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Music Guild 2009–2010 Season

with The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's, Guest Artists & Ensembles

All concerts Fridays at 8:00 pm

October 9

Season Opener:
Music of Mozart, Haydn and Honegger

The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s presents the Music Guild’s Season Opener, featuring Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Winds (featuring oboist Phil Feather and the principal wind players from the orchestra), Haydn’s great “London” Symphony, and the charming “Summer Pastorale” by Swiss composer Arthur Honegger.

Phil Feather

November 13

Andrew von Oeyen in recital

Pianist Andrew von Oeyen first performed at St. Matthew’s at the age of 15. Since then he has established a formidable reputation as a soloist and chamber musician. During the 2009–2010 season, he will tour Japan with the Berliner Symphoniker Orchestra and with violinist Sarah Chang. His solo Music Guild recital will feature music by Berg, Beethoven and Liszt.

Andrew von Oeyen

December 4

Annual Holiday Concert

The Chamber Orchestra, a brass quintet, organist Roger Daggy, and the Choir of St.
Matthew’s Parish present Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” Daniel Pinkham’s “Christmas Cantata,” and seasonal music for multiple choirs, brass and organ by Gabrieli, Schütz and Monteverdi.

Choir of St. Matthew's Parish

February 26

The Catgut Trio with Violinist Yi-Huan Zhao

The Catgut Trio has become one of the hottest chamber music ensembles on the West Coast. The Trio’s Music Guild appearance with the Chamber Orchestra’s Concertmaster, Yi-Huan Zhao, will feature Debussy’s radiant String Quartet, Beethoven’s Serenade for String Trio and “The Bagpiper’s Trio” by Judith Weir.

Yi-Huan Zhao

Catgut Trio

March 26

Copland, Mahler and Eisler
(Co-Sponsored by Villa Aurora)

The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s presents a concert featuring Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring,” Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer” and music by émigré composer Hanns Eisler (in cooperation with the international Eisler symposium sponsored by Villa Aurora).

Copland

Eisler

April 23

Old and New with the Concord Ensemble

The Concord Ensemble returns to St. Matthew’s for a program of polychoral masterpieces by Monteverdi and Gabrieli plus music of Stravinsky and Pärt.

Concord Ensemble

June 4

Mozart’s Requiem and music by Poulenc

The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s and the Choir of St. Matthew’s Parish present a program to include Poulenc’s Organ Concerto (in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Fisk- Pardee Memorial Organ) and Mozart’s Requiem in D minor.

Fisk- Pardee Memorial Organ photo credit: Chuck Gardner

Mozart

Poulenc

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