Past Concerts

2011–2012 Season

The Axelrod Quartet III

Marc Destrubé & Marilyn McDonald, violins; James Dunham, viola; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Johannes Brahms: Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1

Masterworks VII

The Smithsonian Chamber Players:
Mark Fewer, violin; Anca Nicolau, violin & viola; Myron Lutzke, violoncello; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello, harpsichord, harmonium

Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli: Sonatas of 1660

Anton Stepanovic Arensky: Quartet in A Minor, Op. 35

Antonín Dvorak: Bagatelles, Op. 47

Masterworks VI

William Sharp, baritone; Kenneth Slowik, fortepiano

Robert Schumann: Eichendorff Liederkreis, Op. 39; Dichterliebe, Op. 48

Masterworks V

The Smithsonian Chamber Players:
Ian Swensen, violin; Loretta O’Sullivan, violoncello; Kenneth Slowik, fortepiano

Sonatas and trios of Haydn, Mozart, & Beethoven

Masterworks IV

The Smithsonian Chamber Players:

Marc Destrubé, violin; Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba, Kenneth Slowik, harpsichord

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concerts

The Axelrod Quartet II

Marc Destrubé & Marilyn McDonald, violins; James Dunham, viola; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello,

with The Old City String Quartet

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in F Major, Op. 74, No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in D Major, Op.18, No. 3
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

The Axelrod String Quartet

Masterworks III

Kenneth Slowik, harpsichord

J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations

Masterworks II

The Smithsonian Chamber Players: 
Lambert Orkis, fortepiano; Vera Beths and Marilyn McDonald, violins; Douglas McNabney, viola; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47; Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

The Axelrod Quartet I

Marc Destrubé & Marilyn McDonald, violins; James Dunham, viola; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello

Joseph Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Op. 74, No. 1
Robert Schumann: Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127

 

Masterworks I

Mitzi Meyerson & Kenneth Slowik, harpsichords 

Music of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Claude-Bénigne

Balbastre, Jacques Duphly, and Johann Sebastian Bach

2010–2011 Season

Bach Sonatas III: Sonata in A Major for harpsichord and violin, BVW 1015; Sonata in B Minor for harpsichord and violin, BWV 1014; Sonata in F Minor for harpsichord and violin, BWV 1018; Sonata in G Major for harpsichord and violin, BVW 1019

Cherubini: Quintet No. 1 in E Minor
Boccherini: Quintet in C Major, La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid, g324
Boccherini: Quintet in D Major, Fandango, g341

The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Haydn: Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5
Mozart: Quartet in D Major, k499, the Hoffmeister
Smetana: Quartet in E Minor, From My Life

The Axelrod String Quartet

Bach Suites II: Suite in C Major, BWV 1009; Suite in D Minor, BWV 1008; Suite in D Major, BVW 1012

Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

Haydn: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 20, No. 1
Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
Woldemar Bargiel: Octet in C, Op. 15a

The Axelrod String Quartet

Mozart: Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in E flat major, k452
Beethoven: Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in E flat major, Op. 16

The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Brahms: Trio in C Major, Op. 87;
Schönberg/ Steuermann: Verklärte Nacht

The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Bach Suites I: Suite in G Major, BWV 1007; Suite in E-flat Major, BWV 1010; Suite in C Minor, BVW 1011

Bach Sonatas II: Sonata in A Major for harpsichord and flute, BVW 1032; Sonata in C Minor for harpsichord and violin, BWV 1017; Sonata in E Major for harpsichord and violin, BWV 1016; Sonata in B Minor for harpsichord and flute, BVW 1030; Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1038

Haydn: Quartet in A Major, Op. 20, No. 6
Beethoven: Quartetto Serioso in F Minor, Op. 95
Schubert: Quartet in D Minor, D810, Death and the Maiden

The Axelrod String Quartet

Mozart: Piano Quartets in E-flat Major, K493, and G Minor, K478
Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 16

The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Bach Sonatas I: Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027; Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028; Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1029; Concerto in C Major for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1061