Frisson

PROGRAM 1

4 musicians – piano, violin, viola, cello
Dohnányi – Serenade
Mahler – Piano Quartet

Intermission

Brahms – Piano Quartet in G Minor

PROGRAM 2

5 musicians – violin, viola, cello, oboe, piano
Mozart – Oboe Quartet
Brahms – Piano Quartet in C Minor

Intermission

Schumann – Three Romances for Oboe and Piano
Fauré – Piano Quartet in C Minor

PROGRAM 3

6 musicians – 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet
Gershwin – Three Preludes

Intermission

Dvořák – String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77

PROGRAM 4

9 musicians – violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn
Rossini – Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
Martinů – Nonet for Strings and Winds

Intermission

Walter – Octet for Strings and Winds (1863) or Spohr – Nonet
Gershwin – Preludes (arr. for clarinet & strings)
Ravel – Bolero (arr. for nonet)

PROGRAM 5

9 musicians – 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, oboe
R. Strauss – Sextet from Capriccio
Handel/Halvorsen – Passacaglia
Bellini – Concerto for Oboe and Strings

Intermission

Mendelssohn – Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Piazzolla – Oblivion

PROGRAM 6

10 musicians – mixed ensemble
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf
Additional works TBA

ALTERNATE / FLEXIBLE PROGRAM OPTIONS

PROGRAM A

5 musicians – violin, viola, cello, oboe, flute
Beethoven – Serenade for Flute and Strings
Mozart or Britten – Quartet for Oboe and Strings
Mozart – Selections from The Magic Flute

Intermission

Debussy – Syrinx
Sibelius – Suite for String Trio
Beethoven – String Trio, Op. 9 (No. 1 or 3)

PROGRAM B

6 musicians – 2 violins, viola, cello, bass, oboe
Florence Price – The Secret Garden (for oboe and strings)
Haydn – Quartet in C Major for Oboe and Strings
Rossini – Duo for Cello and Double Bass or String Sonata

Intermission

Dvořák – String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77

PROGRAM C

5 musicians – violin, viola, cello, piano, oboe
Smyth – Piano Trio (1880)
Mozart or Britten – Quartet for Oboe and Strings

Intermission

Sibelius – String Trio in G Minor
Beethoven – Serenade for String Trio in D Major, Op. 8

PROGRAM D

4 musicians – violin, viola, cello, oboe
Purcell, Lupo, Gibbons – 17th-Century Fantasias
Mozart or Britten – Quartet for Oboe and Strings
Cole Porter – Suite (arr. Frisson)

Intermission

Piazzolla – Oblivion
Dohnányi – Serenade for String Trio in C Major