The Kent/Blossom Music 1999 chamber music series will begin on Thursday, July 1, at 8 p.m. in Ludwig Recital Hall of the Kent State University Music and Speech Center.
The Quartet will collaborate on July 1 with Cleveland Orchestra member Michael Sachs, trumpet, and Joela Jones, continuo, on the Baldassare Sonata No. 1 in F and the Torelli Sinfonia in D. On July 8, at 8 p.m., Paul Kushious, cello, will perform in Schubert's Quintet in C Major, Op. 163.
The two programs will present works that include Haydn's String Quartet Op. 74, No. 3; Borodin's String Qurtet in D, No. 2; Starer String Quartet No. 1; Shostakovich String Quartet in C minor, Op. 110, No. 8.
The 1999 season will mark the seventh residency by the Miami String Quartet at Kent/Blossom Music. Praised for their "deeply exciting, supple and distinguished" performances (Miami Herald), the Miami String Quartet has quickly established its place among the most respected young quartets in America.
In 1992, the Quartet became the first such ensemble in a decade to win First Prize of the Concert Artists Guild New York Competition, and was also awarded the competition's special ITT Corporation Prize.
The Miami String Quartet was also Laureate of the 1993 Evian String Quartet Competition and the 1991 London International String Quartet Competition; in 1989, they won the Grand Prize of the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.
Founded at the New World School of the Arts in Miami and in residence at the Florida International University, the Miami String Quartet has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe, and in Iceland and Panama.
Festival appearances have included Chamber Music Northwest, Kent/Blossom Music, the Maverick Concerts, the Princeton Summer Music Concerts, and the new Bellingham Chamber Music Festival. They have also been heard at the Pensacola and Palm Beach festivals, and at the Strings in the Mountains Festival in Colorado Springs.
Since the founding of Kent/Blossom Music in 1968 by George Szelland Louis Lane, more than 1900 young artists and 200 world class professionals have shared the Kent/Blossom experience with a northeast Ohio audience in excess of 136,000 and radio listeners easily beyond 2 million.
Those experiences have propelled hundreds of remarkable young musicians into the ranks of major orchestras, opera companies and conservatory faculties throughout the United States and around the globe, including sixteen present members of The Cleveland Orchestra.
This concert is presented by Kent/Blossom Music with the support of WKSU (89.7). Admission to the performances will be $8. Students and children under 18 admitted free five minutes before the concert in available seating. For information on tickets or upcoming concerts and events, call (330) 672-2613 or visit the Blossom Website at http://www.kent.edu/blossom
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06-11-99
Here is the Blossom Music Schedule for the Summer
Kent/Blossom Music Program
Summer 1999
The Kent Blossom Program can be reached through e-mail at
jlacorte@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2613
Fax: 330-672-7837
Ludwig Recital Hall is located in the Music and Speech Building on the Kent Campus of Kent State University
The Blossom Music Center Pavilion is located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, 1145 W. Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Thursday, July 1
8 p.m.
Ludwig Recital Hall
The Miami String Quartet
Michael Sachs, Trumpet
Joela Jones, Continuo
Baldassare Sonata No. 1 in F
Haydn String Quartet, Op. 74, No. 3
Torelli Sinfonia in D
Borodin String Quartet in D, No. 2
Admission $8
Thursday, July 8
8 p.m.
Ludwig Recital Hall
The Miami String Quartet
Paul Kushious, Cello
Starer String Quartet No. 1
Shostakovich String Quartet in C-minor, Op. 110, No. 8
Schubert Quintet in C-major, Op. 163
Admission $8
Saturday, July 10
3 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Haydn String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 33, No. 2
Nielsen Woodwind Quintet, Op. 43
Mozart String Quartet in D-major, K. 575
Ginastera String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
Free Admission
Saturday, July 10
7:30 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Beethoven Quintet in E-flat, Op. 16
Beethoven Septet in E-flat, Op. 20
Beethoven String Quartet in F-major, Op. 59, No. 1
Free Admission
Sunday, July 11
2:30 P.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Saint-saens Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, Op. 79
Bartok String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7 (1910)
Poulenc Sextet for Piano, Woodwinds and Horn
Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C-minor, Op. 60
Free Admission
Monday, July 12
7:30 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Beethoven String Quartet No. 10, in E-flat, Op. 74, "Harp"
Ravel String Quartet in F-major
Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Op. 57
Free Admission
Saturday, July 17
8:30 p.m. Blossom Music Center
Kent/Blossom Chamber Orchestra
With the Cleveland Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Free to Blossom Music Center Ticket Holders
Saturday, July 24
4 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Francaix Woodwind Quintet, No. 1
Shostakovich String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 110, No. 8
Schumann Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44
Free Admission
Sunday, July 25
2:30 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Mozart Quartet for Flute in C-major, K.285b
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370
Mozart Serenade in E-flat No. 11, K. 375
Free Admission
Sunday, July 25
6 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Schubert Quintet in A-major, Op. 114, "Trout"
Schubert Octet in F, Op. 166, D. 803
Free Admission
Monday, July 26
7:30 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Britten Oboe Quartet, Op. 2, "Phantasy"
Kodaly String Quartet No. 2 in D, Op. 10
Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1, in G Minor, Op. 25
Free Admission
Wednesday, July 28
7:30 p.m. Cleveland Museum of Art
Gartner Auditorium
A "Combo" of Cleveland Orchestra Members
and Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Richard Weiss, Cello
Maximilian Dimoff, Bass
Joela Jones, Piano
Donald Miller, Percussion
Ginastera, String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
Piazzolla Milonga Del Angel
Piazzolla Le Grand Tango
Bolling Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio
Free Admission
Sunday, Aug. 1
6:30 p.m.Blossom Music Center Pavilion
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Steven Smith, Conductor
Program To Be Announed
Free to Blossom Music Center Ticket Holders
Thursday, August 5
7:30 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Mozart Horn Quintet in E-flat, K. 407
Ives String Quartet No. 1
Dvorak Quintet in G-major, Op. 77
Free Admission
Friday, August 6
4 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Mozart Quintet in E-flat, K. 452
Brahms Trio in E-flat, Op. 40
Dvorak Quintet for Piano and Strings in A-major, Op. 81
Free Admission
Friday, Aug. 6
7:30 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Gounod Petite Symphony for Winds
Roussel Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello, Op. 40
Ibert Cinque Pieces
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Free Admission
Saturday, Aug. 7
3 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players
Foote Nocturne and Scherzo
Debussy String Quartet, G-minor, Op. 10
Prokofiev Quintet for Woodwind and Strings, Op. 39
Schoenberg Transfigured Night, Op. 4
Free Admission
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