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1 & 2 October 2005
The Axelrod Quartet

Marc Destrubé & Marilyn McDonald, violins 
Catherine Manson, viola; Kenneth Slowik, cello

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Op. 50, No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich: Quartet No. 4 in D, Op. 83
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1                                        

9 October 2005
The Smithsonian Consort of Viols

Kenneth Slowik, treble viol
Jonathan Manson, tenor viol
Craig Trompeter, bass viol
       with
Catherine Slowik, bass viol

William Byrd: Three Fantasias
Orlando Gibbons: Four Fantasias; Three Fantasias with the great dooble base
Giovanni Coperario: Three Fantasias
John Jenkins: Fantasia in FMatthew Locke: Suite No. 1 in C Minor from The Flatt Consort
Henry Purcell: Three Fantasias à 3; Two Fantasias à 4 

6 November 2005
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

James Weaver, harpsichord
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello & harpsichord

Music of Johann Sebastian Bach:
   Suite in G Major, BWV 1007
   Six Preludes and Fugues, BWV 846-851
   Suite in D Minor, BWV 1008
   Concerto in C Major, BWV 1061 

3 & 4 December 2005
The Axelrod Quartet

Marc Destrubé & Marilyn McDonald, violins 
James Stern, viola; Kenneth Slowik, cello

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Op. 64, No. 1
Béla Bartók: Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
Antonin Dvořák: Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, the American 

11 December 2005
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Lambert Orkis, fortepiano
Lisa Beth Lambert & James Stern, violin
Max Mandel, viola
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25 

8 January 2006
The Castle Trio

Lambert Orkis, piano
Marilyn McDonald, violin
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Clara Schuman: Three Romances, Op. 22
Johannes Brahms: Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38
Johannes Brahms: Trio in B Major, Op. 8 (1854 version) 

21 & 22 January 2006
The Axelrod Quartet

Marc Destrubé & Marilyn McDonald, violins 
Catherine Manson, viola; Kenneth Slowik, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in B-flat Major, K458, the Hunt
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in E-flat Major, K428
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in G Major,  K387  

5 February 2006
The Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra

Kenneth Slowik, conductor
Linda Mabbs, soprano

Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110bis
Franz Schubert, arr. Kenneth Slowik: Erlkönig; Der Tod und das Mädchen
Franz Schubert, arr. Gustav Mahler: Quartet in D Minor, Death and the Maiden 

19 March 2006
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Catharina Meints Caldwell & Kenneth Slowik, basse de  viole
Lucas Harris, theorbo
James Weaver, harpsichord
       with
Loren Ludwig, basse de viole

Marin Marais:
      Pièces à deux violes, Book I
         Suite in D Minor
         Chaconne in G Major
         Tombeau de Mr. Meliton

      Pièces à trois violes, Book IV
         Suite in G Major

Sieur de Sainte-Colombe: Le Retrouvé; Tombeau Les Regrets
Robert de Visée: Pieces in D Minor  

25 & 26 March 2006
The Axelrod Quartet

Marc Destrubé & Marilyn McDonald, violins 
Catherine Manson, viola; Kenneth Slowik, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in A Major, K464
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in D Minor, K421/417b
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in C Major, K465, the Dissonance       

23 April 2006
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Lambert Orkis, fortepiano; Catherine Manson, violin
Steven Dann, viola; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello
Anthony Manzo, contrabass

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Introductions to and Arrangements of                               Fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, K404^a, I/II
Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op. 8
Franz Schubert: Quintet in A Major, D667, the Trout

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