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6 & 7 October 2007
The Axelrod String Quartet

Marc Destrubé, Marilyn McDonald, violins;
Max Mandel, viola; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in A Major, Op. 55, No. 1
Benjamin Britten: Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

11 November 2007
The Esterházy Machine

Kenneth Slowik, baryton
Steven Dann, viola
Myron Lutzke, violoncello

Joseph Haydn: Baryton Trios for Prince Esterházy
   Trio in A Major, Hob. XI/94
   Trio in D Major, Hob. XI/95
   Trio in G Major, Hob. XI/111
   Trio in B Minor, Hob. XI/96
   Trio in D Major, Hob. XI/97,
        Fatto per la felicissima nascita di S: Al: S: Prencipe Estorhazi

13 January 2008
The Castle Trio

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

Neils Wilhelm Gade: Noveletten, Op. 29
Robert Schumann: Trio in G Minor, Op. 110
Felix Mendelssohn: Trio in D Minor, Op. 49

26 & 27 January 2008
The Axelrod String Quartet

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

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 55, No. 3
Benjamin Britten: Quartet No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2

17 February 2008
The Smithsonian Chamber Players Founders Trio

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

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach: Trio Sonata in E Minor 
Johann Sebastian Bach: Five Preludes & Fugues, BWV 846-850
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Passacaglia
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in E-flat Major, BWV 1010
Dieterich Buxtehude: Trio Sonata in D Major, BuxWV 260

24 February 2008
The Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra

Kenneth Slowik, conductor

Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110 bis
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen  
Béla Bartók: Divertimento 

9 March 2008
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Mark Fewer and Jonathan Swartz, violins
Douglas McNabney, viola
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Alexander von Zemlinsky: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 4
Arnold Schönberg: String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 7

29 & 30 March 2008
The Axelrod String Quartet

Marc Destrubé, Marilyn McDonald, violins;
Richard Wolfe, viola; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 2, the Razor
Benjamin Britten: Quartet No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3

20 April 2008
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Ian Swensen & Marilyn McDonald, violins
Steven Dann, viola; Steven Doane, violoncello
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello & fortepiano

Franz Schubert:
   String Trio in B-flat Major, D471
   Sonata in A Minor, D821, Arpeggione
   Quintet in C Major, D956

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