Frisson

PROGRAM 1 – 6 musicians - violin, viola, cello, piano, oboe, flute

Dame Ethel Smyth – Piano Trio (1880)

Britten or Mozart – Quartet for oboe and strings

Intermission

Sibelius – String Trio in G Minor

Beethoven – Serenade for string trio in D Major, Op. 8

PROGRAM 2 - 6 musicians – 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, oboe

Gustav Holst – Three Pieces for oboe and strings

Mozart – Quartet for oboe and strings K. 370 (or Britten Phantasy quartet ob/strings)

Florence Price – The Secret Garden 

Intermission

Antonin Dvorak - String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77

PROGRAM 3 – 4 musicians – violin, viola, cello, oboe

17th Century Fantasias by Purcell, Lupo, and Gibbons

Mozart – Quartet for oboe and strings (or Britten Phantasy quartet ob/strings)

Cole Porter – Suite

Intermission

Piazzolla – Oblivion

Dohnanyi – Serenade for string trio in C Major

PROGRAM 4 – 9 musicians – violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn

Rossini – Overture to Italian in Algiers

Martinu – Nonet for strings and winds

Intermission

August Walter – Octet for strings and winds (1863) (or Spohr Nonet)

Gershwin – Preludes for clarinet and strings

Encore: Bolero for nonet

PROGRAM 5 – 9 musicians, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, oboe

Richard Strauss – Sextet from Capriccio

Handel-Halverson – Passacaglia

Bellini – Concerto for oboe and strings 

Intermission

Mendelssohn – Octet for strings Op. 20

Piazzolla - Oblivion

A great way to celebrate the holidays with this group of 11 musicians. Music from the Nutcracker Suite, "Winter" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Bach's Brandenburg No. 4, Carol of 
the Bells, a Christmas Jazz Suite, and traditional Christmas Carols.

Read about Frisson's new Holiday program here 

in Broadway World

"It's not often one comes across an ensemble of stellar young musicians like these who shine individually but also play together so beautifully," says Daniel Jordan, director of artist programs for Artist Series Concerts. "Be it on violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, double bass or bassoon, theirs is an individual and collective brilliance that is not to be missed."