Candlelight Concerts in Columbia to offer Beethoven quartet cycle, Emma Kirkby and more
The 37th season of Candlelight Concerts, the fine chamber series in Columbia, will include the start of a two-year survey of the complete Beethoven string quartets. Six ensembles, American and European, will participate in the cycle, beginning the the Illinois-based Pacifica Quartet Jan. 23. The Ebene Quartet from France (Feb. 6) and Artemis Quartet from Germany (Feb. 27) will also be part of the series during the 2009-2010 portion of the Beethoven series.
Starting off the Candlelight lineup is soprano Emma Kirkby, the much acclaimed specialist in early music, who will perform a 17th century program with lutenist Jakob Lindberg on Oct. 24. The Concertante Sextet will play Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht and Brahms' G major Sextet, along with John Novacek's Three Rags, on Nov. 21. Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan will perform works by Beethoven, Schumann, Shostakovich and others on March 13.
And, providing the most concentrated dose of contemporary music on the series, the ...
Del Sol Quartet will explore works by Gabriela Lena Frank and Zhou Long, as well as Bartok, on April 10. The season will end June 13 with the winner of the 2010 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition (chosen March 27).
All performances will be at Smith Theatre, EXCEPT the Artemis Quartet, which will be presented at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ellicott City.
PHOTO OF CONCERTANTE COURTESY OF CONCERTANTE.ORG
