The 2025 Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival (Jan24-Feb2) offers a two-week exploration of arguably the richest century in chamber music: 1850-1900 and 1900-1950. In anticipation of the concerts, SCMS is thrilled to host two online lectures by Dr. Paul Berry, Deputy Dean and Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Music History at the Yale School of Music.

Schedule of Events:

January 24, 2025

7:30pm: Concert

Amy Beach
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23
Bella Hristova, Gloria Chien

Cecile Chaminade
3 Morceaux for Violin and Piano, Op. 31
Bella Hristova, Gloria Chien

Alexander Borodin
String Quintet in F minor
Timothy Chooi, Njioma Grevious, Jonathan Vinocour, Yegor Dyachkov, Efe Baltac?gil

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Ieva Jokubaviciute, Erin Keefe, Blake Pouliot, Rebecca Albers, Ani Aznavoorian

6:30 pm: Free Pre-Concert Recital - In-Person Only

Cesar Franck
Violin Sonata In A Major, M. 8
Timothy Chooi, Gloria Chien

January 25, 2025

7:30 Pm: Concert

Robert Schumann
Violin Sonata No. 1 In A Minor, Op. 105
Blake Pouliot, Ieva Jokubaviciute

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Quintet In G Minor, Op. 1
Gloria Chien, Njioma Grevious, Bella Hristova, Rebecca Albers, Yegor Dyachkov

Piotr Tchaikovsky
String Quartet No. 1 In D Major, Op. 11, "Accordion"
Erin Keefe, Timothy Chooi, Jonathan Vinocour, Ani Aznavoorian

6:30 Pm: Free Pre-Concert Recital - In-Person Only

Nokuthula Ngwenyama
Miasma

Dobrinka Tabakova
Pirin

David Ludwig
Moto Perpetuo

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Fantasy For Solo Violin
Bella Hristova

January 26, 2025

2:00 Pm: Concert

Antonin Dvorak
Selections From Cypresses For String Quartet, B. 152
Bella Hristova, Njioma Grevious, Jonathan Vinocour, Ani Aznavoorian

Camille Saint-Saëns
Violin Sonata No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 75
Timothy Chooi, Ieva Jokubaviciute

Cesar Franck
Piano Quintet In F Minor, Op. 14
Gloria Chien, Blake Pouliot, Erin Keefe, Rebecca Albers, Yegor Dyachkov

1:00 Pm: Free Pre-Concert Recital - In-Person Only

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Duo In G Major For Violin And Viola, K 423

Bohuslav Martinu
Three Madrigals For Violin And Viola, H. 313

January 31, 2025

7:30 Pm: Concert

Bela Bartok
Sonata For 2 Pianos And Percussion, Sz. 110
Alessio Bax, Orion Weiss, Eric Schweikert , Michael Werner

Georges Enescu
String Octet In C Major, Op. 7

James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Jun Iwasaki, Grace Park, Che-Yen Chen, Milena Pajaro-Van De Stadt, Edward Arron, Bion Tsang

February 1, 2025

7:30 Pm: Concert

Rebecca Clarke
Sonata For Viola And Piano
Milena Pajaro-Van De Stadt, Orion Weiss

Sergei Prokofiev
String Quartet No. 2 In F Major, Op. 92
Grace Park, Jun Iwasaki, Che-Yen Chen, Bion Tsang

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Suite For Piano Left Hand, 2 Violins, And Cello, Op. 23
Alessio Bax, James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Edward Arron

6:30 Pm: Free Pre-Concert Recital - In-Person Only

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Much Ado About Nothing, Suite For Violin and Piano, Op. 11
"Tanzlied Des Pierrot" From Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12 For Violin And Piano
"Marietta's Lied" From Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12 For Violin And Piano

February 2, 2025

2:00 Pm: Concert

William Grant Still
Suite For Violin And Piano
Jun Iwasaki, Alessio Bax

Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 67
Grace Park, Efe Baltac?gil, Orion Weiss

Arnold Schoenberg
Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4

James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Che-Yen Chen, Milena Pajaro-Van De Stadt, Edward Arron, Bion Tsang

1:00pm: Free Pre-Concert Recital - In-Person Only

Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 45

Date: January 24 - February 2, 2025

Location: Nordstrom Recital Hall,

200 University St,

Seattle, WA 98101

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