All concerts will be held at Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church (2331 E. Adams St) in central Tucson.

Tickets are $10 Adult, $5 Student (w/ valid ID) and are available at the door.  A special "Beethoven Pass" is available for those who would like to attend all three concerts of the Violin Sonata Cycle.  The "Beethoven Pass" includes all three Beethoven concerts for $25 Adult, $10 Student (available at the door of the first performance on August 4, 2009).

Doors open one hour prior to the concert.  Seating is General Admission.

PLEASE NOTE:  All Artists and Programs are subject to change.

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, K. 581

Prokofiev: Quintet, Op. 39

Sunday, June 7, 2009

3:00 PM

Jeremy Reynolds, clarinet                         Ann Weaver, viola

Sara Kramer, oboe                                      Anne Gratz, cello

Benjamin Nisbet & Carla Ecker, violins    James Karrer, bass

Swara Sonara Trio

Sunday, July 19, 2009

3:00 PM

Kathryn Mueller, soprano

Nathan Krueger, baritone

Aryo Wicaksono, piano 

 

Beethoven and the Journey to Romanticism: 

The 10 Violin Sonatas in Three Concerts

Tuesday, August 4 (7:00 PM), 2009

Friday, August 7 (7:00 PM), 2009

Sunday, August 9 (3:00 PM), 2009

Steven Moeckel, violin

Paula Fan, piano 

Concert I

Sponsored by Carole & Jerry Levine

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

7:00 PM                            

The Beginning and the End: Compare one of Beethoven’s early works with the Brahms-like melancholy of his final sonata. After intermission, hear the famous and grandiose “Kreutzer-sonata.”

Sonata No. 1 in D major (Op.12, no.1)

Sonata No. 10 in G major (Op. 96)

Sonata No. 9 in A major “Kreutzer” (Op.47)

Concert II

Friday, August 7, 2009

7:00 PM

Enjoy the Mozartian scope of early Beethoven paired with the angst and virtuosity of his middle period.

Sonata No. 2 in A major (Op.12, no.2)                           

Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major (Op.12, no.3)                      

Sonata No. 4 in A minor (Op.23)                             

Sonata No. 8 in G-major (Op.30, no.3)

Concert III

Sunday, August 9, 2009

3:00 PM

Enjoy the beautiful “Spring-Sonata,” reminiscent of Beethoven’s 6th symphony, contrasted with the powerful and uncompromising C-minor sonata. 

Sonata No. 5 in F major “Spring” (Op.24)

Sonata No. 6 in A major (Op.30, no.1)

Sonata No. 7 in C-minor (Op.30, no.2) 

 

Bach & Beyond:  The Solo Cello

Sunday, August 23, 2009

3:00 PM

Mark Votapek, Cello

Kim Toscano & Friends

Sunday, August 30, 2009

3:00 PM

Kim Toscano, Percussion

Jeremy Reynolds, Clarinet

Lindabeth Binkley, Oboe