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn and Arnold Schoenberg
This week the Tokyo String Quartet performs Haydn’s String Quartet No. 27 in D Major. Then Alan Gilbert conducts Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 2.
Fritz Kreisler (1875 – 1962), Austria-born American violinist and composer
May 1, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven and Fritz Kreisler
This week’s program features Ida Kavafian, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello, playing Beethoven’s String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9, No. 3. Then they’re joined by Arnold Steinhardt for Fritz Kreisler’s String Quartet in A Minor.
About the Show
Wednesdays at 8:00 pm
One of the world’s leading performing arts festivals, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is known for its enduring commitment to tradition, artistic excellence, innovation, and vision. Our weekly radio series reflects the Festival’s high standards and varied repertoire by presenting superbly recorded concerts and recitals by some of today’s greatest musical artists.
Our 2013 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival radio series features performances recorded during the summer of 2012 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, throughout the festival's 40th anniversary season. Each broadcast hour contains two to three works representing the core chamber music repertoire. The Festival also remains dedicated to lesser known composers and compositions, and to commissioning new music.
