2008
Mimir Chamber Music Festival
11th Anniversary Concert Series
“It’ll be a hard freeze in a Dallas July before you will hear a finer performance of a Beethoven string quartet than the one presented at the Mimir Chamber Music Festival.”
Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, July 2005
The exciting Mimir Chamber Music Festival is held
on the campus of TCU, Fort Worth, Texas. All concerts take place in the
attractive and intimate PepsiCo Recital Hall in the Walsh Center for
the Performing Arts.
“General admission for concerts is $25; admission for seniors and Star-Telegram Press Pass holders is $20; students, $15.” click
here for ticket information.
Mimir Festival Concert 1
Thursday, July 3, 7:30 p.m.
Concert 1 Program Notes
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127 |
Nathan Cole and Akiko Tarumoto, violins
Kirsten Docter, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
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| Ludwig
van Beethoven |
Variations in G Major for Piano Trio on Wenzel Mϋller’s
Lied “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu,” Op. 121a |
Curt Thompson, violin
Brant Taylor, cello
José Feghali, piano
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| Ludwig
van Beethoven |
Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 133 |
Stephen Rose and Nathan Cole, violins
Kirsten Docter, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
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Mimir Festival Concert 2
Concert 2—Saturday, July 5, 7:30 p.m.
Concert 2 Program Notes
| Dmitri Shostakovich |
String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor |
Akiko Tarumoto and Stephen Rose, violins
Kirsten Docter, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
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| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 415 |
Curt Thompson and Akiko Tarumoto, violins
Kirsten Docter, viola
Brant Taylor, cello John Novacek, piano
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| Jean Sibelius |
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 “Voces Intimae”
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Stephen Rose and Nathan Cole, violins
Kirsten Docter, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
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Mimir Festival Concert 3
Concert 3—Sunday, July 6, 3:00 p.m.
Concert 3 Program Notes
| Leoš Janáček |
String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters” |
Stephen Rose and Curt Thompson, violins
Kirsten Docter, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
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Johannes Brahms
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Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101 |
Stephen Rose, violin
Brant Taylor, cello
John Novacek, piano
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| Edvard Grieg |
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 |
Nathan Cole and Akiko Tarumoto, violins
Kirsten Docter, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
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Mimir Festival Concert 4
Tuesday, July 8, 7:30 p.m.
Concert 4 Program Notes
| Béla Bartók |
Romanian Folk Dances |
Erin Keefe, violin
Alessio Bax, piano
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| Giuseppe Verdi |
String Quartet in E minor |
Erin Keefe and Curt Thompson, violins
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
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| Ernst von Dohnányi |
Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1 |
Curt Thompson and Erin Keefe, violins
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Brant Taylor, cello Alessio Bax, piano
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Mimir Young Artists Concert
Mimir Young Artists Perform
Thursday, July 10, 7:30 p.m.
PepsiCo Recial Hall, TCU
Free Admission |
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Mimir Festival Concert 5
Friday, July 11, 7:30 p.m.
Concert 5 Program Notes
| Franz Joseph Haydn |
String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5 |
Erin Keefe and Curt Thompson, violins
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
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| Witold Lutosławski |
Variations on a Theme of Paganini for two Pianos |
Alessio Bax and José Feghali, pianos
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| Franz Schubert |
Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898 |
Curt Thompson, violin
Brant Taylor, cello
José Feghali, piano
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