For the past five years, the Ciompi Quartet has made Duke Gardens its summer home.
In the summer, the Ciompi Quartet goes to the gardens.
The university’s celebrated string quartet will begin the fifth season of its summer chamber music series in Duke Gardens beginning Tuesday, June 14.
All concerts begin at 7:30pm and will take place in Kirby Horton Hall in the Doris Duke Center in the Gardens.
These concerts consistently sell-out, and the audience continues to delight in an intimate and relaxed setting. In between the pieces, quartet members share individual curatorial insights and programming inspirations.
This summer the series begins with a program presented by Jonathan Bagg that builds on his study of light and shadow where he compares composers, styles and virtuosity. Eric Pritchard will again delve into the works of Bach, this time questioning the original intention for these works. Fred Raimi will end the series, this time adding voice and violin to his memorable piano and cello duo repertoire.
The series is sponsored by the Duke Department of Music, Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts and Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
Schedule of performances
Tuesday, June 14, 7:30 pm
Light and Shadow II
Jonathan Bagg ushers in summer with a program for flute and strings that spans a century of music and four countries, including a new piece by David Garner of Durham. Bagg (viola) is joined by Laura Gilbert (flute), Gabriela Diaz (violin), and Caroline Stinson (cello).
Program
Erno von Dohnanyi: Serenade Op. 10 for string trio; Paul Ben Haim: Serenade for flute and strings; Nicholas Maw: Flute Quartet; David Kirkland Garner: “Nonallemande” for flute and strings (2016)
Thursday, July 21, 7:30 pm
Transfigured Bach?
Eric Pritchard presents a group of familiar works, J. S. Bach's Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard, in a (possibly) new arrangement for two violins and continuo. In addition to the performance, there will be short presentation examining the question of which instrumentation was Bach's original intention for these works. Pritchard (baroque violin) is joined by Katie Lansdale also on baroque violin and Barbara Krumdieck (baroque cello).
Program
J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard, transcribed for two violins and cello
Thursday, August 18, 7:30 pm
Music for voice, violin, cello and piano
Fred Raimi (cello) presents Music For Voice, Violin, Cello And Piano. Raimi’s guests will be soprano and UNC-CH faculty member Jeanne Fischer, violinist and Wake Forest faculty Jacqui Carrasco and pianist Jane Hawkins from Duke.
Program
Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poetry of Alexander Blok, Op. 127; Lori Laitman: The Love Songs of Marichiko; Vivaldi: TBA
Subscriptions are $60 and are on sale through June 14. Single tickets are $25 General Public; $20 Non-Duke Students/Duke Employees; $10 Youth/Duke students. Single tickets go on sale beginning June 1.
You can purchase tickets online at tickets.duke.edu, in person at the Duke University Box Office, Bryan Center, weekdays 11am-6pm, or by calling 919-684-4444.