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BAE announces 2009-2010 season

Join the BAE for another thrilling concert season, and sample the full spectrum of chamber music, spotlighting the music of Franz Schubert.

The opening concert features the Schumann Piano Quartet with violist Beth Guterman returning for the occasion. The program opens with the passionate Kirchner Piano Trio No. 1, and an unusual Schubert Nocturne for Piano Trio.

November’s concert offers the classic Beethoven String Trio Opus 3 No.1, and Dvorak’s famous “American” string quartet—named for his use of American Indian themes. A rare performance of the “Italian Serenade” by the romantic vocal composer Hugo Wolf completes the concert.

In February the BAE performs perhaps the greatest of the string quartets of Schubert: the G major, D 887, a titanic work which should not be missed. The concert opens with Kodaly’s folkloric Duo for Violin and Cello.

In March celebrated cellist Wendy Warner makes a return appearance for quintets by Boccherini, Glazounov, and (we couldn’t wait any longer) Schubert!

The final concert in April will present the poetic and sophisticated Piano Quintet No. 1 of Fauré, and Brahms’ powerful masterpiece, the F minor Piano Quintet.

Mystery returns in the month of March with our annual BAE Mystery Piece contest. Guess the composer and win a free pair of tickets! While you’re there, also enjoy the rest of the program: Haydn’s piano trio in E-flat, Schubert’s Piano Trio D. 28, and the charming and passionately Gallic D’Indy Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano; for which we are joined by BSO assistant principal clarinetist Thomas Martin.

BAE to begin a four-year celebration of the quartets of Schubert

This season will herald a four-year celebration of Schubert’s quartet’s, both the well-known and the unjustly neglected.