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Concert 5

Enjoy a concert of the most Dazzling Artistry and Virtuosity to be heard anywhere in a program of Excitement, Intimacy, and Whimsy including the one-of-a-kind Gypsy Piano Quartet of Brahms.
Program:	- Sonata for 2 Violins in B flat major, Op. 12....J. Leclair - Selected Duos for 2 Violins....B. BartÃ³k - Etudes-Caprices for Two Violins, Op. 18....H. Wieniawski - Playera....P. Sarasate - Zapateado, Op. 23 #2....P. Sarasate - Navarra for 2 Violins & Piano....P. Sarasate - Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25....J. Brahms
Performance:	Monday, April 13, 2009 - 8:00PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

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2008-09 Concert Season Overview
Concert 1	Friday, September 19, 2008	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
	Saturday, September 20, 2008	SMU Caruth Auditorium
Concert 2	Saturday, November 1, 2008	SMU Caruth Auditorium
Concert 3	Saturday, January 24, 2009	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 4	Friday, February 27, 2009	SMU Caruth Auditorium
Concert 5	Monday, April 13, 2009	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 6	Saturday, May 16, 2009	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
	Sunday, May 17, 2009	SMU Caruth Auditorium

2008-09 Season Concerts

Concert 1

Our spectacular Opening Concert of the Season features top Laureates of the Tchaikovsky and Paganini International Competitions in works of Virtuosity and Romantic Passion.

Program:	Sonata in G Minor "DevilÂ´s Trill"....G. Tartini Piano Trio No. 1 D Minor, Op. 32....A. Arensky Piano Quintet in Eb, Op. 44....R. Schumann
Performance:	Friday, September 19, 2008 - 8:00PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 8:00PM SMU Caruth Auditorium
Artists:	Philip Lewis - Violin Stefan Milenkovich - Violin Susan Dubois - Viola Nathaniel Rosen - Cello Gustavo Romero - Piano

Concert 2

Top âBillboardâ Pianist Jon Nakamatsu partners with three Stellar Artists for a Magical Journey through Germany and Hungary.

Program:	Clarinet and Piano Sonata F Minor, Op. 120, #2....J. Brahms Contrasts....B. BartÃ³k Piano Trio No. 1 D Minor, Op. 49....F. Mendelssohn
Performance:	Saturday, November 1, 2008 - 8:00PM SMU Caruth Auditorium
Artists:	Carmit Zori - Violin Jungshin Lim Lewis - Cello Jon Nakamatsu - Piano Jon Manasse - Clarinet

Concert 3

Young Virtuosi join Seasoned Artistry in a program of Delicious Variety culminating with one of the most glorious works of the 19th Century.

Program:	Passacaglia for Violin and Viola....Handel-Halvorsen Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello....A. Roussel Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Op. 75....C. Saint-SaÃ«ns String Quintet for C Major, D. 956....F. Schubert
Performance:	Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 8:00PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Ik-Hwan Bae - Violin Jun Iwasaki - Violin Susan Dubois - Viola Ko Iwasaki - Cello Eugene Osadchy - Cello Grace Fong - Piano James Scott - Flute

Concert 4

Join Us for a Spectacular Musical Highlight of a Lifetime.

Program:	Sonata for Violin and Cello....M. Ravel Horn Trio in Eb Major, Op. 40....J. Brahms Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50....P.I. Tchaikovsky
Performance:	Friday, February 27, 2009 - 8:00PM SMU Caruth Auditorium
Artists:	Cho-Liang Lin - Violin Lynn Harrell - Cello Jon Kimura Parker - Piano William VerMeulen - French Horn

Concert 5

Enjoy a concert of the most Dazzling Artistry and Virtuosity to be heard anywhere in a program of Excitement, Intimacy, and Whimsy including the one-of-a-kind Gypsy Piano Quartet of Brahms.

Program:	- Sonata for 2 Violins in B flat major, Op. 12....J. Leclair - Selected Duos for 2 Violins....B. BartÃ³k - Etudes-Caprices for Two Violins, Op. 18....H. Wieniawski - Playera....P. Sarasate - Zapateado, Op. 23 #2....P. Sarasate - Navarra for 2 Violins & Piano....P. Sarasate - Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25....J. Brahms
Performance:	Monday, April 13, 2009 - 8:00PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	BarnabÃ¡s Kelemen - Violin Katalin Kokas - Viola Norman Fischer - Cello Alessio Bax - Piano

Concert 6

Our Grand Finale features Seven World-Class Artists in a Luscious Evening of Paris and La Belle Epoque with a Russianâs Journey of Longing to Italy.

Program:	String Trio....J. FranÃ§aix Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 3....E. Chausson String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70....P.I. Tchaikovsky
Performance:	Saturday, May 16, 2009 - 8:00PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 3:00PM SMU Caruth Auditorium
Artists:	Nai-Yuan Hu - Violin Philip Lewis - Violin Atar Arad - Viola Susan Dubois - Viola Anthony Elliott - Cello Jungshin Lim Lewis - Cello Alexandre Moutouzkine - Piano

Artists in the Concert

	BarnabÃ¡s Kelemen - Violin BarnabÃ¡s Kelemenâs performances at the 2002 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) âradiated such charisma that one could almost forget that anyone else had come before.â Featured Artist
	Katalin Kokas - Viola Gold Medallist of the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition and the Joseph Szigeti International Competition in Hungary.
	Norman Fischer - Cello Distinguished chamber music artist and professor of cello at Rice University
	Alessio Bax - Piano Winner of the 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant

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1.	- Sonata for 2 Violins in B flat major, Op. 12
2.	- Selected Duos for 2 Violins
3.	- Etudes-Caprices for Two Violins, Op. 18
4.	- Playera
5.	- Zapateado, Op. 23 #2
6.	- Navarra for 2 Violins & Piano
7.	- Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25


1.	J. Leclair
2.	B. BartÃ³k
3.	H. Wieniawski
4.	P. Sarasate
5.	P. Sarasate
6.	P. Sarasate
7.	J. Brahms