Avery Ensemble
Here are four musicians whose technical perfection and polish are equally matched by the sumptuous sound they produce and the depth of interpretive insight they exhibit.
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Selected Past Programs
Armistice
Rebecca Clarke
Morpheus for viola and piano (1917)
Maurice Ravel
Trio for violin, cello and piano in A minor (1914)
David Macbride
We Are Making a New World for Piano Quartet and Narrator (2018)
commissioned by the Avery Ensemble in observation of the centennial of the end of WWI
The March of Folly
William Bolcom
Gingando from Capriccio for cello and piano (1985)
Hoagy Carmichael
Star Dust (arr. for piano quartet by Terry King)
Justin Dello Joio
The March of folly for piano trio (2006)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
American Voices
Aaron Copland
"Rodeo" for piano trio, arranged by Terry King
Rubin Goldmark
Piano Quartet, Op. 12
Samuel Barber
Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 6
Dan Roman
Perpetuo Forever II for violin and viola
Paul Schoenfield
Carolina Reveille for piano quartet, (2001)
Last Words:
Late Style Testaments
C.P.E. Bach
Quartet for violin, viola, cello & harpsichord, H. 538
Heinrich Ignaz Biber
Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa 1696
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Gabriel Fauré
Piano Quintet in C minor, No. 2, Op. 115
Russian Stories
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata no. 3 in A minor, Op. 28
Alfred Schnittke
Sonata no. 1 for cello and piano (1978)
Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet in D Major, Op. 51
Transfigured Night
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in G minor , K. 478
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata No. 32 in B-flat major, K. 454
Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht for string sextet, Op. 4
Fools Rush In
Jean-Phillipe Rameau
Quatrième Concert in Bb major for harpsichord, violin and bass viol (1741)
Barbara Strozzi
La Travagliata
L'Eraclito Amoroso
Amor Dormiglione
for soprano and continuo
Carlo Farina
Capriccio Stravagante à 4 for strings and harpsichord
Gustav Mahler
Rheinlegendchen from
"Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
arranged for contralto and string quartet by Bruce Bellingham
John Adams
John's Book of Alleged Dances for string quartet and pre-recorded rhythm loops (1994)
Enlightenment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio No. 5 in E major, K. 542
Igor Stravinsky
Duo Concertante for violin and piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio No. 7 in Bb major, Op. 97, "Archduke"
Lest We Forget:
Reflections on War and Hope
Samuel Barber
Dover Beach for baritone and string quartet, Op. 3
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, "Black Mass"
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in Eb major, Op. 127
Uncommon Valor:
Music as an Alternative Response to Violence
David Wilde
The Cellist of Sarajevo: a Lament in Rondo Form for solo cello, Op. 12
Aaron Jay Kernis
Still Movement with Hymn for Piano Quartet (1993)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26
Story and Song
Paul Schoenfield
Carolina Reveille for piano quartet (2001)
Gordon Jacob
3 Shakespearean Sketches for string trio (1946)
Alfred Schnittke
Epilogue from Peer Gynt for cello, piano and tape (1993)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Music of WWI
Leos Janacek
Violin Sonata (1914)
Gabriel Fauré
Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano , Op. 109
Max Reger
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 133