32nd Season
April 6, 2024
August 5th - 11th, 2024


Saturday, April 6th, 2024
at 7:00 pm


J. S. Bach
Goldberg Variations
for String Trio
BWV 988
arranged by Dmitry Sitkovetsky




Thursday, August 8th, 2024
at 7:00 pm

Open Rehearsal
Chandler Center for the Arts
Admission: Free

Friday, August 9th, 2024
at 7:00 pm

A Special Event - Boyd Meets Girl Duo
Chandler Center for the Arts
Admission: $20.00

Saturday, August 10th, 2024
at 7:30 pm

Majors & Minors
Music for strings and piano by Brahms, Mozart and Dora Pejačević

Chandler Center for the Arts

Sunday August 11th, 2024
at 4:00 pm

An Encore Performance
Majors & Minors
Music for strings and piano by Brahms, Mozart and Dora Pejačević

Afternoon concert in Woodstock, VT
Woodstock Unitarian Universalist Church
Presented by the Pentagle Arts as part of their summer series.
Admission at the door: Donation





The Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival announces the release of its first highlight CD: Festival Harvest

"The Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival has come a long way since it was founded in 1993 by Peter Sanders, a New York cellist who grew up spending his summers in the Randolph area. An indication of just how far is its excellent New CD, "Festival Harvest," a compilation of live performances of works by Mendelssohn, Schönberg and Frank Bridge at the Chandler Center for the Arts in 2000 and 2004.

When I first heard the album, I had recently heard an excellent performance of Mendelssohn's A Major String Quintet at Vermont's justly revered Marlboro Music Festival. The same work opens this CD, and I actually preferred the Randolph performance. That's big praise."

Read the review from the December 2, 2005 issue of Vermont's Times Argus



Repertoire from 1993 to present

SONATAS:

Bach - Sonata for Viola da Gamba in g minor, BWV 1027 (2000)
Beethoven - Cello Sonata #3 in A Major, Op. 69 (2003)
Beethoven - Cello Sonata #5 in D Major, Op. 102, #2 (2019)
Beethoven - Violin Sonata #5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring Sonata" (2019)
Brahms - Cello Sonata #1 in e minor, Op. 38 (2024)
Debussy - Sonata for Violin & Piano in g minor (1996)
Franck - Sonata in A Major for Cello & Piano (1994)
Rachmaninoff - Sonata for Cello & Piano in g minor, Op. 19 (2014)
Shostakovich - Sonata in d minor, Op. 40 for Cello & Piano (2008)
Strauss - Sonata for Violin & Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 18 (2010)
Tartini - Sonata for Violin & Piano in g minor, "Devil's Trill" (2014)

DUOS:

Bartok - Duos for Two Violins (2013)
Beethoven - Duet for Viola & Cello, WoO 32, "Eyeglasses" (1996, 2013)
Berio - Duos for Two Violins (2013)
Hindemith - Duet for Viola & Cello (1996)
Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia for Violin & Viola (2010)
Kodály - Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7 (1999)
Lutoslowski - Bucolics for Viola & Cello (2022)
Martinu - Three Madrigals for Violin & Viola (1993, 2017)
Mozart - Duo for Violin & Viola in B-flat Major, KV 424 (1999)
Mozart - Duo for Violin & Viola in G Major, KV 423 (2024)
Piston - Duo for Viola & Cello (2013)
Prokofiev - Sonata in C Major for Two Violins, Op. 56 (1995)
Ravel - Habanera (2017)
Ravel - Sonata for Violin and Cello (2001)
Rossini - Duet for Cello & Bass in D Major (2010)
Schuman - Fantasy Pieces for Cello & Piano, Op. 73 (2017)
Sibelius - Duo for Violin & Viola (2022)
Torrie Zito - Finale from Montauk Suite for two cellos (2003)

STRING TRIOS:

Bach - Selections from the Goldberg Variations for String Trio, Bwv 988 (2004, 2024)
Beethoven - Trio No. 3 in c minor, Op. 9 (2006)
Dohnányi - Serenade in C Major, Op. 10 for Violin, Viola & Cello (1994, 2009)
Dvořák - Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74 for Two Violins and Viola (2006)
Françaix - Trio in C Major (2012)
Gideon Klein - String Trio (2018)
Kodály - Serenade for Two Violins & Viola, Op. 12 (1993, 2010)
Kodály - Intermezzo for Violin, Viola & Cello (2014)
E J Moeran - Trio in G Major (2011)
Mozart - Divertimento in E-flat Major, K. 563 (1995)
Pedro Saenz - String Trio (2023)
Sergei Taneiev - String Trio in D major (2023)
Robert Washut (b. 1951) - Soneando (2018)

PIANO TRIOS:

Arensky - Trio in d minor, Op. 32 (2000)
Beethoven - Trio in G Major, Op. 1, #2 (1993)
Beethoven - Trio in D Major, Op. 70, #1, "Ghost" (1997, 2019)
Beethoven - Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 70, #2 (2007)
Beethoven - Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke" (2016)
Beethoven - Trio in B-flat Major for Piano, Clarinet & Cello, Op. 11 (1995)
Beethoven - Ten Variations on Müller's song "Ich bin der Schnieder Kakadu", Op. 121A (2018)
Brahms - Trio in a minor, Op. 114 for Clarinet, Cello & Piano (1997)
Brahms - Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 (2010)
Brahms - Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano, Op. 40 (2013)
Bridge - Phantasie Trio in C Major (2004)
Bruch - Selections from 8 Pieces, Op. 83 for Clarinet, Viola & Piano (1996)
Dvořák - Trio in f minor, Op. 65 (1995)
Fuchs - Trio in f-sharp minor, Op. 115 for Violin, Viola and Piano (2021)
Haydn - Trio in E-flat Major, Hob. XV: 29 (1999)
Haydn - Trio in G Major, Hob.XV: 25 "Gypsy Rondo" (2007)
Mendelssohn - Trio in d minor, Op. 49 (2005)
Joachim Raff - Trio No. 3 in a minor, Op. 155 (2007)
Reger - Trio for Violin, Viola & Piano in b minor, Op. 2 (2002)
Schubert - Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 99, D898 (2009)
Schumann - Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op. 63 (2001)
Shostakovich - Trio in e minor, Op. 67 (1998)
Smetana - Trio in g minor, Op. 15 (2002, 2014)
Stravinsky - L'Histoire Du Soldat - Trio Version (1997)

STRING QUARTETS:

Barber - Adagio from the String Quartet in b minor, Op. 11 (2023)
Beethoven - Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, # 1 (2021)
Beethoven - Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, #2 (1999)
Beethoven - Quartet in c minor, Op. 18, #4 (2014)
Beethoven - Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, "Razumovsky" (2001)
Bridge - Three Idylls for Quartet (1994)
Bruch - Quartet No. 1, Op. 9 (2013)
Debussy - Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 (1998, 2014, 2017)
Dvořák - Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51 (1999)
Dvořák - Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American" (2016)
Gershwin - Lullaby (2016)
Alexander Glazunov - String Quartet #3 in G major, "Quatour Slave" (2023)
Haydn - Quartet in g minor, Op. 20, #3 (1993)
Haydn - Quartet in g minor, Op. 74, #3 "The Ryder" (2021)
Haydn - Quartet in G Major, Op. 17, #5 (2002)
Haydn - Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 76, #4 "Sunrise" (2004)
Janáček - String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters" (2012)
Jerome Kern - from 6 Songs, arranged by the composer and scored by Charles Miller (2017)
Mendelssohn - Quartet No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 44, #3 (1996)
Fanny Mendelssohn - Quartet in E-flat Major (2022)
Piazzolla - Four for Tango (1998, 2017)
Puccini - Crisantemi (2000)
Schubert - Quartettsatz, Op. Posth., D. 703 (1995, 2021)
Schubert - Quartet in d minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden" (2005)
Schubert - Quartet #15 in G Major, D. 887 (2011)
Shostakovich - Quartet No. 8 in c minor (2001)
William Grant Still - Danzas de Panama, movements from (2023)
Strauss - Quartet in A Major, Op. 2 (2016)
Suk - Meditation on the Old Hymn "St. Wenceslas" Op. 35a (1997)
Verdi - Quartet in e minor (2002)
Webern - Langsammer Satz (2008)
Vaughan Williams - Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes (Household Music) (2021)
Wolf - Italian Serenade in G Major (2001)

PIANO QUARTETS:

Brahms - Quartet in g minor, Op. 25 (1996, 2016)
Brahms - Quartet in c minor Op. 60 (2005)
Brahms - Quartet in A Major, Op. 26 (2007)
Chausson - Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 30 (2009)
Dvořák - Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 87 (2000, 2018)
Fauré - Quartet No. 1 in c minor, Op. 15 (1994, 2022)
Fauré - Quartet No. 2 in g minor, Op. 45 (2006)
Arthur Foote - Piano Quartet in C Major, Op. 23 (2008)
Mahler - Quartet in a minor (1995)
Mendelssohn - Piano Quartet in c minor, Op. 1 (2009)
Mozart - Quartet #1 in g minor, K. 478 (1994, 2018)
Mozart - Quartet in E-flat Major, K 493 (2002)
Dora Pejačević - Piano Quartet in d minor, Op. 25 (2024)
Saint-Saëns - Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 41 (2012)
Schubert - Adagio & Rondo (1996)
Schumann - Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47 (1993, 2011)
Suk - Quartet in a minor, Op. 1 (2011)
Turina - Quartet in a minor, Op. 67 (2003)

QUINTETS:

Beethoven - String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 (2022)
Brahms - Quintet in b minor for Clarinet and String Quartet, Op. 115 (1995)
Brahms - Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34 (2003)
Brahms - Quintet in G Major, Op. 111 for 2 Violins, 2 Violas & Cello (2015)
Brahms - Quintet #1 in F Major, Op. 88 for 2 Violins, 2 Violas & Cello (2019)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (2006)
Dohnányi - Piano Quintet in c minor, Op. 1 (2001)
Dvořák - Piano Quintet in A Major, Op 81 (2004)
Dvořák - String Quintet in g minor, Op. 77 (2010)
Elgar - Piano Quintet in a minor, Op. 84 (1999)
Franck - Piano Quintet in f minor (2022)
Glazunov - String Quintet in A Major, Op. 39 (2011)
Guiseppe Martucci - Piano Quintet in C Major, Op. 45 (2021)
Mendelssohn - Quintet in A Major, Op. 18 for two violins, two violas and cello (2004)
Mendelssohn - Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 87 for 2 Violins, 2 Violas & Cello (2019)
Mozart - Quintet in D Major, K. 593 for 2 Violins, 2 Violas & Cello (1997)
Mozart - Quintet in g minor, K 516 for 2 Violins, 2 Violas & Cello (2003)
Mozart - Quintet in C Major, K. 515 (2015)
Mozart - Horn Quintet in E-flat major, K. 407 (2023)
Mozart - Quintet for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola and Cello in A Major, K. 581 (2006)
Novák - Piano Quintet in a minor, Op. 12 (2006)
Schubert - Quintet in A Major, D. 667, "the Trout" (1993, 2017)
Schubert - Quintet in C Major, D. 956 for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos (1997, 2010)
Schumann - Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 (1998)
Shostakovich - Piano Quintet, Op. 57 (1994, 2007)
Vaughan Williams - Phantasy Quintet for two violins, two violas and cello (2004)
Vaughan Williams - Piano Quintet in c minor (2018)

OTHER:

Arensky - String Quartet No. 2 in a minor, Op. 35 for Violin, Viola & 2 Cellos (2008)
C.P.E. BACH - Sinfonia in b minor, H. 661, Wq. 182, No. 5 (2019)
Bach - Pastorale for Cello & Piano (1997)
Bach - Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A Major, BWV 1055 (2002)
Bach - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (2011)
Bach - Cantata BWV 36 (2012)
Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in d minor, BWV 1043 (2013)
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (2014, 2018)
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 (2016)
Bach - Keyboard Concerto in f minor, BWV 1056 (2021)
Bach - Suite No. 5 in c minor for solo cello (2023)
Beethoven - Serenade in D Major, Op. 25 for Flute, Violin & Viola (2008)
Brahms - Sextet in G Major, Op. 36 (1998, 2012)
Brahms - Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18 (2008, 2023)
Brahms - Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40 (2013)
Britten - Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2 (2012)
Kahn - Sieben Lieder aus "Jungbrunnen" (Heyse), Op. 46 (2005)
Korngold - String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10 (2003)
Luening - Divertimento for Oboe, Violin, Viola & Cello (2002)
Mendelssohn - Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 (2000)
Moszkowski - Suite, Op. 71 for Two Violins and Piano (2009)
Muhly - Big Time for String Quartet and Percussion (2012)
Prokofiev - Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 (1996)
Prokofiev - Peter & the Wolf for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Piano & Narrator (2015)
Respighi - Il Tramonto for Mezzo Soprano and String Quartet (2014)
E. H. Sanders - arrangement for String Quartet of a 13th century anonymous vocal work (2019)
Sarasate - Navarra (danza espagnola), Op. 33 (2013)
Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 (2000)
Schumann - Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 73 (2017)
Shostakovich - Five Pieces for Two Violins & Piano (2013)
Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (1998)
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras #1 for Eight Cellos (2015)
Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 Cellos in g minor, RV 531 (2014)
Zito - Finale from the Montauk Suite for two Cellos (2003)
Russian Gypsy Music for Violin & Guitar (1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006)
Selections for Cello and Piano "From the Family" (2005)
- Gustav Hollaender, Schumann (Arr. by Ernest H. Sanders)
Music from the Celtic American Traditions for Fiddle and Accordion (2003-04)
Music of the classic Scottish violin masters for Violin and Piano (2007)
Crypto-Judaica: Mysteries of the Sephardim (2008)
NORSE BY NORSE (East) (2009) Le Bon Vent (2005)
Music from Monticello (2010)
The Sixth Floor Trio (2011)
Island Time Steel Band (2013, 2017)
A Cello-bration! (2015)
Jeremiah & Annemieke McLane - Accordion & Piano (2014, 2016, 2020-21)
All-star Jazz Quartet - music drawn from three amazing jazz recordings by Chet Baker (Chet Baker with Strings) and Stan Getz (Cool Velvet & West Coast Live) as well as some originals. (2017)
Annemieke McLane (piano) - "Garden Tour" (2018)
Klezmer Ensemble, Big Galut(e) (2019)
Daily Special barbershop quartet (2021)
Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet (2022)
Paul Woodiel & Jeremiah McLane, For Pete's Sake (2023)
Boyd Meets Girl (2024)

Artists from 1993 to present

VIOLIN:

Shirien Taylor (1993), Adela Peña (1993-98, 2000, 2005-11, 2013, 2015, 2017) Aloysia Friedmann (1993-94), Basia Danilow (1995-2017), Jeff Multer (1998-99, 2001, 2004), Claire Jolivet (1999), Cenovia Cummins (2000), Erica Kiesewetter (2000-04), Christoph Franzgrote (2001), Robin Zeh (2003-05), Krystof Witek (2003), Arturo Delmoni (2004-2016, 2018-2019, 2021-24), Michael Roth (2005, 2010-12, 2014-15, 2021-24), Kathryn Caswell (2008), Roy Lewis (2010), Cyrus Beroukhim (2010-13), Annaliesa Place (2011), Deborah Buck (2012), Louise Owen (2012, 2021), Joanna Maurer (2014, 2016, 2018-19, 2021-22), Derek Ratzenboeck (2016-17, 2019), Ari Isaacman-Beck (2022)

VIOLA:

Aloysia Friedmann (1993, 2000), Maria Lambros Kannen (1993), Rachel Evans (1994), David Cerutti (1995-2005, 2007-09, 2011, 2013, 2015), Leslie Tomkins (1997-98, 2006, 2008), Ronald Carbone (1998-99), Katherine Anderson (2000, 2012), Kevin Roy (2001-02, 2004), Stefanie Taylor (2001), Lois Martin (2002-03), Ah Ling Neu (2003), Nardo Poy (2003, 2006), Calvin Wiersma (2004), Arturo Delmoni (2005, 2008-10, 2013, 2016-17), Kathleen Foster (2005), Danielle Farina (2006, 2010), Cyrus Beroukhim (2010, 2012), Michael Roth (2011, 2016-2019, 2021-24), Leslie Tomkins (2011), Kathryn Lockwood (2012-13, 2015, 2017), Rita Porfiris (2014), Joana Miranda (2017, 2024), Katarzyna Bryla-Weiss (2018-19, 2021-23), Erica Gailing (2022-23), Leah Ferguson (2023)

CELLO:

Peter Sanders (1993-2019, 2021-24), Erik Friedlander (1997), Myron Lutzke (1998), Mary Wooten (1999), Roger Shell (2000), Frederick Zlotkin (2003), Adam Grabois (2008), Greg Heffernan (2010), Alistair MacRae (2011), Hannah Holman (2015), Chris Finckel (2015), Jeffrey Zeigler (2015), Robert Burkhart (2023)

DOUBLE BASS:

Ron Wasserman (1993), Roger Wagner (2010), David Mercier (2017), Marji Danilow (2018), Peter Weitzner (2021)

CLARINET:

Owen Kotler (1995-97), Alan Kay (2006)

VOICE:

Martin Dillon (2005), Marjorie Drysdale - Mezzo Soprano (2012, 2014)

NARRATOR:

Charlie McMeekin (2007-08)

PIANO:

Steven Masi (1993-99), Jon Kimura Parker (2000), Nancy McDill (2000), Nelson Padgett (2001), Albert Stanziano (2001-02, 2007), Michael Boriskin (2003-04, 2006). Cameron Grant (2005, 2007-08, 2010), Susie Petrov (2007), Christopher Oldfather (2008), Susan Walters (2009), Jeewon Park (2009, 2011), Thomas Schmidt (2012), Jung Lin (2013-14), Adrienne Kim (2017-19, 2021), Annemieke McLane (2018), Mika Sasaki (2022, 2024), Claire Black (2024)

GUITAR:

Victor Keremedjiev (1998-99, 2001, 2004, 2006), Steve Gibb (2008)

OBOE:

Randall Wolfgang (2002, 2012)

FRENCH HORN:

Ellen Dinwiddie Smith (2013), Stewart Rose (2023)

FLUTE:

Karen Kevra (2008)

FIDDLE:

Paul Woodiel (2003-04, 2007-10, 2023)

ACCORDION:

Jeremiah McLane (2003-05, 2008-10, 2023)

BANJO:

Pete Sutherland (2010)

PERCUSSION:

James "Noodles" Neglia (2003), Vincent Livolsi (2003), Yousif Sheronick (2012-2013)

CONDUCTOR:

Jeffrey Domoto (2012-15), Yutaka Kono (2016-17, 2019), Benjamin Klemme (2018)

CHORUS:

Sounding Joy! Marjorie Drysdale, Artistic Director (2012)

SPECIAL ENSEMBLES:

Sixth Floor Trio (2011), LARK Quartet (2012), duoJalal (2013), Island Time Steel Band (2013, 2017), Vermont Youth Orchestra Artists (2013-18, 2022), Jeremiah McLane & Annemieke Spoelstra (2014, 2016, 2020, 2021), All-Star Jazz Quartet - Bob Franceschini / Sax, Ray Vega / Trumpet, Fima Ephron / Bass, Ben Perowsky / Drums (2017), Guy Rabut - Luthier (2017), Eben Bodach-Turner - Bowmaker (2017), Big Galut(e) (2019), Daily Special Barbershop Quartet (2021), Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet (2022), Paul Woodiel & Jeremiah McLane (2023), Boyd Meets Girl (2024)