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Concert 4

Be with CMI for the greatly anticipated return of the Nakamatsu/Manasse Duo. The concert will include the greatest Piano Quintet of all time!
Program:Trio in Bb, Op. 11 for Piano, Clarinet and Cello....Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano....Francis Poulenc
Passacaglia for Violin and Viola....Handel / Halvorsen
Quintet in F Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 34....Johannes Brahms


Performance:Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 8:00PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

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2013-14 Concert Season Overview

Concert 1Friday, September 27, 2013Moody Performance Hall
Saturday, September 28, 2013St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 2Saturday, November 30, 2013Moody Performance Hall
Concert 3Friday, January 3, 2014Moody Performance Hall
Concert 4Saturday, February 15, 2014St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 5Friday, March 14, 2014Moody Performance Hall
Saturday, March 15, 2014St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 6Saturday, May 10, 2014St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church


2013-14 Season Concerts

Concert 1

Four superlative musicians will delight you with a delicacy of Mozart, a power lunch of Beethoven, and a deliciously romantic evening of Faure.
Program:String Duo No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423....Wolfgang A. Mozart
Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58 ....Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15....Gabriel Fauré

Performance:Friday, September 27, 2013 - 8:00PM
Moody Performance Hall

Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 8:00PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

Artists: Nai-Yuan Hu - Violin
Scott Lee - Viola
Bion Tsang - Cello
Meng-Chieh Liu - Piano


Concert 2

Join CMI for an absolutely thrilling evening of the Argentinian Tango, performed by the acknowledged best tango musicians in the world today!!
Program:Letters from Argentina....Lalo Schifrin
Selections by Ástor Piazzolla....Ástor Piazzolla

Performance:Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 8:00PM
Moody Performance Hall

Artists: Cho-Liang Lin - Violin
Octavio Brunetti - Piano
David Shifrin - Clarinet
Pablo Aslan - Doublebass
Héctor Del Curto - Bandoneon
Satoshi Takeishi - Percussion


Concert 3

CMI is proud to present two of the finest young artists – violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist Joyce Yang – ever to grace the concert stage in a rare recital appearance.
Program:Sonata in No. 6 in A Major Op. 30/1 ....Ludwig van Beethoven
Three Songs for Piano Solo ....Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Earl Wild)
Sonata for solo violin No. 6 in E major Op. 27/6....Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata for violin and piano....Leoŝ Janáèek
Tango Song and Dance (1997) ....André Previn

Performance:Friday, January 3, 2014 - 8:00PM
Moody Performance Hall

Artists: Augustin Hadelich - Violin
Joyce Yang - Piano


Concert 4

Be with CMI for the greatly anticipated return of the Nakamatsu/Manasse Duo. The concert will include the greatest Piano Quintet of all time!
Program:Trio in Bb, Op. 11 for Piano, Clarinet and Cello....Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano....Francis Poulenc
Passacaglia for Violin and Viola....Handel / Halvorsen
Quintet in F Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 34....Johannes Brahms

Performance:Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 8:00PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

Artists: Ik-Hwan Bae - Violin
Felix Olschofka - Violin
Che-Yen Chen - Viola
Jungshin Lim Lewis - Cello
Jon Nakamatsu - Piano
Jon Manasse - Clarinet


Concert 5

Thrill to Clara Jumi Kang, one of the greatest young violin virtuos0s of today, in a concert that will include the gypsy-inspired G Minor Piano Quartet of Brahms.
Program:Sonata in G Minor “Devil’s Trill” for Violin and Piano....Giuseppe Tartini
Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures) for Viola and Piano....Robert Schumann
Caprice Ten (Robert)....Atar Arad
Sonata in F Minor, Op. 80 for Violin and Piano....Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op 25....Johannes Brahms

Performance:Friday, March 14, 2014 - 8:00PM
Moody Performance Hall

Saturday, March 15, 2014 - 8:00PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

Artists: Clara-Jumi Kang - Violin
Atar Arad - Viola
Norman Fischer - Cello
Chih-Yi Chen - Piano


Concert 6

Join CMI’s Season Finale as wind, strings and harp provide a delicious journey through Mozart’s Austria, Debussy’s France, and the Germany of Brahms.
Program:Flute Quartet in D major, K.285 ....Wolfgang A. Mozart
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp....Claude Debussy
Sextet in G Major, Op 36....Johannes Brahms

Performance:Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 8:00PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

Artists: Jun Iwasaki - Violin
Felix Olschofka - Violin
Susan Dubois - Viola
Daphne Gerling - Viola
Ko Iwasaki - Cello
Eugene Osadchy - Cello
Jaymee Haefner - Harp
James Scott - Flute




Artists in the Concert

Ik-Hwan Bae - Violin
Winner of the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels and Concertmaster of the Hwaum Chamber Orchestra in Korea
Featured Artist
Felix Olschofka - Violin
Winner of two 1st prizes in the prestigious German Youth Music Competition, 2nd prize of the International Chamber Music Competition “Charles Hennen” in the Netherlands.
Che-Yen Chen - Viola
First prize winner of the 2003 William Primrose Viola Competition and “Yuri Bashmet prize” winner of the 2003 Lionel Tertis Viola Competition.
Jungshin Lim Lewis - Cello
Grand Prize Winner of the Dong-Ah International Competition in Korea and Principal Cellist with the Richardson Symphony Orchestra.
Jon Nakamatsu - Piano
Grand Prize Winner of the 1997 Van Cliburn Piano Competition.
Jon Manasse - Clarinet
Principal clarinetist of the American Ballet Theater Orchestra and one of the nation´s most highly sought-after wind players.

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1. Trio in Bb, Op. 11 for Piano, Clarinet and Cello
2. Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
3. Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
4. Quintet in F Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 34


1. Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Francis Poulenc
3. Handel / Halvorsen
4. Johannes Brahms

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