VentiCordi 2025-26 Season
Season 17
Encounters
September 20, 2025, 7 pm
Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland
143 State Street map
September 21, 2025, 2 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church, Brunswick
1 Middle Street map
John Corigliano b. 1929 The Food of Love, for Oboe and Cello
Gernot Wolfgang b. 1957
Encounters, Duo for Violin and Bassoon (2009)
João Guilherme Ripper b. 1959
Duo Sonatina, for Oboe and Cello
Gian Francesco Malipiero 1882-1973
Epodi e Gambi, for Oboe, Bassoon, Violin, and Viola (1932)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791
Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K. 370 (1781)
Kathleen McNerney, Oboe Wren Saunders, Bassoon
Dean Stein, Violin Julia Eiten, Viola Fred Edelen, Cello
Imagine
November 8, 2025, 7 pm
Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland
143 State Street map
November 9, 2025, 2 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church, Brunswick
1 Middle Street map
Arnold Schönberg 1874 - 1951 Ein Stelldichein (A Rendevous) (Unfinished work of 1905)
Olivier Messiaen 1908 - 1992
Quatuor pour le fin du temps, (Quartet for the End of Time),
for Piano, Clarinet, Violin, and Cello (1940)
Pamela Mia Paul, Piano Kathleen McNerney, Oboe Helen Goode-Castro, Clarinet Dean Stein, Violin Fred Edelen, Cello
Cloud Songs
April 11, 2026, 7 pm
Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland
143 State Street map
April 12, 2026, 2 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church, Brunswick 1 Middle Street map
Barbara Harbach b. 1946
Four Dances for Two, for Oboe and Violin (2004)
Madeleine Dring 1923 - 1977
Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Piano (1968)
Erwin Schulhoff 1894 - 1942
Concertino, for Flute, Viola, and Double Bass (1925)
Alyssa Morris b. 1984
Cloud Songs, for Oboe, Double Bass and Piano (2025)
Nino Rota 1911 - 1979
Trio for Piano, Flute, and Violin (1958)
Chiharu Naruse, Piano TBA, Flute Kathleen McNerney, Oboe
Dean Stein, Violin Nathan Varga, Double Bass
Spring!
May 30, 2026, 7 pm
Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland
143 State Street map
May 31, 2026, 2 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church, Brunswick 1 Middle Street map
Marcus Barcham Stevens b. 1974
Living Trees, for Flute, Violin, and Cello (2019)
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - 1750 Cantata selections
Byron Adams b. 1955
Le Jardin Provençal, for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord (2006)
Dominick Argento 1927- 2019
Six Elizabethan Songs for Soprano, Flute, Oboe, Violin, Cello,
and Harpsichord (1963)
Elisabeth Marshall, Soprano Christina Scott Edelen, Harspsichord Erin Lesser, Flute Kathleen McNerney, Oboe
Dean Stein, Violin Katherine Cherbas, Cello
TBA, Maine Outstanding Student