Chamber music fans once again will have the privilege to witness some of the world's finest and best-known musicians play for them at this year's Union College Chamber Concert Series.
The 34th year of this 14-concert season opens on Friday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m. with an all-Schubert program, A Schubert Lieder Abend, by tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake. The season concludes on Thursday, April 6, at 8 p.m. with a return by pianist, Yefim Bronfman.
Series' favorites, the Boston Camerata and famed Musicians from Marlboro, will grace the stage once more. The Boston Camerata will make their 18th annual appearance to this series.
The year 2006 marks the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birthday, the 100th anniversary of Shostakovich's birthday and the 150th anniversary of the death of Robert Schumann. These seminal events will be noted within the program over the series' next two seasons.
In November, the prize-winning Belcea String Quartet perform Schumann's A major quartet, op. 41, No. 3.
Later in January, for Mozart's birthday weekend, pianist Pei-Yao Wang and friends (from the Marlboro Music Festival) will perform three Mozart Concerti arranged by the composer for piano and string quintet, K. 413, 414 and 415.
The Emerson String Quartet will play the last three quartets of Shostakovich in April and pianist Mitsuko Uchida, in her Capital Region debut, ends the season with a program of Mozart Sonatas.
All concerts are in the acoustically-superb Memorial Chapel. Parking is available at nearby campus lots. The Union College trolley will be available to shuttle concert goers from the Nott/Seward lot one hour before the start of the concert and one hour after the end of each concert.
The complete schedule is on the web at http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries/.
Single tickets are available for purchase in advance at the Union College Central Scheduling office. For tickets phone (518) 388-6080; for mailing list and brochures (518) 388-6131; and for other information please call (518) 372-3651.
*****Please note: A misprint occurred in the pinted brochure; the correct phone number for purchasing tickets is (518) 388-6080.