"One of the most adventurous and certainly the most courageous pianists of recent times." -International Piano Quarterly

"Hamelin's legend will grow -- right now there is no one like him." -Alex Ross, New Yorker

Joseph Haydn: Sonata in F major, H. XVI:23
Joseph Haydn: Sonata in E major, H. XVI:31
Alexis Weissenberg: Sonata in a State of Jazz
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, op. 60
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade no. 3 in A-flat major, op. 47
Marc-André Hamelin: Etude no. 8, Erlkoenig (after Goethe)
Marc-André Hamelin: Etude no. 7, After Tchaikovsky
Leopold Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Johann Strauss' "Wine, Women, and Song"

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"Positively spellbinding." -Palm Beach Daily News

"Their exuberant performance and gutsy repertoire...was the kind of fresh approach that keeps chamber music alive."
-Cincinnati Enquirer

Joseph Haydn: Trio in G major, H. XV:25
Paul Schoenfield: Café Music (1986)
Antonin Dvorák: Trio no. 3 in F minor, op. 65

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"Has no superior on the world's stages." -New York Times

"The Guarnneri lends a peerless radiance to every note and phrase." -National Public Radio

Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat major, op. 127
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, op. 132

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SPECIAL EVENT: "Violin Dreams" Sunday Nov. 30

“The quality of the ensemble work, ravishing sound and interpretive abilities continue to make Fine Arts Quartet one of the most impressive groups playing today.” -South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“An ensemble of lyric purity, the Fine Arts Quartet takes a back seat to none.” -San Francisco Chronicle

Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in A major, op. 18, no. 5
Bernard Herrmann: Echoes
Robert Schumann: Quartet in A minor, op. 41, no. 1

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“Extraordinary accuracy, homogeneity of ensemble and spirit.” -New York Times

“One of chamber music’s most sparkling ensembles.” -Time Magazine

Concert sponsored by the Kenneth L. Coe and Jack Barrow Fund for Chamber Music Performance of the Columbus Foundation

Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat major for piano and winds, op. 16
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in E-flat major for piano and winds, K. 452
Yuko Uebayashi: Au delà du Temps for two flutes and piano

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“The Ysaÿe has a place among the greats, whether of the past or of the present.” -Le Monde, Paris

“The Ysaÿe Quartet... has achieved a triumphant level of richness and flexibility, the prerogative of the greatest.”
-Telerama, Paris

“The Ysaÿe Quartet ranks among the most aristocratic of today’s chamber groups. They combine refinement with delicacy, intellectual rigour with emotional subtlety.” -Guardian, London

Gabriel Fauré: Quartet in E minor, op. 121
Béla Bartók: Quartet no. 6
César Franck: Quartet in D Major

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The Cavani String Quartet have long been a favorite of local audiences. Chamber Music Columbus and the Chamber Music Connection (CMC) are sponsoring a concert by the Cavani String Quartet to kick off the CMC’s Spring Weekend Festival at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware. The Spring Festival Weekend allows students of any ability level, school age through adult, to participate in coachings and workshops with the Cavani String Quartet and CMC Faculty. Tickets for this concert are purchased separately for $15 ($12 if ordered prior to May 31, 2008), $5 for students.

Special date and location:
Friday, May 15, 2009, 7:30 p.m. Ohio Wesleyan University

Tickets for this event are not part of the regular series. See below.