VentiCordi 2024-25 Season
Next up: Free Concert, no tickets
September 14, 3 pm
Studzinski Hall, Bowdoin College Map
Nadia Boulanger 1887 – 1979
Trois Piéces (1914) arr. Katherine Needleman
Grażyna Bacewicz 1909 - 1969
Trio for Oboe, Violin, Cello
Darius Milhaud 1892 – 1974
Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, Opus 157b (1936)
Dan Sonnenberg b. 1978
'Grab That' for Oboe, Violin, Cello & Piano
Paul Hindemith 1895 - 1963
Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello & Piano
Chiharu Naruse, Piano Kathleen McNerney, Oboe
Gary Gorczyca, Clarinet Dean Stein, Violin
Fred Edelen, Cello
Season 16 2024-25 Concerts
October 19, 7 pm
Portland area location tba
October 20, 2 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick
November 16, 7 pm
Portland area location tba
November 17, 2 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick
April 5, 7 pm
Portland area location tba
April 6, 2 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick
May 31, 7 pm
Portland area location tba
June 1, 2 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick
'Conversations'
Saturday, June 1, 2024, 7pm
Portland Conservatory of Music map
Sunday, June 2, 2024, 2pm
Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta map
Duo for Flute and Oboe
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Quartet in D Major, K. 285 for Flute and Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quartet for Oboe and Strings
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
'Conversations'
for Flute, Oboe/English Horn, Violin, Viola, and Cello
Arthur Bliss
Eileen Holt, Flute
Kathleen McNerney, Oboe/English Horn
Dean Stein, Violin Kimberly Lehmann, Viola
Andrew Mark, Cello
Mira Levine, Oboe - Maine Outstanding Student
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Earlier this season:
'Song of the Reeds'
Saturday, September 23, 2023 7pm
Woodfords Congregational Church map
Sunday, September 24, 2023 2pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick map
Duo for Oboe and Clarinet, Op. 25
Marion Bauer
Schilflieder (Song of the Reeds)
for Oboe, Viola, and Piano
August Klughardt
'Anada', for Clarinet, English Horn, Violin and Cello
Lucas Richman
Trio, Op. 11 for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Chiharu Naruse, Piano Kathleen McNerney, Oboe and English Horn Karen Beacham, Clarinet Graybert Beacham, Violin and Viola
Timothy Garrett, Cello
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'House Music for Autumn'
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 7pm Portland Conservatory of Music map
Sunday, November 5, 2023, 3pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick map
Selected Duos for Violin and Cello, Op. 39
Reinhold Glière
Sonata da Camera
for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord
Ilja Hurnik
Trio for Flute, Violin, and Cello
Jindřich Feld
Quartet from Tafelmusik
for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Cello, and Harpsichord
Georg Philip Telemann
Christina Edelen, Harpsichord Dianne Spoto, Flute
Kathleen McNerney, Oboe Dean Stein, Violin
Benjamin Noyes, Cello
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'Remembrance'
Saturday, April 13, 2024, 7pm
Portland Conservatory of Music map
Sunday, April 14, 2024, 2pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick map
Suite for Oboe and Cello
Leo Smit
Abgang and Kaddish
for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Darius Milhaud
Quintet: after paintings by Edvard Munch
for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
Vivian Fine
Bridget Convey, Piano Kathleen McNerney, Oboe
Gary Gorczyca, Clarinet Dean Stein, Violin
Katherine Cherbas, Cello
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Played by Dean Stein, Kathleen McNerney,
Chiharu Naruse, Gary Gorczyca, Fred Edelen
Music of W.F. Bach ,W.A. Mozart,
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Arthur Bliss
Mira Levine, VentiCordi's Maine Outstanding Student, 2024, will perform a duet of her own composition and a Trio Sonata by Quantz.
Music of Marion Bauer, August Klughardt, Lucas Richman, Ludwig van Beethoven
Played by Kathleen McNerney, Chiharu Naruse, Timothy Garrett, Graybert Beacham, Karen Beacham,
Music of Reinhold Glière, Ilja Hurnik, Jindřich Feld, Georg Philip Telemann
Played by Kathleen McNerney, Dean Stein, Dianne Spoto, Christina Edelen, Benjamin Noyes
Music of Leo Smit, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Darius Milhaud, Vivian Fine
Played by Dean Stein, Kathleen McNerney, Bridget Convey,
Gary Gorczyca, Katherine Cherbas