2010-2011 Season

26 September 2010
The Smithsonian Chamber Players
Jacques Ogg, harpsichord
Kenneth Slowik, viola da gamba & harpsichord

Music of Johann Sebastian Bach:
Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027
Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028
Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1029
Concerto in C Major for two harpsichords, BWV 1061
 
3 October 2010
The Smithsonian Chamber Players
Marc Destrubé, violin
Douglas McNabney, viola
Brent Wissick, violoncello
Kenneth Slowik, fortepiano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in G Minor, K478
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K493
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16
 
16 & 17 October 2010
The Axelrod Quartet
Marc Destrubé & Marilyn McDonald, violins
James Dunham, viola; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello
 
Joseph Haydn: Quartet in A Major, Op. 20, No. 6
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartetto Serioso in F Minor, Op. 95
Franz Schubert: Quartet in D Minor, 810, Death and the Maiden
 
30 October 2010
The Smithsonian Chamber Players
Christopher Krueger, flauto traverso
Jaap Schröder, violin
Kenneth Slowik, harpsichord

Music of Johann Sebastian Bach:
Sonata in A Major, BWV 1015
Sonata in A Major, BWV 1032
Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1017
Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1030
Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1038
 
20 November 2010
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Music of Johann Sebastian Bach:
Suite in G Major, BWV 1007
Suite in E-flat Major, BWV 1010
Suite in C Minor, BWV 1011
 
5 December 2010
The Smithsonian Chamber Players
Vera Beths, violin
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
 
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C major, Op. 87
Arnold Schönberg, arranged by Edward Steuermann: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
 
8 January 2011
The Smithsonian Chamber Players
Marc Schachman, oboe
Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
Andrew Schwartz, bassoon
William Purvis, horn
Kenneth Slowik, fortepiano
 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for piano and winds in E-flat Major, K452
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for piano and winds in E-flat Major, Op. 16
 
29 & 30 January 2011
The Axelrod Quartet
Marc Destrubé & Marilyn McDonald, violins
James Dunham, viola; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello
 
Joseph Haydn: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 20, No. 1
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
Woldemar Bargiel: Octet in C, Op. 15a
with The Darwin Quartet: Dechopol Kowintaweewat & Eliot
Heaton, violins; Sam Taggart, viola; Arnie Tanimoto, violoncello
 
6 February 2011
The Castle Trio & Friends
Lambert Orkis, fortepiano
Marilyn McDonald, violin
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello
      with
Ian Swensen, violin
Steven Dann, viola
 
Music of Johannes Brahms:
   
Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25 
    Piano Quartet in F Minor, Op. 34     
 
 
19 February 2011
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello
 
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach:
Suite in C Major, BWV 1009
Suite in D Minor, BWV 1008
Suite in D Major, BWV 1012
 
5 & 6 March 2011
The Axelrod Quartet
Marc Destrubé & Marilyn McDonald, violins
James Dunham, viola; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello
 
Joseph Haydn: Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in D Major, K499, the Hoffmeister
Bedrich Smetana: Quartet in E Minor, From My Life
   
17 April 2011
The Smithsonian Chamber Players
Mark Fewer & Marilyn McDonald, violins
Douglas McNabney, viola
Myron Lutzke & Kenneth Slowik, violoncelli

A Concert Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification
    Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata in D Major, Op. 3, No. 2
    Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 10
    Luigi Cherubini: String Quartet No. 3 in D Minor
    Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli: Sonata Prima, Op. 3, La Stella
    Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli: Sonata Seconda, Op. 3, La Cesta
    Luigi Boccherini: Menuetto from the Quintet in A Major, G275
    Luigi Boccherini: Quintet in D Minor, G341, Fandango
 
30 April 2011
Seminar: J.S. Bach, Life & Works
Scholar and performer Kenneth Slowik examines Bach’s life
and the glorious vocal and instrumental masterpieces he
produced. The seminar concludes with a live performance of
the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988.
 
1 May 2011
The Smithsonian Chamber Players
Julie Andrijeski, violin
Kenneth Slowik, harpsichord

Music of Johann Sebastian Bach:
Sonata in E Major, BWV 1016
Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1014
Sonata in F Minor, BWV 1018
Sonata in G Major, BWV 1019

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