The Sierra Chamber Society

Program notes though the 2002 season are located here and are arranged by composer. We will be updating this site with the actual printed programs from that period (not just the program notes) soon.

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To read the file, click on the program date in the left hand column. These are the complete programs that we hand out to our audiences, so if you have attended in the past and lost your program, here they are!

Programs for the current 2006-2007 season

Programs for the 2005-2006 season

Programs for the 2004-2005 season

Programs for the 2003-2004 season

Programs for the 2002-2003 season

As our current 2006-2007 season progresses we will be adding those program notes when the program goes off to the printer. So if you check here about 4 days before a scheduled concert you can get a head start on the notes.

	Program Notes for the 2006 - 2007 Season
Program Date	Compositions Performed
October 1, 2006	Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959) - Trio in F for Flute, Cello and Piano (1944) Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) - String Quartet Op.50, No.5 in F major, "A Dream" (1787) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - (1809 - 1847) - String Quartet No. 5 in E flat Major, Op.44, No.3 (1838)
December 3, 2006	Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) - Sonata for Flute and Piano (1956) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) – Chansons Madécasses for Mezzosoprano, Flute, Cello and Piano (1925-26) Bevan Manson (1955- ) – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (2006) Antonin Dvorak(1841 - 1904) – String Quintet in E Major Op. 97 "The American"
February 4, 2007	Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) - Sonatensatz (Sonata Movement) for Violin and Piano (1853) Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964) - Quartetto in Modo Classico (1941) Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) - Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B Flat Major (D 899) Op. 99 (1827)
April 1, 2007	Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) - Sonatina in D major for Violin and Piano (1816) Schulhoff - Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923) Schumann - Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello, in E flat Major, Op. 47 (1842)

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	Program Notes for the 2005 - 2006 Season
Program Date	Compositions Performed
September 25, 2005	Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000) - Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op.30, Nos. 1-4 (circa 1930s) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) - Trio in C Minor, Op.1, No.3 (1795) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) - String Quartet No. 5 in E Flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3 (1838)
December 11, 2005	Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) - Prélude, Récitatif et Variations, Op.3 (1928) for flute, cello, & piano Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1950) - Bergerettes for violin, cello, & piano (1939) (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) - Piano Trio No.2 in E Minor, Op. 92 ( 1892)
February 5, 2006	Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) - Sonata in G Major for Violin & Piano, Op. 78 (1878 -79) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) - Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Double Bass, Op.39 (1924) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) - Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581 (1789)
March 26, 2006	Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 -1809) - String Quartet Op.50, No.6 in D Major “The Frog” (1787) Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937) - Ma Mère l’Oye - 5 Pièces Enfantines for piano 4 hands (1908-10) and Rapsodie espagnole for piano 4 hands (1907-08) Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904 ) - Piano Trio No.3 in F Minor, Op.65 (1883)
May 21, 2006	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Selections from 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108 (1816) (includes libretto) A Performance by the Mazmanians (no notes) Ernö (Ernst von) Dohnányi (1877-1960) - Piano Quintet No.1 in C minor, Op.1 (1894)

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	Program Notes for the 2004 - 2005 Season
Program Date	Compositions Performed
October 24, 2004	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1754 – 1791) - String Quartet in G Major, K.387 (1782) Serge Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) - Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major, Op.94 (1942) Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) - String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op.80 (1847)
December 19, 2004	Hugo Wolf (1860 – 1903) - Italian Serenade for String Quartet (1887) Sir Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975) - Oboe Quintet (1927) Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) - Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn Op. 56b ( 1873) for Two Pianofortes
February 6, 2005	Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) - String Quartet No. 29 in G major, Op.33, No.5 “How Do You Do?” (1781) Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939- ) - Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1987) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115 (1891)
April 10, 2005	Gustav Mahler (1861 - 1911) - Songs Paul Juon (1872 - 1940) - Trio-Miniaturen for Violin, Cello and Piano Ludwig van Beethoven (1770- 1827) - String Quartet No. 9 in C Major Op.59, No.3 “Eroica” (1806)
May 15, 2005	Ernö Dohnányi (1877 - 1960) - Serenade in C for String Trio, Op.10 (1902) Leos Janácek (1854- 1928) - Sonata for Violin and Piano (1914 - 21) Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904) - Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello in E flat major, Op. 87 (1889)

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	Program Notes for the 2003 - 2004 Season
Program Date	Compositions Performed
October 26, 2003	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) - Duo for Violin and Viola in B Flat, K. 424 (1783) Paul Juon (1872 - 1940) - Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor Op. 17 (1901) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) - String Quartet in F major (1902-03)
December 14, 2003	Benjamin Britten - Lord Britten of Aldeburgh (1913 - 1976) - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25 (1941) Paul Schoenfield (1947- ) - Café Music for violin, cello and piano (1986) Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) - Quintet in B flat, Op. 87 (1845)
February 8, 2004	Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809) - String Quartet No. 30 in E Flat major, Op.33, No.2 “The Joke” (1781) Ingolf Dahl (1912–1970) - Concerto-a-Tre for Clarinet, Violin and Cello (1947) Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957) - String Quartet # 2 in E Flat, Op. 26 (1934)
April 25, 2004	Bela Bartók (1881-1945) - Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (1938) Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963) - Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon (1922, Revised 1945) György Ligeti (1923 - ) - Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953) Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963) - Sextet for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn ( 1932, revised 1939)
June 13, 2004	Luigi Boccherini (1743 -1805) - Quintet for Guitar & Strings in D Major "Fandango", G.448 Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Sonata for Violin & Cello (1922) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Quintet for Two Violins, Viola, Cello & Piano in F minor, Op. 34 (1864)

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	Program Notes for the 2002 - 2003 Season
Program Date	Compositions Performed
September 29, 2002	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1754-1791) - String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K. 464 (1785) Nino Rota (1911 – 1979) - Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano (1958) Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) - String Quartet in C Minor Op. 51, No. 1 (1873)
December 15, 2002	Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809) - String Quartet No. 32 in C major, Op.33, No.3 “The Bird” (1781) Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) - Sonata for Violin and Piano (1923-27) Antonín Dvorák (1841 – 1904) - String Sextet in A minor, Op. 48 (1878)
January 26, 2003	Irving Fine (1914-1962) - Partita for Wind Quintet (1948) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola, and piano Op. 132 (1853) Gunther Schuller (b.1925) - Suite for Wind Quintet (1945) Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) - Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E Flat Major, Op. 40 (1865)
April 13, 2003	Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) - Two Pieces for String Quartet (1931) Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979) - Sonata for Viola and Piano (1919) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) - String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 (1826)
June 8, 2003	Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - String Quartet No. 10 in A Flat Major, Op. 118 (1964) Erwin Schulhoff (1894- 1942) - Hot Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1930) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - Octet in E Flat, Op.20 (1825)

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