Summary of Free Concerts 2006 & 2007

January 2006 ["Last Fridays" - Broad Street Ministry] Guest artist Ricardo Morales, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Clarinet All Mozart - 250th Birthday! -Program. String Quartet in G major (dedicated to Haydn) K. 387, Clarinet Quintet in A major K. 581, and "Ave Verum Corpus" K. 618 Location: Chambers-Wylie Church 323 S. Broad St. (across from the Kimmel Center) " 'N Zehn", a University of the Arts vocal ensemble under the direction of Jeff Kern, has graciously agreed to join us in the "Ave Verum Corpus". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 2006 [LF - BSM] Geoffrey Michaels and Philip Kates offer a one-hour recital. Both Mozart violin/viola duos! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 2006 [LF - BSM] Grieg: Fugue in F minor Haydn: op.77 #2 in F major Wolf: Italian Serenade ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 2006 [LF - BSM] Schubert Quartet in C minor, D 703 Beethoven Quartet in Fmajor, opus 135 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 2006 [LF - Ethical Society] Beethoven Quartet, op. 18 #3 in D major Rachmaninoff Romance and Scherzo Rimsky-Korsakov Allegro from "The Fridays" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 2006 [LF - Bryn Mawr College] Strings International Music Camp Scholarship Fund Benefit: Late Night - Late Beethoven! Program to include the String Quartet, op. 135 and Dvorak's Bass Quintet with guest, Harold Robinson, Principal Bass, The Philadelphia Orchestra. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 2006 [LF - ES] Jennifer Montone, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Horn, joins for Mozart's Quintet for Horn and Strings, K. 407. Program also includes Shostakovich String Quartet #6 in G major ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ November 2006 [LF - ES] A special "Thanksgiving" program of music by Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Kates and Beethoven (includes "Hymn of Thanksgiving..." from Beethoven Quartet, op. 132) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ December 2006 [Beethoven's Birthday - Trinity Center for Urban Life] 4th Annual Beethoven's Birthday Celebration: String Quartet op. 18 #5 in A major String Quartet op. 132 in A minor * Benefit: 100% of donations go to "WINTERSHELTER", Trinity Center program of 'CORP' to accommodate and feed homeless men. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 2007 [LF - ES] All-Schubert Quartet Satz (in C minor) The Glorious Cello Quintet with guest, Vivian Barton Dozor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 2007 [LF - ES] Bach - selections from the "Art of the Fugue" Mendelssohn - String Quartet op. 13 in A minor Ysaye - Trio "Les Londres" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 2007 [LF - ES] Beethoven Quartet op. 18 #5 Haydn Quartet op. 54 #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 2007 [LF - Art Alliance] Hear rarely played works of: Ernest Bloch (Recollection; Night) Josef Suk (Meditation) and Eugene Ysaye (Trio "Le Londres") (plus a little Mozart!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 2007 [LF - ES] Rachmaninoff - Romance and Scherzo Brahms - Piano Quintet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 2007 [LF* - BMC] Dvorak "Terzetto" Schubert "Cello" Quintet with guests Efe Baltacigil and Vivian Barton Dozor, cellos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 2007 [LF - AA] Haydn String Quartet op. 76 no.1 Mozart Viola Quintet in D major, K. 593 guest: Alison Avery, viola ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ October 2007 [LF - AA] Edward Elgar 150th Anniversary Year Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, op. 82 String Quartet in E minor, op. 83 with guest, Michal Schmidt, piano ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ November 2007 [LF - ES] Feature work: Mozart "Divertimento" for String Trio in E Flat major, K. 563 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ December 2007 [BB5 - TCUL] 5th Annual Beethoven's Birthday Concert: String Quartet op. 18 #2 in G major and String Quartet op. 74 in E Flat Major (The "Harp") * Benefit: 100% of donations go to "WINTERSHELTER", Trinity Center program of 'CORP' to accommodate and feed homeless men. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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