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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​Fanfare Magazine
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)
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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)
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Hoagy Carmichael
Star Dust (arr. for piano quartet by Terry King)
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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
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Rubin Goldmark
Piano Quartet, Op. 12
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Samuel Barber
Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 6
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Dan Roman
Perpetuo Forever II for violin and viola
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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
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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
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Alfred Schnittke
Sonata no. 1 for cello and piano (1978)
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Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110
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Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet in D Major, Op. 51
Transfigured Night
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in G minor , K. 478
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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
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Gustav Mahler
Rheinlegendchen from
"Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
arranged for contralto and string quartet by Bruce Bellingham
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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
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Igor Stravinsky
Duo Concertante for violin and piano
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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
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Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, "Black Mass"
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
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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)
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26
Story and Song
Paul Schoenfield
Carolina Reveille for piano quartet (2001)
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Gordon Jacob
3 Shakespearean Sketches for string trio (1946)
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Alfred Schnittke
Epilogue from Peer Gynt for cello, piano and tape (1993)
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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