Past Programs

2022

The 23rd Annual
​Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival

MOZART IN VIRTUAL REALITY! Music as Immersive Experience 
Tuesday, September 6 at 6pm
Irving Theater at the CODE Building, Entrance at 225 W. Water St.
This General Admission event is FREE! No tickets necessary
Doors open at 5:30pm (VR session sign-up available)
Presentation at 6:00pm
VR Viewings: 6:45pm – 8:00pm

Timothy Summers introduces an innovative 6-Dimensional Virtual Reality project that he has developed in Berlin with sound technology specialist Henrik Oppermann in collaboration with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and with initial support from the German government. For more information on the project visit this website.

Lucky participants, ages 12 and up, will be chosen at random after the presentation for a limited number of 15-minute slots to experience a movement from Mozart’s String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor in a whole new way! If you want to participate sometime between 6:45pm and 8:00pm, put your name in the fishbowl before you take a seat in the hall.

Virtual Reality Experience Sessions for Concert-goers
Monday, September 19, 10am - 5pm at Ix Art Park

We have partnered with Ix Art Park to offer "Mozart in Virtual Reality" experiences for 48 lucky concert-goers ages 12 and up. These 15-minute audio-visual VR sessions will take place in the indoor performance space at Ix Art Park. Lucky winners will also have the chance to experience Ix Art Park's Looking Glass Immersive Art Experience for free around their scheduled VR session.

How to enter to win:
Concert-goers can enter to win a spot at all Festival concerts and winners will be drawn and contacted within 2 hours of the end of each Series concert.
For more information on this exciting project, visit:
https://www.mahlerchamber.com/play/immersive-experiences
https://www.mahlerchamber.com/news/new-artistic-partner

SERIES CONCERT ONE
Thursday, September 8 at 7:30pm
​The Paramount Theater

​Felix Mendelssohn ........ Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
Caroline Shaw ........ Thousandth Orange
Dmitri Shostakovich ........ Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
Andrew Armstrong, Raphael Bell, James Ehnes, Timothy Summers, Jessica Thompson
Sponsored by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation

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SERIES CONCERT TWO
Sunday, September 11 at 3:00pm
​Old Cabell Hall at UVA

Dmitri Shostakovich ........ Violin Sonata
Anna Thorvaldsdottir ........ Shades of Silence
Felix Mendelssohn ........ String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13
Andrew Armstrong, Raphael Bell, James Ehnes, Timothy Summers, Jessica Thompson
Sponsored by Terry E. Grant

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SERIES CONCERT THREE
Thursday, September 15 at 7:30pm
​The Paramount Theater

W.A. Mozart ........ Flute Quartet in D Major, K.285
Christine Courtin ........ Stroon
André Mehmari ........ Dois Gestos
Paul Lansky ........ Hop
Kaija Saariaho ........ Laconisme de l’aile
W.A. Mozart ........ String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465
Raphael Bell, Gregory Beyer, I-Jen Fang, Jennifer Frautschi, Johnny Gandelsman, Eric Lamb, Raman Ramakrishnan, Timothy Summers
Sponsored by The Vesta Lee Gordon Fund

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SERIES CONCERT FOUR
Sunday, September 18 at 3:00pm
​Old Cabell Hall at UVA

J.C. Bach ........ Flute Quartet in F Major, Op. 8, No. 4
Zae Munn ........ Start Dancing
Andy Akiho ........ 21
Steve Reich ........ Vermont Counterpoint
W.A. Mozart ........ String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516
Ayn Balija, Raphael Bell, Gregory Beyer, I-Jen Fang, Alex Fortes, Jennifer Frautschi, Johnny Gandelsman, Eric Lamb, Raman Ramakrishnan, Timothy Summers
Sponsored by The Maurice Amado Foundation

A MUSICAL OFFERING
Join us for a special evening at King Family Vineyards in Crozet
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Music for strings, flute and percussion in a beautiful Blue Ridge setting, preceded by a light buffet and beverages
J.S. Bach ........ Musical Offering, BWV1079 (selected canons)
Lou Harrison ........ Concerto for Flute and Percussion
J.S. Bach ........ Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV1002
Franz Joseph Haydn ........ London Trio in G Major, Hob. IV:3
Joe W. Moore III ........ Secrets We Keep (select movements)
Brian Simalchik ........ Sounding Studies
Claude Debussy ........ Syrinx
Raphael Bell, Gregory Beyer, I-Jen Fang, Johnny Gandelsman, Eric Lamb, Timothy Summers
​Limited capacity. Tickets must be purchased by August 28.​

FREE ONE-HOUR COMMUNITY CONCERT
Friday, September 9 at 12:30pm
The Paramount Theater
No tickets necessary​

Erich Korngold ........ Pierrot’s Tanzlied
Felix Mendelssohn ........ Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49, Scherzo
Reihnhold Gliere ........ ​Selected Duos from 8 pieces, Op.39
W.A. Mozart ........ Duo for Violin & Viola No. 2, K.424, Theme and Variations
Dmitri Shostakovich ........ Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57, Finale
Erich Korngold ........ Marietta’s Lied
Andrew Armstrong, Raphael Bell, James Ehnes, Timothy Summers, Jessica Thompson
Sponsored by the Bama Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation​

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AN IMPROMPTU AUTUMN CONCERT
Thursday, November 3 at 2:30pm
​ The Center at Belvedere​ (The Senior Center)

Giovanni Battista Cirri ........ Duo No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ........ Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, K 304
Robert Schumann ........ Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110

SPRING CONCERT
Wednesday, April 13 at 7:30pm
​The Dickinson Fine and ​Performing Arts Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College

Franz Schubert ........ Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
Lili Boulanger ........ Deux Morceaux
Samuel Coleridge Taylor ........ African Dances
Johannes Brahms ........ Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
Raphael Bell, cello; Amy Swartz Moretti, violin; Andrew Armstrong, piano
The Schubert Sonata was performed in dedication to the memory of Virginia Germino

Supported in part by an “Enriching Communities” grant from the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation and by the Bama Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band

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2021

The 23rd Annual
​CharlottesvilleChamber Music Festival

FESTIVAL CONCERT ONE
Thursday, September 9 at 7:30pm
​The Paramount Theater

Jessie Montgomery ........ Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin
Ludwig van Beethoven ........ Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost”
Antonín Dvořák ........ Piano Quartet No.2 in E-flat Major, Op.87

Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Timothy Summers, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Edward Arron, cello; Raphael Bell; cello; Andrew Armstrong, piano; Lukáš Vondráček, piano

Sponsored by Terry E. Grant

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FESTIVAL CONCERT TWO
Sunday, September 12 at 3pm
​Old Cabell Hall 

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano ........ Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2
César Franck ........ Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
Antonin Dvořák ........ Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81
James Ehnes, violin; Tessa Lark, violin; Timothy Summers, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Edward Arron, cello; Raphael Bell; cello; Andrew Armstrong, piano; Lukáš Vondráček, piano
Sponsored by the Maurice Amado Foundation

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​FESTIVAL CONCERT THREE
Tuesday, September 14 at 7:30pm
​The Paramount Theater

Leoš Janáček ........ String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
Reena Esmail ........ Zeher (Poison)
Josef Suk ........ Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale 'St. Wenceslas'
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ........ Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
James Ehnes, violin; Tessa Lark, violin; Timothy Summers, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola, Edward Arron, cello; Raphael Bell, cello; Andrew Armstrong, piano
Sponsored by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation

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FESTIVAL CONCERT FOUR
Friday, September 17 at 7:30pm
​Old Cabell Hall

Charles Ives ........ Sunrise for Voice, Violin, and Piano
Amanda Röntgen-Maier ........ Violin Sonata in B Minor
Johannes Brahms ........ Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Rachel Calloway, soprano; Soovin Kim, violin; Timothy Summers, violin; Nicholas DiEugenio, violin; Raphael Bell, cello, Mimi Solomon, piano
This concert is in celebration of the life of Carolee Copeland
A pre-concert talk with Timothy Summers will take place at 6:45pm in Minor Hall, Room 125​

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FESTIVAL CONCERT FIVE
Sunday, September 19 at 3pm
Old Cabell Hall

Paola Prestini ........ Thrush Song
J.S. Bach ........ Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
Franz Schubert ........ Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, “Trout”
Benjamin Rous, conductor; Rachel Calloway, soprano; Soovin Kim, violin; Timothy Summers, violin & viola; Ayn Balija, viola; ​Raphael Bell, cello; Sam Suggs, double bass; Mimi Solomon, piano; I-Jen Fang, percussion
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Sheridan Winthrop Wood Nicholson

FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT
Friday, September 10 at 12:30pm
​The Paramount Theater

Jacques Offenbach ........ Duo for Two Cellos
Bohuslav Martinů ........ Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313
William Grant Still ........ Mother and Child
Antonin Dvořák, arr. Fritz Kreisler ........ Songs My Mother Taught Me
...and more!

Tessa Lark, violin; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Timothy Summers, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Edward Arron, cello; Raphael Bell; cello; Andrew Armstrong, piano; Lukáš Vondráček, piano

Sponsored by the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation​

BACH TO BLUEGRASS
Monday, September 13 at 6:15pm
​King Family Vineyards

The beautiful Blue Ridge foothills will form the backdrop for a spectacular evening of music in the Carriage House, accompanied by award-winning wines and delicious hors d’oeuvres. Enjoy classical and bluegrass gems: a rousing Vivaldi concerto for dueling cellists, Tessa Lark’s virtuosic “Stradgrass” fiddling, and more!
Tessa Lark, violin; James Ehnes, violin; Timothy Summers, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Edward Arron, cello; Raphael Bell, cello; Sam Suggs, double bass​

POP-UP CONCERT
Saturday, September 18 at 8pm
​The Quirk Hotel Art Gallery​

FREE ADMISSION (no advance registration needed)
​Grab a signature cocktail from the chic hotel bar, then join Festival musicians for a short, informal concert!