NOTES: 

For nearly 50 years, the Musicians from Marlboro touring program has served as an extension of Vermont’s Marlboro Music Festival, founded in 1951. The tours are noted not only for their joyous performances of both well-known masterpieces and unfamiliar works, but also for offering valuable experience to artists at the beginning of their careers. The touring ensembles have always given audiences a chance to hear the coming generation of major artists playing together with distinguished musicians.  Early in their careers, the program introduced such pianists as Jonathan Biss, Yefim Bronfman, Jeremy Denk, Richard Goode, Murray Perahia, Andras Schiff and Peter Serkin, as well as members of numerous leading chamber ensembles. So, as the Washington Post, pointed out: You may not know the names of all the artists, but , “Musicians from Marlboro is a virtual guarantee of musical excellence!”

 

Tour I: Novemeber 15 – 26, 2013

           
Beethoven: Kakadu Variations (piano trio)

Adès:  Arcadiana (string quartet)

Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120

Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 44

 

Scott St. John, violin— Michelle Ross violin—Emily Deans, viola—Matthew Zalkind, cello—Gabriele Carcano, piano

 

Tour II: March 30 – April 13, 2014

Reger: Lyrische Andante (string quartet and double bass)

Dvorak: Cypresses, B. 152 (string quartet)

Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803

 

Tibi Cziger, clarinet—Natalya Rose Vrbsky, bassoon—Wei-Ping Chou, horn—Lucy Chapman, violin—David McCarroll, violin—Hélène Clément, viola—Judith Serkin, cello— Tony Flynt, bass

Tour III: April 20 – May 4, 2014

Haydn: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 1
Berg: Lyric Suite
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op.81

 

Itamar Zorman, violin—Robin Scott, violin—Samuel Rhodes, viola—Brook Speltz, cello—Cynthia Raim, piano

 

Tour IV (NATIONAL TOUR): October 10 – 27, 2013

 

Mozart:  String Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 614

Bartok:  String Quartet No. 6

Schumann:  Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

 

Bella Hristova, violin—Robin Scott, violin—Dimitri Murrath, viola—Vicki Powell, viola—Marcy Rosen, cello—Cynthia Raim, piano

 

All dates, artists, programs subject to change. 
 
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY: 
“The most exciting chamber music in the United States.”    Time
 
“This was truly accomplished music-making.  There are chamber groups of longtime standing that 
fail to come close to this ad-hoc group’s sense of shared purpose."          New York Times