GARDNER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Paula Robison, flute and director
Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Torelli

• Sinfonia for flute, trumpet, and orchestra
• Concerto for violin and orchestra
• Concerto for bassoon and orchestra
• Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
• Sinfonia for orchestra
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DAVID REQUIRO, cello
Elizabeth DeMio, piano
Young Artists Showcase—First Prize Winner, 2008 Naumburg International Cello Competition

• Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano
• Bolcom: Capriccio for cello and piano
• Brahms: Sonata in F Major, Op. 99.
• Cassado: Requiebors, Lamento de Boabdil and Danse du diable vert
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Wanderlust

After Hours Plus: Jazz at the Gardner, 7pm
Dr. Magpie

Ben Powell, violin
Duncan Wickle, octave fiddle/violin
Eric Robertson, mandolin
Jon Sosin, guitar
Adam Tressler, guitar
Dan Carpel, bass

Named after a bird that chatters and improvises, Dr. Magpie is an acoustic string jazz sextet whose sound draws equally from Appalachia, New York, and the freewheeling Left Bank of pre-war Paris.
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EROICA TRIO
Eroica Trio in Vienna, Part I

• Mozart: Piano Trio in C Major, KV 548
• Kreisler: Miniature Viennese March
• Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 99
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EROICA TRIO
Eroica Trio in Vienna, Part II

• Mozart: Piano Trio in G Major, KV 564
• Kreisler: Liebesfreud
• Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 100
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"Ask the Gardener"
Chat with a member of the museum's horticulture staff and find out how we keep the courtyard in bloom all year long.

“Art in a Time of War” – Lida Abdul and Anne Nivat

Ticketed Event

DAVID AARON CARPENTER, viola
Tatiana Goncharova, piano
Young Artists Showcase—First Prize Winner, 2006 Naumburg International Viola Competition

• Brahms: Scherzo in C minor from the F.A.E. Sonata
• Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120
• Bergsma: Fantastic variations on a theme from Tristan and Isolde for viola and piano
• Paganini: “La Campanella”
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PAAVALI JUMPPANEN, piano
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Part VI

• Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”
• Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54
• Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”
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Opening Our Doors Day!

Each Columbus Day, in honor of the cultural riches that reside in the Fenway area of Boston, The Fenway Alliance (a consortium of 18 cultural, academic and arts institutions) celebrates its second annual Opening Our Doors Day!, Boston’s largest annual free day of arts and culture activities. An opening celebration and performance at one of the participating organizations featuring entertainment and/or a celebrity guest kicks off the event at 10:00 a.m. Visitors are invited to enjoy free jazz in the courtyard, storytelling, art-making activities, gallery talks and musical performances from the students of the New England Conservatory of Music– fun for the entire family and an opportunity to explore art from many centuries at the Gardner Museum.

Living Music

After Hours Plus: Composer Portraits, 7pm
Music of Philippe Hurel
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)

Philippe Hurel (b. 1955) combines instrumental colors of uncanny beauty with the propulsive energy of jazz. Called “a powerhouse of new-music programming” by The New Yorker, ICE honors this next-generation Spectralist.

• Loops III (2002–2003)
• . . . à mesure (1997)
• Tombeau in memoriam Gerard Grisey (1999)
• Figure Libres (2000–2001)

With New York’s Miller Theatre
GEORGE STEEL, Director and Host
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Special Exhibition — October 17 – January 18, 2009

Triumph of Marriage: Painted Cassoni of the Renaissance

In Renaissance Italy, cassoni – Italian for “large chests” – were an essential part of the rituals of elite marriages. Made in pairs and often painted with historical and allegorical scenes, these chests were paraded through the streets, like trophies, when the bride moved into the house of her new husband.  The narrative paintings with which they were decorated linked marriage to history and the roles appropriate to husband and wife.

Cassoni offered artists an opportunity to develop new subjects in new formats, fusing space and time in consecutive scenes; dramatizing conflicts between love and duty; and almost always concluding with a vision of triumphant harmony.

The exhibition and its programs are supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The Triumph of Marriage will travel to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, where it will be on view beginning February 2009. Exhibition catalogue to publish October 2008 (Periscope Press)

• Conversation Program: “Imagining Love in Dante's Divine Comedy” | Thursday, October 23, 6:30pm
  Dante scholar Rachel Jacoff, Margaret E. Deffenbaugh and LeRoy T. Carlson Professor in Comparative Literature and Professor of Italian at Wellesley College, reveals the varieties of love in Dante – from lust to erotic love to divine love, all in contrast to marriage during the Renaissance which was generally a practical and political alliance.

• Special Program: “Triumph of Marriage: A Closer Look” | Wednesday, October 29, 1:30-5:00pm
  (repeat program on Saturday, December 6)
  Tickets: $75 Non-members; $50 Members, Seniors, and Students Paintings for Renaissance cassoni (or wedding chests) offer a wonderful opportunity to examine the ideals and realities of Renaissance society. With their festive designs and allegorical subjects, cassoni fused high humanism with every-day realities. The afternoon will include focus talks on Renaissance art, society and culture along with active looking and small group discussions in the exhibition gallery and in the museum itself. Join the guest curator of Triumph of Marriage, Professor Cristelle Baskin, the curator of the collection, Alan Chong, and post-doctoral fellow Robert Colby, for an afternoon of learning and discovery. A reception in the café with museum staff will follow. Speakers include: Cristelle Baskins (Triumph of Marriage); Robert Colby (Marriage in the Renaissance: Rhetoric and Reality); Alan Chong (Isabella Gardner and Collecting Renaissance Art in America); and Jenn DePrizio and Robert Colby (discussion of specific paintings in the exhibition)

• Family Program: “Discovery Saturday: Triumph of Marriage” | Saturday, November 1, 11 am-4:45pm
  Join us for a day-long program around the art and culture of Renaissance Italy. Participate in art-making and looking activities throughout the museum, and enjoy a Renaissance dance performance and music demonstration.
   FREE with museum admission

• Symposium: “The Triumph of Marriage: A Symposium on Painted Renaissance Cassoni”
  Friday, November 7 (keynote lecture), 6:30pm
  Saturday, November 8 (symposium), 10am–5pm, followed by a reception
  Ticketed events: $15 adults, $10 members, free students; 617-278-5156 or gardnermuseum.org
  Organized in conjunction with the exhibition, The Triumph of Marriage, this symposium considers the painted wedding chests of Renaissance Florence. The ancient military triumph was transformed and self-consciously revived in the Renaissance. Petrarch’s poem cycle, The Triumphs, provided both the form (parade floats) and the content (famous men and women from antiquity to the present) for many painted wedding chests – for example. The speakers will approach Renaissance marriage and triumphal imagery from a variety of disciplines, including history, literature, and art history. Chaired by Cristelle Baskins, Tufts University. Speakers will include: Anthony D’Elia, Queens University (Marriage and war); Phil Jacks, George Washington University (Spinelli commissions and inventories); Nerida Newbigin, University of Sydney (No imperial majesty: Frederick III in Florence); Sharon Strocchia, Emory University (The Sposalizio: bishop-abbess weddings); Jacqueline Musacchio, Wellesley College (Contemporary life); Adrian Randolph, Dartmouth College (The Bride); Caroline Campbell, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery (Antiquity); Lilian Armstrong, Wellesley College (Triumphs of Scipio).

• Conversation Program: “On Looking” | Thursday, December 4, 6:30pm
  A follow up to Philip Yenawine’s participatory Visual Thinking Strategies conversation in fall 2006 which explored contemporary art by artists who have participated in the museum’s Artist-in-Residence program. Bringing the conversation about the museum’s exhibition Triumph of Marriage to the present, Dabney Hailey guides participants in an interactive discussion of contemporary photography that focuses on the idea of partnerships, marriage, and other important life stages.  Dabney Hailey is Curator of Painting, Sculpture and Photography at the Davis Museum of Art at Wellesley College.

• Special Program: “Triumph of Marriage: A Closer Look” | Saturday, December 6, 1:30-5:00pm
  Tickets: $75 Non-members; $60 Members, Seniors, and Students

STEVEN ISSERLIS, cello
JEREMY DENK, piano

• Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes
• Chopin: Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
• Britten: Sonata in C Major, Op. 65
• Poulenc: Sonata for cello and piano
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• Ives: Sonata No. 2, “Concord, Mass., 1840–1860”
• Beethoven: Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier”

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF
LINCOLN CENTER
Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin
Yoon Kwon, violin
Susie Park, violin
Beth Guterman, viola
Teng Li, viola
Efe Baltacigil, cello
Priscilla Lee, cello

• Mozart: String Quintet in D Major, K. 593
• Tchaikovsky: “Souvenir de Florence” for string sextet in D Major, Op. 70

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Al Azhar is Cairo’s newest park, developed by the Aga Kahn Trust for Culture along the historic city wall.  This centuries-old area, once used for dumping, is now reclaimed as open space.

JOSÉ FRANCH-BALLESTER, clarinet
Andrius Zlabys, piano
Young Artists Showcase—First Prize Winner, 2004 Young Concert Artists International Auditions

• Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody for clarinet and piano
• Brahms: Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2
• Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano
• Lovreglio: Fantasie on themes from La Traviata by Verdi

Gardner After Hours — November 20, 5-9pm

BORROMEO STRING QUARTET
The Complete Shostakovich String Quartets, Part V

• String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138
• String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp Major, Op. 142
• String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144

CELEBRATING ELLIOTT CARTER’S 100TH BIRTHDAY
LAUREL STRING QUARTET
            Ying Xue, violin
            David McCarroll, violin
            Sarah Darling, viola
            Song Ie Do, cello
PEI SHAN LEE, piano
CLAREMONT TRIO with members of the Borromeo String Quartet:
KRISTOPHER TONG, violin
MAI MOTOBUCHI, viola

• Carter: Sonata for cello and piano
• Carter: String Quartet No. 5
• Carter: Piano Quintet

MUSICIANS FROM MARLBORO
Jessica Lee, violin
Miho Saegusa, violin
Yonah Zur, violin
Mark Holloway, viola
Maiya Papach, viola
Scott St. John, viola
Susan Babini, cello
Na-Young Baek, cello

• Janácek: String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”
• Mozart: String Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 614
• Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

Special Event — Mrs. Gardner’s Holiday Celebrations

Evening Holiday Celebration: Saturday, December 13, 7-9pm
Family Holiday Celebration: Sunday, December 14, 4:30-6:30pm
 
Featuring holiday brass, marionette performances, and festive fare, these special members-only events have become a Boston holiday tradition.  The event on Sunday, December 14 is especially designed for children 10 and under. 

This year, a new member promotion will be available for the Saturday, December 13 evening event.  The special offer includes event tickets and one full year of museum membership.  So join now and enjoy all that membership has to offer!

For more information, email membership at events@isgm.org or call 617 278 5129.  Reservations are required; tickets will not be sold at the door. 

PAAVALI JUMPPANEN, piano
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Part VIII

• Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
• Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110
• Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

A Solstice Soirée

After Hours Plus: Jazz at the Gardner, 7pm
Nadia Washington Quartet
Nadia Washington, vocals
Michel Reis, piano
Katie Thiroux, bass
Matt Witek, drums
Vocalist Nadia Washington, joined by some of the nation’s most talented young musicians, will serenade us with memorable standards and new compositions.

GARDNER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Douglas Boyd, conductor

• Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D Major, “The Miracle”
• Bartók: Music for strings, percussion and celesta, sz. 106