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8 October 2006
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
Vera Beths, violin
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in A Major, K526;
Trio in B-flat Major, K502

28 & 29 October 2006
The Axelrod String Quartet

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

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Op. 1, No. 6
Béla Bartók: Quartet No. 2, Op. 17
Franz Schubert: Quartet in A Minor, D804, Rosamunde 

28 January 2007
The Smithsonian Chamber Players Founders Trio

Marilyn McDonald, violin
Kenneth Slowik, viola da gamba
James Weaver, harpsichord

Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde: Canzona a 2, Soprano & Basso
Dario Castello: Sonata seconda
Dieterich Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas: in B-flat Major, BuxWV 255; in G Minor, BuxWV 261
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in E Minor, BWV
Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata for Viola da Gamba senza Cembalo
Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata in G Minor, Il trillo del diavolo
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Cinquième Concert, from Pièces de clavecin en concert

10 & 11 February 2007
The Axelrod String Quartet

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

Henry Purcell: Four Fantazias in Four Parts
Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132

11 March 2007
The Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra

Kenneth Slowik, conductor
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano

Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Ferruccio Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque, Op. 42
Johann Strauss: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Arnold Schönberg:  “Song of the Wood Dove,” from Gurre-Lieder

25 March 2007
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Ian Swensen & Mark Fewer, violins
Steven Dann, viola
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Luigi Cherubini: String Quartet No. 2 in C Major
George Onslow: Quartet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 46, No. 1
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet

22 April 2007
The Castle Trio

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

Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, the Archduke
Franz Schubert: Trio in E-flat Major, D929

28 & 29 April 2007
The Axelrod String Quartet

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

Erwin Schulhof: Five Pieces for String Quartet
Leo Janácek: Quartet No. 1, the Kreuzer Sonata
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13

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