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18 & 19 October 2008
The Axelrod String Quartet

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in F Major, K590
Luigi Cherubini: Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 

16 November 2008
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Pedja Muzijevic, fortepiano
Vera Beths, violin
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Felix Mendelssohn: The Piano Trios

11 January 2009
The Smithsonian Consort of Viols

Marie Dalby, Catharina Meints, Kenneth Slowik,
Craig Trompeter, and Brent Wissick, viols

Consorts of Orlando Gibbons, William Byrd, and Christopher Tye

31 January & 1 February 2009
The Axelrod String Quartet

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in B-flat Major, K589
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74, the Harp

15 February 2009
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Ian Swensen and Marilyn McDonald, violins
Douglas McNabney, viola
Michael Kannen, violoncello
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello & fortepiano

A Schubertiade honoring the retirement of Gary Sturm:
      String Trio in B-flat Major, D471
      Sonata in A Minor, D385
      Quintet in C Major, D956

15 March 2009
The Esterházy Machine

Kenneth Slowik, baryton & fortepiano
Steven Dann, violin & viola
Myron Lutzke, violoncello

Joseph Haydn: Trios for the Esterházys
      Baryton Trio in D Major, Hob. XI: 113
      Baryton Trio in B Minor, Hob. XI: 96
      Baryton Trio in C Major, Hob. XI: 126
      Piano Trio in A Major, Hob. XV: 18
      Piano Trio in D Minor, Hob. XV: 23

5 April 2009
The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Mark Fewer & Michi Wiancko, violins
Steven Dann & Katherine Murdock, violas
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Franz Berwald: String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Major
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 3
Mendelssohn: Quintet in A Major, Op. 18

2/3 May 2009
The Axelrod String Quartet

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

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in G Major, Op. 64, No.4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in D Major, K575
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 135                                   

17 May 2009
The Smithsonian Chamber Players Founders Trio

Marilyn McDonald, violin
Kenneth Slowik, viola da gamba & violoncello
James Weaver, harpsichord & organ
       with
Julie Andrijeski, violin

Henry Purcell
      Sonata No. 9 (1697) in F Major, Z 810, the Golden
      Sonata No. 11 (1683) in F Minor, Z 800
      Sonata No. 3 (1683) in D Minor, Z 792
      Sonata No. 6 (1683) in C Major, Z 795
      Sonata No. 6 (1697) in G Minor, Z 807
George Frideric Handel
      Sonata in F Major, HWV 392
      Sonata in G Minor, HWV 393
      Sonata in E Major, HWV 394

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