Part of a series of 3 Lecture Recitals with violinist Nicholas Kitchen

The lecture on January 9 will be about Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and will conclude with a hearing of the whole Credo watching a projection of the manuscript during the listening. Beethoven used a very elaborate set of expressive marks in his manuscripts and we are not familiar with these markings as they have not been included in print. In the Missa Solemnis the expressive content of these markings is illuminated by the words of the Mass. Combining the awareness of the words with the manuscript expressive markings deepens our appreciation of this stunning music and Beethoven's vivid and multi-faceted way of achieving expressivity.

Program TBD

Beethoven String Quartet No. 12, Op. 127

Program includes:
Joseph Haydn : String Quartet Op. 71 No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven : String Quartet No.12, Op.127

NIck Kitchen and Yeesun Kim perform with pianist Meng-Chieh Liu.

Schubert: Fantasie in C Major, D. 934
Artists: Meng-Chieh Liu (Piano); Nicholas Kitchen (Violin)
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D 821 "Arpeggione"
Artists: Meng-Chieh Liu (Piano); Yeesun Kim (Cello)
Schubert: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 898/Op. 99
Artists: Meng-Chieh Liu (Piano); Nicholas Kitchen (Violin); Yeesun Kim (Cello)

Nick Kitchen and Yeesun Kim perform with pianist Meng-Chieh Liu.

Schubert: Fantasie in C Major, D. 934
Artists: Meng-Chieh Liu (Piano); Nicholas Kitchen (Violin)
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D 821 "Arpeggione"
Artists: Meng-Chieh Liu (Piano); Yessun Kim (Cello)
Schubert: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 898/Op. 99
Artists: Meng-Chieh Liu (Piano); Nicholas Kitchen (Violin); Yessun Kim (Cello)

J. S. Bach “St. Anne” Prelude and Fugue in Eb Major for Organ arranged for String Quartet by Nicholas Kitchen

Shostakovich Quartet No. 9 in Eb Major

Intermission

Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Op. 127

Nick Kitchen and Yeesun Kim only.

Kirchner Concerto for Violin, Cello and Ten Winds and Percussion

Nick Kitchen and Yeesun Kim duo works, plus Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D 898 with pianist Meng-Chieh Liu

Ludwig van Beethoven : String Quartet No.8, Op.59 No.2 
Ludwig van Beethoven : String Quartet No.12, Op.127

Violist Mai Motobuchi represents the BSQ giving viola and chamber music masterclasses in preparation for their concert at the Westport Arts Center later in the season on March 9, 2019.

Yeesun Kim only

Gaspar Cassadó: Suite for Solo Cello

Charles Ives: String Quartet No. 2

Aaron Copland: Appalacian Spring (with other artists)

Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827)
Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 (1847)
Leonard Bernstein (arr. N. Kitchen), Ilana, the Dreamer (c. 1950)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, String Quartet No. 1, Calvary (1956)

Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827)
Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 (1847)
Leonard Bernstein (arr. N. Kitchen), Ilana, the Dreamer (c. 1950)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, String Quartet No. 1, Calvary (1956)

Mozart: Adagio and Fugue, K. 546
Rorem: String Quartet No. 3
Franck: Quartet in D Major

Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546
Rorem: String Quartet No. 3
Franck: String Quartet in D major

Bach:
Selection of Preludes and Fugues for Book One of The Well-Tempered Clavier (arr. for string quartet by Nicholas Kitchen)
Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major, BWV 848
Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849

Kernis:
String Quartet No. 4 (musica universalis), 2018 Tippet Rise Commission for String Quartet (World Premiere)

Franck: 
String Quartet in D Major

Pre-Concert Talk: 5:00 PM, Tiara Acoustic Shell

Beethoven Manuscript Lecture/Demo
String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95, “Serioso”