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Concert: Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble plays Beethoven and Mendelssohn
When: Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 4 pm
Where: Lodi Historical Society
Admission: $15; $12, seniors; $7, students
Information: 607.272.4839
flce@twcny.rr.com
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

Program
Beethoven Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 16
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13

Sunday, March 16 will mark a happy reunion of the members of the Finger Lake Chamber Ensemble at the Lodi Historical Society. Indeed, it has been a long time since all five members, pianist Michael Salmirs, violist Roberta Crawford, violinists David Brickman and Patricia Sunwoo and cellist Stefan Reuss, have made music together in Lodi. Last spring, ensemble programs were changed because of the birth of Lillian Cecilia Brickman. This past fall, Stefan was nursing an arm injury. At last, all members are up and running with a vengeance. On the program is an early piano quartet by Beethoven never before performed by the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble (and probably never before heard in Lodi) and Mendelssohn’s Op. 13, one of the greatest works of the string quartet literature.

“Ist Es Wahr?” (“Is It True?”) one might ask.

The main 3-note motif of the Op. 13 is taken from his earlier song, based on the poem Ist Es Wahr by his friend Johann Gustav Droyson which begins, “Is it true that you are always waiting for me in the arbored walk?” Mendelssohn’s brilliant use of this motif throughout the entire piece and the enormous scope of each movement both emotional and structural, immediately evoke the late Beethoven string quartets which he had just heard. While there is no question that Beethoven lurks behind this music, it is positively Mendelssohnian in its beauty and tenderness and passion. Only a genius such as Mendelssohn could have had such total success in turning the concepts of a past master into something so entirely his own. This work was written in 1827 at the age of eighteen. This was also the year of Beethoven’s death.

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Piano Recital
Michael Salmirs

Saturday, April 19, 8:15 PM
Unitarian Church, Ithaca, NY
Tickets: $15; seniors, $12; students, $7
Information: 607.272.4839
flce@twcny.rr.com
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

Schubert Impromptu No. 1 in C minor D.899
Beethoven Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109
Goldstaub Portraits (Ithaca premiere)
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit

About "Portraits" Paul Goldstaub writes: “Portraits” is a suite of six short pieces. For some years, I have been exploring the idea that in a collection of pieces, each can have its own complete identity and yet still be part of the larger structure or context in which it appears. So it is with “Portraits”, in that each piece stands on its own and also supports the overall shape of the entire work. Listeners may notice variations of phrases from earlier movements recurring in the later pieces, for example, and I hope that the movements, taken as a whole, seem to be a unified and enjoyable statement.

Originally, each movement had just a musical title, such as “Prelude” or “Scherzo”, and most of the work was done with those titles in mind. However, late in the process I became aware of certain analogies to the visual arts, and then to specific artists. Thus there are two titles for each of the six sections. It has been a special delight to compose for Michael Salmirs. We spoke of the pieces often during the composition phase, and many of the sketches were shared as the work was in progress. I hope all composers could have the chance to work so closely with their performers.

About Paul Goldstaub: he is Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition, Coordinator for Music Theory and director of Musica Nova concerts at Binghamton University. He earned the Bachelor of Music degree at Ithaca College, and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts at the Eastman School of Music. His composition studies were with Karel Husa, Samuel Adler and Warren Benson, and he did post-doctoral work in Schenkerian Analysis with Dr. Charles Burkhart.

His musical compositions have been performed in Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Russia and Italy, by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Guthrie Theater, Minnesota Opera, Society for New Music, Cincinnati Opera, and by many faculty colleagues and student ensembles here at BU. His music is published by Lawson-Gould, Roger Dean Publishing Company, Ken Dorn Publications and the International Trombone Press/Southern Music. As an advocate for music improvisation, he has presented papers and workshops at national meetings of the College Music Society, the National Association of Schools of Music, New York State School Music Association, New York State Music Teachers Association, and many colleges and universities. A compact disc with performances of five of his pieces was released in 1998.

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

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Finger Lakes Chamber Chamber Ensemble
Mother's Day Concert

Sunday, May 11, 4:00 pm
Ithaca Unitarian Church
Admission: $15 adults; $12 seniors:$7 students
Info: (607) 272-4839, www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
flce@twcny.rr.com

The Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble presents its annual Mother's Day Concert, Sunday, May 11, 4:00 pm at the Ithaca Unitarian Church. The All-Russian program features Stravinsky's Maiden's Dance for Violin and Piano, Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet .Violinists David Brickman and Patricia Sunwoo, violist Roberta Crawford, and pianist Michael Salmirs, are joined by guest artists, Melissa Matson, viola and John Haines-Eitzen, cello.

In honor of the occasion, the Ensemble is pleased to offer special door prizes for the mothers which include: Dessert for two at Danos on Seneca, a day pass at Rasa Spa, a gift certificate for hair styling compliments of Innovations Salon, a massage by Sondra Hartmann Therapeutic Bodywork and more. The afternoon will finish with a reception featuring Blue Wave Pastry and Gimme Coffee.

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Finger Lakes Chamber Chamber Ensemble
Summer Chamber Concert
Sunday, June 8, 4:00 pm
Lodi Historical Society Building
Admission: $15 adults; $12 seniors:$7 students
Info: (607) 272-4839, www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

On June 8 at 4 pm, the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble will conclude its season in the Lodi Historical Society Building, Lodi, NY, with a special program of French and English works, featuring Sir Edward Elgar's Piano Quintet in E minor, Debussy's Violin Sonata, Fauré Mélodies and Chausson's Chanson Perpétuelle for Soprano and Piano Quintet. Ensemble members, David Brickman and Patricia Sunwoo, violins, Roberta Crawford, viola, Stefan Reuss, cello, and Michael Salmirs, piano are joined by guest artist, soprano, Tami Petty.

New to the Ensemble's repertoire, the Quintet is a stunning example of Elgar's grand Romantic style. Each voice is featured in both soaring melodic and brilliant bravura passages. The three movements are all enormous in scope and innovatively structured. It is Elgar's largest chamber work. The voicing and materials are unmistakably Elgarian (consider Pomp and Circumstance) which over the passage of time has become synonymous with the "English" sound. Sir Elgar's life (1857-1933) spanned the remarkable period which witnessed the height of the Romantic musical style as well as its eventual break-down. The penning of this Quintet, completed in 1919, began at the end of the First World War. In it, we hear Elgar's poignant thoughts about the state of the world and of music, and perhaps his nostalgia for a glorious past that would never be seen again. Lady Alice Elgar wrote in her diary that the first movement was inspired by an unusual group of trees in Flexham Park near Brinkwells, where the piece was composed. According to legend, these trees held the spirit of Spanish monks who had held magic ceremonies in the park. In a letter, Elgar seemed to confirm this idea by describing the first movement as "ghostly stuff". The second movement is elegiac in character and reminiscent of the cello concerto which was written the same year. The final movement revisits, further developments and integrates themes from the first and this powerful work closes triumphantly.

Toward the end of his life, Debussy began to compose a cycle of six sonatas for various instrumental combinations. His idea was to celebrate and immortalize the great French musical tradition, this at a time in the First World War when it seemed likely that France would be defeated by the invading German army. In spite of poor health, Debussy worked indefatigably. Unfortunately for posterity, he was only able to complete three of the six sonatas contemplated. The Violin Sonata was the third, written in 1816, just two years before the composers' death.

Seemingly free and improvisatory, the work is, nevertheless, a tightly organized three movement sonata of classical proportions. The first movement, Allegro vivo, toys with ambiguous tonality, and blends dreamy nostalgia with obsessive passion. It is, to quote Debussy "dreadfully melancholic and I do not know if one should laugh or cry from it. Perhaps both." Fantasque et léger marks the second movement—a Chaplinesque scherzo of bittersweet joy and sorrow. The Finale is a Rondo which couples high flying virtuosity with moments of introspection.

A good friend of Franck and Debussy, but not as well known, Chausson completed his final work, Chanson Perpétuelle at the age of 44, just six months before before his death. Written for Soprano and Piano Quintet, it is a setting of a poem by French writer and scientist, Charles Cros. Chausson's evocative setting depicts a betrayed woman's story of doomed love. Guest artist, soprano Tami Petty, joins us for this work and will also perform a set of Fauré mélodies.

Petty has performed across North America in such venues as New York’s Lincoln Center, San Francisco Opera Center, Chautauqua Opera, Central City Opera, and Canada’s London Fanshawe Symphonic Orchestra. Operatic roles include Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Female Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), Lady Billows (Albert Herring), the Mother and Witch (Hansel and Gretel), and Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti). Critics have described her “darkly-colored soprano voice of significant amplitude” in reviews ranging from “Chaucerian lustiness and luscious voice” to “dignified and perfectly paced… truly the climax of the opera” to “comedic flair and superb vocalism.”

Petty has received awards from the Richard Tucker Foundation, the Connecticut Opera Guild, Chautauqua Opera Guild, the Lotte Lenya Competition, and the First Prize from the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition. She is a Merola Opera Program alum and two-time Merola Career Grant recipient through the San Francisco Opera Center, where she has been a guest artist in Lotfi Mansouri’s production of Albert Herring with the Adler Fellows. Other young artist programs include Music Academy of the West, Cincinnati Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and the Cleveland Art Song Festival and Interactive Opera.

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 5000 Location: Canaan Jam Host

The Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble presents
the first Philip Dean Wilson Salon of the season

Schubert's Erlkönig
Sunday, October 12, 4:00 PM
102 First street

Harry Lincoln, distinguished musicologist, will lead us through Schubert's dramatic Erlkönig for baritone and piano in a lecture-recital that will prove to be both informative and entertaining. Baritone, Timothy LeFebvre and pianist Michael Salmirs will also offer a selection of Schubert lied to round out the program.

Each Salon includes a food and wine reception. Because of limited seating, please call early to see if space is available. Your non-refundable check, payable to the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble, will secure your seat.

Admission: $25, reservations required.
For Information and Reservations
607.272.4839 or e-mail at flce@twcny.rr.com

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Holiday Special—
give the Gift of Music

The Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble is offering a Holiday Special. Discount tickets on all
remaining Chamber Concerts and a $15 discount on the Salon Series. Visit our website link for details:

http://www.fingerlakeschamberensemble.org/Gift%20of%20Music.html

Sunday, December 21, 4:00 PM

A Bach Celebration
Featuring the Keyboard Partita No. 2
and Viola Suite No. 3

Michael Salmirs, piano
Roberta Crawford, viola

102 First Street, Ithaca, New York Each Salon is followed by a food and wine reception. Because of limited seating, please call early to see if space is available. Your non-refundable check, payable to the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble, will secure your seat. Admission: $25, reservations required.Call 607.272.4839 or flce@twcny.rr.com

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Sunday, January 11, 4:00 PM

Rebecca Clarke/Claude Debussy
Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble

Featuring Rebecca Clarke's Sonata for Viola and Piano
and Debussy's Image Bk I for Piano

Michael Salmirs, piano
Roberta Crawford, viola

102 First Street, Ithaca, New York. Each Salon is followed by a food and wine reception. Because of limited seating, please call early to see if space is available. Your non-refundable check, payable to the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble, will secure your seat. Admission: $25, reservations required.Call 607.272.4839 or flce@twcny.rr.com

Visit our website at www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Sunday, March 1, 4:00 PM

Salon: New and Old
Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble

Featuring Wendy Wan-Ki Lee Piano Quartet (sneak preview)
and Clara Schumann Romances for Piano

Michael Salmirs, piano
Roberta Crawford, viola
with guest artists
Janey Choi, violin
Stephen Stalker, cello
Wendy Wan-Ki Lee, composer

102 First Street, Ithaca, New York. Each Salon is followed by a food and wine reception. Because of limited seating, please call early to see if space is available. Your non-refundable check, payable to the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble, will secure your seat. Admission: $25, reservations required.Call 607.272.4839 or flce@twcny.rr.com

Visit our website at www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble
Spring Chamber Concert
Sunday, March 29, 4:00 PM
Historical Society Building
Lodi, NY

www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

The Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble presents their Spring Chamber Concert at the Lodi Historical Society Building, Sunday, March 29 at 4:00 PM. Following a successful series of Salon concerts, the entire ensemble joins forces with guest artist Timohty LeFebvre to perform a diverse program of German chamber music. The Sonata for Cello and Piano in F, Op. 6, composed by the nineteen year old Richard Strauss, shows the influences of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Schumann and foreshadows the heroic style of his tone poem, Don Juan. Both cello and piano meld individual virtuosity with soaring lyricism to form the quintessential romantic sonata. Gustav Mahler composed fourteen songs to texts from the folk collection, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Youth's Magic Horn). Guest baritone, Timothy LeFebvre offers the final two selections, Revelge and Der Tamboursg'sell, composed during the same time period as Mahler’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies. Both songs express the devastation of war as experienced by a common drummer boy. The program concludes with Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet op. 44. Writing in a white-heat of compositional creativity, Schumann completed the work in only five days. It was dedicated to his wife and musical colleague, pianist Clara Wieck Schumann, and remains to this day one of the great masterpieces of the quintet repertoire.

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Dear Friends,

The violin recital scheduled for April 5 has been re-scheduled to June 28. More information will be forthcoming at a later date.

We are sorry for any inconvenience,

Michael Salmirs

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Finger Lakes Chamber Chamber Ensemble
Mother's Day Concert
Sunday, May 10, 4:00 pm
Ithaca Unitarian Church
Admission: $15 adults; $12 seniors:$7 students
Info: (607) 272-4839, www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

The Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble presents its annual Mother's Day Concert, Sunday, May 10, 4:00 pm at the Ithaca Unitarian Church. The All-French program features Debussy's Cello Sonata, Durufé's Prelude, Recitative and Variations for Flute, Viola and Piano, Ravel's Violin Sonata and Faure's Piano Quartet in C Minor. Ensemble members, Roberta Crawford, viola, Stefan Reuss, cello, and Michael Salmirs, piano, are joined by guest artists, Janet Sung, violin, and Jeanne Sperber, flute.

In honor of the occasion, the Ensemble is pleased to offer special door prizes for the mothers which include: Dessert for two at Danos on Seneca, a book from Larson Publications, wine from Leidenfrost Vineyards and Damiani Wine Cellars, and more. The afternoon will finish with a reception featuring Blue Wave Pastry and Gimme Coffee.

Violinist Janet Sung enjoys an acclaimed international career as a virtuoso soloist, praised for her lustrous tone, dynamic interpretations and bravura performances. She has been soloist with such orchestras as the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Aspen Chamber Symphony. Her solo performances have frequently been aired on radio and television, nationally and internationally, including multiple broadcasts of her performance of Korngold’s Violin Concerto on NPR’s “Performance Today.” Sung studied with legendary violinist, Josef Gingold, a period that overlapped with her attendance at Harvard University, from which she graduated with honors with a double degree in anthropology and music. Subsequently, Ms. Sung was invited to study on full scholarship with the esteemed teacher, Dorothy DeLay, at The Juilliard School.

Flutist Jeanne Sperber has toured South America and Cuba twice as a concerto soloist. Radio and television coverage has included a BBC broadcast in London as well as television commercials here in the U.S. She has performed as an orchestral flutist with the National Orchestra of New York, Bronx Opera Orchestra and Symphony, the Williamsport Symphony, Binghamton Philharmonic, Tri Cities Opera, and Syracuse Symphony. As a soloist, she has performed in New York City at Trinity Church, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, and The New York Public Library. In Upstate New York, she has performed regularly in the Binghamton area as well as at Cornell University’s Schwartz Center and Civic Morning Musicals in Syracuse. Sperber attended the Manhattan School of Music, where she was a scholarship student of Thomas Nyfenger and continued postgraduate studies in England at the Royal Northern College of Music with Trevor Wye.

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Finger Lakes Chamber Chamber Ensemble
Violin Recital
Sarah Crocker, violin
Michael Salmirs, piano
Sunday, June 28, 4:00 pm
Ithaca Unitarian Church
Admission: $15 adults; $12 seniors:$7 students
Info: (607) 272-4839, www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

The Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble presents a Violin Recital, Sunday, June 28, 4:00 pm at the Ithaca Unitarian Church, featuring guest violinist, Sarah Crocker with pianist, Michael Salmirs. The program includes Beethoven's Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Brahms's Sonata No. 1 in G and Stravinsky's Suite Italiene.

Violinist Sarah Crocker is an artist whose multifaceted career has encompassed chamber music, orchestral playing, and teaching. Currently a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York, Sarah was a founding member of the Verklärte Quartet, Grand Prize Winners of the 2003 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. She toured extensively with the quartet, performing throughout the United States and also in Italy as part of the Emilia Romagna Festival. In addition to performing, the quartet presented numerous outreach presentations, coached youth chamber ensembles, and was the 2004 Ensemble in Residence at the Yellow Barn Music Festival in Vermont.

Prior to joining the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Sarah was a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Fe Opera, and served as Assistant Concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony. In addition, she has performed as a substitute with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in New York and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota.

Ms. Crocker holds a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School, where she was a student of Ronald Copes and Naoko Tanaka, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with David Updegraff. Originally from Elbridge, New York, Sarah previously studied with Pamela Gearhart and Sanford Reuning in Ithaca. Sarah has attended numerous summer festivals, including the Banff Centre Chamber Music Residency, the Audubon Quartet Seminar, Kneisel Hall, Music Academy of the West, and ENCORE School for Strings. She has studied chamber music with members of the Juilliard, Cleveland, Emerson, Audubon, Cavani, and Takacs String Quartets. She also has been awarded top prizes in the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition, the Syracuse Symphony Concerto Competition, and the Doreen B. Herzog Young Artists Competition, leading to solo concerto appearances with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, the Syracuse Symphony, and the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes.

In addition to her performing activities, Ms. Crocker is dedicated to teaching. While a student at Juilliard, Sarah was awarded the Juilliard School Morse Teaching Fellowship, which resulted in her teaching 2nd- and 3rd-grade music classes in a Manhattan public school. Her teaching experience has also included teaching privately, coaching chamber music, coaching youth orchestra sectionals, and presenting master classes and musical outreach programs in schools and community centers. In July of 2008, Sarah traveled to Tunisia with the New York-based organization Cultures in Harmony to teach at the Musical Friends Academy, a music camp for Tunisian students ages 8 to 22.

Sarah enjoys exploring genres outside of classical music and has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, accompanying singer-songwriter Howie Day. She also has appeared regularly on the New York club circuit with the Brooklyn-based band Tryst and appears in the role of a violinist in the film The Perfect Witness.

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org
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Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble
Fall Chamber Concert
Sunday, September 20, 4:00 PM
Historical Society Building
Lodi, NY

www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

The Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble kicks off their nineteenth season, Sunday, September 20 at 4:00PM at the Historical Society Building in Lodi. This concert features Beethoven's Piano Quartet in E-flat, selected songs by Ives and Copland, and Brahms's Piano Quartet in C minor. Ensemble members, Roberta Crawford, viola, Stefan Reuss, cello, and Michael Salmirs, piano, are joined by guest artists, Shannon Nance, violin, and Timothy LeFebvre, baritone.Tickets are $15; seniors, $12: students, $7. For more information call 607.272.4839, or check out their website at FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org where you’ll find out about the rest of their season, including the very popular Salon Series which offers a food and wine reception following an informative discussion and performance, set in the home of ensemble members, Roberta Crawford and Michael Salmirs.

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Sunday, December 20 4:00 PM
Salon: Schumann Celebration I
Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble

102 First Street, Ithaca, New York. Each Salon is followed by a food and wine reception. Because of limited seating, please call early to see if space is available. Your non-refundable check, payable to the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble, will secure your seat. Admission: $25, reservations required.Call 607.272.4839 or flce@twcny.rr.com

Visit our website at http://www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

As a composer and music critic, Robert Schumann played a major role in the nineteenth century’s emerging Romantic Movement. This season his 200th birthday will be celebrated throughout the world. In the spirit of that celebration, we’re devoting our entire Salon Series to performances and discussions of his solo piano, vocal, and chamber music.
Dismayed by the superficiality and musical “Philistinism” of his day, Schumann strove through his critical writing and his musical compositions to promote an aesthetic vision of a deeper, more “poetic” form of musical expression. His work as a music critic lead to the founding of “Die Neue Zeitshrift fur Musik” (The New Journal for Music). In his role as editor and chief contributor, Schumann was responsible for supporting and encouraging the work of many of his fellow composers, including Chopin, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, and the young Brahms. His extensive literary background provided a wellspring of inspiration for his early piano compositions and his experimentation with form took him in directions which were a distinct departure from the past. Schumann’s literary sensibilities lead him to select the best from the great flowering of German poets of his time and to make his own very distinctive contribution to the German Lied. Despite setbacks of illness and circumstances, Schumann experimented continuously and composed indefatigably, producing works in every genre; creating an extensive body of compositions, many of which are considered cornerstones of the Romantic repertoire.

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

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Sunday, January 17 4:00 PM

Salon: Schumann Celebration II
Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble

Dichterliebe for Baritone and Piano
Märchenerzählungen for Clarinet, Viola and Piano

guest artists, Timothy Perry, clarinet and Timothy LeFebvre, baritone

102 First Street, Ithaca, New York. Each Salon is followed by a food and wine reception. Because of limited seating, please call early to see if space is available. Your non-refundable check, payable to the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble, will secure your seat. Admission: $25, reservations required.Call 607.272.4839 or flce@twcny.rr.com

Visit our website at www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

As a composer and music critic, Robert Schumann played a major role in the nineteenth century’s emerging Romantic Movement. This season his 200th birthday will be celebrated throughout the world. In the spirit of that celebration, we’re devoting our entire Salon Series to performances and discussions of his solo piano, vocal, and chamber music.
Dismayed by the superficiality and musical “Philistinism” of his day, Schumann strove through his critical writing and his musical compositions to promote an aesthetic vision of a deeper, more “poetic” form of musical expression. His work as a music critic lead to the founding of “Die Neue Zeitshrift fur Musik” (The New Journal for Music). In his role as editor and chief contributor, Schumann was responsible for supporting and encouraging the work of many of his fellow composers, including Chopin, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, and the young Brahms. His extensive literary background provided a wellspring of inspiration for his early piano compositions and his experimentation with form took him in directions which were a distinct departure from the past. Schumann’s literary sensibilities lead him to select the best from the great flowering of German poets of his time and to make his own very distinctive contribution to the German Lied. Despite setbacks of illness and circumstances, Schumann experimented continuously and composed indefatigably, producing works in every genre; creating an extensive body of compositions, many of which are considered cornerstones of the Romantic repertoire.

Michael Salmirs, artistic director
102 First Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850
607.272.4839
www.FingerLakesChamberEnsemble.org

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