Schedule Of Events

July 23, 2025

7:30pm to 9:30pm : Miraculous Mendelssohn: Season Opening Concert at the Anchorage Museum

We kick off our 2025 Summer Festival with the music of Felix Mendelssohn! Brilliantly precocious, Mendelssohn composed the two masterworks on this program in his mid-teens, ushering in an entirely new genre of chamber music in the process. As some of the first works written for larger chamber ensembles, the string octet has achieved legendary status among chamber musicians, while the piano sextet remains one of few attempts at this unique instrumental formation.

PROGRAM

Felix MENDELSSOHN: Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110
Felix MENDELSSOHN: String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

ARTISTS

David Fung (piano)
Fabiola Kim, Minju Kim, Luri Lee, Christine Harada Li, and Rita Wang (violin)
Edwin Kaplan and Hezekiah Leung (viola)
Nathan Chan and Nathaniel Pierce (cello)
Paul Sharpe (bass)

July 25, 2025

7:30pm to 9:30pm : House Concert: It's Beethoven!

See the artists up close as they perform chamber music the way it was meant to be heard: in the comfort of the living room! Beethoven returns this year in an intimate house concert setting, with two pillars of the string quartet literature. For this installment of our Beethoven journey, guest artists tackle the first quartet from the composer's “late” period, and the third quartet from his Razumovsky series, part of his “middle” period.

PROGRAM

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 12 in Eb Major, Op. 127
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 no. 3

ARTISTS

Fabiola Kim, Minju Kim, Luri Lee and Rita Wang (violin)
Edwin Kaplan and Hezekiah Leung (viola)
Nathan Chan and Nathaniel Pierce (cello)

July 26, 2025

7:30pm to 9:30pm : UAA Recital Hall: The French Pianist

A delightful program of French chamber music, centered on the prowess of the piano. Indulge in the vivid imagery of Claude Debussy, incisive virtuosity of Francis Poulenc, and bold rhythms of Germaine Tailleferre. Gabriel Fauré’s billowing Piano Quintet No. 1 culminates the program, along with a song by Hector Berlioz.

PROGRAM

Claude DEBUSSY: Petite Suite
Francis POULENC: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Germaine TAILLEFERRE: Piano Trio
Hector BERLIOZ: “La Captive”
Gabriel FAURÉ: Piano Quintet No. 1, Op. 89

ARTISTS

Chad Burrow (clarinet)
Amy I-Lin Cheng and David Fung (piano)
Fabiola Kim, Luri Lee and Rita Wang (violin)
Edwin Kaplan (viola)
Nathan Chan and Nathaniel Pierce (cello)
Nathaniel Pierce (tenor)

July 28, 2025

8:00pm to 10:00pm : House Concert: Hungarians at Night

Immerse yourself in the sounds of Hungary! A program both folk and nature-inspired, featuring lively serenades by Kodály and Dohnányi, and riveting dance melodies set by Béla Bartók. Prepare to be chilled by the creaks and croaks of the nocturnal landscape, depicted musically by György Ligeti in his first string quartet, itself heavily inspired by the momentous quartets of Bartók.

PROGRAM

György LIGETI: String Quartet No.1 - Métamorphoses nocturnes
Zoltán KODÁLY: Serenade, Op. 12
Béla BARTÓK: Contrasts
Ern? DOHNÁNYI: Serenade, Op. 10

ARTISTS

Fabiola Kim, Minju Kim, Christine Harada Li and Rita Wang (violin)
Edwin Kaplan (viola)
Nathan Chan (cello)

July 30, 2025

8:00pm to 10:00pm : House Concert: Polish Adventures

This program of music by Polish composers draws on a wide variety of influences near and far. Weinberg’s deep friendship with Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich looms large in his String Trio, along with echoes of Jewish, Gypsy, and Moldavian themes. Polish folk melodies and bucolic musical settings are also on the menu. The cornerstone of the evening, Szymanowski’s Mythes, presents three programmatic miniatures inspired by Greek mythology, with traces of French impressionism and the composer’s own travels in Sicily and North Africa. 

PROGRAM

Mieczys?aw WEINBERG: String Trio, Op. 48
Karol SZYMANOWSKI: Mythes, Op. 30 for Violin and Piano 
Witold LUTOS?AWSKI: Five Bucolics, for Viola and Cello
Krzysztof PENDERECKI: Clarinet Quartet 
Gra?yna BACEWICZ: Quartet for Four Violins 

ARTISTS

Chad Burrow (clarinet)
Amy I-Lin Cheng (piano)
John Bian, Minju Kim, Luri Lee, Christine Harada Li and Rita Wang (violin)
Edwin Kaplan and Hezekiah Leung (viola)
Nathan Chan and Nathaniel Pierce (cello)

August 01, 2025

7:30pm to 9:30pm : UAA Recital Hall: Made in America

America shows off its musical talents! Listen for “the old ragtime stuff” and a whole bunch of American tunes in Charles Ives’s barnyard second violin sonata. Leonard Bernstein soars with a song from his musical Peter Pan, and David Diamond lifts American spirits during the darkest days of the Second World War. Award-winning composer Jessie Montgomery’s work for string quartet, Strum, is our new music feature of the season. The program concludes with Barber’s poignant string quartet (including his famous Adagio) reimagined in a setting for string orchestra.

PROGRAM

Leonard BERNSTEIN: “Dream With Me”
Charles IVES:  Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano
David DIAMOND: Rounds for String Orchestra 
Sergei PROKOFIEV: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 
Jessie MONTGOMERY: Strum 
Samuel BARBER: String Quartet

ARTISTS

Chad Burrow (clarinet)
Amy I-Lin Cheng and David Fung (piano)
John Bian, Elizabeth Dickenson, Minju Kim, Luri Lee, Christine Harada Li and Rita Wang (violin)
Edwin Kaplan and Hezekiah Leung (viola)
Nathan Chan, Pierre Derycz and Nathaniel Pierce (cello)
Paul Sharpe (bass)
Nathaniel Pierce (tenor)

August 03, 2025

8:00pm to 10:00pm : House Concert: Clarinet Quintets

Featuring the clarinet’s two chamber music masterpieces: the quintets by Mozart and Brahms! Sharing striking similarities in form, both works highlight the composers’ particular affinity for the instrument, and its wide tonal and expressive range. Join us to close out the season, and support exceptional chamber music in Anchorage!

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A major
Johannes BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor

ARTISTS

Chad Burrow (clarinet)
John Bian, Minju Kim, Luri Lee and Christine Harada Li (violin)
Edwin Kaplan and Hezekiah Leung (viola)
Nathan Chan and Nathaniel Pierce (cello)

Date :  July 23 - August 2, 2025

Location : Various Venue in Anchorage, AK

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