2022 Season
Monday, February 14, 2022 at 6 PM
Mechanics' Hall Ballroom | Portland
Stevie Wonder If It's Magic from Songs in the Key of Life
Clara Schumann Liebeszauber
Amy Beach Ah, Love, But a Day
Florence Price The Heart of a Woman
Franz Schubert
Abendstern, D. 806
Frühlingsglaube, D. 686
Liebhaber in allen Gestalten, D. 558
Johannes Brahms Zwei Gesänge (Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano), Op. 91
George Gershwin
Embraceable You
Three Preludes for Piano
Leonardo Dugan It's Not Me, It's You
Oscar Straus My Hero from The Chocolate Soldier
Jimmy Dorsey I'm Glad There Is You
William Bolcom Amor from Cabaret Songs
Kara Dugan, mezzo • soprano Peter Dugan, piano • Melissa Reardon, viola
Friday, April 8, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
George Walker String Quartet No. 1, Lyric
II. Molto adagio
W.A. Mozart String Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, K. 406
Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887
Misha Amory, viola • Serena Canin, violin • Nina Lee, cello • Mark Steinberg, violin
Annual Benefit
Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Cove Street Arts | Portland
Nathan Farrington, bass, guitar, vocals • Kobi Malkin, violin • Raman Ramakrishnan, cello • Melissa Reardon, viola
Nate's World
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
Arty McGlynn & Edgar Meyer McGlynn’s Jigs
George Gershwin Summertime
Teddy Abrams American Dream
Frédéric Chopin Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Alberto Ginastera Variaciones Concertantes; Movement XI
Nathan Farrington Sonnet 130 by Shakespeare
J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; I. Prelude
A.P. Carter When I’m Gone
Paul McCartney Here, There & Everywhere
Gaetano Donizetti Una furtiva lagrima
Hank Williams Lovesick Blues
Chick Corea Spain
Francesco Sartori & Lucio Quarantotto Con te partirò
Teddy Abrams, piano • Nathan Farrington, bass, guitar, vocals • Gabriel Globus-Hoenich, percussion • Kobi Malkin, violin
Program I: ECCO Dreams
Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
Richard Strauss String Sextet, Op. 85 from Capriccio
Clara Schumann Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
Michi Wiancko To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores for String Quartet
Franz Schubert (arr. for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler) String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, 'Death and the Maiden'
Nathan Farrington, bass • J Freivogel, violin • Liz Freivogel, viola • Meg Freivogel, violin • Benjamin Hochman, piano • Nelson Lee, violin • Kobi Malkin, violin • Daniel McDonough, cello • Tai Murray, violin • Kenneth Olsen, cello • Susie Park, violin • Raman Ramakrishnan, cello • Melissa Reardon, viola • Jessica Thompson, viola
Program II: ECCO Dances
Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major, 'Trout'
Jessie Montgomery Banner for Solo String Quartet and String Orchestra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
Nathan Farrington, bass • J Freivogel, violin • Liz Freivogel, viola • Meg Freivogel, violin • Benjamin Hochman, piano • Nelson Lee, violin • Kobi Malkin, violin • Daniel McDonough, cello • Tai Murray, violin • Kenneth Olsen, cello • Susie Park, violin • Raman Ramakrishnan, cello • Melissa Reardon, viola • Jessica Thompson, viola
Program III: Reflections
Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
Franz Schubert Notturno in E-flat Major for Piano Trio, Op. 148
Arnold Schoenberg Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41
Leonard Cohen Hallelujah (arr. by Clancy Newman)
Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet • Anthony Marwood, violin • Clancy Newman, cello, arranger • Ayano Ninomiya, violin • Raman Ramakrishnan, cello • Melissa Reardon, viola • Brant Taylor, cello • Walter van Dyk, narrator • Shai Wosner, piano • Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violin
Time For Three
Friday, August 19, 2022 at 8:00 PM
One Longfellow Square | Portland
Charles Yang, violin, vocals • Nick Kendall, violin, vocals • Ranaan Meyer, double bass, vocals
Program IV: Sonic Bloom
Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Hannaford Hall, USM | Portland
Eleanor Alberga Remember for String Quartet
Samuel Barber Dover Beach for Voice and String Quartet
Franz Schubert Fantasie in C Major for Violin and Piano, D. 934
Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Anthony Marwood, violin • Thomas Meglioranza, baritone • Clancy Newman, cello, arranger • Ayano Ninomiya, violin • Raman Ramakrishnan, cello • Melissa Reardon, viola • Brant Taylor, cello • Shai Wosner, piano • Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violin
This Is America
Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 5 PM
Cove Street Arts | Portland
J.S. Bach (transcribed for violin) Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
Tomeka Reid Rhapsody*
Christina Courtin Stroon
Tyshawn Sorey For Courtney Bryan
Ebun Oguntola Reflections
Justin Messina Music for Solitude
Rhiannon Giddens New to the Session
*PCMF commission
Johnny Gandelsman, violin