If you’re an Oregon Symphony donor of at least $100, you can see us play the first movement of Mozart’s “Dissonance” Quartet (Kv. 465 in C major) on the Evelyn Nagel Donor Appreciation Concert at Portland Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, February 25th.  You’ll have received an invitation in the mail from the symphony already if you’re on their donor list.

On Friday, March 12  at 7:30 p.m. we’ll be performing the Haydn “Fifths” Quartet (Op. 76 no. 2) and the Mozart “Dissonance” Quartet (in it’s entirety) at one of the Oregon Symphony’s Friends of the Oregon Symphony Parties of Note events.

Finally, on Sunday, March 21 at 2:30 p.m. we’ll be performing the Haydn and Mozart quartets described above as well as Beethoven’s epic String Quartet Op. 59 no. 1 “Razumovsky” on the Salem Camerata Musica series at the Salem Public Library.

Our guest cellist for these concerts will be Trevor Fitzpatrick.

OHSU Concert Series
Program TBA
October 28, 2009 @ 12 Noon
Oregon Health Sciences University Auditorium
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd
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French Program with pianist Cary Lewis
Ravel – Sonata for Violin and Cello
Debussy – Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Franck – Piano Quintet

December 19, 2009 @ 7:00 p.m.
Newport Performing Arts Center
777 West Olive, Newport, Oregon
www.newportsymphony.org

Camerata Musica Salem
Program TBA
March 21, 2010 @ 2:30 p.m.
Salem Public Library, Loucks Auditorium
www.cameratamusica.org

Program:

W.A. Mozart – Adagio & Fugue in C minor, K. 546
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 4
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13

At 12 Noon this Wednesday, April 22nd, the Arnica Quartet will perform on the Old Church’s Sack Lunch concert series (SW 11th and Clay). The program will feature two works of the 20th century: Maurice Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello (1922) and Bela Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4 (1928).

We had a great time introducing two rarely-heard chamber works to the enthusiastic OHSU Auditorium audience during the noon-hour today.  The OHSU Auditorium is one of our favorite venues to play in the city, and we’re so thankful to Mark Kemball and Susan Smith for asking us to play on the series for the second straight season!

Next comes our piano quartet concert on the Camerata Northwest series up in Seattle on March 21st, featuring the Ravel Duo for violin and cello, the Vieuxtemps Elegie for Viola and Piano, and the Saint-Saëns Piano Quartet; and our quartet concert at the Salem Camerata Musica series at the Salem Public Library on April 26th, featuring the fierce and wonderful Fourth Quartet by Bela Bartok!

We’re also waiting to see if we’ll be performing on this year’s Oregon Symphony Evelyn Nagel Donor Concert at the Newmark Theater on March 31st – stay tuned for that information.

Camerata Northwest Series: Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.
Ravel – Duo for Violin and Cello
Vieuxtemps – Elegie for Viola and Piano
Saint-Säens – Piano Quartet w/ Cary Lewis, piano

Camerata Musica Series:  Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Salem Library Auditorium
Program TBA.

We’re playing the Janacek for Steven Tenenbom, who is the violist with the Orion Quartet, on Monday.  It’ll be great to get a coaching with such a great musician.  I’ll post an update about how it went as time allows..

The program will be W.A. Mozart’s String Quartet in G major, K. 156 and Leos Janacek’s String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”. The program duration will be approximately 45 minutes.

The OHSU Auditorium is located in Mackenzie Hall, Room 4127 on the main Marquam Hill campus – it is #11 on the map you can find below.

Click here to find a campus map and directions (the aerial tram is a way to avoid parking up on Marquam Hill).

PROGRAM:

Haydn – String Quartet in D major, Op. 64 no. 6 “Lark”
Debussy – String Quartet in G major, Op. 10
Brahms – Quintet for Piano and String Quartet in F major, op. 34
with guest pianist, Cary Lewis