Center Stage from Wolf Trap

Grieg's Lyric Pieces take us to the land of the Trolls in the 2/4 broadcast. 

1/7          Beethoven:  String Quartet in D, String Quartet in e (Brentano Quartet)
1/14      Schubert:  Winterreise, a song cycle for voice and piano of 24 poems by Wilhelm Müller. (Ryan McKinny, bs-bar; Kim Pensinger Witman,p)
1/21      Mendelssohn:  Quartet in f Bartók: Quartet No. 3 (Escher String Quartet)

Boston Brass celebrates the holidays with carols traditional and favorites for young and old, from the Barns at Wolf Trap.

12/3        Brahms: Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello (Aspen Ensemble)
12/10     Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 (Beatrice Rana, p)
12/17    Bach:  Cello Suite No. 4  Mozart: Piano Sonata in F (Paul Galbraith, g)

11/5      Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 1 Bates: Red River (Antares)
11/12    Rameau:  3ème Concert from Pièces de Clavecin en Concert Balbastre: Three Pieces  Couperin: 8ème Concert "Dans le Goût Théatral” Corrette: 4ème Symphonie en Quatour (Aulos Ensemble)
11/19    Bruckner: String Quintet Brahms: Sextet No. 1 (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, Paul Watkins, with Emily Daggett Smith, Colin Brookes, and Alison Rowe)

The 2005 composition by Paul Moravec is performed by Jeremy Denk on October 1st.  Here's more about the work about this American artist.

8/27      Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat, Archduke (Wu Han/Philip Setzer/David Finckel)

9/3        Schumann: String Quartet Haydn: String Quartet, The Rider (Aizuri Qt)

9/10      Dvorak: String Quartet No. 11 Webern: Five Movements for String Quartet Faure: Poeme d’un jour (Parker St Qt)

The Barns at Wolf trap is a year-round facility hailed as “one of the best places to hear music in Washington.” August 2017 marks a NEW SEASON of live chamber performances by some of the most renowned musicians performing today.  Co-hosts Rich Kleinfeldt and Lee Ann Myslewski provide a unique behind-the-scenes perspective to the broadcasts.

8/27      Mark-Anthony Turnage: Shroud Beethoven: Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo from String Quartet No. 13; Grosse Fuge (Emerson St Qt)

2/5       Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying String Quartet DeRivera: Yuapango Turtle Island: Model Trane Blalakrishnan: Mara’s Garden of False Delights Milhaud: La Creation du Monde Mendelssohn: Octet

2/12      Ariel Quartet Haydn: Quartet Beethoven:  Quartet, Serioso
2/19      Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra Mozart: Clarinet Quintet DeRivera: Preudio y Merengue Schubert: Selection from Winterreise

This month on Center Stage from Wolf Trap, excellent chamber music from new friends and old, including celebrated woodwind quintet, Windscape!