Galliard String Quartet – Songs of the Heart

Baritone Leon Williams and pianist Beebe Freitas  join the Galliard String Quartet for a stirring evening of works by Samuel Barber, Gabriel Fauré, and David Bruce Goldberg.  Barber’s Dover Beach, a melancholy and thought-provoking reflection on human existence, and Goldberg’s Spiritual Essay will showcase Leon Williams, who performed as Papagano in Hawaii Opera Theatre’s 2004 production of The Magic Flute. Galliard’s long-time friend Beebe Freitas will also join the quartet for Fauré’s haunting and powerful Piano Quintet No.2.

Honolulu Brass Quintet – Distant Voices

Fresh and original compositions for brass quintet will create sparkling sonorities and colorful textures that will keep you on the edge of your seat.  David Sampson, Jan Bach, and David Snow have all been recognized for their outstanding contributions to the brass chamber music repertoire.  Kenny Wheeler's Song for Someone adds a fun jazz element to this exciting program.

Sampson – Distant Voices
Jan Bach – Tryptich
David Snow – Dance Variations
Kenny Wheeler – Song for Someone

Spring Wind Quintet – Summer Music

Join us for a feast of wind masterworks including the playful rhythms and haunting sounds of the popular Summer Music by Samuel Barber, the delightful Quintettino of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, and a late Classical period wind quintet by Franz Danzi. The program ends with Quintet No. 3 by one of America’s foremost composers, David Maslanka, who was inspired by the cantata chorales of J.S. Bach and included them in this work. It will be an evening to remember.

Franz Danzi – Quintet in d minor, Op. 68, No. 3
Puccini – Crisantemi
Samuel Barber – Summer Music
Arvo Pärt – Quintettino, Op. 13
David Maslanka – Quintet No. 3

The Tresemble – Winds, Strings, and Voice

with special guest Vicky Gorman, Soprano

Honolulu Brass Quintet – Jazz Americaine

By popular demand, the HBQ presents an evening of brass jazz.  Sammy Nestico and Horace Silver arrangements offer a re-interpretation of big band and jazz combo sounds for brass quintet.  The program will also include Ellington’s ever-popular Caravan and Enrique Crespo's Suite Americaine, which is a retrospective of popular music from all the Americas.

Tizol/Ellington – Caravan
Nestico – Ya Gotta Try
Silver – Sister Sadie
Crespo – Suite Americain

Spring Wind Quintet – Something Old, Something New

It doesn't get any newer than the world premiere of a work by Keola Beamer which has been commissioned with support from the Honolulu Mayor's Office on Culture and the Arts. The jazz-inspired rhythms of the Harbison will contrast with the Brahms-inspired Rondo of Zemlinsky and the romantic sonorities of Carl Reinecke’s Sextet. The program also celebrates the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth with a specially-commissioned arrangement of one of his works by our own talented Marsha Schweitzer. Don’t miss these thrilling world premieres!

Keola Beamer – TBA
John Harbison – Quintet
Alexander von Zemlinsky – Rondo “Humoresque”
Carl Reinecke – Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 271
W. A. Mozart/Schweitzer arrangement

The Tresemble – 2(genius) x 8

This program contrasts the works of two geniuses, Stravinsky and Mozart. Both employ the forces of eight winds and brass in different ensemble combinations. While stylistically different, both works are a tour de force, exploiting the harmonic, melodic, and contrapuntal potential of these ensembles. Don’t miss the chance to experience these two masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire.

Stravinsky – Octet for Wind Instruments
W.A. Mozart – Serenade No. 12 in c minor