Bluebonnet Brass
In July, there may be no real way to beat the heat, but listening to the strains of a Haydn string quartet or a Dvorak serenade can go a long way toward cooling one's fevered brain (or at least taking your mind off the weather). For the next three weeks, the Austin Chamber Music Festival is sweetening the air with a wealth of such sounds, in the form of concerts and workshops featuring some of the city's most accomplished classical musicians, plus some distinguished visitors, such as the Marian Anderson String Quartet and the Duo Turgeon piano team. Here is the schedule for the main events, most of which will take place at the First Unitarian Church, 4700 Grover. For a complete schedule, including daytime concerts and workshops, see the ACMC Web site: www.austinchambermusic.org.
June 29: Strings Alive!
Festival opening concert featuring Richard Kilmer and the Festival Chamber Orchestra performing
Concerto in C for violin and strings by Haydn,
Espressioni cordiali by Dutch composer Marius Flothuis, and
Serenade for Strings by Dvorak. 7:30pm, First Unitarian.
July 1: Bach to Big Band
Bluebonnet Brass performs works by Gabrieli, Handel, Debussy, W.C. Handy, Brubeck, Ellington, and Louis Prima. 7:30pm, First Unitarian.
July 9 & 10: Marian Anderson String Quartet
String ensemble performs
String Quartet, Opus 33, No. 2 "The Joke" by Haydn,
String Quartet No. 1 by Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, and
String Quartet by Ravel. 7:30pm, First Unitarian, 7/09; 7:30pm, Huston-Tillotson, 7/10.
July 11: String Cavalcade
Austin Quartet and other festival artists perform
Quintet, Opus 107 by Anton Reicha,
String Quartet in A Major, Opus 18, No. 5 by Beethoven, &
Piano Quintet, Opus 84 by Elgar. 7:30pm, First Unitarian.
July 13: An Eclectic Evening
Festival artists perform
Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285 by Mozart,
Trio in Eb Major, Opus 20, No. 5 "Pierrot" by Thea Musgrave, and
Piano Quintet by Peter Schickele. 7:30pm, Scottish Rite Theatre, 207 W. 18th.
July 16: South of the Border and More
Cuarteto Latinoamericano performs
Quartet by Joaquin Gutiérrez Heras,
Lullaby by Gershwin,
Yidishbukk by Osvaldo Golijov, and
String Quintet in C Major, D956 by Schubert. 7:30pm, Congregation Agudas Achim, 7300 Hart Ln.
July 18: Music for One and Two Pianos
Canadian pianists Edward and Anne Louise Turgeon perform
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major (arr. Reger) by Bach,
Valsa Choro No. 11 by Francisco Mignone,
Concerto in Eb Major, "Dumbarton Oaks" by Stravinsky, and
Burlesques 3,4 and 6 from
Six Burlesques, Opus 58 by Max Reger. 7:30pm, First Unitarian.
July 20: Grande Finale: Sharing the Gift of Music
Peter Bay conducts festival artists in
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune by Debussy as adapted by Schoenberg,
Berceuse elegiaque by Busoni as adapted by Schoenberg,
The Emperor Waltz by Strauss as adapted by Schoenberg, and
Music for Children by Orff. 7pm, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse.
